Impact Blog » HackU http://blog.impact.org Inside Impact! Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:17:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 2008 Waterloo HackU Winner Wins Big in the 2009 Finals! http://blog.impact.org/2010/01/2008-waterloo-hacku-winner-wins-big-in-the-2009-finals/ http://blog.impact.org/2010/01/2008-waterloo-hacku-winner-wins-big-in-the-2009-finals/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:11:21 +0000 Anita http://blog.impact.org/?p=763

2008 Waterloo HackU winner Addy Cameron-Huff (in red shirt) is also the winner of the 2009 Yahoo Hack U finals in New York City. Photo: Rasmus Lerdorf

2008 Waterloo HackU winner Addy Cameron-Huff (in red shirt) is also the winner of the 2009 Yahoo HackU finals in New York City. Photo: Rasmus Lerdorf

As many already know, Impact Connect and Yahoo! had ran the Hack U competition at the University of Waterloo in both 2008 and 2009.  For those who don’t know, HackU is a week-long coding festival challenging the  brightest of the University of Waterloo’s programming community.  The HackU competition is held across Canada and the U.S. and challenges students to develop a web application that solves a problem in 24 hours or less.

In the 2008 HackU competition run by Impact Connect, Waterloo graduate Addy Cameron-Huff won with his application that tracks speeches made by Canadian politicians, allowing constituents to follow the progress of their MPs.

One year later, Cameron-Huff moved on to the HackU finals held in New York City, competing against teams from universities such as Berkeley, Cornell, and the University of Washington. Approximately 40 teams had just two minutes to present their hack.

In New York, Cameron-Huff blew away his competition with his application that sent out instant alerts about insider trades for various stocks.

With these key victories, Impact Connect is proud to have helped Mr. Cameron-Huff on his path to success.

EDIT:  Thanks to Addy Cameron-Huff for posting the link to his presentation!  You can watch it here.

]]> http://blog.impact.org/2010/01/2008-waterloo-hacku-winner-wins-big-in-the-2009-finals/feed/ 3 Yahoo! HackU Competition Kicks Off Today! http://blog.impact.org/2009/10/yahoo-hacku-competition-kicks-off-today/ http://blog.impact.org/2009/10/yahoo-hacku-competition-kicks-off-today/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:37:10 +0000 Christine Lu http://blog.impact.org/?p=353

Impact Connect is proud to present the second annual Yahoo!’s HackU competition kicking off today at the University of Waterloo and University of Toronto!

As a week long event featuring a 24-hr Hack Competition and tech talks by Rasmus Lerdorf, the creator of PHP and UW Alumnus, and Douglas Crockford, the godfather of Javascript, HackU is one of the largest campus events geared towards Computer Science students and really anyone that is a programming fanatic! This is the only Canadian HackU, along with 9 other participating American universities for the 2009 – 2010 season. The other schools involved in this year’s HackU Competition includes UC Berkeley, U of Illinois, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Georgia Tech, and UC San Diego.

Chances to win NETBOOKS, iPOD NANOS, FOOD, SWAG, NETWORKING, FUN… and a TRIP TO CALIFORNIA if you register now for our 24-Hr Hack competition!

There will be great networking opportunities with Yahoo Engineers from California and Toronto. Best of all, to participate and sign up for these events is FREE!

If you are in Waterloo tonight, join us for our Kick off Event!

Tuesday, October 13th – Waterloo Kick-off Event
Location: Waterloo DC 1301 (Fishbowl)
Speakers: Rasmus Lerdorf, Paul Tarjan
6:00pm-7:00pm – Dinner, Hack overview, examples, web programming tips & tools, APIs, etc
7:00pm-7:30pm – Q&A, find teams, brainstorm ideas

If you are out of town and unable to attend, rest assured, the entire event will be broadcasted online at http://hacku.impact.org.

For event schedule, registration and general info: www.hacku.impact.org or check us out on Facebook.

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