When people ask me what a hackathon is, I usually send them to http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+is+a+hackathon - making this link useless.

I don't think any of the results really does it justice at all. If I didn't know what a hackathon was, I'd still have no idea after reading most of these.

I get so sick of explaining 'its not that kind of hacking' that I just quit using the term to non-techies lol. http://www.radiumcrm.com

Great post, well written. Definitely going to send this to friends when they ask me what i'm doing this weekend.

Did my best to explain what a hackathon is in layman's terms

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