├── LICENSE └── README.md /LICENSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | The MIT License (MIT) 2 | 3 | Copyright (c) 2014-2017 Niraj Pant 4 | 5 | Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 6 | of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal 7 | in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights 8 | to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell 9 | copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is 10 | furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: 11 | 12 | The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all 13 | copies or substantial portions of the Software. 14 | 15 | THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 16 | IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 17 | FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 18 | AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 19 | LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, 20 | OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE 21 | SOFTWARE. 22 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | Hackathon-Resources 2 | =================== 3 | 4 | Collection of high quality hackathon resources for hackathongoers and hackathon organizers. If you find anything new, feel free to submit a pull request! 5 | 6 | ## Hackathon Awareness 7 | 8 | - [WTF is a hackathon?](https://medium.com/hackathons-anonymous/wtf-is-a-hackathon-92668579601) 9 | - [Hackathons are like gyms](https://medium.com/hackathons-anonymous/hackathons-are-like-gyms-7ebcd6bfda26) 10 | - [Hackathons are taking the world by storm](https://medium.com/hackathons-anonymous/hackathons-are-taking-the-world-by-storm-7b0d844aa650) 11 | - [The rise of the High School Hacker](https://medium.com/hs-hackers/the-rise-of-the-high-school-hacker-81a5d7da7f51) 12 | - [The Rise of the High School Hackathon](https://medium.com/@canzhiye/the-rise-of-the-high-school-hackathon-a05e08ed4ebc) 13 | - [PennApps X Application Stats](https://medium.com/pennapps-x/pennapps-x-application-stats-655f9a04f991) 14 | - [Everyone’s watching hackTECH](https://medium.com/hacktech-2014/everyones-watching-hacktech-5b58c3859747) 15 | - [Let’s hack the west coast](https://medium.com/@kshithappens/lets-hack-the-west-coast-848210f99df5) 16 | - [A brief history of hackathons](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr6VPAe9CKU) 17 | - [With Hackathons Taking Center Stage, The Coming Transformation Of The Computer Scientist](http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/15/with-hackathons-taking-center-stage-the-coming-transformation-of-the-computer-scientist/) 18 | - [(Almost) everything you need to know about hackathons](http://hackmcgill.com/blog/post/about-hackathons/) 19 | - [Why I call myself a hacker](https://medium.com/hackers-and-hacking/why-i-call-myself-a-hacker-2b9381606a5e) 20 | - [A Hacking Hiatus](https://medium.com/hackers-and-hacking/a-hacking-hiatus-4844ae073d4) 21 | - [Love in the time of mega-hackathons](https://medium.com/pennapps-spring-2014/love-in-the-time-of-mega-hackathons-67b0de98f650) 22 | - [Hackathons are for Hacking](https://medium.com/@superandomness/hackathons-are-for-hacking-2bba198ffebd) 23 | - [The New Hackers](https://medium.com/@_simplyluke/the-new-hackers-aaed92e78cc0) 24 | - [What makes CodeDay so great?](https://studentrnd.org/build/what-makes-codeday-so-great) 25 | - [Hackathons: The Golden Value Prop](https://medium.com/hackathons-anonymous/hackathons-the-golden-value-prop-f9064b47132e) 26 | - [Hackathons aren’t about the hacks.](https://medium.com/hackathon-hackers/hackathons-arent-about-the-hacks-a2d84bf60a47) 27 | - [Back to the Hacks](https://medium.com/cal-hacks/back-to-the-hacks-de90beca3c8a) 28 | - [Selling Out and the Death of Hacker Culture](https://medium.com/@folz/selling-out-and-the-death-of-hacker-culture-fec1f101b138) 