Hacku 2010 berkeley

1. YAHOO!
HACK
U JONATHAN
LEBLANC






ALLEN
RABINOVICH






JAMIE
LOCKWOOD

2. Hack
Day
started
at
Yahoo!

3. I
hacked
for
24
hours
and
all
I
got...

4. cofounder
of
Flickr cofounder
of
Yahoo! Many
cool
judges

5. Hack
Day
at
Yahoo!
Brazil Hack
Day
at
Yahoo!
Korea The
Hack
heard
around
the
world

6. And
then
we
made
It
open

7. Very,
very
open

8. So
open,
that
Beck
came
to
us

9. Your
presenter,
 dancing
like
a
maniac ...as
did
GirlTalk

10. And
Then
the
Hack
Day
Came
To
You.

11. What’s
Our
Vector,
Victor? ‣ Hack
period
starts
Friday
at
5:30PM ‣ Break
for
food,
liquid
sugar,
caffeine
 and
deep
conversa[ons. ‣ All
hacks
due
Saturday
at
2PM ‣ Present
your
hack
on
Saturday,
 from
2:15PM. ‣ Win! ‣ Sleep
like
a
victorious
baby.

12. So
Who
Is
This
“Hacker”?

15. A
hack
is a
good
idea,

16. A
hack
is a
good
idea, brought
to
life.

17. And
good
ideas
come
from...

18. And
good
ideas
come
from... ‣ No[cing
something
broken
and
 thinking
of
a
fix.

19. And
good
ideas
come
from... ‣ No[cing
something
broken
and
 thinking
of
a
fix. ‣ Building
something
you’d
use
yourself.

20. And
good
ideas
come
from... ‣ No[cing
something
broken
and
 thinking
of
a
fix. ‣ Building
something
you’d
use
yourself. ‣ Automa[ng
something
you
are
 too
lazy
to
do
manually.

21. And
good
ideas
come
from... ‣ No[cing
something
broken
and
 thinking
of
a
fix. ‣ Building
something
you’d
use
yourself. ‣ Automa[ng
something
you
are
 too
lazy
to
do
manually. ‣ Finding
a
place
where
the
world
sucks
 and
figuring
out
how
to
make
it
beaer.

22. And
good
ideas
come
from... ‣ No[cing
something
broken
and
 thinking
of
a
fix. ‣ Building
something
you’d
use
yourself. ‣ Automa[ng
something
you
are
 too
lazy
to
do
manually. ‣ Finding
a
place
where
the
world
sucks
 and
figuring
out
how
to
make
it
beaer. ‣ Paying
aaen[on
to
trends:
mobile,
video,
 social,
local,
geo,
games,
etc.

23. A
winning
hack:
InsiderTrades hap://www.insidertrades.org

24. A
winning
hack:
InsiderTrades hap://www.insidertrades.org What’s
good
about
it?

25. A
winning
hack:
InsiderTrades hap://www.insidertrades.org What’s
good
about
it? ‣ Simple
and
good
idea

26. A
winning
hack:
InsiderTrades hap://www.insidertrades.org What’s
good
about
it? ‣ Simple
and
good
idea ‣ Uniqueness

27. A
winning
hack:
InsiderTrades hap://www.insidertrades.org What’s
good
about
it? ‣ Simple
and
good
idea ‣ Uniqueness ‣ Clean
implementa[on

28. A
winning
hack:
InsiderTrades hap://www.insidertrades.org What’s
good
about
it? ‣ Simple
and
good
idea ‣ Uniqueness ‣ Clean
implementa[on ‣ Free
or
open‐source
tech:
PHP,
 HTML/CSS,
cron,
mySQL,
YQL

29. Hacking
Strategies

30. Hacking
Strategies ‣ Brainstorm,
but
converge
quickly,
and
 keep
best
details
of
rejected
ideas
handy.

31. Hacking
Strategies ‣ Brainstorm,
but
converge
quickly,
and
 keep
best
details
of
rejected
ideas
handy. ‣ Scope
the
work
so
the
end
is
in
sight:
set
 an
easy
goal,
and
an
ambi[ous
one.

32. Hacking
Strategies ‣ Brainstorm,
but
converge
quickly,
and
 keep
best
details
of
rejected
ideas
handy. ‣ Scope
the
work
so
the
end
is
in
sight:
set
 an
easy
goal,
and
an
ambi[ous
one. ‣ Divide
work
by
team
member
strengths.

