Life of a Hacker by Anil Pattni

It was 2am, the morning after an exhausting Halloween evening transporting passengers around downtown Austin, TX. Excited about getting home and getting some rest, I turned the electric cart ar...

https://www.anilpattni.com/main-blog/2016/11/4/one-good-deed-deserves-another-on-halloween

Following my recent transition with Hackaday , I'm excited to announce I'll be leading Austin in our 2016 Global Hackaday Prize challenge.  Of course you do, it’s why you got out of bed this...

https://www.anilpattni.com/main-blog/2016/4/15/hackaday-world-create-day

View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize This weekend, the City of San Fran...

https://www.anilpattni.com/main-blog/2015/11/24/iot-smartcity-connectyourcity-hackathon-sanfrancisco

1,300 students, 1 weekend, 204 projects, this is one of our biggest student hackathons ever. We had coaches from UC Davis, UCLA, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, Stanford University, UC Santa Cruz and ...

https://www.anilpattni.com/main-blog/2015/10/26/hackingedu-educational-hackathon-san-mateo-event-center-ca

Project TinyHackerHouse is a self sustaining micro house which allows for the freedom of living a life completely off the grid anywhere. This includes a micro organic farm for growing fruit and v...

https://www.anilpattni.com/main-blog/2015/10/24/scope-of-project-tinyhackerhouse

This is my initial design concept for project #TinyHouse using #Google #Sketchup for the model. What's unique about this design is it the entire structure can be sent to a CNC router like the on...

https://www.anilpattni.com/main-blog/2015/9/7/initial-design-concept-for-tinyhouse

As a Hackathon and Makerfaire evangelist I spent the last 5 years as a volunteer advocating at the forefront of these two movements. Working in these two areas has really been fundamental to redi...

https://www.anilpattni.com/main-blog/2015/8/19/introducing-project-tinyhouse

View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize 12811 PARTICIPANTS, 133 LOCATIONS, 949 PROJECTS T...

https://www.anilpattni.com/main-blog/2015/4/26/nasa-space-apps-challenge

2 BROTHERS FROM NEW YORK WHO MOVED TO #OC AND LITERALLY BUILT THE WORLD'S FIRST SLIM, PORTABLE, OPEN-SOURCE INSTANT FILM PRINTER COMPANY IN THEIR BATHROOM HAVE NOW SUCCESSFULLY RAISED $210,449 ...

https://www.anilpattni.com/main-blog/2015/4/7/it-gives-me-great-pleasure-to-share-the-one-of-the-most-exciting-stories-in-orangecounty-and-welcome-our-very-own-newest-ochackerz-startup-team-snapjet

FOLLOWING 8 MONTHS OF VOLUNTEERING AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IN TUSTIN , TEACHING ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS. ROBOTICS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MOBILE APP DESIGN, I AM WORKING WITH THE HEAD OF THE TECHNO...

https://www.anilpattni.com/main-blog/2015/4/7/volunteering-at-boys-and-girls-club-tustin

Today I was invited to give a talk to 150+ college students at Coastline Community College on the topic of CyberSecurity. I highlighted a couple of different 'Hacking' techniques such as #SocialH...

https://www.anilpattni.com/main-blog/2015/6/27/invited-to-give-a-talk-about-cybersecurity-hackerx2fmaker-movement

View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize AS PART OF MY EFFORTS AT #ELANCE-ODESK , I ORGANIZED A FIRESIDE CHAT INVITING 2 FRIENDS ISMAIL AND...

https://www.anilpattni.com/main-blog/2015/4/7/fireside-chat-with-co-founders-of-snapjet-sponsored-by-ochackerz-elance-and-techspace

I PRODUCED AND DIRECTED A 48 HOUR #OCHACKERZ HACKATHON EVENT AT #EUREKABUILDING #IRVINE. THE THEME OF THIS HACKATHON WAS EXPLORING THE #OPENSOURCE ARDUINO PLATFORM FOR #HARDWARE. WE HAD A TOUCH...

https://www.anilpattni.com/main-blog/2015/4/7/ochackerz-openhack-hackathon-march-2014

During the first part of the hackathon, my friend Danni Nguyen and I presented the Ice-Breaker challenge. Each team was given an arms length of tape, arms length of string, some pasta and a marsh...

https://www.anilpattni.com/main-blog/2015/4/7/ochackerz-openhack-hackathon-marshmallow-challenge

View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize SOME OF THE #ARDUINO PROJECTS PRESENTED INCLUDED: A DIGITALLY CO...

https://www.anilpattni.com/main-blog/2015/4/7/ochackerz-openhack-hackathon-projects

I USED MY MARKETING, PR AND JOURNALISM SKILLS TO HACK MY WAY INTO THE FRONT PAGE OF THE #OCREGISTER LOCAL NEWSPAPER PROMOTING 5 LOCAL TECHNOLOGY BUSINESSES, 6 NEW STARTUPS AND DEVELOPING SPONSO...

https://www.anilpattni.com/main-blog/2015/4/7/ochackerz-openhack-hackathon-pr

THIS IS STARTUPBUS  SF 2014. 8 BUSES FROM MEXICO, SOUTH, MID WEST, WEST COAST, SOUTH EAST, NORTH, NORTH EAST, AMERICA TRAVEL 3,000KM TO BUILD A STARTUP ON A BUS AND LAUNCH IN SAN ANTONIO, TX. S...

https://www.anilpattni.com/main-blog/2015/4/7/startupbussf-2014-sxsw-austin-texas

Trade-Off is a place for people, from all over the world, to trade their skills with others in their local community without the need for currency. Online or from their mobile.

https://www.anilpattni.com/main-blog/2015/4/7/wwwtrade-offco

VolunteerMatch is a geolocation based mobile application that connects non-profits to volunteers through SMS messaging. I designed the wireframes, used jquery mobile to build out the menu, screen...

https://www.anilpattni.com/main-blog/2015/4/7/volunteermatch

I designed these initial wireframes using Balsamiq to better understand information and order of elements that needed to be incorporated into the OCHackerz site with justification of why. 

https://www.anilpattni.com/main-blog/2015/4/14/initial-wireframes-for-the-ochackerz-site