<h1 id="new-hackathon-models">New Hackathon Models<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#new-hackathon-models"></a></h1>
Hackathons have become decadent even before COVID-19 shut them down.
The abstract model of "bring talent together for a paid-for summit" is certainly an interesting one, though. "Unconferences" seems like the wrong term for this, especially since they're often not free to attend. "Retreats" come closer but don't imply any building will happen.
Corporate sponsors might be willing to experiment with new kinds of events. What about weekend/weeklong retreats? Probably have to get lucky with booking, or find a mechanism to co-host it with a group house.
<h2 id="some-models">Some models<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#some-models"></a></h2>
<a href="https://www.gradientretreat.com/">Gradient Retreat</a>
<a href="https://school2point0.com/aee92f2b69574fd0a9f867539953b0fd">School 2.0</a>
<a href="http://hypotext.co/antidisciplinarathon">Katherine Ye's Antidisciplinarathon</a>
Asilomar conference grounds are great, I went to them in Monterey after learning about this:
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilomar_Conference_on_Recombinant_DNA">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilomar_Conference_on_Recombinant_DNA</a>
<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapathon">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapathon</a>
<a href="https://www.physics.mcgill.ca/hackathon/">https://www.physics.mcgill.ca/hackathon/</a>
HackUIUC was focused on open source contributions
<a href="https://twitter.com/maxkriegers/status/1512489227191144452">https://twitter.com/maxkriegers/status/1512489227191144452</a>
<a href="https://www.rabbitholeathon.com/">https://www.rabbitholeathon.com/</a>
<h2 id="related-writing">Related writing<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#related-writing"></a></h2>
<a href="https://jzhao.xyz/posts/hackathons/">https://jzhao.xyz/posts/hackathons/</a>
<a href="https://jonathanxu.com/blog/2020-07-25-on-hackathons">https://jonathanxu.com/blog/2020-07-25-on-hackathons</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/0xmaddie_/status/1516252794751266816?s=21&#x26;t=6TYmdeZirWcLcbp8G5t99A">https://twitter.com/0xmaddie_/status/1516252794751266816?s=21&#x26;t=6TYmdeZirWcLcbp8G5t99A</a>
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<li>UI Hackathons - <a href="https://blog.rysolv.com/worst-time-date-selectors-in-the-world">https://blog.rysolv.com/worst-time-date-selectors-in-the-world</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/maxkriegers/status/1512489227191144452">https://twitter.com/maxkriegers/status/1512489227191144452</a></li>
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<a href="https://longhack.org/">https://longhack.org/</a>

New Hackathon Models


This is [Max Krieger](https://a9.io)'s "inquiry" page. I guess it's like a [Digital Garden](https://github.com/MaggieAppleton/digital-gardeners). But I'm not trying to upload my Second Brain to it. Just want to share some half-baked ideas. One source of inspiration for this was Kevin Lynagh's ["Collaboration ideas"](https://kevinlynagh.com/ideas/). See also Sharif Shameem's ["Questions"](https://sharif.io/questions/).

It was made with [Dendron](https://dendron.so).

Take everything I write here (well, everywhere) with a grain of salt. That said I'm always happy to talk about anything on here.

The pages definitely don't adhere to [Andy's Evergreen Notes](https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z4SDCZQeRo4xFEQ8H4qrSqd68ucpgE6LU155C) pattern, I hope one day they do.

Feel free to add [a PR or issue to the repo](https://github.com/maxkrieger/inquiry) to discuss any of these in public!

## Guide

Here are some of my favorite/extensive pages:

- [[Linear algebra as spreadsheet|projects.linear-algebra-spreadsheet]]
- [[Domain learning for computational microworlds|rethinking-media.microworld-languages]]
- [[Linux DE prototyping|projects.linux-desktop]]
- [[System Archaeology|projects.system-archaeology]]

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