Hackathons

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

Transcript

1. Hackathons
2. The usual hackathon format and why it doesn’t work for me • Not made for inexperienced coders
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
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
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
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
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
8. How hackathons could be great • Meeting new people
9. How hackathons could be great • Meeting new people • Learning new things
10. How hackathons could be great • Meeting new people • Learning new things • Creative problem-solving
11. How hackathons could be great • Meeting new people • Learning new things • Creative problem-solving • Solving a specific problem with the tools at hand
12. #lemmings16 • A summer-long, hackathon program on the topic of bots
13. #lemmings16 • A summer-long, hackathon program on the topic of bots • Participants are “selected”: diverse crowd + skill sets
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
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
16. Next #lemmings16 event: Ars Electronica in Linz A digital art, technology and society festival
17. Demo-time! @EnidBot: A silly Telegram bot I made using my favourite movie, gifs, and Telegram’s awesome “inline query” feature, using Python
18. Thank you for listening <3