How to Get the Most Out of a Hackathon

... or Any Face-to-Face Collective Hacking Session

James E Keenan

YAPC::NA::2007
June 26, 2007

Table of Contents

1. Introduction and Objectives
2. Some Definitions

3. If You're the Organizer
4. Check Out the Space First!
5. Recruitment
6. Projects
7. Costs
8. Food and Beverage
9. Day of Event
10. After Hackathon
11. F2F Organizers

12. If You're a Participant
13. Laptop
14. VCS Client
15. Bug Tracker
16. IRC Client
17. Wiki
18. Day of Event
19. After the Hackathon
20. Join Us at the Hackathon Thursday and Friday!