Upcoming Vancouver Hackathons
We’ve got a ton of hackathons happening in Vancouver over the next little while. If you want to flex your programming muscles, there are lots of upcoming opportunities.
Open Data Hackathon - February 25th
This coming Saturday, the iQmetrix offices play host to an Open Data Hackathon put on by the Vancouver Tech Cofounders Meetup.
On Feb. 25th, join a group of talented designers, developers and product people to help turn open data into useful applications in one day!
Open Data Hackathon is a great opportunity to flex your ‘Build It’ muscle and create useful applications with a team of talented individuals.
How It Works:
9am – We do a quick brainstorming exercise and then pitch ideas to the room
10am – Teams are formed around the top ideas, you vote with your feet.
11am to 4pm – We build!
4pm – We have judges (TBD) come to give feedback on the products. The most useful application wins!
5pm – We wrap up the celebration with tasty beer courtesy of the good folks at iQmetrix.
Sign up for Open Data Hackathon »
White Day Hackathon – March 10th
A Thinking Ape and Silicon Sisters are organizing a hackathon around White Day – the day where men “pay back” women with gifts one month after Valentine’s Day. More from the site:
The aim of White Day Hackathon is to create a coding environment that’s friendly to female developers (but everyone’s welcome to come!).
Devs will get the chance to meet other coders (experienced and aspiring) and work in groups of 1-3 to make some wicked apps.
We’ll start with a mixer on Friday night where we’ll share ideas, meet fellow devs, and build groups before we spend Saturday hacking together something cool.
Sign up for White Day Hackathon »
And of course, the HackVAN event on March 24th »
Got other developer / programming related events in Vancouver? Let us know, we’d love to share.
