What the hack - Yahoo! Hack India Hyderabad 2013

What the hack?Pradeep B VProduct Manager

Social Platforms, Yahoo!

Hi, I am Pradeep B V – I <3 h@ck!ng

& also Hyderabadi Biriyani ;-)

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celebration of unrestrained learning,

coding, camaraderie, demos,

awards, fun & food

hackday: n.

2013

A hacker is a passionate, skilled and

creative technologist who thrives on

building innovative solutions to real world

problems.

hacker: n.

Dreamer Hacker Coder

And surely attend

Yahoo! Hack India

An innovative solution to a real world problem;

quick and dirty workaround, yet effective.

hack: n.

amusing hacksjust like that

progressive hacksit can be done better

cool hackslets chill

hot hacksthis rocks

hardware hackscuz tinkering is fun

Raspberry Eye In The Sky

Raspberry Picrowave

disruptive hacks a whole new world

jugaaddo it desi ishtylee

Hack for Good – Make the world a better place

social hacksfor the larger good !

hackday survival tips !!

Every good work of software starts by

scratching a developer’s personal itch.

To solve an interesting problem, start by

finding a problem that is interesting to you

- The Cathedral and the Bazaar

Scratch your own itch

Look up other hacks

http://hacks.developer.yahoo.com

Get the right skills on your team

+ =

Don’t boil the ocean

http://www.geekalerts.com/boil-buoy-a-boiling-water-chime/

build one good thing

Choose the right tools

http://www.ethankociela.com/sketchy-social-icons.php

Learn something newchallenge yourself

Tackle the hard problems firstsave yourself the panic attack

Don’t be afraid to ask for helptech crew is on the house

Stay up all night

I am your friend!

Create & iterate

http://zurb.com/article/1006/create-iterate-before-it-s-just-too-late

Put your code on github

http://octodex.github.com/socialite/

Take a Break & have fun

Presenting your hack

Do not show us slides about your hack

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Instead show us what you have done

Technical glitches happen

Have a plan-B

Record a screencast

Do not depend on internet

Keep your stuff ready in browser

Rehearse the demo

How we judge the hacksSolves a real problem + working prototype

Displays Creative Thinking, and pushes the

boundaries of what we’ve seen before

Great User Experience

Uses data or technology in a unique & interesting way

X-factor!

Realistic that it was built in 24 hours

Uses technology or data from Yahoo!

One more thing…

Keep your hack live

Show others what you have done

Publish your code on github

Join us and take it even further!

http://developer.yahoo.com/blog

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You have the spices…

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Lets cook some biryani…

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