MacHack 18 Chooses "Unstoppable" For Theme

by , 12:00 PM EDT, May 20th, 2003

MacHack attendees fear not! The annual developer's conference is still on track for a June 19th opening date. The conference's theme for the year is "Unstoppable," along with the "Spinning Pizza of Death" (SPoD for short). The group is promoting the new theme as it deals with a conflicting schedule from Apple's own World Wide Developer Conference, which moved to June, just after MacHack's traditional schedule. From MacHack:

Times change. Economics. Politics. War. Schedules. Conflicts. One thing is for sure: MacHack 18 remains a go. The sessions program is strong. The keynote is compelling. The volunteers and planning committee are moving forward. MacHack is Unstoppable.

"We've kept working despite all the changes around us," said Dave Koziol, Conference Chairman. "It was just so clear what the theme should be: MacHack: Unstoppable"

Mindful of the inevitability of their own conference and the unstoppability of it all, the committee looked for a suitable symbol for things that keep moving no matter what. It turned out that the committee needed look no further than their own Mac screen. Apple's own "busy cursor" is the inspiration for this year's MacHack theme element, the SPoD or "Spinning Pizza of Death".

"It was obvious," said Allon Stern, MacHack Theme Coordinator. "With OSX, your Mac keeps on churning with or without you. What could be more unstoppable than that?"

Using the SPoD to illustrate MacHack: Unstoppable, the committee has settled on the first multichromatic theme in years. Starting today, the Web site has been reworked to incorporate the SPoD. All conference materials will feature "MacHack: Unstoppable" and the SPoD theme element.

Conference attendees can expect more SPoD related surprises during the Unstoppable conference that is MacHack 18.

MacHack 18 will take place in Dearborn Michigan on June 19-21. Registration is $550. You can find more information at the MacHack Web site.

The Mac Observer Spin:

MacHack is a fantastic event for Mac developers, and we are delighted, though perhaps not surprised, to see the group's organizers take such a scrappy stand. The challenges will, there's little doubt, make this year's event all that much better for their adversity.

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