Intro deck for Open Hack India 2012

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.

23. fakemytrip.mygola.com

24. Text
http://f1results.socialminds.com.br/

25. http://isithackday.com/hacks/
isithackday.com/hacks

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

29. hacks.developer.yahoo.com

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

34. Text
http://www.programmableweb.com/

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