29 | 30 | 31 | ## Hackathon Stories 32 | 33 | - [My hackathon journey](https://medium.com/@rmorenocesar/my-hackathon-journey-92bc21b209b0) 34 | - [MHacks IV, my first Hackathon: I wouldn't trade it for anything](https://medium.com/mhacks-iv/mhacks-iv-my-first-hackathon-i-wouldnt-trade-it-for-anything-f994c8ed3504) 35 | - [I Survived MHacks](https://medium.com/mhacks-iv/i-survived-mhacks-e0a6e5f7d24b) 36 | 37 | ## Planning a Hackathon 38 | 39 | - [The first step in planning a successful hackathon](https://medium.com/hackathons-anonymous/the-first-step-in-planning-a-successful-hackathon-6cd4f8bd25a2) 40 | - [How to throw an Epic Hackathon](http://blog.mlh.io/how-to-throw-an-epic-hackathon-07-07-2014/) 41 | - [How to run a hackathon](http://www.recursiverobot.com/post/91272128309/how-to-run-a-hackathon) 42 | - [Hackathon Fundraising: Getting Started](http://blog.mlh.io/hackathon-fundraising-getting-started-06-16-2014/) 43 | - [Hackathon Sponsorship Questions Answered](http://news.mlh.io/find-sponsors-questions-sponsorship-workshop-12-30-2014) 44 | - [The HackCon Experience](https://medium.com/@taylor_atx/the-hackcon-experience-3866a1bfc907) 45 | - [Your Sponsors Are the Most Important Part of Your Hackathon](https://medium.com/hackers-and-hacking/your-sponsors-are-the-most-important-part-of-your-hackathon-42f21e0b581a) 46 | - [What is it like to organize HackMIT?](https://medium.com/@kt_seagull/what-is-it-like-to-organize-hackmit-96467ee9a9b8) 47 | - [How to Run a Hackathon](http://www.recursiverobot.com/post/91272128309/how-to-run-a-hackathon) 48 | - [Hosting Hackathons: Getting Awesome Sponsors](http://alexeymk.com/hosting-hackathons/) 49 | - [Running an Inclusive Hackathon](https://medium.com/hackers-and-hacking/running-an-inclusive-hackathon-630f3f2e5e71) 50 | - [Why hackathons should conclude with a demo](https://medium.com/how-to-throw-a-hackathon/why-hackathons-should-conclude-with-an-expo-635563ceab2f) 51 | - [Hackonomics 101: The economics of who pays for a hackathon, and why.](https://medium.com/@alexeymk/hackonomics-101-ad619910b134) 52 | - [The Hackathon Budget](https://medium.com/hackers-and-hacking/the-hackathon-budget-d636b5b2ed6c) 53 | - [Hackathon Playbook Part 2: How to Organize an Event](https://www.lob.com/blog/hackathon-playbook-part2) 54 | - [The Hack Day Manifesto](http://hackdaymanifesto.com/) 55 | - [How we built HackBU at Binghamton University](https://medium.com/@danoc/how-we-built-hackbu-at-binghamton-university-9a637371a476) 56 | - [Hackathon Fundraising](http://www.varadhja.in/life/hackathon-fundraising) 57 | - [Wi-Fi that Works.](https://medium.com/mhacks-iv/wi-fi-that-works-9afe3dec3d93) 58 | - [The Hackathon Boilerplate](https://medium.com/@jhilmd/the-hackathon-boilerplate-91eae05e3756) 59 | - [How to Make Your Hackathon Last](https://medium.com/mhacks-iv/how-to-make-your-hackathon-last-2cc663cb649a) 60 | - [MHacks: From Dream to Reality](https://medium.com/hackathon-hackers/mhacks-from-dream-to-reality-32e2e55e8136) 61 | - [How to Judge a Hackathon](http://news.mlh.io/how-to-judge-a-hackathon-finding-the-chosen-one-05-15-2014) 62 | - [Hackathon Prizes](http://news.mlh.io/are-hackathon-prizes-the-worst-thing-since-moldy-sliced-bread-04-18-2014) 63 | - [MLH Hackathon Organizer's Guide](http://guide.mlh.io) 64 | - [The Sponsorship Playbook](https://medium.com/@shrav/the-sponsorship-playbook-f1f9a0b81022) 65 | 66 | ## Sponsoring a Hackathon 67 | 68 | - [Hackathon Playbook Part 1: How to Sponsor](https://www.lob.com/blog/hackathon-playbook-part1) 69 | - [Realizing Rewards from your Hackathon Sponsorship](http://alexeymk.com/61608156/index.html) 70 | 71 | ## Preparing for a Hackathon 72 | 73 | - [How You Can Prepare for a Hackathon](http://sendgrid.com/blog/prepare-hackathon/) 74 | - [4 Things You Should Do To Prepare for A Hackathon](http://blog.onemonthrails.com/4-things-you-can-do-to-prepare-for-your-first-hackathon/) 75 | - [Hack the Travel](https://medium.com/@danstepanov/crowd-sourced-hackathon-travel-de6fdf1c7aaa) 76 | 77 | ## The Hacker Experience 78 | 79 | - [The 8 Kinds of Projects You Meet at a Hackathon](http://tessrinearson.com/blog/?p=452) 80 | - [Dear Corporations, Please Stop Throwing Your Own Hackathons](https://medium.com/@davefontenot/dear-corporations-please-stop-throwing-your-own-hackathons-21a692021b65) 81 | - [Hackathon-ing as a Non-Developer](https://medium.com/@xinisterlayer/hackathon-ing-as-a-non-developer-ec994e50458c) 82 | - [It’s Not “Too Late” for Female Hackers](https://medium.com/@kt_seagull/its-not-too-late-for-female-hackers-f7efb084e8a) 83 | - [The Hack Code of Conduct](http://hackcodeofconduct.org/) 84 | - [Redesigning the Hackathon Experience for Beginners (Extended)](https://medium.com/@molllified/redesigning-the-hackathon-experience-for-beginners-5220c508e96f) 85 | - [How To Present A Successful Hackathon Demo](http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/01/how-to-crush-your-hackathon-demo/) 86 | - [VTHackers — Building a Community in the Middle of Nowhere](https://medium.com/@benjdj6/vthackers-building-a-community-in-the-middle-of-nowhere-b0a11d723a3b) 87 | - [The Birth of the Cortex](https://medium.com/mhacks-iv/the-birth-of-the-cortex-efe64d0b5913) 88 | - [Why hackathons should conclude with an Expo](https://medium.com/how-to-throw-a-hackathon/why-hackathons-should-conclude-with-an-expo-635563ceab2f) 89 | - [Your First Hackathon](http://news.mlh.io/your-first-hackathon-10-07-2013) 90 | - [The Top 10 Ways to Ruin Your Hack](http://news.mlh.io/top-10-ways-ruin-hack-11-05-2014) 91 | 92 | ## Videos 93 | 94 | - [Hackathon Transportation 101](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGKX_koCPIk) 95 | - [Hackathon Sponsorship Workshop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI9NVe2wA5w) 96 | - [Hackcon I - HackBrown: Getting Newbies Attending and Productive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGwFmMEMe88) 97 | - [Hackcon I - Bitcamp: Getting the University to Help Fundraise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWWM7SABUzI) 98 | - [Hackcon I - Securing Awesome Judges for your Hackathon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGg_ItIKL68) 99 | - [Hackcon I - How HackMIT & PennApps Fundraise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HrQdd3ZtlA) 100 | - [Hackcon I - Building a Travelling Hacker Team at Maryland](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytqsXEASRYA) 101 | - [Hackcon I - Hacker Club Organization: TechX at MIT](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpRXknC9SLI) 102 | - [Hackcon I - When "awesome" is isolating: Making Hackathons Accessible](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L68tkWIc30&list=UUBYaqTVeO-oQW2AlmZVj-Fg) 103 | - [Hackcon I - Hackathon Values](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Vdi-OcQEc) 104 | - [Hackcon I - Hackathon Judging Discussion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km5djtxg1Mo) 105 | - [Hackcon I - Bitcamp: Hackathons as Branding](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwJNYXlOuYo) 106 | - [Hackcon I - MHacks III women outreach campaign & results](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMCrx-Iq0lQ) 107 | - [Hackcon I - MHacks: Organizer Outreach and Busconomics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oUwlb66xM8) 108 | - [Hackcon I - HackDuke: Getting Newbies Attending and Productive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9OHPVjhFQo) 109 | - [Hackcon I - Running an Inclusive Hackathon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fTuw8GGKRI) 110 | - [Hackcon I - Aligned