Announcing the European Fall 2015 Season
It’s hackathon season again! We’re super excited to announce the arrival of the European Fall 2015 Season. In our last season (EU Spring 2015), we saw hackers travel from all over the world participating...
Hacking a Better Hackathon at Hackcon III
Next month, we will be welcoming 150 hackathon organizers to San Francisco for Hackcon III at GitHub HQ. With final preparations underway, we’re set for a weekend filled with learning and collaboration...
Can we hack happiness?
True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery As part of our Random Hacks of Awesomeness series, we thought it would be a great idea to...
Random Hacks of Awesomeness #2
Welcome to the second edition of Random Hacks of Awesomeness! If you haven't already, be sure to check out our first RHOA post from last week HERE. 1. Challenge Link (HackWestern) A finalist project that...
Hack@Smith: Closing the Gender G{app}
"Hack@Smith: Closing the Gender G(app) is Smith College’s premier hackathon. Sponsored by Smith’s Computer Science club, “Smithies in CS”, students from all over the east coast are invited to...
Random Hacks of Awesomeness #1
Welcome to our first edition of Random Hacks of Awesomeness! Exactly as it says on the tin, we aim to collate (hopefully every week) a few random hacks that we think are super awesome from across our...
Pusheen Boundaries at Pearl Hacks S2015
The second annual installment of Pearl Hacks last weekend saw over 600 college and high school women interested in technology come together to learn, build, and share ideas with each other. The aim of the...
Flying High at HackBU S2015
HackBU S2015 was a 36 hour hackathon that took place over the weekend of March 20th - 22nd. Hosted at Binghamton University, the aim of the event was to bring together and foster a community of individuals...
Our Favorite Hacks: HackIllinois 2015 Edition
Between a video game playing Yeti, snow cone producing snowman, therapy dogs and epic Nerf gun battles - HackIllinois 2015 saw plenty of hackathon awesomeness over the weekend that kicked off the season of...
Fares Alaboud: Changing Lives at HackLondon
This weekend, I had the honour of organising and running HackLondon, the largest UK hackathon I've ever been to, organised or seen with my own eyes. I had the pleasure of working with a team of inspiring and...