Cornell University Hackathon

Everything you need to know

Cornell Hackathon Info Session

Jonathan LeBlancDeveloper Evangelist (PayPal)

Twitter: @jcleblancGithub: github.com/jcleblanc

The Schedule

5:00pm – 6:00pmTechnical hacks and overview

6:00pm – 7:00pmPresent your ideas and find teams

Syllabus: Thursday Info Session

Friday

5:00pm – End of EventHack registration

5:00pm (Friday) - 12:00pm (Saturday)Hacking!

Syllabus: Fri – Sat Hackathon

Saturday

1:00pm - 4:00pmHack Presentations

4:00pm - 5:00pmJudge Deliberation, Winners announced and closing words.

What t

o Build

?

Difficulty

Innovation

Product Use

Usefulness

What We Look For

Hardware Hacks

Extensions

Games

Something Different

Something Fun

Hack Stra

tegies

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”

- Thomas A. Edison

Fail Early

Don’t Reinvent the Wheel

http://github.com

http://bitbucket.org

Backup Your Code!

"The brain regions that are impaired when you are sleep-deprived are the same ones that are impaired with aging,”

- Todd Maddox

Hack the Hard Problems First

The Team

Who can help?

Thank You! Any Questions?

Jonathan LeBlancDeveloper Evangelist (eBay)

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