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The intro talk for the UIUC hackU
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HackUa.k.a: Serious Awesome
in 24 hours or less
You Hack
You Present
We dress funny(seriously, who is judging whom?)
You Win Prizes!(First prize: Photos with us!)
Do we seem like we have a plan?
What’s the plan?
• 2 days of talks
• 24 hours of hacking
• Free food, snacks, drinks, etc
• Smart people to help you... if they can’t, we will.
What’s the plan?
What’s the plan?
You can sleep when you’re dead
or on Friday
What’s the plan?
or really, whenever you want.
Who Rules? We Rules!(Gimme a break... we made this really late at night.)
The Rules
Up to 4 people on a team
The Rules
24 hours MAX
The Rules
!registered == !presenting
The Rules
For the non-geeks, that loosely translates to: “If you’re not registered, you’re not presenting”
What is a
Hacker?
|-|4xx0|2?Hacker?
Hacker?
Probably not a hacker...
Hacker?
totally a bunch of hackers!
Dreamer + Coder
CoderDreamer
Hacker
Hacker?
Hacker?
A Hack is:
A Good Idea Brought To Life
Hacker?
A HackU hack is:
Any Idea Brought To Life
You Can:
AutomateSomething
BuildFix
RevolutionizeSomethingSomethingSomething
Hacker?
Hacker?
If All Else Fails...
Hacker?
Do Something Silly
Show it off!
Demo Time
(even if it’s not done)
Demo Time
You have 90 seconds
Demo Time
Problem Live Demo Details
15 seconds 60 seconds 15 seconds
or something like that
You have 90 seconds
NO
Demo Time
POWER
Demo Time
POINT
Demo Time
Demo Time
Problem Live Demo Details
15 seconds 60 seconds 15 seconds
or something like that
You have 90 seconds
Have a Plan B(you know, cuz sometimes computers suck)
Demo Time
but most of all...
Impress Us
Demo Time
Resources
Resources
Yahoo! Can Help• Yahoo! free and open source projects
• YUI
• YQL
• tons of APIs:
Flickr, Answers, del.icio.us, Fantasy Sports, Fire Eagle, GeoPlanet, Placefinder, Placemaker …
• developer.yahoo.com
Resources
Other Sites• github.com/codepo8/hackday-toolbox
• wait-till-i.com
• isithackday.com/hacks
• gist.github.com/ydn
• developer.yahoo.com/hacku/pasthacks.html
• talks.php.net/show/hacku
• flickr.com/search/?q=hacku
Resources
All done!• Run your ideas by us if you want
• Register your hack:
developer.yahoo.com/hacku/register
• Hack talk tomorrow at 6pm
• Hacking starts Thursday at 5pm
• Full Schedule:
developer.yahoo.com/hacku/uiuc.html
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