Pick Something - Speaker Deck

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Pick Something: How to choose what to do in 2 days Thursday, January 17, 13

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What are we doing? Thursday, January 17, 13

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Something BIG! Source: http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/luisrubio/189574813/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Thursday, January 17, 13

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No. Thursday, January 17, 13

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Something Small! But with a big impact! Source: http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/ringai/3975402556/sizes/m/in/photostream/ Thursday, January 17, 13

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Brainstorm what you want Thursday, January 17, 13

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Brainstorm what you want Pick ONE great idea Thursday, January 17, 13

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Brainstorm what you want Pick ONE great idea Pick ONE feature Thursday, January 17, 13

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Brainstorm what you want Pick ONE great idea Pick ONE feature Implement that ONLY! Thursday, January 17, 13

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Fake the rest. Thursday, January 17, 13

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Don’t • Reinvent the wheel • Be an architecture astronaut • Forget that you’re at a Hackathon - operative word HACK! Thursday, January 17, 13

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Do: • Use libraries (ALL THE LIBRARIES) • Use APIs • Use screenshots and mockups to explain other parts of your app (that you didn’t do) Thursday, January 17, 13

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5 Quick Tips Thursday, January 17, 13

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Involve a Developer 1. Thursday, January 17, 13

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Smaller than a Minimum Viable Product 2. Thursday, January 17, 13

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This Isn’t Production 3. Thursday, January 17, 13

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Focus on what you did (not what you didn’t do) 4. Thursday, January 17, 13

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All it has to do is ﬂy once 5. Thursday, January 17, 13

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Have Fun! 6. (I lied) Thursday, January 17, 13