I went to the AngelHack 2012 London and it was good fun. Contrary to other people's experiences, the logistics were pretty awesome - for example, despite the f

I went to the AngelHack 2012 London and it was good fun. Contrary to other people's experiences, the logistics were pretty awesome - for example, despite the fact there were more people at a hackathon than I'd ever seen before, the WiFi held up. It's worth commenting that I'm not a startup/business guy - I went along to play with cool technology and we ended up building an augmented reality app. Out of 50+ teams, we got an honorable mention (after the 3 top teams). Probably due to the startup focus, it generally felt as though the teams were more looking at solving business problems with creative uses of existing technology than building new technology. The only disappointing part of the weekend for me was that the presentations went on WAY too long. There was supposed to be a 2 minute limit, but some people spoke for 10+! Multiply that by 50+ teams and I was almost falling asleep by the end (having not slept the rest of the weekend). But I'd definitely recommend it, and will go again.