ICHACK 14 - Hackathon Survival Tips

Short pre-event presentation for the attendees of ICHACK '14 on my experience on hackathons and some hints and tips, similar to last year but with nicer images, minor tweaks and 100% more pie charts

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1. HACKING THE HACKATHON v2.0 Tips and Tricks for ICHACK ‘14 @peterejhamilton
2. Prepare
3. • Device? Sandbox? API? • Github? Bitbucket? • AWS? Heroku? Azure? App Engine? • Java? Haskell? Python? Ruby? Node? Prepare
4. Prepare Totally legit pie chart. Everyone loves a pie chart… Setup Fixing Bugs Actual Programming
5. Divide & Conquer Soldering Pro? Coding Machine? API Expert? UI Ninja?
6. Solve a Problem • What would you LOVE to use? • Play to you strengths? • Try something new?
7. But… Consider Presentation
8. Getting Started
9. Getting Started
10. Getting Started
11. ITERATE FAST & OFTEN • Build a thing • Show your team • Show your friends • Show your mum • Improve it • Repeat
12. Do One Thing Well • It’s a hack, not coursework • Nobody is marking your code…
13. Sleep Semi-Colons
14. Sleep Semi-Colons • Spot the signs • Show someone else • Power-Nap vs MOAR COFFEE • Eat EVERYTHING
15. My Technique…
16. DEMO DAY • Leave 1 hour for prep • Run through it at least once • Tangible Demo > Tech Talk • Watch the other talks!
17. DEMO DAY Run through it all at least once
18. DEMO DAY Run through it all at least once
19. DEMO DAY Run through it all at least once
20. PUSH CODE GO HOME (SLEEP FOR ENGLAND)
21. Good Luck!