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MacHack 18 Just Weeks Away

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the blatantly-abusing-my-authority dept.

We don't usually post announcements of this sort, but with MacHack just weeks away, and me speaking at it again this year, I figured I'd remind readers of Slashdot's Apple section about it. It's in Dearborn, MI near Detroit, and I gotta say that I've gone to many tech shows, but this is a good show. For those of you who saw my Keynote last year, my talk this year promises to be at least as incoherent, except that THIS year I might actually talk about the Mac! Other speakers are far more qualified. ;)

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  1. D/L? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In case you are going to actually make a presentation (Powerpoint/Keynote/Impress), is it going to be available for download? I do not think I will want to fly all the way from west-coast to...Dear... born... a.c.

  2. should be a great time by tarzan353 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Last year's was a landmark because it was so heavily OS X focused. However, I think this year's may be even more remarkable, since there has been such a huge influx of *nix users buying Macs lately.

    I look forward to the diversity that the collaboration of two distinct groups of hackers has to offer.

  3. Re:Sounds like it might be quite educational... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm not so sure of that. Cons like this seem to be getting far more press than ones which, while they might not be bigger, certainly have a longer history and delve far deeper technically. Where I'm from, we have several hack fests that have recently ticked over into a decade of existence, and aren't stuck on the one platform. Basically if it's UNIX based you're in and can hack away. A weekend of true technical geekery is a fascinating thing to behold!

  4. Anybody got a link? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Anybody got a link to a transcript of speech mr. taco gave last year. I remember there was a story about it but by the time I click on the link it was no longer functional.

    Thanks

  5. Re:20 bucks by JDWTopGuy · · Score: 2, Interesting

    That should be "insightful", not "funny". My comments are supposed to be "funny". :-P

    Anyway, I agree. The Terminal app is slow too. Ironically, I now use rxvt when I need a terminal, because Apple's X implementation is so nice and fast.

    Maybe my posts are moderated funny in Soviet Russia?

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    Ron Paul 2012