UK HN'ers LeedsHack is back
LeedsHack is an overnight hackday in Leeds, its free and is the first weekend in August, http://www.leedshack.com, any questions post them here :)
LeedsHack: The largest UK hackday outside of London
LeedsHack is the only overnight hackday for the city of Leeds, the basic idea is we stick 150 people in a room, give them food, water and wifi and see what magical thing they create over the weekend.
Hackdays are a great way of unleashing creativity of teams and learning new skills, the time limited nature of the event means that you tend to focus and dive right in!
Companies are seeing the advantages of hackdays internally by scheduling them regularly and letting development + design teams work on new ideas that wouldn’t be possible within the usual development schedule.
PROTIP: Bring a nerf gun :P