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Hackers meet for coding festival | Hackers meet for coding festival |
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Web developers are gathering in London for the first BBC/Yahoo hackday. | Web developers are gathering in London for the first BBC/Yahoo hackday. |
The free-form event aims to show web developers how to get more out of the data feeds and interfaces the two organisations make available. | The free-form event aims to show web developers how to get more out of the data feeds and interfaces the two organisations make available. |
Those attending will be encouraged to play around with the technology to see what kind of innovative applications they can produce over the weekend. | Those attending will be encouraged to play around with the technology to see what kind of innovative applications they can produce over the weekend. |
On-hand will be developers from the BBC and Yahoo to provide advice about how best to use the technology. | On-hand will be developers from the BBC and Yahoo to provide advice about how best to use the technology. |
Code love | Code love |
Like many organisations, the BBC and Yahoo now produce streams of data that many web developers are keen to use in their own software creations. | Like many organisations, the BBC and Yahoo now produce streams of data that many web developers are keen to use in their own software creations. |
At the BBC these data feeds and interfaces are handled by the Backstage developer network that provides access to TV listings, breaking news stories and weather data. | At the BBC these data feeds and interfaces are handled by the Backstage developer network that provides access to TV listings, breaking news stories and weather data. |
Matt Cashmore, development producer for the BBC, said the hackday event at Alexandra Palace was a chance for those in the Backstage developer community to meet and swap ideas. | Matt Cashmore, development producer for the BBC, said the hackday event at Alexandra Palace was a chance for those in the Backstage developer community to meet and swap ideas. |
"The developers get a fantastic depth of information about how they can open up our content and resources," he said. | "The developers get a fantastic depth of information about how they can open up our content and resources," he said. |
Chad Dickerson, who organised the first hackday at Yahoo in 2005, said: "It's a chance for organisations like Yahoo and the BBC to reflect what they are doing to a wider audience." | Chad Dickerson, who organised the first hackday at Yahoo in 2005, said: "It's a chance for organisations like Yahoo and the BBC to reflect what they are doing to a wider audience." |
As light relief Xbox game consoles will be available and indie band The Rumble Strips will play a gig on Sunday night. | |
Mr Dickerson said it was always a surprise what developers came up with during a frenetic weekend of freestyle hacking. | Mr Dickerson said it was always a surprise what developers came up with during a frenetic weekend of freestyle hacking. |
At a recent Yahoo hackday one group came up with a blogging purse that had a pedometer and camera phone built in so it could take a snap every 100 steps that was then uploaded to a blog. | At a recent Yahoo hackday one group came up with a blogging purse that had a pedometer and camera phone built in so it could take a snap every 100 steps that was then uploaded to a blog. |
Although developers attending will be encouraged to create working prototypes of new applications, there was no pressure to produce anything specific, said Mr Cashmore. | Although developers attending will be encouraged to create working prototypes of new applications, there was no pressure to produce anything specific, said Mr Cashmore. |
Prizes would be given out for the best hack of the weekend, said Mr Cashmore, but the event was not about showing off coding skills. | Prizes would be given out for the best hack of the weekend, said Mr Cashmore, but the event was not about showing off coding skills. |
"It's doing it for the love of doing it," he said. | "It's doing it for the love of doing it," he said. |
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