Introduction to Yahoo! Open Hack EU in Romania, May 2011.

1. 1

2. Objectives
• What is a Hack[er]?
• What is Open Hack?
• What’s going to happen in the next 34
hours?
• How to get the most out of this
experience?

4. Hacker != Cracker

8. Wear the Hacker Badge with Pride!

9. Wear the Hacker Badge with Pride!

10. What is a Hack?
• A Hack is a solution to a real world problem;
a solution that has been devised and
implemented in a time or resource starved
situation.
... like say, in 24 hours.

11. An Egyptian Revolution Hack

12. A Cuban Embargo Hack

13. http://f1results.socialminds.com.br/
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14. http://isithackday.com/hacks/
isithackday.com/hacks

15. 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.

16. What is Open Hack?

17. Chad Dickerson Simple Rules
• Take something from idea
to prototype in a day
• Demo it at the end of the
day, in two minutes or less
(usually less)
Photo by @plasticbag

18. Open Hack creates an environment
where creativity can thrive.

19. We add key ingredients such as data from
Yahoo! APIs and across the Web

20. “Raw Data Now”

22. developer.yahoo.com

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

26. Station Locations
• TfL Pier Locations
• Live Traffic Cameras
• Oyster Ticket Stop Locations
Static files on GLA servers
• Cycle Hire Locations
• London Underground Signals
Passed at Danger
• Riverboat Timetables
Text
www.tfl.gov.uk/businessandpartners/syndication/

27. We add the finest web development tools...

28. Experts in the use of these tools...

29. Finally, we add creative individuals like YOU!

30. Open Hack EU 3
• What’s going to happen in the next 34
hours?

31. Info.
• openhackeu.pbworks.com
• twitter
• @openhackday - detailed event info
• #openhackeu - add to all tweets
• flickr - #openhackeu11

32. Main Room
2nd Track Games Quiet Area Sleeping
& Dining Room
Press VIP lounge

33. Saturday Talks
Time Track 1 Track 2
10am YQL: Select * for Hackers by Jonathan
LeBlanc
11am Introduction to YUI 3 by Luke Smith Accessibility Innovations & Challenges
by Ted Drake
11:30am Achieving greatness with node.js by Reid Introduction to Yahoo! Search BOSS
Burke by Rahul Hampole
12pm Introduction to Yahoo! Messenger API by
Vivek Aggarwal
12:30pm Server Sidedness by Douglas Crockford
1pm Enthusiast Sessions by Murray Rowan &
Session Leaders
1:20 Hacking Kickoff by Todd Hay, and a few
words by Varujan Pembuccian
6:30pm The JSON Saga by Douglas Crockford

34. Jonathan LeBlanc
10am
Select * for Hackers
Open Hack Veteran.
photo by superfluity

35. 11am Luke Smith
Intro to YUI 3
photo by superfluity

36. 11am - Track 2
Ted Drake -
Accessibility
Innovations
and challenges
photo by ted drake

37. 11:30am
Achieving greatness with
node.js by Reid Burke
JavaScript out of the
Browser..

38. Introduction to
Yahoo! Search
11:30 - Track 2
BOSS by Rahul
Hampole

39. 12:00
Introduction to
Yahoo! Messenger
API by Vivek
Aggarwal

40. 12:30: Server Sidedness
19:30: The JSON Saga

43. Enthusiast Sessions

44. Hardware Enthusiasts
Viorel Spinu
Robofun
Aruino chips
Motors
Sensors

45. History Enthusiasts
Matt Patterson - History
Hack Day
Dan Pett - British
Museum
Jo Pugh - National

46. Civil Society Enthusiasts
Ruxandra Popa - Tech
Soup Romania
Liana Buzea -Let's do it,
Romania!
Madalina Mocan - Ratiu
Center for Democracy

47. Mixed Enthusiasts
Laurentiu Caramete -
Astrophysisist -
Institute of Space
Science
Dragos Muresan -
ARCA Space
Nick Dima - Music
Enthusiast

48. Coffee & Snacks
Lunch at 1:30pm
Dinner at 7pm
Pizza at 10pm & 2am
Breakfast & Lunch on
Sunday
Beer on Sunday before
presentations

50. AlgoRythmics
YouTube Hit

51. Presenting

52. Judging Criteria
• Working Prototype
• Solves a real problem
• At least one Y! Tech
• Creative / X Factor
• Great UX
• Unique
• Realistic that it was built in 24 hours

53. Mr Raymie Stata

54. Mr Varujan Pambuccian
Chairperson of the Committee for
IT&C in Romania's Chamber of

55. Mr Ebbe Altberg
SVP, Yahoo! Media

56. Mr Todd Hay

57. Mr Douglas Crockford
Worlds Foremost living authority on
JavaScript
Author of “JavaScript, the good parts”
Discovered the JSON data format

58. Mr Alexandru Lapusan
CEO at Zitek

59. When it’s all over...
• 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

60. How to get the most
out of this event?
• Get the right skills in your team
• Plenty developers, but designers are very handy.
• Practice your pitch: 1 drive & 1 pitch
• Find a subject matter expert?
• Enthusiast Sessions, Yahoo! Crew, Other Hackers
• Take breaks - Play, Get a Tattoo
• Network / Community
• Have Fun