Hackathons

A short talk about hackathons & #lemmings16 for Travis CI Lightning Talks.

Transcript

1. Hackathons
   

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2. The usual hackathon format
   and why it doesn’t
   work for me
   • Not made for inexperienced coders
   

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3. The usual hackathon format
   and why it doesn’t
   work for me
   • Not made for inexperienced coders
   • Actually, not made for people who aren’t coders
   

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4. The usual hackathon format
   and why it doesn’t
   work for me
   • Not made for inexperienced coders
   • Actually, not made for people who aren’t coders
   • Not a diverse environment
   

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5. The usual hackathon format
   and why it doesn’t
   work for me
   • Not made for inexperienced coders
   • Actually, not made for people who aren’t coders
   • Not a diverse environment
   • Competitive
   

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6. The usual hackathon format
   and why it doesn’t
   work for me
   • Not made for inexperienced coders
   • Actually, not made for people who aren’t coders
   • Not a diverse environment
   • Competitive
   • Difficult to learn as a “newbie” because of time
   pressure
   

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7. The usual hackathon format
   and why it doesn’t
   work for me
   • Not made for inexperienced coders
   • Actually, not made for people who aren’t coders
   • Not a diverse environment
   • Competitive
   • Difficult to learn as a “newbie” because of time
   pressure
   • Difficult to join a team if you don’t know anyone
   

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8. How hackathons
   could be great
   • Meeting new people
   

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9. How hackathons
   could be great
   • Meeting new people
   • Learning new things
   

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10. How hackathons
    could be great
    • Meeting new people
    • Learning new things
    • Creative problem-solving
    

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11. How hackathons
    could be great
    • Meeting new people
    • Learning new things
    • Creative problem-solving
    • Solving a specific problem with the tools at hand
    

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12. #lemmings16
    • A summer-long, hackathon program on the topic of
    bots
    

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13. #lemmings16
    • A summer-long, hackathon program on the topic of
    bots
    • Participants are “selected”: diverse crowd + skill sets
    

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14. #lemmings16
    • A summer-long, hackathon program on the topic of
    bots
    • Participants are “selected”: diverse crowd + skill sets
    • Rotating teams created by the organisers
    

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15. #lemmings16
    • A summer-long, hackathon program on the topic of
    bots
    • Participants are “selected”: diverse crowd + skill sets
    • Rotating teams created by the organisers
    • Weekly rotating location, to get to know the Viennese
    startup+co-working ecosystem
    

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16. Next #lemmings16 event:
    Ars Electronica in Linz
    A digital art, technology and society festival
    

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17. Demo-time!
    @EnidBot: A silly Telegram bot I made using my
    favourite movie, gifs, and Telegram’s awesome “inline
    query” feature, using Python
    

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18. Thank you for
    listening <3
    

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