Hacking the Hackathon - ICHACK '13

February 08, 2013

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Hacking the Hackathon - ICHACK '13

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

Peter Hamilton

February 08, 2013

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Transcript

HACKING THE HACKATHON @peterejhamilton www.inspiredpixel.net Tips and tricks for ICHack
’13
None
DIVIDE AND CONQUER
AVOID THIS SCENARIO
PREPARE, PREPARE, PREPARE
CHOOSING A PROJECT •Solve a problem •Low-level harder to demo
•Play to your strengths •Try something new?
GETTING STARTED
AVOID THIS
ITERATE FAST & OFTEN •Build something •Show your team •Show
your friends •Show your mum •Improve it •Repeat
IT’S A HACK, NOT COURSEWORK •Do one thing well •Hack
it till it works •I’m not marking your code...
BUT...
SLEEP SEMI-COLONS •Spot the signs •Show someone else! •Power-naps vs
Coffee/Redbull •Eat constantly
MY TECHNIQUE... Google Interactivism Hackathon - 2012
DEMO DAY! •Leave at least 1 hour for prep •Run
through at least once •Tangible Demo > Tech Talk •Watch the other demos!
TO AVOID THIS
None
GO HACK!