History of Hackathons - Revised for HackCon
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Jon Gottfried, a developer evangelist at Twilio, presents the history and evolution of hackathons, highlighting key events from 1975 to the present. He outlines notable hackathons such as the Communal Sun Microsystems in 1999 and various events from the 2000s. The talk concludes with the perspective that hacking is an art form.
History of Hackathons - Revised for HackCon
- 1. HI. I’M JON GOTTFRIED Developer Evangelist at twilio Hacker Historian ! @JonMarkGo
- 2. HISTORY | GREP ‘HACKATHON’ BY JON GOTTFRIED FOR HACKCON 2014
- 3. 1975
- 5. HACKATHONS PER MONTH ON HACKERLEAGUE
- 10. 1982 - DREXEL UNIVERSITY
- 11. 1983
- 16. PARTY LIKE IT’S 1999
- 17. OPENBSD • June 4-6, 1999 • Focus on IPSEC • Calgary, Alberta • 10 developers • communal
- 18. SUN MICROSYSTEMS • June 15-19, 1999 • Palm V • John Gage challenge • competitive
- 20. 2005 - SUPER HAPPY DEV HOUSE
- 21. FACEBOOK
- 22. 2006 - YAHOO!
- 23. 2007 - STARTUP WEEKEND
- 24. 2009 - MUSIC HACK DAY
- 25. 2010 - HACKNY
- 26. 2010 - TECHCRUNCH DISRUPT
- 27. 2011 - PENNAPPS
- 28. 2013 - MEGA MHACKS
- 29. WHAT IS NEXT?
- 30. HACKING IS ART
- 31. THANK YOU! Jon Gottfried Developer Evangelist at twilio @JonMarkGo jon@twilio.com