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This is pretty grim. On the one hand it is good that the White house had a hackathon. On the other hand they didn't. Nothing interesting really got built, the
by k_kelly 14y ago
This is pretty grim.
On the one hand it is good that the White house had a hackathon. On the other hand they didn't. Nothing interesting really got built, the time limit was brutally restrictive and it might be childish to say but seeing everyone at a hackathon wear business clothes is really weird. You really don't need a suit to be serious.
In the end it seems like this was done so that at some point down the road they can say the Whitehouse had a hackathon.
- msielski 14y agoI think it was a good first step. It may be fairer to judge the event against the history of collaborative software development at the White House (nonexistent) than against that same history elsewhere.
- jeremymcanally 14y agoWhy in the world wouldn't we wear business clothes? We were visiting the White House for crying out loud. What a useless criticism. Not only are there rules, there's a certain amount of respect one should show an occasion like that. Likewise, what in the world would you call "useful"? Hurling ignorant things like that sounds silly if you don't follow it up with something "useful." I spent a lot of time talking with the organizers and their superiors at the hackathon and trust me this wont be the last one they have.
- douglasback 14y agoThe time limit is only “brutally restrictive” if you assume that people spent only 9 hours the day of working on their projects. We had a week of access to the API documentation as well as access to the API developers to ask questions. And I can't speak for anyone else who participated, but my project is going to live on and continue to improve. Maybe one day you'll even find it interesting. I suspect others who participated will do the same with theirs.