Re-Inventing the Hackathon • Hacker News Board

Re: Re-Inventing the Hackathon

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Post by solchea » Mon, Sep 16, 2013, 7:19 PM UTC

This is definitely taking hackathons in the right direction - and as someone who has attended AngelHack before, I like the focus on building something cool vs. focusing on slides/market potential.

Re: Re-Inventing the Hackathon

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Post by jbeard4 » Mon, Sep 16, 2013, 7:23 PM UTC

I hope they come to Toronto.

Re: Re-Inventing the Hackathon

#23

Post by gkoberger » Mon, Sep 16, 2013, 8:06 PM UTC

iancarroll wrote: post #10

Their free ticket thing was really easy. I mean, come on.

The point is that it's dead simple for a developer, but impossible for an "idea guy".

Re: Re-Inventing the Hackathon

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Post by cbhl » Mon, Sep 16, 2013, 8:28 PM UTC

jbeard4 wrote: post #22

I hope they come to Toronto.

AngelHack has been to Toronto in the past; I'm not sure there was enough of a turnout to offset the costs of running it though.

Re: Re-Inventing the Hackathon

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Post by brianfryer » Mon, Sep 16, 2013, 8:31 PM UTC

I've volunteered at Lean Startup Weekend a number of times, am currently a Hackstar at Techstars first Austin-based program, and have been working in-and-out of Capital Factory with a number of its startups since before it opened.

As such, I'm super excited to see how this event differs in practice and have already signed up to volunteer.

Re: Re-Inventing the Hackathon

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Post by kirubakaran » Mon, Sep 16, 2013, 8:38 PM UTC

songzme wrote: post #14

Here is their challenge: bmljZSBkZWNvZGluZyB5b3VuZyBwYWRhd2FuIFVzZSB5b3UgbXVzdCBsZWFybmVyIGZyZWUgdGlja2V0IGNvZGU6IEhBQ0taSUxMQQ== Reward, a coupon code that you can apply for a free ticket to an angelhack hackathon.

Trailing == gives it away.

Re: Re-Inventing the Hackathon

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Post by mu_killnine » Mon, Sep 16, 2013, 8:50 PM UTC

kirubakaran wrote: post #26

songzme wrote: post #14

Here is their challenge: bmljZSBkZWNvZGluZyB5b3VuZyBwYWRhd2FuIFVzZSB5b3UgbXVzdCBsZWFybmVyIGZyZWUgdGlja2V0IGNvZGU6IEhBQ0taSUxMQQ== Reward, a coupon code that you can apply for a free ticket to an angelhack hackathon.

Trailing == gives it away.

I saw the == and it looked so suspicious but I didn't know what it was from. That'll be burned in my brain from now on, though.

Re: Re-Inventing the Hackathon

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Post by jbeard4 » Mon, Sep 16, 2013, 9:02 PM UTC

cbhl wrote: post #24

jbeard4 wrote: post #22

I hope they come to Toronto.

AngelHack has been to Toronto in the past; I'm not sure there was enough of a turnout to offset the costs of running it though.

That's disappointing. I'm relocating there next month. I guess I'll have to travel to NYC to participate.

Re: Re-Inventing the Hackathon

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Post by omnisci » Mon, Sep 16, 2013, 9:05 PM UTC

jbeard4 wrote: post #28

cbhl wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AngelHack has been to Toronto in the past; I'm not sure there was enough of a turnout to offset the costs of running it though.

That's disappointing. I'm relocating there next month. I guess I'll have to travel to NYC to participate.

The NYC hackathon was a good time, I'd recommend it:)

Re: Re-Inventing the Hackathon

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Post by rismay » Mon, Sep 16, 2013, 9:07 PM UTC

I like the old logo better!