Access 2005: Hackfest results 2005 October 19
Today and yesterday there were sessions where each of the projects worked on during hackfest presented their results. Unfortunately I didn’t make it to hackfest so it was interesting to see the projects worked on and get a little overview about how Hackfest works. The first thing that became clear is that it was just not all “propeller heads” that participated. The second thing that became apparent is that this seems like a good thing in many respects. For example, one group was able to do a literature review on online tutorials. In another example is that someone helped a project by providing editorial assistance/review where needed. Having some non-propeller heads in a project may also be useful because it seems possible that the non-techie public services librarian could have a better understanding of what is more useful for an end user and what can be done to make a project more user-friendly. I hope that I can get to Access 2006 and participate in the Hackfest.