09.10.2013 15:20 Uhr, Quelle: Macworld UK

Hackathons for the rest of us

When Moshe Tamssot walked out of a Chicago hackathon in August 2010, he had a new business and a new business partner.Most hackathon attendees go just to have fun, of course, and that's been enough to establish hackathons as a part of tech culture. While the likes of Google and Facebook have used them to promote their APIs and entire 'ecosystems,' smaller firms are also adopting hackathons -- and swear by the results.Chief attributesHackathons, of course, are organized marathon hacking sessions with rules, goals and prizes. Conceptually, they are reminiscent of county fairs, except what's submitted to the judges was created during the event. Hackathon organizers could be hoping to get developers to play with a new interface they are introducing, or write apps for a new phone they are producing -- o

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