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Foo Camp is merely 3 days away

January 29, 2008

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Man keeps in contact with friends without using Social Networking site

January 20, 2008

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Webstock (11th-15th Feb) news

January 18, 2008

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Helms Deep - so who are the Orcs and who Humans?

January 16, 2008

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3 reasons to read this blog

January 14, 2008

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About Mike Riversdale

January 14, 2008

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Prediction of the year has already come true ... back in the 1950's

January 14, 2008

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Spokeo - how to find out too much information about your network

January 14, 2008

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50 reasons not to change

January 11, 2008

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Online Photo Sharing in Plain English from those fine Common Craft folks

January 10, 2008

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Webstock 8x5 - come along and hear my 5 minutes of February fame

January 08, 2008

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Storing your information in the cloud - it´s coming

January 07, 2008

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Enterprise 2.0 - is this blog just another part of the bubble?

January 06, 2008

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6 fears of a wiki coming into your organisation

January 06, 2008

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Welcome

January 05, 2008

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The Goldilocks of Hackathon Challenges

The six things every hackathon / unconference / barcamp needs are well known, namely:

Suitable venueConvenient date / timeEngaging ddentity ("logo")"Just right" PurposeRelevant peopleALL the "Playdo"
You get all those ticked off and you have an event - my favourite bar, Saturday at 1pm-4pm, "HackMike 2018", "Increase Mike's Knowledge Of Diversity", you and me, and a load of knowledge and techniques ... see, that's an event. Or you could call it catch up with a buddy, but once you have the six items in place the only thing you're increasing is scale - how big and shiny do you want your event to be?

btw: it has to be ALL of the items, you can't have an event that doesn't tick off each item; and nor can you have an event that doesn't focus on each item to ensure the best you can get - it's a great way to split up your 'committee'/organising team ... plus a layer of logistics underneath each one.

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It's Never A Big Week At The Office When You Work With Great People

A week of Techweek TV from Auckland to Christchurch and then a 24 hour hackathon for ActInSpace had me running all over the country.

And boy it was a LOT of fun. Of course, it was a lot to do, a lot of tired evenings, and a little bit of stress but generally - fun fun fun.

And what made it fun was the people.
He tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata!
The people, the people, the people!

A shoutout is required - Raj, my Access Granted co-founder, awesome guy, and all round oil on water. Together with Jono we made a glorious travelling TV crew :) And with Techweek's Courteney wrangling the guests and making Techweek TV all happen in the background WE DID IT!

As soon as we had finished Friday's Techweek TV I rushed off to ActInSpace, the New Zealand wing of the inaugural international series of events, for which I was the Event Producer. What does that mean really when you have a team of people such as Kelsi, Christel, Emma, Kim, and many others on the day/night - awesome each and every…

What Is A "Hackathon"?

It's a great question, especially when the word itself starts off with those first 4 letters, "hack" - ALERT ALERT!

I have privileged to host a large number of hackathons in my time, with many more to come, and whilst they have been varied, diverse, and unique in many of their facets they do have a few things in common.

In a nutshell a hackathon is an event bringing people together that self-form into teams, work on a challenge, and present their workings in order to connect, learn, and share their skills and knowledge.

Some hackathons are free to attend - in fact the majority of hackathons in New Zealand are free to participants. They are supported by generous partners and sponsors that ensure there is an appropriate venue, the participants and volunteers are fed and watered throughout and all the "playdo" for the teams to weave their magic upon is made available.

Hackathons in New Zealand have tended to be over a weekend, with participants leaving on Saturda…

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