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‘If We Had Glass’ Hackathon

25 points by ozziegooen 14y ago

the_french 14y ago
the site went down.
ozziegooen 14y ago
The site should be back up. We were using https://www.site44.com/ https://www.site44.com/ , had to upgrade with increased load. (site44 is pretty awesome btw)
hkdobrev 14y ago
There is a repeating error in the first paragraph.
fudged71 14y ago
I'm confused. Firstly, the text in the header is not readable on mobile because it's the exact same colour as his jacket. Second, are they flying the winners to SF? Third, is the $1500 implying that you get a Google Glass for free? Fourth, is this a Google event or a 3rd party? It looks like an official Google site. Unclear. This was after one readthrough on my phone. Maybe I missed a FAQ link...
- jpatokal 14y ago
  It's an unofficial brainstorming session, where all you get to do is brainstorm with others about how to best apply for Google's contest.
ozziegooen 14y ago
It's not from Google. This is only a hackathon to come up with ideas to enter in the #ifihadglass hackathon. There is no official affiliation. The website was not optimized for mobile; because of the time limitations (contest just announced, ending in a week) everything had to be put together quite quickly.
- Trezoid 14y ago
  Doesn't work properly in firefox, either. Not optimizing for mobile is fine. Yeah, it'd be nice, but it is an "extra" thing. having content cutting off in a major desktop browser on a large (1920x1200) screen? No excuse. edit: Doesn't work in opera either, but it's not as bad.
  - rvanniekerk 14y ago
    Plenty of excuse, Google announced this merely a day ago, the hackathon is on Saturday. Extremely limited amount of time + demand for applicants, I think it's ok to overlook a few things here and there on the website :D
  - ozziegooen 14y ago
    That we deserve. It's fixed.
NateDad 14y ago
It sounds like a joke: Using Google+ or Twitter, tell us what you would do if you could brainstorm ideas for Glass ... Google+ applicants will likely be ignored.
kmfrk 14y ago
This site is so goddamn weird, it might as well have been a parody site, if I didn't know it was an unofficial hackathon.
- maxpt 14y ago
  It seems that they are trying pretty hard not to make that clear.
networked 14y ago
>If chosen, you will not purchase a ticket of $1500 plus tax. That's some strange wording. Could you clarify what it means?
- NamTaf 14y ago
  I presume it's a parody of Google saying "Hey, if you 'win' the chance to get a set of Google Glasses, you still need to pay $1500 + tax to get a pair".
xijuan 14y ago
This is extremely weird..I am speechless..
dakrisht 14y ago
What a joke
rvanniekerk 14y ago
It seems like people really aren't understanding this. The site is a parody of google's own "If I had glass" site that launched yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5249820 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5249820 They are looking for applicants to work together in a hackathon type enviornment to come up with ideas for the actual "if I had glass" applications. Pretty smart IMO...
darth_aardvark 14y ago
What an oddly specific parody.

25 points by ozziegooen 14y ago

the site went down.

The site should be back up. We were using https://www.site44.com/ https://www.site44.com/ , had to upgrade with increased load. (site44 is pretty awesome btw)

hkdobrev 14y ago

There is a repeating error in the first paragraph.

fudged71 14y ago

I'm confused. Firstly, the text in the header is not readable on mobile because it's the exact same colour as his jacket. Second, are they flying the winners to SF? Third, is the $1500 implying that you get a Google Glass for free? Fourth, is this a Google event or a 3rd party? It looks like an official Google site. Unclear. This was after one readthrough on my phone. Maybe I missed a FAQ link...

jpatokal 14y ago
It's an unofficial brainstorming session, where all you get to do is brainstorm with others about how to best apply for Google's contest.

ozziegooen 14y ago

It's not from Google. This is only a hackathon to come up with ideas to enter in the #ifihadglass hackathon. There is no official affiliation. The website was not optimized for mobile; because of the time limitations (contest just announced, ending in a week) everything had to be put together quite quickly.

Trezoid 14y ago
Doesn't work properly in firefox, either. Not optimizing for mobile is fine. Yeah, it'd be nice, but it is an "extra" thing. having content cutting off in a major desktop browser on a large (1920x1200) screen? No excuse. edit: Doesn't work in opera either, but it's not as bad.
- rvanniekerk 14y ago
  Plenty of excuse, Google announced this merely a day ago, the hackathon is on Saturday. Extremely limited amount of time + demand for applicants, I think it's ok to overlook a few things here and there on the website :D
- ozziegooen 14y ago
  That we deserve. It's fixed.

NateDad 14y ago

It sounds like a joke: Using Google+ or Twitter, tell us what you would do if you could brainstorm ideas for Glass ... Google+ applicants will likely be ignored.

kmfrk 14y ago

This site is so goddamn weird, it might as well have been a parody site, if I didn't know it was an unofficial hackathon.

maxpt 14y ago
It seems that they are trying pretty hard not to make that clear.

networked 14y ago

>If chosen, you will not purchase a ticket of $1500 plus tax. That's some strange wording. Could you clarify what it means?

NamTaf 14y ago
I presume it's a parody of Google saying "Hey, if you 'win' the chance to get a set of Google Glasses, you still need to pay $1500 + tax to get a pair".

xijuan 14y ago

This is extremely weird..I am speechless..

dakrisht 14y ago

What a joke

rvanniekerk 14y ago

It seems like people really aren't understanding this. The site is a parody of google's own "If I had glass" site that launched yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5249820 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5249820 They are looking for applicants to work together in a hackathon type enviornment to come up with ideas for the actual "if I had glass" applications. Pretty smart IMO...

darth_aardvark 14y ago

What an oddly specific parody.