Slides on the hacking Philosophy. Why we hack, and why it might be interpreted wrongly by the wider community. This talk was done for HackCon EU 2015, a conference for hackathon organisers.

Why do we hack? Here's a talk on the Hack Philosophy by @LukeGeeson of @hacksocnotts! #HackconEU pic.twitter.com/aLYmTzCt0w

— Major League Hacking (@MLHacks) 30 August 2015

Shameless HackNotts Branding introducing the topic

A recording of the conference can be found here

The whole thing was recorded! In hindsight I winse a little.

With many folk from attending from many other societies around the world!

@LukeGeeson talking on the hack philosophy #HackconEU pic.twitter.com/0odUwaTqYX

— CompSoc Edinburgh (@CompSoc) 30 August 2015

"No Luke I do not want to buy apple products" was said by my housemates.

The slides can be found here.

Ready for Day 1 of #HackconEU! Time to shape the future of student hackathons in Europe: http://t.co/yF3W0HeeNP pic.twitter.com/xzd2Ff4fZk

— Major League Hacking (@MLHacks) 29 August 2015

Overall a fantastic trip.

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