Presentation - Karl Tryggvason

Reykjavík University
27-28. October 2012
musichackday.org
Presentation by: Karl Tryggvason
@karltryggvason - karltryggvason.com
Hack / Hacker / Hacking - Disclaimer
The word has negative connotations to a lot of people outside the
hacker community
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The word "hack" is being used in the positive sense here.
Hackers/crackers distinction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hack_(programmer_subculture)
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No breakins, cracks, copyright violations or anything like that
Hacks, as in time constrained projects, prototypes, built by
individuals
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Music Hack Day
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International series of events
24 hours of music related hacking
Software, hardware, mobile, web, instruments, art,
analogue, digital...
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Anything goes as long as it’s music related
Philosophy
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Connect likeminded people
Show what can be done in one day with open acess and
good tools
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Actions speak louder than words
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Have fun
History
First Music Hack Day took place in London July 2009,
organized by Dave Haynes and James Darling
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Since then there have been close to 30 MHD's all
around the world
● More than 2000 participants have made 500 "hacks"
● Around 60 companies and organizations have
supported Music Hack Day
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New York, San Francisco, Barcelona (Sonar), Berlin,
London, Cannes (Midem), Sydney, Stockholm...
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Setup
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Free of charge for participants
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Work in small teams or solo.
Sponsors will showcase their products/services/apis,
and send hackers. Sometimes award prizes for best
hacks
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The work is fully and wholly owned by the respective
participants.
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Music Hack Day Reykjavik
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27th-28th october @ Reykjavík University
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Sponsors:
TM Software
CCP
Echonest
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SoundCloud
Guitarparty
Gracenote
More to be announced shortly...
Spotify
GreenQloud
Klak / Seedforum
Schedule (draft)
Saturday:
Sunday:
09:00 - Registration & breakfast
09:00 - Breakfast
10:00 - Introductions
13:00 - Lunch
11:00 - Workshops og Apis
14:00 - Hacking ends
13:00 - Luch
15:00 - Demos
14:00 - 24 hour hacking begins
17:00 - Prizes
19:00 - Dinner
Hacking continues throughout the night
Interesting hacks from earlier editions of MHD:
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Tracks on a map - http://www.tracksonamap.com/ - Berlin 2009
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Xylobot - http://vimeo.com/6668819 - Berlin 2011
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8 Bit Umbrella - http://vimeo.com/42580922 - Amsterdam 2012
Syd's kickass Drum Machine - http://syddev.com/drums Sidney 2012
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Drinkify - http://www.drinkify.org - Boston 2011
Register
Around 90 people have signed up so far (30/70 icelandic vs
international)
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100 places available
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You can also come for demos only.
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15:00 on Sunday.
Lots of cool hacks!
Curious bystanders can also visit during the hackathon.
Credits / Links / Etc
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MusicHackDay.org - Reykjavik.MusicHackDay.org
Pictures: Thomas Bonte - www.flickr.com/photos/thomasbonte
CC-BY-2.0
Thanks for listening. Questions?