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Yahoos got together and had a lot of fun on Feb 21-22 @ the internal hack day.

This time around we tried to get all hackers together in one space and collaborate together - as opposed to earlier times when hacking was restricted to their desks. This did create a lot of positive energy and buzz as hackers and non-hackers mingled during the science fair style hack demos. There were ~176 Hackers with ~121 Hacks. This is an awesome display of the enterprising nature of our employees. There were several other hack concepts that were not introduced into this event but will be getting due attention in the incubation "cellar" pipeline.

Judging the best hacks was a phased process with floor judging and a final top 25 judging panel. Alok Mittal (Canaan Partners) part of our esteemed judging panel and got a chance to review our hackers' creativity at close range.

We had some hicups in the process but that is part of the "Live & Learn" philosophy. We will be posting some of the hacks on our hack gallery page (coming soon). Some of the awards we gave out and how the Hackers coveted them were:

Which award do you covet?

• Show me the Money! (19%)
• Crazy Maverick! (17%)
• BEST HACKAHOLIC! (9%)
• Coolest Cucumber! (9%)
• I"m da Boss! (9%)
• Viral Attack! (8%)
• Sinfully Delightful! (8%)
• Ready2Ship! (6%)
• The Missing Link (6%)
• Audience Favorite! (6%)
• None of the Above! (4%)

And now to name the winners (hackers)

• Rajagopalan
• Sudharan
• Bhaskar
• Manmada
• Smita
• Mahaboob
• Abhishek
• Amit
• Pawan
• Jayadev
• Rohit
• Balaji
• Mahesh
• Kalyan
• Thiyaneshwar
• Helena
• Monika
• Nilesh
• Parvesh
• Malakar
• Karteek
• Abijit
• Subramaniam
• Praveen (P)
• Anoop
• Manav
• Praveen (K)
• Ashwin

Congratulations to all the winners.

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