‘If We Had Glass’ Hackathon

‘If We Had Glass’ Hackathon(ifwehadglass.com)

25 points by ozziegooen 13 years ago | 18 comments

ozziegooen 13 years 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 13 years 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 13 years 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 13 years ago | | |

That we deserve. It's fixed.

kmfrk 13 years 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 13 years ago | |

It seems that they are trying pretty hard not to make that clear.

networked 13 years 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 13 years 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".

NateDad 13 years 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.

ozziegooen 13 years ago |

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

fudged71 13 years 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 13 years 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.

rvanniekerk 13 years 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

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...

hkdobrev 13 years ago |

There is a repeating error in the first paragraph.

xijuan 13 years ago |

This is extremely weird..I am speechless..

_j5l3 13 years ago |

What an oddly specific parody.

dakrisht 13 years ago |

What a joke

the_french 13 years ago |

the site went down.