Hi Kev, Thanks for the feedback and for driving up to SF to attend! As various companies are thinking about planning more hackathons in the near future, what can we do to improve?
Thanks, Elizabeth On Jan 17, 2008 9:41 AM, KevBurnsJr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I drove out from Santa Cruz to attend the 6a hackathon yesterday. > I attended, and I must say, I found it to be far from what I > expected. > First of all, I showed up an hour late, which i didn't think would be > much of a hinderance, considering that it was purported to be a 7 hour > event. > However, when I got there, what I saw was a small room filled with a > lot of people sitting quietly listening to a presentation, the first > half of which had already passed. > > The Power Point Slide - to - Desk And Chair ratio was at an extremely > dangerous level. > > I was expecting a _large_ room full of talking and music and beach > balls and energy drinks with bench seating and wide screen monitors > spewing inspirational material. > > Instead, it felt more like a library. > > The title "Hackathon" may have been a set up for a let down, > But it doesn't really matter how you slice it... > > Free + Pizza + Beer + WiFi = win. > > End of story. > > - --- ----- --- - > Kev Burns > Jr. Developer > DailyStrength, inc. > - --- ----- ------- ----- --- - > > > > -- Elizabeth Yin Product Marketing Manager, Developer Products Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] 650.214.5502 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenSocial API Definition" group. To post to this group, send email to opensocial-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
