UK hackers showcase mashing skills by mixing things up at the BBC. With a brief to ‘make something cool’ around fifty hackers did just that.Once a year the BBC hosts an event called Mashed which is put together by the programmers and developers within the aptly named BBC Backstage team. Following a mantra of ‘use our stuff to build your stuff’ the Backstage boys and girls have been an integral part of the UK mashing scene for many years now. Over the weekend they gathered at Alexandra Palace in North London, a highly iconic location because it was from ‘Ally Pally’ that the very first BBC TV broadcasts were made way back in 1936. With them were some of the most innovative and creative web developers from around the UK.

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