I've just received my invite to Hackday (does anyone else see scambled text on that page or is it just me? [forget that, i just looked at the js... why??]), I was getting a little bit worried that I might not be going! I've had a few ideas for hacks but none of them are really screaming "winner" at me. If you're not going but have a really good idea, email me the details and if I win I'll send you a Mars Bar, (now with added beef)

Labels: hackday, yahoo

As Tom was the first to announce, Yahoo! and the beeb have joined forces for the first Hackday in europe. Imagine X-Factor for geeks, competing to be the biggest geek, except at the end we get some decent music (at the US one they had Beck!!!)

If the possibility of someone like Beck turning up isn't enough, it's happening at Ally Pally. The only venue cooler than that would be the ISS.

There are 500 places, you have to submit your details along with a few links to some hacks you've done before, I'm hoping my few greasemonkey scripts and other bits and bobs will be enough to get me in. I've also read that at the US one they had 500 hackers, but only 100 projects, which would suggest you really need to get into a team.

I've got a few ideas for hacks, so is there anyone else out there who's planning on going and would like to join forces? I'm a .NET developer (C#, ASP.NET, Compact Framework etc) and also do a lot of JavaScript (GM, YUI, bit of XUL) and know my way around Flash. So come on, don't be shy, doesn't matter if you're not "shit hot", who is? I work much better with someone to bounce ideas off.

This is all assuming I get an invite!

Labels: bbc, hackday, yahoo