Thursday, September 24, 2015
Bouncy
castle?
Check.
Bubble
soccer
balls?
Check.
Enough
Red
Bull
®
and
poutine
to
fuel
over
1,000
hackers
throughout
the
weekend?
Check
and
check.
The
University
of
Waterloo
students
organizing
Hack
the
North
2015
know
exactly
what
it
takes
to
pull
off
Canada’s
largest
international
hackathon.
Last
year,
they
attracted
more
than
1,000
students
from
around
the
world
to
the
first
Hack
the
North
for
36
hours
of
coding,
hardware
development,
plus
a
lot
of
fun.
Now
they’re
preparing
for
its
encore
taking
place
this
month.
What
third-year
systems
design
student
Jenny
Wen
remembers
most
as
a
2014
participant
is
the
atmosphere
from
the
electrifying
opening
speakers
to
the
volunteers
high-fiving
participants
in
the
wee
hours
of
the
morning.