Opening Talk, Why We Hack \ AnalogFolk Hack Festival

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The opening talk from the AnalogFolk Hack Festival, presented by Matt Dyke (Co-founder), and Ian Brennan (Head of Technical Concepting). Examine the history of hacking, how it became what it is today, and why we use hack days now to collaborate and work on great ideas. Brief: How can we use digital technology to make the analog experience of music festivals even better?

Transcript of Opening Talk, Why We Hack \ AnalogFolk Hack Festival

Fire exits – there are 3 fire exits. 1 in reception and 2 in the main office by the window.������Fire & emergency assembly point is located on the corner of Warner St and Eyre St Hill. Opposite left hand side of the office.������Toilets are located in reception and at the back of the building.������Harriet is our resident first aider if required.������Wrist must be keep on for entire hack weekend and needed for re entry.������

HOUSE KEEPING �

How can we use digital technology to make the analog experience of music

festivals even better?

THE BRIEF�

PROBLEMS WITH MUSIC FESTIVALS�

TRAVEL�

LINE UP CLASHES�

SOUND QUALITY�

7) Being able to see the stage

HEY YOU!�I CAN’T SEE �

WHERE ARE ALL MY FRIENDS? �

TOILET QUEUES & CLEANLINESS�

THE WEATHER�

MOBILE PHONE RECEPTION AND BATTERY�

WATCH IT, DON’T RECORD IT! �

WHERE’S MY TENT? �

WHO DID I SEE AGAIN? �

Why We Hack������

Ian Brennan \\ Head of Technical Concepting

Head of Technical���Concepting

@nannerb \\ ibrennan.co.uk

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History Lesson

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History Lesson��

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Google Cardboard�

Things will go wrong.

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DON’T WAIT FOR PERFECT�

•  How quickly can you get to the 1st prototype? •  How many prototypes can you make?

There is no such���thing as failure

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Hacking is fun

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Devices

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How can we use digital technology to make the analog experience of music

festivals even better?

The brief

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JUDGES�

MATT DYKE �Co-Founder AnalogFolk Looking for: Something that genuinely makes people’s lives better.

DES HOLMES�Creative Technical Director AnalogFolk London Looking for: A simple solution where technology is invisible.

IAN BRENNAN �Head of Techinical Concepting AnalogFolk London Looking for: Someone who takes technology and applies it in a way that’s not immediately obvious.

TANYA COMBRINCK�Digital Editor net mag Looking for: Potential. I’m not looking for perfect

How we’re going���to do it

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How we’re going to do it�

•  Get yourself into teams

How we’re going to do it�

•  Get yourself into teams

•  Your team should be a mixture of disciplines

How we’re going to do it�

•  Get yourself into teams

•  Your team should be a mixture of disciplines

•  Register your team at reception, you’ll need a good team name!

How we’re going to do it�

•  Get yourself into teams

•  Your team should be a mixture of disciplines

•  Register your team at reception, you’ll need a good team name!

•  You’ll be assigned a Folk, who will take you to an area of the

office where you can start hacking

How we’re going to do it�

•  Get yourself into teams

•  Your team should be a mixture of disciplines

•  Register your team at reception, you’ll need a good team name!

•  You’ll be assigned a Folk, who will take you to an area of the

office where you can start hacking

•  Don’t worry if you’re not in a team, we’ll help you find people

with complementing skills

Folk

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Go hack������

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