Jan
23
2011
Report from the Facebook Camp Hackathon
By Alex W
This weekend, Facebook held their first international Camp Hackathon event for students from the University of Toronto (U of T) and University of Waterloo (UW). For a full 24 hours from 5:00 PM on January 21 to January 22, over 200 students (including a full coach bus of students from U of T) occupied UW’s Student Life Center, designing, developing, and hacking fantastic new software. The goal of the hackathon was completely open-ended. While there had been rumors of a development theme for teams to work on, at the beginning of the event the organizer announced that teams should work on anything they wanted, and focus on learning new skills and developing “something awesome”.
Facebook Hackathon Timelapse at the University of Waterloo from uwalvin on Vimeo.
Subscribe to RSS Feed
Follow us on Twitter
Our Mailing Lists
Visit Kwartzlab TV