The Official Blog of Magnt » tastynectar http://blog.magnt.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 25 May 2010 12:28:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Nectar Hackathon 2.0 http://blog.magnt.com/2008/10/nectar-hackathon-2/ http://blog.magnt.com/2008/10/nectar-hackathon-2/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:45:39 +0000 Dave Onkels http://tastynectar.com/blog/?p=502 If you’ve been following Nectar for a bit you’ll know that we don’t approach business in the typical fashion. As an example, we tend to prefer working in intense collaborative programming sessions that we have termed ‘Hackathons’. Our most recent event took place about a week ago in Allen, TX and as with our first edition, we opted to film the entire experience using time-lapse photography.  Without any further adeu, we present Hackathon 2.0 (editing courtesy of our good friend and ninja videographer, Shelby Cook):

 

Nectar Hackathon 2.0 from Nectar on Vimeo.

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In the following video I discuss the concepts of introvert and extrovert, why I believe that extroverted caricature I just described above is complete B.S., and why I think introverts have a place at the entrepreneurial table.

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