Upgrade to Pro — share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …

Hacking the Hackathon - ICHACK '13

Peter Hamilton
February 08, 2013
Technology
1
41

Hacking the Hackathon - ICHACK '13

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

Peter Hamilton

February 08, 2013
Tweet

More Decks by Peter Hamilton

See All by Peter Hamilton
ICHACK 14 - Hackathon Survival Tips
petehamilton
0
430
RabbitMQ and Hutch
petehamilton
1
110

Other Decks in Technology

See All in Technology
RPAの基礎を学ぼう~業務自動化超入門~
leekwangsoo1995
0
180
大切なことは全部スプラトゥーンが教えてくれた
junki
1
310
【Notion ✕ PM Club】少数精鋭のスタートアップ開発組織におけるNotion活用事例 ～プロダクトバックログからスプリントに至るまで～
saik1010
1
410
カラーミーショップの改善におけるSRE活動について
homirun
0
270
Hasura の Subscription と向き合う
kimujun
0
160
重新想像：如何做技術選型決策 / Rethinking : Technical Decision
yftzeng
2
320
SNS連動型_サイネージ運用.pdf
bau
0
210
KDD2022論文読み会：LinkedInの推薦システムから学ぶ
pacocat
0
350
php-srcを読んでみよう / php-src codereading
tzmfreedom
0
510
社内でのアクセシビリティ推進
tahia910
1
880
PBR in three.js
yomotsu
1
340
教えない新人研修 - 新人研修 is social change. - #xpjug
takaking22
0
660

Featured

See All Featured
Pencils Down: Stop Designing & Start Developing
hursman
113
9.9k
CSS Pre-Processors: Stylus, Less & Sass
bermonpainter
349
27k
Building Better People: How to give real-time feedback that sticks.
wjessup
344
17k
Automating Front-end Workflow
addyosmani
1351
200k
"I'm Feeling Lucky" - Building Great Search Experiences for Today's Users (#IAC19)
danielanewman
213
20k
Support Driven Design
roundedbygravity
87
8.7k
How STYLIGHT went responsive
nonsquared
85
4k
The Straight Up "How To Draw Better" Workshop
denniskardys
225
130k
Facilitating Awesome Meetings
lara
31
4.2k
Let's Do A Bunch of Simple Stuff to Make Websites Faster
chriscoyier
499
130k
I Don’t Have Time: Getting Over the Fear to Launch Your Podcast
jcasabona
12
980
Gamification - CAS2011
davidbonilla
75
4k

Transcript

  1. HACKING THE HACKATHON @peterejhamilton www.inspiredpixel.net Tips and tricks for ICHack

    ’13
  2. None

  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

  16. None

  17. GO HACK!