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Pynn, who is not just a tech enthusiast but someone who loves theme parks, said Universal Orlando's Halloween-themed attraction is one of her favorite events of the year. But she also said the park's yearly event has a problem based on the several times she participated. "They have a major problem with lines for the haunted houses and attractions, but if you could get guests out to explore the area rather than waste time in line, that creates a better experience," Pynn said.

Science Hack Day brings together designers, developers, scientists, and other geeks in the same physical space for a brief but intense period of collaboration, hacking and building cool stuff.

I checked out Ryan Price who spoke to me about Open Innovation. Netflix offered a one million dollar prize to anyone who could improve the types of movie suggestions offered by 10%. Coders from around the world collaborated to solve the problem. In the end Netflix got more than it bargained for. The results were raised by more than 10%. Ryan is helping organize a Drupal Camp where participants hack for a cause. Hack is another way of saying modifying code. Not all hacking is evil.

Vienna Create camp 11, a great event for collaboratively creating applications related to open data and accessibility.