My presentation at BarcampJB 2015. I talked about the meaning of hacking, and clarify some misconceptions.

1. Hacker Culture
Leong Hean Hong
2015-11-14

3. What is “HACK”?
“The act of engaging in activities (such as programming or
other media) in a spirit of playfulness and exploration”
Wikipedia (http://bit.ly/1RTTLqX)
Use creative methods to solve problems and overcome
limitations.
Keywords: exploring, learning, fun, creativity

4. Life Hacks

5. IKEA Hacks

6. Hackerspace
Community-operated workspace where people with
common interests can meet, socialize and
collaborate.

7. HackerspaceJB

8. HackerspaceSG

9. Geek House (Tokyo)

10. Hack + Marathon = Hackathon

11. Hackathon
● An event when programmers meet to do collaborative computer programming
● Sometime 24 hours or more
● Can be a competition with prizes
● Sometime with themes like solving a problem or using an new technology
● Not just for programming, it can be hardware hackathon, music hackathon, ...

12. At SuperHappyDevHouse in Singapore

13. So You Want To Be A Hacker?