Download - Hackathons Are Eating The World
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Hackathons Are Eating The World
Ching-Wei Chen (@cweichen)Director, Gracenote Developer Program
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Hackathons are…
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Hackathons are…
○Usually a 24 hour event where hackers are challenged to create something from scratch
○A chance to innovate and push the boundaries of what is possible with technology
○Where developers can learn how to use new tools and APIs
○A place for people to meet people, make friends, and have fun!
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The first “hackathon” in 1999 had 10 hackers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackathon
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TechCrunch Hackathon 2013
1200 Hackers
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Dreamforce Hackathon 2013
US$1,000,000 Prize
7From http://hackerleague.org
There are hackathons everywhere, all the time, for every cause
8From http://hackerleague.org
There are hackathons everywhere, all the time, for every cause
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There are hackathons everywhere, all the time, for every cause
From http://hackerleague.org
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This hack was made in 24 hours by students
http://spruceapp.herokuapp.com/
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This hack sold to Microsoft for US$80M
From TechCrunch Disrupt 2010, http://groupme.com
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Hackathon to build the “TV of Tomorrow”
Gracenote @ Hackathons
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First live music hackathon in SF
Gracenote @ Hackathons
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Largest hackathon event in Japan
Gracenote @ Hackathons
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The largest music hackathon in the world, since 2009
Gracenote @ Hackathons
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First Music Hack Day in JapanFeb 22-23 @ THE TERMINAL Harajuku
Music Hack Day Tokyo
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○Gracenote evangelists will be on-site to help hackers build with our APIs
○Best hacks using our API win prizes like portable speakers, quadcopter drones, and hackable robots.
○We may also build some hacks of our own
Gracenote API Evangelists
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Gracenote Hacks
Fuwari
○Mood-based playlisting app with beautiful iOS7-inspired design
○See what moods your Facebook friends are listening to
○Winner of TechCrunch Tokyo Hackathon
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Gracenote Hacks
defCOMM○Multi-player game for Pebble
watch, created at AT&T Developer Summit
○Capture songs using Gracenote Music Recognition API
○Battle players around the world for ownership of songs
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Follow us on Twitter for all our hackathon updates
@GracenoteDev
