With just a few days to go before the kickoff of the 2021 Hackaday Remoticon, we’re still working furiously behind the scenes to pack as much material as possible into the two day online event. In fact, there’s so much going on that we believed you’d appreciate getting a bit of a head begin as far as planning your own personal program with the weekend goes. The event may be free, however that’s no reason not to capture as much out of it as you can.
Chat It Up on Discord
To begin with, you’re truly going to want to join the official Hackaday Remoticon Discord server. We understand some subset of the Hackaday readership would rather we utilized Matrix, or IRC, or perhaps very carefully modulated smoke signals; however at the end of the day, Discord has bubbled to the top as the defacto option for this type of thing. provide it a shot, you may really like it.
The Discord server isn’t just a location for like-minded hackers to hang out as well as go over the musical stylings of DJ Jackalope during the Saturday afterparty. It’s likewise exactly how guests can ask concerns at the end of each presenter’s talk, as we’ll be turning off YouTube chat to keep things centralized. even if you don’t plan on interacting with others (though you truly should), the Discord server has an interactive routine of events which will let you indication as much as be notified when the talks you’ve chosen are about to start, as well as we’ll be dropping crucial announcements as well as links in there as the event goes on.
Friday Bring-a-Hack on gather Town
Like this, however with soldering irons.
Friday night ends with a Bring-a-Hack where guests can show off whatever they’ve been working on utilizing Gather. It’s a video chat platform inside a online 2D world that looks a bit like legend of Zelda.
Using this online environment, you can quickly decrease into an continuous video stream just by walking as much as the presenter. when you’ve seen enough, just walk over to the next bit cluster of users. The point is to recreate the experience of stopping by a congested after celebration where everybody brought some hardware job together with them to get stimulate conversations. area will be limited, with ticket holders as well as people in Discord getting the very first dibs, so keep an eye on your inbox for info about exactly how to join.
Of program this is not the only Friday evening activity. A few weeks back we revealed that Lewin Day will be holding Hacker Trivia, providing our cherished commenters the possibility to show off your unimpeachable understanding of innovation as well as Hackaday history. The Friday talk stream will dump instantly into trivia, however here’s the devoted link if you want to set a tip for yourself.
Try It, You’ll like It!
It’s difficult, maybe even impossible, to genuinely recreate the experience of going to an in-person hacker con. however with interactive events as well as the current as well as biggest communication software, we’re hoping the 2021 Remoticon can get quite close. All the pieces are in place, the only thing we requirement now is to have a whole lot of ecstatic hackers to join in as well as have a great time. believe you can assist us out?