Hacking the Hackathon - ICHACK '13

A short presentation I gave just before the launch of Imperial's student hackathon

Transcript

1. HACKING THE HACKATHON @peterejhamilton www.inspiredpixel.net Tips and tricks for ICHack ’13
3. DIVIDE AND CONQUER
4. AVOID THIS SCENARIO
5. PREPARE, PREPARE, PREPARE
6. CHOOSING A PROJECT •Solve a problem •Low-level harder to demo •Play to your strengths •Try something new?
7. GETTING STARTED
8. AVOID THIS
9. ITERATE FAST & OFTEN •Build something •Show your team •Show your friends •Show your mum •Improve it •Repeat
10. IT’S A HACK, NOT COURSEWORK •Do one thing well •Hack it till it works •I’m not marking your code...
11. BUT...
12. SLEEP SEMI-COLONS •Spot the signs •Show someone else! •Power-naps vs Coffee/Redbull •Eat constantly
13. MY TECHNIQUE... Google Interactivism Hackathon - 2012
14. DEMO DAY! •Leave at least 1 hour for prep •Run through at least once •Tangible Demo > Tech Talk •Watch the other demos!
15. TO AVOID THIS
17. GO HACK!