33. Hacking
Strategies ‣ Brainstorm,
but
converge
quickly,
and
 keep
best
details
of
rejected
ideas
handy. ‣ Scope
the
work
so
the
end
is
in
sight:
set
 an
easy
goal,
and
an
ambi[ous
one. ‣ Divide
work
by
team
member
strengths. ‣ Ask
for
help!

34. Hacking
Strategies ‣ Brainstorm,
but
converge
quickly,
and
 keep
best
details
of
rejected
ideas
handy. ‣ Scope
the
work
so
the
end
is
in
sight:
set
 an
easy
goal,
and
an
ambi[ous
one. ‣ Divide
work
by
team
member
strengths. ‣ Ask
for
help! ‣ Minimize
the
amount
of
work
by
using
 free
and
open
source
tech.

35. Hacking
Strategies ‣ Brainstorm,
but
converge
quickly,
and
 keep
best
details
of
rejected
ideas
handy. ‣ Scope
the
work
so
the
end
is
in
sight:
set
 an
easy
goal,
and
an
ambi[ous
one. ‣ Divide
work
by
team
member
strengths. ‣ Ask
for
help! ‣ Minimize
the
amount
of
work
by
using
 free
and
open
source
tech. ‣ Don’t
forget
to
Ctrl+S!

36. DEMO
FTW

37. DEMO
FTW ‣ “I
swear
it
was
just
working...”
‐
have
a
 Plan
B
(screenshots,
video,
etc.)

38. DEMO
FTW ‣ “I
swear
it
was
just
working...”
‐
have
a
 Plan
B
(screenshots,
video,
etc.) ‣ No
sta[c
slides
‐
leave
PowerPoint
for
 marke[ng.

39. DEMO
FTW ‣ “I
swear
it
was
just
working...”
‐
have
a
 Plan
B
(screenshots,
video,
etc.) ‣ No
sta[c
slides
‐
leave
PowerPoint
for
 marke[ng. ‣ Prac[ce
your
pitch
a
few
[mes;
make
it
 easy
on
the
ears,
concise
and
funny.

40. DEMO
FTW ‣ “I
swear
it
was
just
working...”
‐
have
a
 Plan
B
(screenshots,
video,
etc.) ‣ No
sta[c
slides
‐
leave
PowerPoint
for
 marke[ng. ‣ Prac[ce
your
pitch
a
few
[mes;
make
it
 easy
on
the
ears,
concise
and
funny. ‣ Make
a
bang:
demo
what’s
most
exci[ng
 and
cool
about
your
project.

41. DEMO
FTW ‣ “I
swear
it
was
just
working...”
‐
have
a
 Plan
B
(screenshots,
video,
etc.) ‣ No
sta[c
slides
‐
leave
PowerPoint
for
 marke[ng. ‣ Prac[ce
your
pitch
a
few
[mes;
make
it
 easy
on
the
ears,
concise
and
funny. ‣ Make
a
bang:
demo
what’s
most
exci[ng
 and
cool
about
your
project. ‣ Tell
us
how
you’d
like
the
project
to
grow.

42. Surely,
Yahoo!
can
help... hap://developer.yahoo.com

43. Surely,
Yahoo!
can
help... ‣ Of
course
(but
don’t
call
us
Shirley). hap://developer.yahoo.com

44. Surely,
Yahoo!
can
help... ‣ Of
course
(but
don’t
call
us
Shirley). ‣ Yahoo!
free
and
open
source
projects: hap://developer.yahoo.com

45. Surely,
Yahoo!
can
help... ‣ Of
course
(but
don’t
call
us
Shirley). ‣ Yahoo!
free
and
open
source
projects: ‣ YUI hap://developer.yahoo.com

46. Surely,
Yahoo!
can
help... ‣ Of
course
(but
don’t
call
us
Shirley). ‣ Yahoo!
free
and
open
source
projects: ‣ YUI ‣ YQL
and
Pipes hap://developer.yahoo.com

47. Surely,
Yahoo!
can
help... ‣ Of
course
(but
don’t
call
us
Shirley). ‣ Yahoo!
free
and
open
source
projects: ‣ YUI ‣ YQL
and
Pipes ‣ APIs:
Flickr,
Answers,
del.icio.us,
Fantasy
 Sports,
Fire
Eagle,
GeoPlanet,
 PlaceFinder,
Placemaker... hap://developer.yahoo.com

48. Let’s
talk
details... YQL

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