The New York Times Hack Day event this past weekend was incredible fun and a great success. We had an amazing time participating at the New York Times Science Fair last month, and were really honored to be invited back

Looks like we can’t get enough of the New York Times. After a spectacular day at the New York Times Open Source Science Fair last month, we’re headed...

This past weekend I participated in Hack the Midwest, a Kansas City hackathon. The event was a huge success drawing a crowd of around 100 developers. As one of the visiting developer evangelists said, it was a great turnout for a New York hackathon, much less one in the midwest.

At the competition I built Qup.tv, a simple service that will send you email alerts when Netflix adds new titles to its streaming catalog. I was lucky enough to win top honors at the event, but this wasn't my first rodeo. With three Rails Rumbles, two Node Knockouts, and a Startup Weekend under my belt I'm beginning to get a sense of what works and what doesn't. So here's my list of things to keep in mind when competing in a hackathon: