I'm interested in attending the hack day, but what is the deal with regards to hardware. What will we be hacking on? I ask as I don't own a laptop myself at the moment, and don't fancy lugging my desktop to London! Is the idea to work in teams with people who have got the hardware?
Cheers, Chris On 19/04/07, Matthew Cashmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Wonder who'll be working on that then? ;-) On 19/4/07 16:44, "Ian Forrester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think there will be a small but deadly group of XSL developers working together on some killer web applications. Ian Forrester Senior Producer, BBC Backstage BC4 B4, Media Village, 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7RJ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 02080083965 ------------------------------ *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *On Behalf Of *James Cox *Sent:* 19 April 2007 16:23 *To:* [email protected] *Subject:* Re: [backstage] Hack day in London I'd love to see some cool stuff hacked with as/apollo/flex/etc. a sneaking suspicion tells me that we have all the components to step away from the constrictions of the browser (specifically, dealing with IE) and instead run platforms which are just that little bit easier.... i was initially thinking a flickr app which used voice activated commands to browse tags etc... you'd have a big screen which you spoke to, and from v.a. > an apollo app > flickr api interaction.... shame i can't find good quality voice activation. :) - james On 19 Apr 2007, at 16:02, cisnky wrote: Actionscript ? On 4/19/07, *Ben Hall* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sounds like a great event. Can any language/technology be used? RoR, Java, C#? Is all the hacking done on the weekend? Or do people do prep before hand? When do we find out if we have been accept/invited? Ben On 19/04/07, James Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kim - > > sure thing! the beauty of hack days is to make stuff - linking tech with > electronics and you know, sewing. :) > > besides, i've got a stack of shirts..... ;p > > - james > > > On 19 Apr 2007, at 15:13, Kim Plowright wrote: > > Well - I ruled myself out of the running for this as frankly, I'm great at > drawing, cooking, sewing and making stuff (among other ladylike pursuits), > but rubbish at coding and electrickery. > > Tom C left a comment suggesting I find a group of people to team up with. > > So if anyone wants a hack-team-mother-figure, let me know! > ________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim > Cowlishaw > Sent: 19 April 2007 13:22 > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]><[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [backstage] Hack day in London > > On 4/19/07, oliver wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've signed up, but know whos - am I l33t geek enough :) ? > > > ha! my thoughts exactly.... are design-y CSS / HTML -type people welcome at > these sort of events? If not, I'll have to finish working my way through > 'Thinking in Java' by June... or just learn RoR. ;-) > > > Cheers, > > Tim > > > > > -- > > > James Cox, > Internet Consultant > t: 07968 349990 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: http://www.imajes.info/ > > - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk <http://backstage.bbc.co.uk><http://backstage.bbc.co.uk> discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ -- *James Cox, *Internet Consultant t: 07968 349990 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: http://www.imajes.info/ _______________________ *Matthew Cashmore *Development Producer * **BBC Future Media & Technology, Research and Innovation *BC4B5, Broadcast Centre, Media Village, W12 7TS *T:* 020 8008 3959 (02 83959) *M:* 07711 913241 (072 83959)
