CODEX HACK

Thoughts from the Edge of Innovation around Publishing, Books, Libraries and All Things Literary.

Feb 14, 2017

Reading through a Different Pair of Glasses

This past weekend, I attended the CODEX Hackathon at the MIT Media Lab. I love this hackathon because of its interdisciplinary nature — encouraging attendees to create tools around books, library data, or analysis on words. This time around, I joined a…

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Jul 9, 2015

Hacking the Future of Publishing

For someone who has grown up with reading, the idea of “reinventing” the reading experience might seem…

Mike Eidlin in CODEX HACK

Jul 6, 2015

Introducing Streaq - One Chapter a Day

How the two-day CODEX Hackathon caused us to pivot after two years

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Jul 9, 2015

The Terror and Hope of CODEX Hackathon

I’m a writer. As I type this, I’m angry — seethingly, deeply angry; the kind of angry that…

Pippin Lee in CODEX HACK

Jul 9, 2015

Thoughts from making tools for literature

How Literature and Code Overlap

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Feb 15, 2017

A Writer’s First Hackathon

I discovered the CODEX Hackathon in a way that seems very fitting in hindsight: a girl I knew in high school (but was never friends with) posted about it on Twitter.

I am a playwright, an occasional poet, and a dabbler in other media. I applied for CODEX…

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Jul 13, 2015

How to Run a Collaborative Hackathon: The Cheatsheet

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Feb 19, 2017

A Photographic Journey through a Literary Hackathon

Last week I participated in my first Humanities Hackathon called CODEX, organized by Jennifer 8. Lee from Plympton, a literary studio, and is now in its third installment. The hackathon took place on the 3rd floor of the prestigious MIT…