Hackfest at Nokia

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Hackfest, a primer

Ian Kennedy


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/ what is it/ some history/ why Nokia?


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n. a clever or quick fix to a computer program problem, or to what may be perceived to be a clumsy or inelegant (but usually relatively quick) solution to a problem (see also "kludge").

Hack


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› Yahoo Developer Network

› Need to kick tires on new APIs

› Quarterly Internal Events

› Annual Open Hack

› University Hack

› Global

› BBC, Guardian, IBM, Netflix, Microsoft

Evolution


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› 24 Hours

› No PowerPoints

› Use at least one Nokia API

› Hardware, Software OK

› 90 Second Demo

› Popular Vote

› Everyone welcome

Ground Rules


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›Shut up and Hack›Scratch that itch›Use what you have

Slogans


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Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=416jMJIcJn4


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› 100’s of spectators

› 50 participants

› 30 pizzas

› 80 beers

› 1 sauna

› 12 hacks

Oulu, November 2009


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› Kaboom, one click SMS registration and friend matching

› Multiplayer Chess , real-time play

› Super Kebab Radar , social location you can use

› Grocery list , real-time shopping list

Results


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› 100’s of spectators

› 50 participants

› 30 pizzas, 1 Veggie Kebob

› 10 beers (NRC guys don’t drink)

› 1 sauna

› 9 hacks

Helsinki, March 2010


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› Route Navigation using Augmented Reality, ***sorry, secret***

› Dirty Socks, old school, text-based twitter client in browser

› MyWorld, news from your location, translated into your language, categorized by emotion

› Ovi Music Player, Ovi Music as source in Music Plex Media Center

Results


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› Collaboration

› Co-Admiration

› Confidence

› Pride

› Creativity

› Empowerment

Real Results


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Next Stop : Oulu

› November 10-11, 2010

› Oulu, Finland

› Open to the public

› http://ouluhack.pbworks.com

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