Your past, just a TimeHop away
Jonathan Wegener is the co-founder of TimeHop, which began as "4Square&7YearsAgo" at the Foursquare hackathon in 2011. He gave a video interview to Major League Hacking co-founder Jonathan Gottfried about...
Introducing Minor League Hacking: The Official High School Hackathon League
Minor League Hacking has been discontinued. To see a list of High School Hackathons check out Hack Club's List of High School Hackathons. When the first High School Hackers meetup was held at PennApps last...
BrumHack, HackaSoton, and Strathclyde join the UK lineup
In June, we announced the initial 6 hackathons for the UK Autumn line up. It's been a while, and the UK season is certainly heating up; we're very pleased to announce the next 3 hackathons for MLH UK. There...
Tweet Roundup: HackGT 2014
HackGT, Georgia Tech's amazing annual hackathon in Atlanta (or "Hotlanta"), wrapped up this past weekend following a great showing of hacks and hackers. Featuring over 1000 student hackers and, for some...
“+1 I need coffee” : Tweets from UnHackathon 2014 at AlleyNYC
Code Your Hearts Out The inaugural UnHackathon is underway here in New York! Here are snapshots from the scene, as told by tweets. This post will be updated as the weekend goes on. Be sure to tweet with...
HackISU: Need a drummer for your band? Why not robot?
If you've ever started a band, you know that finding a drummer can just be the hardest thing to do. The Beatles, for example, had to go through a bunch of folks before settling on Ringo Starr. But with this...
Foursquare co-founder Selvadurai and the Quantified Self
Naveen Selvadurai, who co-founded Foursquare, talked to Major League Hacking co-founder Jonathan Gottfried about his fascination with the concept of a "quantified self". "'Quantified self' is a term that...
Simplifying iPhone Dev @ PennAppsX
Apple iPhone development just got a lot cheaper and easier thanks to the winning team at PennAppsX. The hack, called Fuji, is an Xcode-esque integrated development environment over the web, complete with an...
Hacking history: Visit ENIAC while at Penn
Here at PennApps, on the University of Pennsylvania campus, there is a rich history of computer innovation. Many undergraduate computer science majors have heard of ENIAC in passing, but what exactly was it?...
A baker’s dozen awesome things at PennApps
Creative engineering was in full force Saturday at the fall 2014 PennApps hackathon. Following are a dozen highlights and hacks-in-progress that stood out from the crowd. Hardware check-out. Students...