Nerdnite

Mittwoch, 20. Juni 12

HackathonHackdayHackfest


Hacks & Hackers?


hackers, we are nice people


hackers, we are social people


But ... what is a hackathon?


Conference

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kk/4167212067/




ConferenceBarcamp

http://www.flickr.com/photos/superamit/86487356




ConferenceBarcampHackathon

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasbonte/4957230846/




a bunch of hackers (20 - 200)


meet at a nice location


in a context

topic: music, tv, NGOs, maps

technology: ruby on rails, android, linux

company: google, facebook, spotify


limited time


everyone starts from scratch


hack


demo


But ... what is built?


hacksprototypesproof-of-concepts


hacksprototypesproof-of-concepts

not production ready


hack

the real thing


Examples


http://vimeo.com/6668819

Xylobot




http://www.drinkify.org/

Drinkify




CitySounds

http://citysounds.fm/Mittwoch, 20. Juni 12

http://citysounds.fm/

http://citysounds.fm/

But ... why do people do this?


learn

socialize

build


build

we don’t just talk, we do





build

because doing is fun





learn

socialize

build


learn

workshops


learn

teach each other





learn

learning by doing





learn

socialize

build


socialize

hackers, we are social people


socialize

hackers, we like like-minded people


socialize

hackers, we like to work with others

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasbonte/5044855904




socialize

build a community


learn

socialize

build


But ... isn’t this expensive?


Cost for a hack day

LocationFoodDrinksInternet & NetworkPowerSecurity & CleaningPerks & Prizes

Organizing


free for attendees


free for attendees

=> sponsors





But ... why do companies do this?


Hiring


Marketing


It’s a perk





Sooo?


Hackathons aren’t just for computer people


3 things

Hackathons are awesome

Every field should have their own

You should attend (and organize)


Stuff to look at

Articleshttp://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/02/ff_hackathons/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903532804576566930629307852.htmlhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/jul/13/beats-geeks-music-hack-day

Hackathonshttp://musichackday.org/http://startupweekend.org/http://www.rhok.org/http://okfn.org/

http://www.freenerd.de/hacknerdnite


http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/02/ff_hackathons/

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/02/ff_hackathons/

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903532804576566930629307852.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903532804576566930629307852.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/jul/13/beats-geeks-music-hack-day

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/jul/13/beats-geeks-music-hack-day

http://musichackday.org/

http://musichackday.org/

http://startupweekend.org/

http://startupweekend.org/

http://www.rhok.org/

http://www.rhok.org/

http://okfn.org

http://okfn.org



Nerdnite

Technology

Transcript of Nerdnite