innovating the hacker way
TRANSCRIPT
Balaji Narayanan
Hacking 101
Hacking?
“Someone who makes furniture with an axe”
- Hacker in German
hacker: n. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities
“Hacking” is a constructive term.
“Cracking” is destructive
“Altering a system to do what you want it to do using
what is at your disposal”
- Christian Heilmann
Hack Day
24 hours of un-interrupted, unrestrained coding and
innovation
Hack
Eat
Get Help
Recharge
Hack
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlerdorf/3250595638/
Fix
Present
Win
Have Fun
Where do I start?
A good hack starts with an idea…
Fix something you use every day
http://www.flickr.com/photos/justinpoliachik/3893820201/
Scratch your own itch
Build something you will use yourself
Hack for Good - Make the world a better place
Go local – tools for helping your local community
http://developer.yahoo.com
http://www.github.com/
Show us what can be built using the systems we
(and others) offer.
http://www.crosstag.me
http://fakemytrip.mygola.com
http://fakemytrip.mygola.com
Presenting your hack
Do not show us slides about your hack
Show us what you have done
Technical glitches happen
Have a plan-B
And once you are done
Keep your hack live for others to see
Show other hackers what you have done
Publish your code on github
Join us and take it even further!
How we judge the hacks
• Working Prototype• Solves a real problem• Great User Experience• Uses data or technology in a unique and
interesting way• Uses technology or data from Yahoo!• X-factor!
Fivethings to remember
1. Don’t concentrate on your favorite toys
http://www.flickr.com/photos/capricorndragon/4000384412/
2. A good hack doesn’t need to be a big thing
3. Don’t look for features.
4. Find things that already work
5. You only have 24 hours
Innovation has no limits
Go Hack !!!Have Fun
• twitter:• @hackuindia – event info• #hacku – add to all tweets
• flickr: #hacku• irc: #hacku
Balaji Narayanan@balajijeganhttp://balajin.net/blog/http://slideshare.net/balajijegan/
Thank You
Hack Resources• http://developer.yahoo.com• http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/console• http://github.com/yahoo• http://hackyourworld.org/• http://github.com/codepo8/hackday-toolbox/• http://talks.php.net/show/hacku/