making your hackathon matter api con-uk
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My talk at APICon UKTRANSCRIPT
MAKING YOUR HACKATHON MATTER
Cristiano Betta @cbetta
I WORK IN THE SKY
LAST WEEK
TODAY
WHICH CAN BE GREAT
AND REALLY BAD
BATTLEHACK.ORG
HACKED.IO
THE EARLIEST HACKERS
THE EARLIEST HACKERS
HACKERS CODE OF ETHICS courses.cs.vt.edu/professionalism/
WorldCodes/Hackers.Code.html
Access to Computers - and anything which might teach you
something about the way the world works - should be unlimited and total
Not all failure is good, but failure is essential
It’s about process/product
process and product
KEN ROBINSON TED TALK
All information should be free
One who says, !
"What is mine is yours and what is yours is yours”
!
this is a righteous person.
Mistrust Authority Promote Decentralization.
FRENCH REVOLUTION
Hackers should be judged by their hacking
!
not their degree, age, race, or position
ALAN TURING
You can create art and beauty on a computer
ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM
ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM
Computers can change your life for the better
THE HACKER REVOLUTION
Access to Computers - and anything which might teach you
something about the way the world works - should be unlimited and total
PHREAKING
THE BLUE BOX
THOSE GUYS
All information should be free
Mistrust Authority Promote Decentralization.
Every organization rests upon a mountain of secrets Julian Assange
HACK(DAYS|ATHONS)
OPEN HACK LONDON 2007
1 HACKED ROOF
PALM V
OPENBSD
YAHOO OPEN HACK
20% TIME
HACKERPLEDGE.ORG
PAYPAL.GITHUB.IO
linkedin.com/in/danesecooper
SPACE LORD
2013
2013
John Lunn
2014
2014
KC FOX
RUN A HACKATHON?
NO MORE PIZZA
CHEAP BEER
COMMUNICATION IS KING
HACKER != RECRUIT
HACK != APP
Hackers should be judged by their hacking
!
not their degree, age, race, or position
hackcodeofconduct.org
hackdaymanifesto.com
mlh.io
RUN YOUR OWN?
API == BUSINESS CARD
FLAUNT YOUR OFFICE
WHY AT PAYPAL?
ADD SOME CLASS
WE BEST LEARN IN SILENCE
TRACK AND MEASURE
LIVE BY THE CODE
SHARE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
THANK YOU
Cristiano Betta @cbetta