How to win a hackathon - Speaker Deck

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How to win a hackathon 2013-03-23 @pietercolpaert OKFN Belgium @AppsForGhent

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How to win a hackathon 2013-03-23 @pietercolpaert OKFN Belgium @AppsForGhent co-creation event

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5 free tips

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1. One concept, one purpose My app solves problem X for Y... ... and this is how we did it

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2. The rule of pi* * pi = 3.14159265359... Whatever you think is going to take 2h... ... you will only be able to do it in >6.283h

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3.1 Present like a boss If you don't believe your concept is going to change the world (it is!)... ... the jury isn't going to believe it either

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3.2 Outline of a presentation we'd expect ● What problem do you solve ● How do you solve the problem ● Demo your app ○ wireframes < screenshots << live demo ○ <<< users can download & test ● Used datasets ● Future work (e.g. business model, finishing touch, extensibility, features, etc) 5 min max!

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3.3 Present with nice slides, not speaker notes Previous slide = too much, ugly bullets, boring. (yes, I did use comic sans MS™)

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4. Manage your team

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5. Don't stick to the tips Less is more! Kill your darlings Just do it! You are the right (wo)man at the right time for this job Don't forget to drink Listen to advice

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Les datas!

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2 RESTful APIs data.gent.be data.appsforghent.be

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The DataTank data.gent.be/.../... .about data.gent.be/.../... .json data.gent.be/.../... .xml ...

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More data data.gov.be data.iRail.be (TDT) opendata.antwerpen.be (TDT) publicdata.eu

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Bonus presentations on data After this talk

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You can win

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Good luck [email protected] @pietercolpaert @AppsForGhent

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Miet Claes: the project mgmt schema jennicatpink on flickr: the owl Contributed to this presentation