Hacking != cracking (and everything else you need to know to survive a hackday)

HACKING != CRACKING(AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO KNOW TO SURVIVE A HACKDAY)Murray Rowan@murrayrowan

CONTENTSA brief history of hackingWhat is a hack[er] anyway?15 hackday survival tips

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WHAT IS A HACKER?A hacker is a passionate, skilled and creative technologistwho thrives on building innovative solutions to real worldproblems.

THE HOLLYWOOD DEFINITIONA hacker is a beautiful, skilled and creative technologist whothrives on building innovative solutions to save the worldfrom bad guys.

WHAT IS A HACK?An innovative solution to a real world problem; a quick anddirty workaround, yet effective.

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#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.

#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 Sundayhttp://openhackindia2012.hacker.yahoo.net/#meetings

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#3 Address the challenges • Multi-Device Experiences • Digital Media & Advertising • Digital Communications • Surprise Us openhackindia2012.hacker.yahoo.net/#discussions/

#4 Get the right skills on your team

#5 Choose the right tools developer.yahoo.com developer.yahoo.com/everything.html

#6 Source your data / content YQL BOSS Fantasy Sports Scrape Sites if you need toThe Web is full of data and content

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#7 Tackle the hard problems ﬁrst

#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

#9 Don’t be afraid to ask for help

#10 Learn something new

#11 Expect the unexpected! http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/cristiano_betta/571879057/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Be prepared for the worst!http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/major_clanger/1488173116/sizes/l/in/photostream/

#12 Stay up all night!

I am your friend!

I am not your friend

#13 Take a Break & have fun

#14 Practice your pitch

#15 Be memorablehttp://bit.ly/RzfUNu

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

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

Hacking != cracking (and everything else you need to know to survive a hackday)

by Murray Rowan on Aug 11, 2012

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