2 month hackathon on a remote tropical island

Re:2 month hackathon on a remote tropical island by shanemhansen on Friday July 27, 2012 @12:47AM (#4300070)

You need to go to cahuita costa rica. They have villas with wifi for crazy cheap (less than 25 a night), and a beach that is probably where that picture comes from. Plus if you want to recruit any ticos, intel and hp are some of the countries biggest employers. Consider it, message me if you want help, I've done business down there. http://www.google.com/search?q=cahuita&hl=en&client=...

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Re:2 month hackathon on a remote tropical island by walterheck on Friday July 27, 2012 @12:53AM (#4300082)

I've been to cahuita. The chances are bigger that this will take place in Southeast Asia actually.

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Re:2 month hackathon on a remote tropical island by walterheck on Friday July 27, 2012 @02:40AM (#4300281)

in reply to csel: We're planning to do it in Southeast Asia indeed, and target people from worldwide. Many countries around here have very decent visa policies, and vaccinations are not that hard to get either.

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Re:2 month hackathon on a remote tropical island by einhverfr on Friday July 27, 2012 @02:50AM (#4300309)

I am in SE Asia at the moment (Chris Travers-- signed up on the site). If you need ideas regarding places let me know. I have contacts around, and there are great places like Lombok. The question becomes though how remote is remote.

There are nice islands near Padang, Sumatra too (and Padang is famous for its food). In terms of SE Asia, Indonesia and Malaysia both have lots of tropical islands, but there is always the Maldives and the Philippines too.

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Re:2 month hackathon on a remote tropical island by walterheck on Friday July 27, 2012 @03:20AM (#4300386)

Remote is not in a village, but with decent internet (microwave FTW!) and an escape route for the weekends or off-days when you need them..

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Re:2 month hackathon on a remote tropical island by einhverfr on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @10:45PM (#4320931)

Again, feel free to email me. I will look around. Last time I was in Lombok the internet connections weren't so good, but that was 8 years ago, and I would expect that there are major improvements.

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Re:2 month hackathon on a remote tropical island by csel on Friday July 27, 2012 @02:35AM (#4300274)

Who are you targeting? Are you targeting hackers and devs from Southeast Asia only?

If you are targeting developers from US or Canada, you are going to have issues with passports and all other travel complications like shots (vaccines), visa's etc. Unless, if you do it in Hawaii you will not have any of the above issues.

Great idea nonetheless. Good luck with everything.

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Re:2 month hackathon on a remote tropical island by Nate75Sanders on Friday July 27, 2012 @02:45AM (#4300294)

Would you be willing to provide just a general overview of your experiences in Costa Rica?

Any negatives or things you have to give up by being there? I've heard great things about it from several people.

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Re:2 month hackathon on a remote tropical island by Inbaraj on Friday July 27, 2012 @03:06AM (#4300341)

Excuse me. That picture comes from Bidong Island, Malaysia. I know that because I took that picture during my last diving trip. We also have beautiful tropical islands in this part of the world :-)

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