About Us

Haiku Down Under (HDU for short) is now in it's 3rd year and we hope to go from strength to strength. If you have any ideas or suggestions of what you would like to see at HDU, please contact us via twitter @haikudownunder or via our IRC channel on freenode - #haiku-au. If you wish to discuss anything about or around the event on twitter, please use the hastag #hdu.

HDU 2009 Report

On Sunday 23rd August, 2009, HDU 2009 kicked off, unfortunately, this event was plagued with issues, some technical, others from lack of support :( Still, we managed to salvage something out of it. Click here for the full report.

HDU 2008 Report

On Sunday 17th August, 2008, the first HDU event began and the entire event is available on ustream.

Brief History: How it all Began ...

In May 2008, I wrote to the Haiku Mailing List, proposing that the Australian Haiku Users and Developers hook up with an existing Open Source event to generate some Haiku interest in our Country. It was decided that the cost of heading to a central event, would be too costly and as we are spread out all over Australia, I then started thinking about plans of doing something online - a Virtual Conference, so to speak.

As Haiku's Anniversary is on the 18th August, it was decided to centre our annual event around this date. The event's main focus is to generate more interest and discussions around Haiku.