Are British hackers funnier than their American peers? Do Polish hackers produce more polished hacks? And what does Mike Elsmore have in common with the Pharaohs? Cristiano takes us through time and space to look at the history of hackathons, taking us from ancient Egypt to modern Singapore, comparing cultural differences in hack ideas and implementations.

2. HACKING
THROUGH SPACE AND TIME

3. HACKING
THROUGH SPACE AND TIME
Cristiano Betta
@cbetta

4. HACKING
THROUGH SPACE AND TIME
Cristiano Betta
@cbetta

5. I WORK IN THE SKY

6. LAST WEEK

7. TODAY

8. WHICH CAN BE GREAT

9. AND REALLY BAD

12. BATTLEHACK.ORG

13. HACKED.IO

14. THE EARLIEST HACKERS

15. THE EARLIEST HACKERS

16. HACKERS CODE OF ETHICS
courses.cs.vt.edu/professionalism/
WorldCodes/Hackers.Code.html

17. Access to Computers
- and anything which might teach you
something about the way the world works
- should be unlimited and total

18. Not all failure is good,
but failure is essential

19. It’s about
process/product
process and product

20. KEN ROBINSON TED TALK

21. All information
should be free

22. One who says,
!
"What is mine is yours and
what is yours is yours”
!
this is a righteous person.

23. Mistrust Authority
Promote Decentralization.

24. FRENCH REVOLUTION

25. Hackers should be judged
by their hacking
!
not their degree, age,
race, or position

26. ALAN TURING

27. You can create art and
beauty on a computer

28. ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM

29. ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM

30. Computers can change
your life for the better

33. Who does a pharaoh talk
to when he's sad?

34. Who does a pharaoh talk
to when he's sad?
His mummy

37. THE HACKER REVOLUTION

38. Access to Computers
- and anything which might teach you
something about the way the world works
- should be unlimited and total

40. PHREAKING

41. THE BLUE BOX

42. THOSE GUYS

45. All information
should be free

46. Mistrust Authority
Promote Decentralization.

47. Every organization rests
upon a mountain of
secrets
Julian Assange

48. HACK(DAYS|ATHONS)

49. OPEN HACK LONDON 2007

50. 1 HACKED ROOF

52. PALM V

53. OPENBSD

54. YAHOO OPEN HACK

55. 20% TIME

56. HACKERPLEDGE.ORG

57. PAYPAL.GITHUB.IO

58. linkedin.com/in/danesecooper

59. SPACE LORD

60. STAR LORD

61. 2013

62. 2013

66. John Lunn

67. 2014

68. 2014

76. KC FOX

78. WHICH HACKERS ARE THE BEST?

79. LONDON

80. LONDON

81. LONDON

82. CHARITYSHOCK

89. MIAMI

90. MIAMI

91. MIAMI

92. BERLIN

93. BERLIN

94. BERLIN

95. POLAND

98. TEL AVIV

99. SEATTLE

100. SEATTLE

101. ISTANBUL

104. SINGAPORE

116. Hackers should be judged
by their hacking
!
not their degree, age,
race, or position

126. WHICH HACKERS ARE THE BEST?

127. LIVE BY THE CODE

128. SHARE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

129. CHALLENGE AUTHORITY

130. HAVE FUN

131. HAVE FUN

132. THANK YOU
Cristiano Betta
@cbetta