Hacking != cracking (and everything else you need to know to survive a hackday)
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- 2. HACKING != CRACKING (AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO KNOW TO SURVIVE A HACKDAY) Murray Rowan @murrayrowan
- 3. CONTENTS A brief history of hacking What is a hack[er] anyway? 15 hackday survival tips
- 11. Hollywood portrays hackers with looks that match their skills...
- 14. Wear the Hacker Badge with Pride!
- 15. Wear the Hacker Badge with Pride!
- 16. WHAT IS A HACKER? A hacker is a passionate, skilled and creative technologist who thrives on building innovative solutions to real world problems.
- 17. THE HOLLYWOOD DEFINITION A hacker is a beautiful, skilled and creative technologist who thrives on building innovative solutions to save the world from bad guys.
- 18. WHAT IS A HACK? An innovative solution to a real world problem; a quick and dirty workaround, yet effective.
- 26. ack day 15H val t i ps Survi
- 27. #1 Scratch your own itch! Eric Raymond’s The Cathedral and the Bazaar: • Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer’s personal itch. • To solve an interesting problem, start by finding a problem that is interesting to you.
- 28. #2 Know what’s happening • Talks - 9:30 to 12:30 Saturday • Workshops - 2pm to 5pm Saturday • Hacking - 12:30pm Sat to 12:30pm Sun • Submit your hack - 10am Sunday • Pre-judging - 2pm Sunday • 40 Finalist Presentations - 3:30pm Sunday • Winners Announced - 6pm Sunday http://openhackindia2012.hacker.yahoo.net/#meetings
- 30. #3 Address the challenges • Multi-Device Experiences • Digital Media & Advertising • Digital Communications • Surprise Us openhackindia2012.hacker.yahoo.net/#discussions/
- 31. #4 Get the right skills on your team
- 32. #5 Choose the right tools developer.yahoo.com developer.yahoo.com/everything.html
- 33. #6 Source your data / content YQL BOSS Fantasy Sports Scrape Sites if you need to The Web is full of data and content
- 35. #7 Tackle the hard problems first
- 36. #8 Know what the judges are looking • Solves a real problem • Working Prototype • Addresses one of our challenges • Displays creative thinking, and pushes the boundaries of what we’ve seen before • Has the potential to be a viable commercial business or enhance an existing business' product. • Great UX • Teams of 4 or less • At least one Y! Tech • Realistic that it was built in 24 hours
- 37. #9 Don’t be afraid to ask for help
- 38. #10 Learn something new
- 39. #11 Expect the unexpected! http://www.flickr.com/photos/cristiano_betta/571879057/sizes/l/in/photostream/
- 40. Be prepared for the worst! http://www.flickr.com/photos/major_clanger/1488173116/sizes/l/in/photostream/
- 41. #12 Stay up all night!
- 42. I am your friend!
- 43. I am not your friend
- 44. #13 Take a Break & have fun
- 45. #14 Practice your pitch
- 46. #15 Be memorable http://bit.ly/RzfUNu
- 47. When it’s all over... • Keep it live • Publish your code on GitHub • Tell us when you’re hacks progress further • Stay in touch with other hackers • developer.yahoo.com/blog • @ydn on twitter
- 48. Social Media • Follow @openhackday for detailed updates • Follow @ydn for general updates • #openhackindia (twitter) • #openhackindia2012 (flickr) • openhackindia2012.hacker.yahoo.net • IRC - irc://irc.foonetic.net/YahooOpenHack, http://irc.lc/foonetic/yahooopenhack
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