Big news! We wrapped up the most recent HackTO in Toronto in September with a promise to come back with plans for our next Hack event. We’ve got something far more exciting than just another Hack event in Toronto: We are taking HackTO nation-wide and will be holding hacking events in Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary [...]

HackTO2 wouldn’t have been possible without the generous support of our lovely sponsors, API providers and judges. We’d like to take this opportunity to extend a huge thank you to all of the peeps who made this event such a success! Sponsors These fine folks (please excuse the self-promotion) helped pay for prizes, snacks and [...]

Another successful HackTO has come and gone; we hope you had as much fun attending as we did hosting! There was so much talent packed into the ideeplex, I’m surprised zombies couldn’t smell the steaming brains from miles away. Many of you have put your completed HackTO projects online, and I have included links to [...]

HackTO2 is this Saturday the 25th, from 9am-6pm. To ensure things go swimmingly and that you are fully prepared for awesomeness, please note the following: GETTING HERE HackTO2 will take place at Idee Inc, at 223 Queen Street East Idee is on the southwest corner of Queen and Sherbourne. Spot the silver door. Press the [...]

Hackers, here is all the API info you should need to prepare yourselves for Saturday. Make sure to say hi to your API reps! Cadmus (Anomaly Innovations) DESCRIPTION Cadmus is a real-time service that manages your Twitter, FriendFeed and RSS streams. The API lets you sort your Twitter timeline by relevance. You can also see [...]

Hackers, here is all the API info you should need to prepare yourselves for Saturday. Make sure to say hi to your API reps! Cadmus (Anomaly Innovations) DESCRIPTION Cadmus is a real-time service that manages your Twitter, FriendFeed and RSS streams. The API lets you sort your Twitter timeline by relevance. You can also see the entire conversation

What would a great contest be without great judges? Pfft: just half as great, that’s what. We are therefore quite pleased to have three fine brains judging HackTO2, bringing us to full “great” status! Hackers, meet the people you need to please. Ali Asaria Ali Asaria is the founder and CEO of Well.ca, Canada’s largest [...]

Why compete at HackTO? Sure, you could do it for the sense of personal accomplishment. You could do it for the socializing and camaraderie. You could even do it for the food. But you know you want to do it for the GLORY and the PRIZES! To the winners go the following spoils: 1st place: Android [...]

Now that the API lineup for HackTO2 has been announced, you may be thinking: “Hot damn, what the heck should I build?” Well, here to jump-start your brain are some example applications made using the same lovely APIs that will be available to you at HackTO2. TweetAgora using Cadmus TweetAgora is a Twitter app with [...]

The HackTO percolations are imminent! Many of you may be wondering what the API lineup is going to look like for this round. Well wonder no more; we’ve got six fabuloso APIs here to dirty your hands and spark your imagination. Each of the following APIs will be  supported by a genuine, bona fide, electrified “rep” [...]

With just a month to go, HackTO is quickly approaching (By the way, if you haven’t signed up yet already, get on that!). I’m sure you’re all sitting on your hands right now, itching to get them dirty at HackTO, thinking: “Whatever will I do with myself in the meantime?!” Well we need your help [...]

Yep, registration for this new edition of HackTO is now officially open! The location and sponsors are TBD, but we will be holding the event on Saturday September 25th somewhere in downtown Toronto. If you’re planning to attend, we would love your advice on the following: What tech companies would you like to see providing APIs this time around? What sorts of

As Corey and I are planning the next HackTO, I thought it would be great if we could connect you all to each other and start a few conversations before we start hacking in September. So head over to our crowdvine page to browse the HackTO network and create an account here. Keep me company!

On Saturday, Toronto’s finest hackers and developers gathered at the ideeplex in Toronto for some serious geekery at the first ever HackTO hack-a-thon. The challenge? Build a sexy web application using any combination of open APIs made available by our fantastic sponsors: Canpages, Freshbooks, Idee, OPENapps and PostRank. Oh, and build it in UNDER FOUR HOURS. The

The first in a series of videos courtesy of Joseph Puopolo at OPENapps. Be sure to check out some great interviews with some of the peeps of HackTO!