Hackathons & analytics, peas & carrots, etc.
Howdy! I’m Tim Falls - VP, Community at Keen IO. I’ve been involved with hackathons for the last five years of my life. Over the past year or so, as I joined Keen and became more focused on data...
Incident Report on September 23rd, 2015
On Facebook an uninvolved individual, who was not present at the event, released the details of an incident. We have enough information to believe that it is the one below. The Facts We received a report...
When Jokes go too Far.
Hackathons are a fun environment and there’s a time and place for jokes during one. Who hasn't made a joke about being sleep deprived or stinky after one? That said, jokes about bombs or hurting people in...
Publishing a static website with Amazon Web Services
This post is syndicated from Freddie Lindsey's Blog Who? This post is for people who have static websites they want to deploy and have running efficiently across multiple continents. It assumes only a...
How to build a Hacker Community.
Back in 2010, I started a community for hackers at my alma-mater, Rutgers University. It all started with just a handful of friends I made at hackathons and a Facebook group to connect them. By the time I...
How to Explain Hackathons to your Parents & Principal
Today, Major League Hacking is really excited to unveil three new resources that are going to demystify the exploding student hacker movement. This year over 50,000 students will participate in over 150...
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...
Winners of the MLH Spring 2015 North America Season of Hackathons
Tens of thousands of hackers swarmed to sixty Major League Hacking Events throughout North America this Spring. Thousands participated in 18 events in our European League too. We were blown away by all the...
Hack the Planet Live Stream!
Hack the Planet is the finale of Major League Hacking's student hackathon season. Hundreds of students from around the world have joined us in Silicon Valley to team up, learn about bleeding edge...
Reflecting on Hackcon III
This past weekend we held the third annual Hackcon, the conference for student hackathon organizers. We brought together student organizers and community leaders from around the world to share their knowledge,...