I'd like to organize a hackathon among friends later this year. Would like a litany of cool projects that started at hackathons, to cite as evidence that great things have been started in a short time with few resources and a lot of passion.
Also welcome: examples of great things that have been built in insanely little time, period. For example, Tupac's last album was made in 7 days from writing to final production. The White Stripes' "Elephant" was made in 2 weeks.