HACKING THE HACKATHON

@peterejhamilton www.inspiredpixel.net

Tips and tricks for ICHack ’13

DIVIDE AND CONQUER

AVOID THIS SCENARIO

PREPARE, PREPARE, PREPARE

CHOOSING A PROJECT

•Solve a problem

•Low-level harder to demo

•Play to your strengths

•Try something new?

GETTING STARTED

AVOID THIS

ITERATE FAST & OFTEN

•Build something

•Show your team

•Show your friends

•Show your mum

•Improve it

•Repeat

IT’S A HACK, NOT COURSEWORK

•Do one thing well

•Hack it till it works

•I’m not marking your code...

BUT...

SLEEP SEMI-COLONS

•Spot the signs

•Show someone else!

•Power-naps vs Coffee/Redbull

•Eat constantly

MY TECHNIQUE...

Google Interactivism Hackathon - 2012

DEMO DAY!

•Leave at least 1 hour for prep

•Run through at least once

•Tangible Demo > Tech Talk

•Watch the other demos!

TO AVOID THIS

GO HACK!