Pradeep B V introduces himself as a product manager at Yahoo who loves hacking and Hyderabadi biriyani. He invites people to Yahoo's Hack India event to build innovative solutions to real world problems. The document provides tips for participating in a hackathon, including choosing an interesting problem, getting the right skills on your team, iterating quickly, and presenting working prototypes. The goal is to solve real problems and show creative thinking within 24 hours.

1. What the hack?
Pradeep B V
Product Manager
Social Platforms, Yahoo!

2. Hi, I am Pradeep B V – I <3 h@ck!ng

3. & also Hyderabadi Biriyani ;-)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/indi/8536505966/

4. celebration of unrestrained learning,
coding, camaraderie, demos,
awards, fun & food
hackday: n.

7. 2013

8. A hacker is a passionate, skilled and
creative technologist who thrives on
building innovative solutions to real world
problems.
hacker: n.

9. Dreamer Hacker Coder

10. And surely attend
Yahoo! Hack India

11. An innovative solution to a real world
problem; quick and dirty workaround, yet
effective.
hack: n.

12. amusing hacks
just like that

13. progressive hacks
it can be done better

14. cool hacks
lets chill

15. hot hacks
this rocks

16. hardware hacks
cuz tinkering is fun
Raspberry Eye In The Sky
Raspberry Picrowave

17. disruptive hacks
a whole new world

18. jugaad
do it desi ishtylee

19. Hack for Good – Make the world a better place

20. social hacks
for the larger good !

21. hackday survival tips !!

22. 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

23. Look up other hacks
http://hacks.developer.yahoo.com

24. Get the right skills on your team
+ =

25. Don’t boil the ocean
http://www.geekalerts.com/boil-buoy-a-boiling-water-chime/
build one good thing

26. Choose the right tools
http://www.ethankociela.com/sketchy-social-icons.ph

27. Learn something new
challenge yourself

28. Tackle the hard problems first
save yourself the panic attack

29. Don’t be afraid to ask for help
tech crew is on the house

30. Stay up all night

31. I am your friend!

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

33. Put your code on github
http://octodex.github.com/socialite/

34. Take a Break & have fun

35. Presenting your hack

36. Do not show us slides about your hack
http://static.biola.edu/chimes/media/photos/2010/Dec/15/cache/Sleeping%20class_gallery_view.JPG

37. Instead show us what you have done

38. Technical glitches happen

39. Have a plan-B
Record a screencast
Do not depend on internet
Keep your stuff ready in browser
Rehearse the demo

40. How we judge the hacks
Solves 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!

41. 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
@ydn on twitter

42. You have the spices…
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43. Lets cook some biryani…
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