Geek fuel at Hackday in Sunnyvale. Photograph by Misocrazy
Fancy building something tremendous, useful or - well - a bit weird? Then Yahoo Hackday might be for you: the recent event in the US produced some mighty little hacks (see the blog) - and a performance by Beck.
Now things are coming to Britain. HackDay UK is being put together by the Yahoo! Developer Network and BBC Backstage: It's on June 16 and 17 at Alexandra Palace in London.
We'll be inviting 500 developers to attend the event, which will begin with hack-related presentations from some of the Web's most respected developers. We will then dive into 24 hours of hacking on a very nice collection of tools, APIs, and data, and end with awards from the sponsors plus bragging rights until the end of eternity or the next Hack Day, whichever comes first.
Naturally, we plan to provide physical and mental sustenance throughout the weekend, culminating, we hope, with a performance from a surprise musical guest.
Sounds intriguing - and you might see me there.
