Hackers are creative people who love technology and building things. The document encourages attending hack events and wearing the hacker badge with pride. It discusses how hacks can provide innovative solutions or workarounds to real problems. Successful hacks are prototypes that solve problems creatively with a good user experience, using data or technology uniquely. The document provides tips like keeping hacks online and publishing code on GitHub.

7. Hackers are:
People like you and me.
Creative developers & designers.
Love technology.
Love building things.
Come to events like this.
It’s a term of great respect!
Wear that badge with pride!

8. An innovative solution to a real world
problem; quick and dirty workaround,
yet effective.

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45. The web has lot of data around

47. http://developer.yahoo.com

48. http://developer.yahoo.com/everything.html

51. http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/console

59. http://pipes.yahoo.com/

65. http://developer.yahoo.com/yui

66. • http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/grids/builder/

68. http://developer.yahoo.com/cocktails/mojito/

70. Powerpoint = Fail!

73. • Record screencast
• Do not depend on internet
• Keep your stuff ready in browser

74. • Solves a real problem
• Working Prototype
• Displays Creative Thinking
• Great User Experience
• Uses data or technology in a unique and
interesting way
• Uses technology or data from Yahoo!
• X-factor!

75. • Keep your hack live
• Show others what you have done
• Publish your code on github
• Join us and take it even further!

79. 2. A good hack doesn’t
need to be a big thing
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81. 3. Tackle
the
hard
problems
first

83. 4. Expect
the
unexpected!
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84. h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/major_clanger/1488173116/sizes/l/in/photostream/

86. • http://developer.yahoo.com
• http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/console
• http://www.github.com
• http://hackyourworld.org/
• http://isithackday.com/hackday-toolbox/
• http://talks.php.net/show/hacku/
• http://www.slideshare.net/cheilmann

88. http://slideshare.net/saurabhsahni
http://twitter.com/saurabhsahni
http://github.com/saurabhsahni
http://www.saurabhsahni.com