Summit Awesome Hackathon February 2014

Posted: 3 February 2014

Almost a year on from the last Summit Awesome hackathon, we are back in Manchester, at the TechHub, for another two day hackathon with some great, like-minded people.

There have been two Summit Awesome hackathons previous to this one, after both I think everyone has been in agreement that doing an all nighter is a pretty stupid idea. But did I book into a local hotel room, of course not. Did I bring my amazing MusucBag, no I didn't.

The Projects

There were several projects being worked on between the 25 people, the ones I remember:

• CMYK: Real-time design feedback, cmyk.im.
• XinPet: Managing pets microchips.
• Chekk.it: Find the status of Minecraft plugins.

No wanting to commit time to a new projects, I was working on finishing one of my own existing personal projects.

Timelapse

I really love timelapses, I set one up last year, and it was really well accepted, so I did one again this year.

When I was trying to make the edit more interesting, I realised I should have taken some clips of people typing away ect.. But hey, I'm still learning and trying new things.

The Burnout

I can't actually remember the last time I did an all nighter, so by 4am I was really feeling the lack of sleep. With almost everyone else asleep, I looked at what time the next train to Sheffield was, this set the seed of an idea, and I did decide to get the first train back home in the morning.

This meant I unfortunately missed the presentations on Sunday afternoon, but I have to say my bed has never been so comfy!

Next Time

I really hope next time the days are forcibly spilt up, it would be additional cost for people who don't want to pay for somewhere to stay, but I think everyone would be more awake (and actually in attendance) on the Sunday.

I really recommend attending a Summit Awesome meet up, either for food, drinks, or a hackathon. Find out more at summitawesome.co.uk.