On Saturday the 20th of June, we ran a small DigitalNZ HackTest, a bit of a test-run before we start with the HackFests. We invited people to come along and:

• Give our API a decent thrashing
• Whip up some code samples to help other developers kick-start their own creations
• Make nice stuff
• Consume pizza, beer and sugary confections

We are really pleased with how the the day turned out.

Here are some of the things that happened:

• Brenda made a Perl module
• The OLPC Wellington Friends in Testing showed up, tested, learned about DigitalNZ and let us play with their cute OLPCs
• Dave made a search filter
• Mark started making a Flex library
• Richard uncovered a security hole - now fixed. Thanks Richard! Yes, you herd rite, we do liek mudkipz.

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