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  • HackDFW and the project Sputnik story

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    Barton George
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    [Notice: Previously I mistakenly noted that this event was hosted by MLH when, while it was part of the MLH season, was the result of the hard work and effort by a team of students from UTD, SMU, and UNT.] Last week I attended HackDFW, a student hackathon in Dallas put on by  an intrepid group of local students from…

  • Chatting with the leaders of Major League Hacking

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    The weekend before last, the Major League Hacking crew helped put on a hackathon at the University of Texas.  The event drew over 700 students organized into close to 100 teams. Major League Hacking, which Dell helps power, is the official collegiate hackathon league and puts on more than 50 hackathons across the US, UK, and Canada per semester. In advance…