Interests for Successful Hackathons](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jX_ZJNgvgA) 111 | - [Hackcon I - Hackathon Stories](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPR0CSmUCGE) 112 | - [Hackcon I - PennApps Logistics & Crisis Management](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_v279zzFhE) 113 | - [Hackcon I - Hackonomics 101](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEfOdvCM2EQ) 114 | - [Hackcon I - PennApps: Getting Newbies Attentive and Productive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjzP4YvpCKo) 115 | - [Hackcon II - The State of the League 2015](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-I7Uu3OBg9Y&index=1&list=PLPDgudJ_VDUfQcMWbEgEsJS270FvfNGFG) 116 | - [Hackcon II - Hackathons are for Hacking](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vHEBrFdAJvk&index=2&list=PLPDgudJ_VDUfQcMWbEgEsJS270FvfNGFG) 117 | - [Hackcon II - Hacking for Good](https://youtube.com/watch?v=L9zzTrs2zzI&index=3&list=PLPDgudJ_VDUfQcMWbEgEsJS270FvfNGFG) 118 | - [Hackcon II - Hackathon Boondoggle](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GkLgSZ7x2ec&index=4&list=PLPDgudJ_VDUfQcMWbEgEsJS270FvfNGFG) 119 | - [Hackcon II - Volunteering at Hackathons](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1SHfK8W3Drs&index=5&list=PLPDgudJ_VDUfQcMWbEgEsJS270FvfNGFG) 120 | - [Hackcon II - Health Emergencies at Hackathons](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DUaWBErFQxY&index=6&list=PLPDgudJ_VDUfQcMWbEgEsJS270FvfNGFG) 121 | - [Hackcon II - Beyond Logistics: The Moonshot Team](https://youtube.com/watch?v=e3NCihgvHu0&index=7&list=PLPDgudJ_VDUfQcMWbEgEsJS270FvfNGFG) 122 | - [Hackcon II - Hackathon Hackers](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bG4-nAuA2yA&index=8&list=PLPDgudJ_VDUfQcMWbEgEsJS270FvfNGFG) 123 | - [Hackcon II - Understanding the Community](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ivziFgcH_0s&index=9&list=PLPDgudJ_VDUfQcMWbEgEsJS270FvfNGFG) 124 | - [Hackcon II - Shariq Gives a Talk](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kc8JSSxO1pI&index=10&list=PLPDgudJ_VDUfQcMWbEgEsJS270FvfNGFG) 125 | - [Hackcon II - Marketing to Humans, not Robots](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VSFN9P1bZtM&index=11&list=PLPDgudJ_VDUfQcMWbEgEsJS270FvfNGFG) 126 | - [Hackcon II - Frighteningly Ambitious Hackathon Ideas](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cBRMuPBtTN0&index=12&list=PLPDgudJ_VDUfQcMWbEgEsJS270FvfNGFG) 127 | - [Hackcon II - How to Inspire Absolute Beginners](https://youtube.com/watch?v=q6X1WShIIXM&index=13&list=PLPDgudJ_VDUfQcMWbEgEsJS270FvfNGFG) 128 | - [Hackcon II - University Funding for Hackathons](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rseT8fcs6a4&index=14&list=PLPDgudJ_VDUfQcMWbEgEsJS270FvfNGFG) 129 | - [Hackcon II - Local Hack Day and Distributed Hackathons](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TFy_Fg5pqz0&index=15&list=PLPDgudJ_VDUfQcMWbEgEsJS270FvfNGFG) 130 | - [Hackcon II - Rethinking Scale](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YG08VXm_bFY&index=16&list=PLPDgudJ_VDUfQcMWbEgEsJS270FvfNGFG) 131 | - [Hackcon II - Hackathon IT](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fhr56Dl0LHs&index=17&list=PLPDgudJ_VDUfQcMWbEgEsJS270FvfNGFG) 132 | - [Hackcon II - Inbox Management](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QOuWFROzvJU&index=18&list=PLPDgudJ_VDUfQcMWbEgEsJS270FvfNGFG) 133 | - [Hackcon II - Open Hackathon Data](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qc_-0mGcVXg&index=19&list=PLPDgudJ_VDUfQcMWbEgEsJS270FvfNGFG) 134 | - [Hackcon II - Closing Address](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7QeHUkOHtvQ&index=20&list=PLPDgudJ_VDUfQcMWbEgEsJS270FvfNGFG) 135 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------