I got there at two in the afternoon and left at two in the morning. I couldn't stay up and I was making simple mistakes that cost me an hour of work. Should have got more sleep the night before. But it was fun and I learned a lot. I saw my first 3D printer in person and was amazed.
While they hacked, I rested up for a day of real work.<p>I think what these people did all night was really cool; if I wasn't so busy I'd almost consider giving it a try myself sometime.<p>But please don't think that this was anything more than a publicity stunt and whatever you do, please don't call them "hacker gladiators".
you can watch the results here: <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/23/watch-the-tcdisrupt-hackers-strut-their-stuff/" rel="nofollow">http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/23/watch-the-tcdisrupt-hackers...</a>
It's fun when lawyers write about programmers. (Do I get bonus points for staying up late hacking almost every night, and doing the same all day at work? Oh no, I forgot, that's boring.)
Actually you can identify something with Google by just using a picture Mr. Hacker-in-the-video-who-said-you-couldn't guy:<p><a href="http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#text" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#text</a>
"Capture the spirit"<p>"Gladiators"<p>"Absurd night"<p>Yep, that seems pretty accurate. How did we end up being caricatured and accepting this representation, and doing stupid, risky things to get into conferences for free?
I was going to go (I was registered), but in the end, I preferred to spend half the day doodling around Madison Sq Park, and the rest of the day hacking on some new code for my startup.