Talk:Hack Day
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A couple of comments here, for wider discussion. Firstly it seems to me like the name of this page should be "Hack Day" rather than Open Hack Day. Then it would be possible to put in more about the origins of Hack Day inside Yahoo as well as to more easily talk about Hack Day London and Hack Day India. The absence of Hack Day London also seems a bit strange, given that it was a joint Yahoo/BBC event of comparable size to the US event, got hit by lightning and was held at Alexandra Palace. Thoughts?
[edit] Media coverage and information about Hack Day London
Geeks Bust Out Brollies as Rain Falls Indoors at Hack Day London
- BBC News: Hackers meet for coding festival
- Wired News: Geeks Bust Out Brollies as Rain Falls Indoors at Hack Day London
- One of the organisers at plasticbag.org: A Hack For Europe
- Reuters: "Hackers" meet for Yahoo, BBC open day in London
- Web developers gather for Hack Day
- Announcement on Digg
- SEO/SEM JOURNAL: Yahoo! Hack Day Here in London
- Blogosphere reactions from Yahoo Hack Blog
- ZD Net Asia: BBC, Yahoo get developers to hack Web apps
- BitTech: Hack Day London displeases God —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.229.90.124 (talk) 16:37, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
I agree - it seems weird that this is called Open Hack Day. There's no evidence that anyone has ever called the series of events that Yahoo hold an Open Hack Day, nor is there any evidence that anyone else significant has held events under the Open Hack Day imprint. Similarly, the London event needs more coverage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.59.192.116 (talk) 03:09, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] General Hack Day?
Other companies have Hack Days too! Hack Days are - for other companies - days when employees are free to develop whatever hobby projects they may have. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.209.12.90 (talk) 09:10, 9 May 2008 (UTC)