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I participated in a hackathon a few years ago. The task was to create a finance app using the first Pebble (remember: three (or four?) buttons, black/white no-t
by Lukas_Skywalker 10y ago
I participated in a hackathon a few years ago. The task was to create a finance app using the first Pebble (remember: three (or four?) buttons, black/white no-touch display).
We thought hard about an actually useful finance app on this very limited smart watch, discarding any accounting or similar beacause input using three buttons is too cumbersome if you have a mobile phone in your pocket a few inches away.
We ended up creating a watch app that showed you the route to the next ATM on a map, along with a description of the route. Technically pretty challenging since we had to generate map tiles on a remote server and load them onto the watch. Also, each image had to be sent in two chunks since the transfer buffer was smaller than the screen...
Another group just assumed the Pebble had a camera, color display and a microphone and had no demo, just a power point presentation. They ended up as winners...
- sigspec 10y agoJesus christ.
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- genkimind 10y agoHorrific!
- nikcub 10y agoSounds like perfect prep for a career as a developer
- pawadu 10y agoThis is basically every sales guy I have ever met.
- joeevans1000 10y agoI've seen this sort of thing happen many times and been in similar shoes. It is very disheartening.
- bogidon 10y agoUgh, that's ridiculous. There should be some form of accountability system for hackathons. Maybe like charitynavigator.org.
- JohnJamesRambo 10y agoHow is a PowerPoint presentation hacking at all???
- filoleg 10y agoBecause you call yourself a hacker while doing it, duh