SHDHSHDHJumpstarting innovation through happy hacking

Who we areWho we are

Santiago Zavala (@dfect)

Server Side Hacker (also a robot) @ Enthiosys

César Salazar (@cesarsalazar)

User Experience Architect (also a soft human) @ 42 Claps

Who we areWho we are

We started together SHDHMC(MC like in Mexico City, not like in MC Hammer)

So what’s SHDH, anyway?

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 .... These super fun parties topped out at 400 for the final moment, when the SWAT team showed...  ...the housemates scaled back to movie nights, in an effort to “regroup” and find a more suitable format for social gathering.... ... Jeff Lindsay, was once a regular at Tom Harrison’s LAN parties...

... inviting other young entrepreneurs to the office on weekends...   .... DEV LAN... ... Thus, SuperHappyDevHouse was born on May 28, 2005 with 15 computer programmers in attendance....

From SHDH to SHDH:

A bit about SHDHA bit about SHDH•SuperHappyDevHouse started 5 years ago in the Bay Area.

•Less than 20 people at David Weekly’s living room

•It’s just a hackaton with a tiny twist.

•It’s all about non-exclusive, hands on, hacking fun http://shdh.org

NON-EXCLUSIVENON-EXCLUSIVE

Java, .NET, Python, Arduino, LISP,

photography, rocket building, sewing

HANDs ONHANDs ON

Talking: Good

Breaking: Better

Building: Best

FUNFUN

GOinG SOUTHGOinG SOUTH

•Resources = 0

•No time, no venue, no connections, no money

•Arguably no roles models

•Tons of things that could have failed (none of them have actually failed... yet)

•Different culture

•No previous experience

WHAt about MEXICO?WHAt about MEXICO?

•SHDH started 18 monts ago in 2 cities

•Now we have SHDH running in 9 cities with

more than 100 atendees in the Mexico City franchise.

•It’s just a SHDH with a tiny twist.

•It’s all about non-exclusive, hands on, hacking fun

SOME THREATSSOME THREATS

•We forked from a snapshot

•We compiled in a totally different architecture

•There was always a risk of stack overflow due to:

•Asynchronous organization

•Very high RW latency

Why dID we care?Why dID we care?

"[...] It's called hacker culture, and we're here to encourage it"

Sharing + Building + Learning + Fun

Bring together the makers of today and tomorrow 

Long run benefits

Stronger community

More projects

Sustainable PassionSustainable PassionIncreasing curiosity

Larger success rate

Start ONE!Start ONE!

1. Always experiment2. Joy comes from productivity and

connecting people3. Talk, think, build

a piece of advice

•Start Small: A dozen people is more than enough

•Talk, Think, Build

•Mailing List + Wiki

•Always run a post-mortem

MaTERIALS

•Chairs, tables, powerstrips•Internet (fast!)•Calories and Caffeine•H2O•Some hackers

KEEP US POSTED

UPCOMING

SHDH 37 (stay tuned)http://superhappydevhouse.org

SHDH Mexico City 12http://shdhmexicocity.org

IS THAT ALL?

NO

Evolution in the making

Successful SHDHs become other things. 

HACKER DOJO

HACKER DOJO•On the other hand, sometimes communities just need a space•There is one here, less than < 3 miles away, go and check!•Maybe one in Mexico?

HACKER DOJO• The Hacker Dojo is a community center for hackers and thinkers to meet, discuss, learn, and create. • First a community space, secondly a coworking facility• Programmer oriented. Non programmers are truly welcome•+8,000 sqft of hackspace

HACKER DOJO•There were spaces in other area, mid peninsula lacked one.•It serves as an open space for mid size events, unconferences, workshops, etc.

HACKER DOJO

Go to the Dojo

Become a member

Go back to the Dojo

HACKER DOJO• Actually Microsoft is already helping here.• Could you help us to start the mexican franchise?• Financial support is crucial• In Mexico, we could run the Hacker Dojo for a year with < 100,000 • Does that compare to other initiatives?

A NEW JOURNEY

•So, we're throwing our 10th

SHDH, huh?

• It all started with an email

•We just wanted to share

common interests and values

face-to-face

HACKSPEDITION

Hackspedition is an open traveling event oriented to

cross pollination between two or more hacker communities

around the world.

http://hackspedition.org

What about 5 days of mezcal, rafting,

sightseeing, hacking and amazing

conversations with new connections?

REALLY? WHY?

•Cross polination is critical

•Matchmaking of mentors

and apprentices

•Plus, it’s fun!

GO FOR IT

•Organize a three to five day trip.

•Don't bother to book hotel rooms.

•Sightseeing is good, exploration is

better.

•Mix, mix, mix.

•Hack together.

SMALL WORLDWe want to see hackspeditions happening all around the world!

Korea?New Zealand?

Israel?LA?

HACKSPEDITION

Be our guest

May 2010

Host us

March 2010

HACKSPEDITION

Open up to foreign hackers here at Microsoft or elsewhere

Mix, hack, mix, hack

GOING SMALL

GOING SMALL

•So, organizing DevHouse we

identified a problem

•People just want to hack

•Simple is good

•Minimal is sustainable

HACKUP•Organized small hacking meeting•2-10 people•At home, office, café, the park?•WiFi, outlets, friends, new friends

IS THERE a PAIN THERE?Company is enjoyable and

empowers innovation

but...Commute times are long and

useless

Big cities mean big problems

Space is costly

How does it work

•Announce your hackup

(tweet, blog, send an

email)

•Go and hack

•Be very welcoming

BENEFITS

•Company can make you very productive•Peer pressure to deliver•Motivation to try new things•Based on common interests, extend your network

CAn COMPANIES ENGAGE

•Hackups are standalone events

•They were designed to be self

sufficient so nothing to do here

•Attend

HACKUP

It really can't get much easier

Got a living room and WiFi?

(even MiFi?)

WRAPPING UP

CONSTRAINTS

• Little money• Little time• No role models• No Sponsors• Crazy hacker == undefined• Lot of passion, enthusiasm and fun

WHAT’S NEXT• SHDHMC 12 (Make sure, automation

works)• Get great sponsors on board• Help on Guadalajara, Monterrey,

Tijuana, Hermosillo, Leon, Queretaro, Puebla, Cuernavaca, etc.• More Hackspeditions, Hackups and

other experiments• Hacker Dojo

HACKSPEDITION

•Steal this conference

•Hack for fun

•Embrace foreign

developers

SHDHSHDHhttp://twitter.com/dfect

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