No Crazy Ally Pally Hacking in 2009 – BBC Mashed Will Be Missed

I’m in two minds about the announcement on the BBC Backstage Blog that there won’t be a Mashed event in 2009.
Part of me is upset – the Mashed event in 2008 (and the Yahoo/BBC Hackday the year before) was one of the highlights of the year for UK Developer circles – you put smart people [...]

Why Wii Surfing Google Earth Is So Last Year

Boing Boing links to a German project using a Wii balance board to fly through Google Earth. Which is all very nice, but surely a better idea would be to build a great big open source flight simulator, with open API’s and a mission to go round the world in 24 hours?
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The Social Flight Sim Video

Courtesy of the London Hacking scene’s filmic auteurs Cristiano Betta and Mel Seckington, it’s the construction and discussion around the Social Flight Simulator from last month’s Mashed event at Alexandra Palace.
Thank you very much Cristiano and Mel for the video (and everyone else involved).

Social Flight Sim from Cristiano Betta on Vimeo.

Now, how can we [...]

My Mashed Report [Via BBC News]

My personal experiences of Mashed, and the story of the Social Flight Simulator will be along shortly. I’ve been busy today covering the news of Nokia’s purchase of Symbian for All About Symbian, and my overall view of Mashed for the BBC News Technology section has also went live. Head over to BBC News to [...]

BBC Mashed: Video of the Social Flight Sim Presentation

It’s late, and after two very packed days at Mashed with the Social Flight Simulator, I’m ready to sleep. More in-depth stuff tomorrow, but for now, here’s a quickly edited video of the team’s presentation at Alexandra Palace.

[Mashed] Introducing The Social Flight Simulator

It’s time to let you all know what I (and others) have been spending the last week or two planning for our BBC Mashed hack. There have been a few hints out on the web already, but the biggest one was in Matthew Cashmore’s [Mashed organiser on BBC Backstage] interview on NetMag:
In fact a bunch [...]