SF Commons: Hack Day #0
The very first hackathons were gatherings of excited groups of people ready to build something cool over the weekend. Whether these spaces were university common spaces, research parks, or company offices they functioned as a kind of "third space" to gather technologists.
We're bringing that energy to The Commons, a new community and third space dedicated to open-ended curiosity, co-created play, & collective flourishing in the heart of San Francisco.
What better way to celebrate a space like this than to have a day of play, sharing learnings and ideas, and just building cool things?
The Commons: Hack Day is a day-long event for creators and hackers to build their ideas and listen to live talks by brilliant people in the area.
Excited? Here’s how it’ll go down.
General Logistics
Disclaimer: Due to limited space, this is an invite-only event. We’d invite you to bring +1s if you plan on working with them and you think they would be a good fit for the community.
Time: Noon - 11pm, August 14th
Location: 540 Laguna St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA
Arrive as close to noon as you can. You can optionally pay for a $10 voucher for snacks and drinks at the entrance.
We will have two separate spaces going throughout the day:
Hackerspace: for hacking only. If you’d like to socialize, please head to the social area! There will be shepherding :)
Social Area: for demos and lightning talks.
There will be a whiteboard in the hackerspace for people to sign up for demo slots. If you demo your project, we will reimburse your $10 snack + drink voucher.
Of course, we expect all speakers and hackers to be respectful of others. If, at any point, you feel uncomfortable, please let one of the staff know.
By attending, you agree to The Commons' Event Waiver and Code of Conduct
Schedule
Noon - 10pm: Hacking
On the hour, every hour: 15-30m Technical Lightning talks from community members
10pm - 11pm: Demos!
2pm: Anthony Liu - Parsers, compilers and interpreters: fun examples of custom languages and how to make your own
3pm: Andy Matuschak - Against Hackathons
4pm: Avi Romanoff - Experimental game design and custom hardware
5pm: Ben Hylák - Making Things that Move
6pm: Saachi Munot - Non-invasive brain interfacing
8pm: Kipply - Making transformer inference faster
9pm: Davide Radaelli - Non-hackable exams with ML
10pm: James Hill-Khurana - TBD