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We’ve hosted more than 6,000 hackathons — here’s what we learned 5 fundamental tips to hosting a successful hackathon 1. Two-phase Hackathons are better than one Hackathons that include separate ideation and development phases consistently deliver more innovative solutions than those that have a single, combined phase. The first portion of the event is dedicated to ideation and submission. Once approved, the selected entries are invited to move forward with development over the second phase....

We’ve hosted more than 6,000 hackathons — here’s what we learned 5 fundamental tips to hosting a successful hackathon 1. Two-phase Hackathons are better than one Hackathons that include separate ideation and development phases consistently deliver more innovative solutions than those that have a single, combined phase. The first portion of the event is dedicated to ideation and submission. Once approved, the selected entries are invited to move forward with development over the second phase....

Whale Hunt: a photographic heartbeat timeline Story byErnst-Jan Pfauth Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He a(show all)Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He also served as The Next Web’s blog’s first blogger and Editor in Chief, back in 2008....

Whale Hunt: a photographic heartbeat timeline Story byErnst-Jan Pfauth Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He a(show all)Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He also served as The Next Web’s blog’s first blogger and Editor in Chief, back in 2008....

What 100 suicide notes taught us about creating more empathetic chatbots AI needs to learn more about the language of despair to better address sensitive conditions Negative sentiment and constrictive thinking As one would expect, many phrases in the notes we analyzed expressed negative sentiment such as: There was also language that pointed to constrictive thinking. For example: The phenomenon of constrictive thoughts and language iswell documented. Constrictive thinking considers the absolute when dealing with a prolonged source of distress....