What Exactly Happens At A Facebook Hackathon?
Have you ever wondered what goes on at a Facebook hackathon? Pedram Keyani offered the lowdown in a note on the Facebook Engineering page.
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Have you ever wondered what goes on at a Facebook hackathon? Pedram Keyani offered the lowdown in a note on the Facebook Engineering page.
Keyani said the first official hackathon took place in 2007, adding that they have expanded from 20 people at the first one he attended to more than 500 at the most recent one last Thursday.
He added that 60 percent of the projects from the hackathons last December and this past February and March were shipped, either internally or to Facebook users, including:
- Full-screen photos
- Photo filters for Facebook for Every Phone
- A 42-foot QR code on the roof of Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.
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