What is a hackathon? There are conferences and companies and organizations all getting into the action these days. There are now hundreds of hackathons that are happening all over the globe. Just going by Hacker League’s numbers, in the first three quarters of 2013 they have registered more than 200 hackathons. That is a lot of […]
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What You Missed at the FinTech Hackathon
You know the drill: 32 teams, 24 hours and lots of food and caffeine, or some variation thereof, and you’ve got a company. Or several. Using APIs and platforms from over 15 technology partners, hackers gathered, teamed up and developed their hacks at the FinTech Hackathon for the chance to win prizes and be considered […]
7 Tech Events Worth Traveling For
Lots of cities have hackathons, happy hours and startup weekends, and those events are totally fun. But every now and again you are going to want to attend an event that is a little more specific, or if not specific, maybe an exotic locale will do ya? We’ve pulled together a list of slightly less […]
Flex Your Intellect @NYCSW: 5 Things Agencies Can Learn From Hackathons
Last weekend I attended Startup Weekend NYC—a 2 ½ day hackathon—an open call for entrepreneurs, designers, developers, creative strategists and the biz dev obsessed. Startup Weekend is headquartered in Seattle has been around for 4+ years and is found in over 200 cities around the world. From Mongolia to South Africa to London to Brazil, […]
New York City’s Curated Startup Events – The AlleyWatch Event Guide: June 1-8
Each week we bring you a handy guide to just a few of the events we think should not be missed. On any given night, there are too many events. You can’t attend all of them and neither should you, unless you’re a career socialite. For the week of June 1st – 8th are […]
Singing and Boozing on Stage at the May New York Tech Meetup. All in the Name of Technology, of course!
You know it’s Spring when the overriding theme of the New York Tech Meetup seemed to be par-ty. NYC# was first to hit the stage and broke out in song – a cappella, no less! The fun didn’t stop there. Chris Wiggins introduced the HackNY student hackathon winners. Sole criteria for judging: awesomeness, […]
Fintech in NYC: What You Need to Know
Sick of the bulge brackets? Here is what’s happening in FinTech in NYC… AlleyNYC recently hosted New York City’s first annual FinTech Hackathon. The event promoted the development of financial technology by providing programmers and designers with resources to innovate, discover and produce new products and technologies that could potentially benefit the industry. […]
Tech is the New Black: Decoded Fashion at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
When you think fashion, Dennis Crowley is not the first name to come to mind. Brilliant when it comes to tech, but hardly known for his sartorial splendor. But his roots in tech helped him to check-in at one of the most exclusive fashion events of the season, where the two worlds met and even […]
Just Beginning to Build: Happy Hacksgiving
This is part two of Just Beginning to Build: Ah Ha!, which covers Caitlin’s initial experience in the interesting world of Hackathons. The next stop on my tour of learning to code was to jump into a Hackathon. For someone with literally three weeks of programming experience, I think I get awarded points for bravery, but […]