Hackathon

Over 300 hundred hackers attended the kickoff of TechCrunch Disrupt at 2 p.m. today.

The die-hard techies will spend 20 hours, many without sleep, to come up with the next big idea. The participants will compete in a rapid fire pitch in front of a panel of judges tomorrow before noon.




Zappos Hack-a-thon
While these projects are mostly in concept-form only, it should give you some visibility into potential future advances that we could build for our customers and employees.

We are going to ask you to vote for your favorite project, which we will then get ready to go live.






Inside Disrupt Hackathon [Video]
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by Evelyn Rusli on May 22, 2010
Just a quick update for those tracking the Disrupt Hackathon. Pizza has been delivered, the Red Bull girls have made their rounds, and the group seems to be in high spirits. TechCrunch developer Andy Brett and I made the rounds this afternoon, chatting with developers (who came from places as close as New York and as far as Israel) to discuss their projects and their strategy for the evening. Many expected to use a combination of potent caffeine and quick naps to power through the session. Some offered quirkier solutions: one team toyed with the idea of napping in the beginning and working during the late hours (to sleep through the noisiest part of the day) and another set a hard deadline of 2 am so that they could be the most refreshed team during the presentation round. We’ll find out who makes it and what they’ve made tomorrow at 11am— and for those who can’t be here, we plan to Livestream the event as well. Until then, enjoy our brief video of Hackathon (Andy doesn’t make frequent video appearances so this is a real treat, bonus points if you find his 2 cameos). This was all shot on a flip cam.







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