Not all hackathons are nearly as bad as this mentions. I've found that CodeDay (http://CodeDay.org http://CodeDay.org) as well as the hackathons part of Major L

Not all hackathons are nearly as bad as this mentions. I've found that CodeDay (http://CodeDay.org http://CodeDay.org) as well as the hackathons part of Major League Hacks (http://mlh.io http://mlh.io) have adhered to most of what the ideal hackathon constitutes as per this article.