A (rather rough) set of slides I pulled together for a pre-hackathon presentation for ICHack '13

1. HACKING THE HACKATHON
Tips and tricks for ICHack ’13
@peterejhamilton www.inspiredpixel.net

3. DIVIDE AND CONQUER

4. AVOID THIS SCENARIO

5. PREPARE, PREPARE, PREPARE

6. •Solve a problem
•Low-level harder to demo
•Play to your strengths
•Try something new?
CHOOSING A PROJECT

7. GETTING STARTED

8. AVOID THIS

9. •Build something
•Show your team
•Show your friends
•Show your mum
•Improve it
•Repeat
ITERATE FAST & OFTEN

10. •Do one thing well
•Hack it till it works
•I’m not marking your code...
IT’S A HACK, NOT COURSEWORK

11. BUT...

12. •Spot the signs
•Show someone else!
•Power-naps vs Coffee/Redbull
•Eat constantly
SLEEP SEMI-COLONS

13. Google Interactivism Hackathon - 2012
MY TECHNIQUE...

14. •Leave at least 1 hour for prep
•Run through at least once
•Tangible Demo > Tech Talk
•Watch the other demos!
DEMO DAY!

15. TO AVOID THIS

17. GO HACK!