Even those who aren’t exactly technologically savvy have heard of hackathons. But what they may not know is that those events – usually 48 hours in length – don’t necessarily focus on the completion of the projects started at hackathons.
Wrapping up projects was the focus of the first PennApps Finishathon hosted this weekend in McClelland South Lounge of the University of Pennsylvania’s Ware College House dorm. The collaborative space opened to student hackers and entrepreneurs at noon to allow them to put the finishing touches on projects they started in classes or during the recent PennApps Hackathon. At 7:30, the teams were scheduled to demo their various apps and websites. Both the PennApps Hackathon and Finishathon are run by the student organization, the Dining Philosophers, which plans to host a Finishathon every semester following the recurring Hackathon.
For more on the story, go to technicallyphilly.com
Be the first to comment