Mini hackathon

Ideas collected from a hackathon brainstorming session:

  • 1-day minihackathon
  • Purpose: getting ideas for implementation, but also practising how to organize hackathons.
  • Before the Mindtrek event, e.g. Saturday 12 September

  • Schedule:

    *   9-10 Breakfast + kick off
    • 10-17 Teams working, lunch whenever teams want to take a break
    • 17 Presentations: 5 minutes per presentation, 5 minutes for questions
    • 18 Jury announces the winner, prizes + swag

  • Max 5 teams, max. 3 persons per team. Should there also be a minimum?

    *   Select the most interesting teams based on their idea?

  • Challenge: Create an application or integrate your existing application using Apinf > who makes the most interesting app. Note: any programming language or platform

  • Location: our office
  • Target groups: students from TAMK, UTA and TUT, API and Meteor enthusiasts

  • Recruitment

    *   through Juuso, ApiSuomi FB group, New factory and Demola, meetups (e.g. Tampere Meteor, JS, Ruby) our Facebook page, Twitter?
    • FB, Meetup, Twitter, emails and a poster for notice boards

  • Open issue: registration

    *   Hackathon page to be created with registration possibility? If yes, task to Illya is needed + texts for the page need to be written

        *   microportal: hack.apinf.io

  • Rewards

    *   1st prize: pitch at MindTrek (and tickets to the event)
    • Optionally, a gift card?
    • How about teams 2-3
    • Additional prize for finding most bugs??

  • Breakfast to be served + soda and cookies throughout the day?