Hack U introduction at IIT - Chennai Aug 13 to 15 2010 http://developer.yahoo.com/hacku/

2. And now we Hack !! Subramanyan Murali web developer, hacker, speaker @rmsguhan http://rmsguhan.com

4. Hack ??

5. Hacking was Evil !!

6. Hack was considered to be a creative prank !

7. Hackers were considered to be creative & smart looking for glory & money 

8. … but why so serious ??

9. … now lets put a smile on that face ! Put in a positive spin

10. “ Exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities ” - Glossary of hacker slang

11. Altering and manipulating a system to do what you want it to, using tools at your disposal

12. It can be a lot of fun to play with code and create new experiences 

13. You need something new to play with ?? Hack it up yourself

14. Hacking is a good thing Cracking is Evil !!

15. Hack Day !

16. Engineers love a challenge …

17. … but we get bored easily doing our routine jobs

18. An invitation to innovate is a great motivator

19. 24 hours of un-interrupted, un-managed coding unleashed …

20. … surprising things can happen …

21. … late hours, rattled brains, lots of caffeine , messy code, cool ideas, 90 sec demo …

22. … and its just awesome to see others create , joke, struggle, fail or innovate

24. Hack U !!

25. Hack day Open hack Day University hack day

26. Students are not exposed to corporate thinking yet …

27. There is fresh perspective & scope to shape future thinkers

28. Program started by Yahoo! USA . Now moved on to India

30. 6 th Hack U in India @ IIT Madras

31. Welcome to the gang ! 

35. Great, but where do I start ??

36. “ A single idea from the human mind can build cities. An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules. ” - Agent Cobb, “Inception” 2010

37. Choose something that bothers you, something you would like changed …

38. … that one thing that you wished someone invented

39. … your research might need a radical insight ..

40. … think for the good of mankind.

41. Once passionate about an idea, load up your tool box

42. Lot of companies provide APIs & data web services Yahoo! , Google , Amazon , Microsoft , CNN , BBC

43. http:// developer .yahoo.com

44. YQL and Yahoo! Pipes make your own data source

45. Move outside the browser Fireeagle, Maps API, Desktop widgets, Browser Plus, Apple, Android, Hardware

46. Something we do interests you ?? Show us what you want to do with it !!

47. Stuck ?? We are here to try & help

48. PHP, Mail, Flickr, APIs Blah YQL, Oauth, Mobile, Geo Blah YQL, Oauth, PHP Social APIs, BOSS, Oauth, PHP, JS, HTML 5, API Blah Pipes, Mobile Apps Blah YUI, YQL, Pipes, CSS, JS

49. The Power players Need an Internship ?? Thank her for all this ! Academics and research

50. Create something cool , win appreciation among peers and goodies from Y!

60. Fail quickly, move on. There is no box

61. Innovation knows no limits