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...

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...

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...

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...

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?...

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...

  Organizing hackathons is an incredibly tough endeavor. You've got to line up sponsors, figure out the physical logistics, distribute timely and accurate information, and build autonomous and...

PennApps began its tenth edition Friday with a fascinating variety of announcements spanning new technologies, ovation-worthy prizes, and a heartfelt effort to create medical hacks. The event is also a...

Friendly reminder to hack outdoors. Iowa is gorgeous, yo. If You Build It, They Will Come... and Build Some More What do I think about when I think about Iowa? Election straw polls, perhaps. Maybe...

Five Years, Ten Rounds of Hacks Ah, Philly. City of Brotherly Love. I know it mostly from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and culturally misappropriated cheesesteaks here in New York. But I also know...