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We’re happy to announce to be hosting this year’s second Night of Code on Thursday, August 21st, 2008. Doors open at 5pm and we’ll probably there’s time to hack until 11pm. The location is Kaapelitehdas (The Cable Factory), Section E, 5th Floor.

As before, we’ll start with a couple of unconference sessions after which there’s time to listen to good music and write some code. So, bring your laptop if you’ll be staying the whole evening.

We’ll have some snacks and drinks available.

If you’re planning on attending the event, we’d appreciate it if you’d leave a comment on this post. Alternatively, we also have a Facebook event that you can register to.

P.S. We’ve traditionally held a Night of Code every year when there’s the Night of the Arts event here in Helsinki. Unfortunately we’ll have to hold the event a day early this year, but if you’re around Kaapelitehdas on the following day, do check out the action there. Lots of interesting stuff by the resident artists.

Next Friday (25th April, 2008) Scred will be offering the use of our office to coders and designers who would like to spend some time together working on cool new stuff, whatever that might be. There will be no marketingpitches, blaring advertisements or anything else that will distract from the most important: creativity.

If you want to share an idea, feel free to do so.

If you want to ask advice, talk to your peers.

If all you want to do is sit by your computer, that is fine too.

We would like to invite all interested participants to join in, whatever it is they are working on. Share as much as you like, or nothing at all. Soak in what is going on around you. This is a relatively new concept and if it works out well, we’ll probably do more, or have other companies organising their own Night of Code.

We will start the night with an unconference. That is we will have 30 minute blocks when people can present and talk about topics they’re keen on, whatever those topics might be. That will continue for as long as there aretopics, followed by the real work. Announce a topic at the Night of Code, or beforehand on our blog.

Some refreshments will be on offer.

Schedule:

15:00-   Unconference
??:??    Coding
00:00    Goodbye  (or, “time to go home”)

The location:

The Cable Factory (Kaapelitehdas)
Door E, 5th Floor, Room 565
Helsinki, Finland

For more information, see http://night-of-code.com/

If you want to join, add a comment on our blog. You can also contact Kristoffer Lawson at setok@scred.com or by phone at +358-40-7312273.

Update: If you’re planning to attend the event, you can also add yourself to the attendee lists on Facebook or Upcoming.

Tonight we arranged a real night for geeks. Today is actually Helsinki’s Night of Arts and we decided to do something a bit different. To get everyone together in one place to be the nerds we are, each person working on their own favourite project as long as they like. Beer, crisps, Coke, cake, good company and all manner of things on offer.

Well, as you can guess, people soon forgot about the coding and instead began to enjoy everything else instead.

OK, so our purpose was not quite fulfilled. We became tired. We had other things to do. Several of the guys were picked up by their respective ladies, and what man can deny that? So the question is, can a geek remain a geek when in a relationship? Must we now say goodbye to our all-nighters, perhaps forever? How do we fit these two seemingly conflicting parts of our lives together?

Not only that, but work. Yes. The greatest of all evils. Work. People had to go to… work. It is so sad somehow. I speak for them and for myself too. Instead of creating something new, something revolutionary, something inspiring, we get hooked by the continuous drudgery that is employment-slavery. Day after day after day. We talk about how our wonderful plans but in the end, someone else does them. Someone who is wiling to make that sacrifice and to risk a small portion of their lives, and I doubt they ever look back.

The rest. At 80, they realise something went wrong. Their life flew by and quite suddenly they find none of their dreams happened. My only wish is that when thaat day comes I will not be one of them.