Yahoo HQ, SunnyVale, CA

Yahoo! Open Hack Day (USA) is scheduled for 12th-13th September 2008 and one lucky Malaysian stands a chance to participate in the event which will be held at Yahoo’s HQ in Sunnyvale, CA. All paid for by Yahoo.

To qualify simply complete this form and have it submitted to sea-ydn@yahoo-inc.com with the subject line reading “Yahoo! Open Hack Day Application from Malaysia” by 5pm, 22nd August 2008.

The form basically is a gage to where you stand in the rapidly evolving world of web development. Especially through Yahoo’s many web services.

The objective of the Event is to push the envelope of web innovation and creativity to meet the needs of the developer’s itch.  Come up with an idea, develop a quick and dirty working version and then show it off.  The Event will begin with workshops and hack-related presentations from some of the Web’s most respected developers in the industry.

The form can also be downloaded directly from Yahoo.

HackDay || Yahoo! Developer Network

Raj Kissu Rajendran from APIT, who is also a Google Summer Of Code participant gets featured in the local papers.

Raj is working on the “BLOB Streaming Support for phpMyAdmin” project which enables the management of streaming content (audio, video) in and out of the MySQL database through phpMyAdmin. keep up with his progress

This is what he had to say about the local OSS scene,

I envision a more innovation-centric industry driven by research and collaboration, especially in open source. The nature of open source is in its shared environment where experts help newbies design and implement efficient code. I think the local ICT industry needs to be more adventurous in R&D (research and development).

OSS in Malaysia is still slow due to the lake of exposure but it’s people like this who help spread the word by contributing great work.

Good job dude!!

Source: NST