Hackday comes to an end

Wow. I’m beat.

Hackday was fantastic. Other people I’m sure are going to comment on the hacks and the band and other things. The range and breadth of the people who came, was fabulous. They provided a wash of skills ideas and talent. I think while Yahoo and the BBC organised it, it was the people who came who really made it. Thanks to everyone involved, especially understanding that there is only so much organisers can do to deal with crazy lightening strikes.

What I thought was awesome was the buy in from Yahoo. I’ve never seen so many senior people in one place. How often do hackers, even inside Yahoo, get to talk to a billionaire like David Filo? The only thing that got me a bit upset was the wireless. It was mostly ok, but certainly not flawless. The BT engineers themselves were really helpful, but it annoys me that a gig like this isn’t totally routine to the point of it never going wrong. The problem that the Carson summit had became notorious. Why is decent networking so hard? One suggest someone made to me, was start with ethernet on desk and the add wifi. Convenience built on top of reliability.

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