The document provides 15 tips for surviving a hack day event. It begins with defining key terms like hacking and hackers, explaining that hackers are skilled problem solvers, not criminals. It then outlines the schedule and challenges for an upcoming hack day and provides tips such as choosing a problem you're interested in, getting the right skills on your team, using available tools and data, tackling hard problems first, preparing a pitch, and having fun. The overall message is that hack days are opportunities to build solutions through creative technical skills and teamwork.

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.

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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