Access Hackfest 2006 - Intro
Report - Intro
Dan Chudnov, Ross Singer
What Hackfest Is
Solving problems or developing new ideas
Sharing a temporary, non-competitive, non-work, no-pressure, no-string-attached, collaborative social, and educational environment
Learning about contemporary issues in libraries and tech
Learning from each other
Having fun
Vitals
76 signups, ~60 attendees
Two locations: Carleton University and National Archives
25 project suggestions from library community
Two decidedly distinct locations
Lots of laptops
HMS Presentr
People
Photos online:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moil/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvinm/
HMS Presentr
Started last year as a Hackfest project
Restarted this year in ruby/rails.
You're looking at it
Insanely overengineered
Will be released with free software license
Read the project suggestions online:
http://hackfest.kicks-ass.net/