Re: [RFC] Cambridge Hackathon

[David Chisnall]

On 16 Apr 2013, at 01:14, "Lundberg, Johannes" <address@hidden> wrote:

> If it's OK I would like a few minutes to present our company, what we want to 
> do with GNUstep and also, let you try our prototype AR glasses.

That sounds great.

> Maybe 10 minutes for presentation and 20-30 minutes for demo if we are ~10 
> people.

For some presentations, we'll book a larger room (possibly a lecture theatre, 
since it's out of term time) and have some 

> Of course, the glasses will be with me all the time so anyone can try at any 
> time.

Yay!

> I'll be flying in from Germany or Japan. What is the recommend way to travel 
> from Heathrow (I suppose it will be). I guess train from Germany is also an 
> option.

There are a few options.  The cheapest way of getting to Cambridge from 
Heathrow is the bus (national express).  This is quite convenient, as it leaves 
from the airport and arrives in the middle of Cambridge, but it's also the 
slowest.  The fastest is to take the Heathrow Express from Heathrow to 
Paddington, then take the underground from Paddington to Kings Cross, then take 
the train from Kings Cross to Cambridge.  I don't really like this because it 
involves two changes and both of them involve walking from one end of a station 
to the other.  The best compromise in terms of effort, cost and speed is 
usually to take the tube from Heathrow to Kings Cross (which takes about an 
hour, so bring a book...) and then the train from Kings Cross to Cambridge.

For the trains to Cambridge, make sure you look at the board at Kings Cross 
that tells you when the fastest train to various destinations is.  Some trains 
are direct, some stop at a load of small stations along the way.  The direct 
trains take about 45-50 minutes, the slow ones take about an hour and a half, 
so waiting 10 minutes can often get you there half an hour earlier.

If you're coming from Germany, you have two other choices, depending on where 
you are.  If you can take the Eurostar, it arrives in Kings Cross, so you just 
change there and go straight to Cambridge.  Alternatively, you may be able to 
fly into London Stansted, which is not too far from Cambridge.  There are 
busses and trains, which take a similar amount of time (again, the bus arrives 
closer to the city centre than the train).

David