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X University Georgia Tech: Overview

X.commerce University hackathon overview for the inaugural launch of X University. Georgia Tech (January 20th - 22nd, 2012)

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X University Georgia Tech: Overview

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  1. X University Overview What to Expect at the Hackathon Jonathan LeBlanc Developer Evangelist jleblanc@x.com @jcleblanc

  2. What We Need to Cover What is X University and the hacker mentality? What is a hack? The hack event syllabus Hack strategies 101 X.commerce University: Georgia Tech http://www.x.com | @x_commerce

  3. What We Need to Cover What is X University and the hacker mentality? What is a hack? The hack event syllabus Hack strategies 101 X.commerce University: Georgia Tech http://www.x.com | @x_commerce

  4. X University: Inaugural Launch X.commerce University: Georgia Tech http://www.x.com | @x_commerce

  5. X University: What is a Hacker? • The entrepreneurial spirit. • The “just get it done” attitude. • The ability to wear many hats. X.commerce University: Georgia Tech http://www.x.com | @x_commerce

  6. What We Need to Cover What is X University and the hacker mentality? What is a hack? The hack event syllabus Hack strategies 101 X.commerce University: Georgia Tech http://www.x.com | @x_commerce

  7. What is a Hack: What We’re Looking For Build something that uses eBay products in new, fun and innovative ways. Products include – eBay – PayPal – X.commerce – Magento – Milo – RedLaser X.commerce University: Georgia Tech http://www.x.com | @x_commerce

  8. What is a Hack: Fix Something Fix Something That Ticks you off X.commerce University: Georgia Tech http://www.x.com | @x_commerce

  9. What is a Hack: Something Different Build Something Different X.commerce University: Georgia Tech http://www.x.com | @x_commerce

  10. What is a Hack: Something Fun Build Something Fun Katamari Browser Hack X.commerce University: Georgia Tech http://www.x.com | @x_commerce

  11. What We Need to Cover What is X University and the hacker mentality? What is a hack? The hack event syllabus Hack strategies 101 X.commerce University: Georgia Tech http://www.x.com | @x_commerce

  12. Syllabus: Friday Technical Talks 5:00pm – 7:00pm Technical talks on: – The program overview & how to present your ideas in 90 seconds. – Hacking with eBay APIs – ql.io, our new open source querying system – PayPal APIs 7:00pm – 8:00pm Dinner and finding teams X.commerce University: Georgia Tech http://www.x.com | @x_commerce

  13. Syllabus: Saturday – Sunday Hackathon Saturday Sunday 11:00am - 12:00pm Hack registration 12:30pm - 3:30pm Hack Presentations 12:00pm (Saturday) - 12:00pm (Sunday) Hacking! 3:30pm - 5:00pm Judge Deliberation, Winners announced and closing words. X.commerce University: Georgia Tech http://www.x.com | @x_commerce

  14. What We Need to Cover What is X University and the hacker mentality? What is a hack? The hack event syllabus Hack strategies 101 X.commerce University: Georgia Tech http://www.x.com | @x_commerce

  15. Hack Strategies 101: Fail Early Fail Early, Fail Fast, Fail Often “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” - Thomas A. Edison X.commerce University: Georgia Tech http://www.x.com | @x_commerce

  16. Hack Strategies 101: Use Available Tools Don’t Reinvent the wheel X.commerce University: Georgia Tech http://www.x.com | @x_commerce

  17. Hack Strategies 101: Backup Your Code! Bad stuff happens! Github http://github.com Bitbucket http://bitbucket.org X.commerce University: Georgia Tech http://www.x.com | @x_commerce

  18. Hack Strategies 101: Hard Problems First Don’t wait to work out hard issues. "The brain regions that are impaired when you are sleep-deprived are the same ones that are impaired with aging,” - Todd Maddox X.commerce University: Georgia Tech http://www.x.com | @x_commerce

  19. Hack Strategies 101: The Presentation Practice your presentations (3 min in length) Don’t use PowerPoint! X.commerce University: Georgia Tech http://www.x.com | @x_commerce

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