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video: HackNY Student Hackathon Spring 2010

• Grand prize – Foursquare Candidates by Hrishikesh Bakshi (Rutgers University) and Ian Jennings (Rutgers University)
• First place – Dropioke by Ryan Bubinski (Columbia University), Matt Ward (Columbia University), and Akiva Bamberger (Columbia University)
• Second place – Beatmon by Raymond Ko and Alex Laties
• Third place – Dropik by Dan Hoizner (CUNY College of Staten Island) and Eric Demaso (CUNY College of Staten Island)

• People’s Choice Award – Aviary Tennis by Max Stoller (NYU) and Tal Safran (NYU)
• Best Android App – Android for Chartbeat by Vincent Xue

The companies that participated were fantastic! They included:

Foursquare, Flat World Knowledge, Etsy, Drop.io, NYTimes, Snooth, VoteReports, Learbat, Knewton, Hot Potato, Hunch, nrelate, 10gen, Chartbeat and Aviary.

The event will be at NYU’s Courant Center, 251 Mercer St (map).

Hackathon Agenda

Friday night

6pm – registration opens outside room 109

7pm sharp – Welcome (from your organizers)

7:30-9:30pm – startup demos in room 109

9:30-11:30pm – Start hacking and chat with startups (13th floor lounge)

11:30pm – near-midnight hacker snack!

Saturday

3am – surprise (ice cream, toothbrushes and toothpaste!)

9am – breakfast

1pm – lunch

4-6pm – student project demos and judging (room 109)

6-7pm – awards and prizes!

7-9pm – cleanup

Please contact info@hackny.org with any questions.

What’s a hackathon?

A hackathon is an event where people get together and develop awesome projects in a short timespan.

I can’t stay whole 24 hours, can I still participate?

Of course! We realize that 24 hours is a long time, and that some people might have other commitments or even want to shower or sleep. We do strongly encourage you to be present for the initial few hours during the startup demos, and for the final few hours for the presentations and judging.

Will there be prizes?

Yes.

Who are the judges?

We’ll be asking the startup representatives to judge the projects, but don’t worry — there will be at least one “people’s choice” award.

Will there be free food?

Yes.

Can grad students participate?

Yes! Any NYC-area student is welcome.

What if I don’t know how to program?

If you come willing to learn and full of ideas there will be people eager to teach you what you need to know and put you to work.

Do I have to bring my own laptop?

Yes; unfortunately, we can’t provide computers. Please bring anything you’ll need to code (though it’s fine if you share equipment with a teammate).

I’m not a student anymore, can I still participate?

Sorry, this hackathon is limited to currently enrolled students. Why don’t you check out BarCamp NYC 5 instead?

OMG hacking?!

Please note that all hackNY hacking will be of the awesome variety,
not the evil variety. Students interested in learning how to create and develop
with code are welcome! Parents interested in learning how to log into their kids’ Facebook account need not apply.

The ACM chapters of NYU and Columbia, ADI at Columbia and tech@NYU at NYU, are excited to present a new opportunity for all NYC-area students interested in the interface of technology and entrepreneurship: HackNY.

HackNY.org works to federate NYC students with NYC startups by facilitating a summer internship program and by building a community among the next generation of NYC hackers. Starting in 2010, the summer program includes pedagogical lectures as well as dinners with local and nonlocal upstarts, hackers, and founders.

All NYC students are invited to a 24-hour hackathon at NYU April 2-3, 7pm-7pm, and all NYC startups are invited to submit to demo their hot technologies, share their APIs and data, and impress NYC?s next generation of code powerhouses, many of whom will be looking for summer internships.

Students: All students are invited to RSVP to springhack@hackny.org. Please include your full name, University, class year, and major.

Startups: to apply, simply fill out the form below by March 15. The deadline has passed. Thanks for your interest!

We look forward to hearing from you!

info@hackny.org