The term might be outdated, but the idea of bringing teams together to solve big problems has never been more relevant.
The word “hackathon” has no clear origin. I’m a runner, so I like to think that the word is a combination of “hack” and “marathon.” Or more accurately, a hack race, which is what a hackathon is: a creative tech sprint aimed at solving some problem or creating something new.
It’s a novel idea—or at least it was a....