HackDead
With the deadline approaching quickly, Team HackDay eh has officially called it a career as far as Yahoo! Open Hack Day 2006 is concerned. Silent Rob never did end up sleeping, Peter curled up on a bench for a couple hours, and me, well, I ended up fading away and having a few hours of sleep in the backseat of my car, and boy did I have weird dreams! Our Hack-app, dubbed Tripr, did not get completed, but the proof of concept is probably going to be sufficient to get our point across. We ran into a few difficulties, which slowed our progress at several different points in the night, and the success that we did have is a testament to the two gentleman who were kind enough to let me be a part of their team, Rob Ellis and Peter Sawka. I probably didn’t look good enough in a mini-skirt, and my coffee making skills are definitely lacking, but I guess it was my car and they might have felt a little bad if they made me sit there and wait for them while they did real work.
In a couple hours, my cousin should be giving me a call and we’ll meet up for a quick meal. Shortly thereafter, we will make our way out of Sunnyvale and headÂ? back to the Great White North. What an experience this has been. I’ll definitely miss poor ol’ Rob - I’m not really sure he’s going to make it through this yet. 