Comments on: How to run a Hack Day

By: GovHack, Lonely Planet Hack Day - roundup - Lonely Planet Labs

GovHack, Lonely Planet Hack Day - roundup - Lonely Planet Labs — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:51:17 +0000

[...] in advance and you remember one thing above all others…. it’s all about the developers. Ross Hill took a short video interview with me talking about this very point – and if you’re interested [...]

By: rosshill

rosshill — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:51:52 +0000

It is awesome to see so many self-organising / open events popping up in Melbourne. The collaboration and cross-pollination that emerges is wonderful.

By: rosshill

rosshill — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:50:59 +0000

It is the non-programmers who make it interesting! One of the secrets for these things is having a user interface or user experience person on your team to make sure the app will actually be easy to use, and also a designer to make it pretty (that really helps for prizes and press coverage!)

By: GovHack, MelHack and Hack Days in Australia » The London Biker

GovHack, MelHack and Hack Days in Australia » The London Biker — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:00:57 +0000

By: rosshill

rosshill — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:51:52 +0000

It is awesome to see so many self-organising / open events popping up in Melbourne. The collaboration and cross-pollination that emerges is wonderful.

By: rosshill

rosshill — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:50:59 +0000

By: Realtime Human Visualisations

Realtime Human Visualisations — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:39:25 +0000

[...] I have had the opportunity to play with a variety of event formats across The Hive, Creative Performance Exchange, provincial tours, Innovation Cafes and Eyeopener sessions at Deloitte, and more. This is in addition to participating in events like Jelly, Social Media Breakfast, Trampoline, and Hack Days. [...]

By: lisadethridge

lisadethridge — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:19:23 +0000

Melbourne Hack Day was a resounding success! What a great creative laboratory! Excellent to see a bunch of humans get together and self-organize with relatively few resources. Thanks to the Lonely Planet team, everyone felt comfortable and at home with high ceiling spaces and plenty of goodies to munch on. People given a problem to solve respond so well when left to their own devices. In this case, the devices included nifty database management tools and open access to some very valuable information. Thanks Lonely Planet and Mashup Australia for enhancing our view of the present moment.

By: pspence5

pspence5 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:08:04 +0000

Great info. Thanks Ross and Matthew.
Through Ross, I was fortunate enough to see that last 5 hrs of the Melb Hack and it blew me away…to see the industry, collaboration, support, happy interaction of the group. The ideas that came out of this were extraordinary, as far as I'm concerned.
Overall, a wonderful experience and one that I'd like to engage in again – without any programming background, not sure what I could contribute but the event was amazing. Well done all around.