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# Scavenger Hunt: Hackathon March 2023

## Setup

* Slack channel: Post challenges, people have to submit photos
* Automate: 1 image request per hour _(down time? check timezones)_
* Anyone can post any responses at any time (not just the first to do it)
* People should post photos in the Slack thread of each challenge
* _Maybe:_ Points awareded per-site for successful responses
* Might be difficult to track site?
* They can state the site (or online) with the posting, pics without a stated site or online will be in the `untracked` category

## Notes / TODO

* Describe in intro talk
* Say that images will be reused and are public, get permission
* Create slack channel
* All pictures should not be computer generated unless stated otherwise
* Each picture should have the nf-core logo somewhere

## Ideas

* side-by-side comparison of you before and after the hackathon (has to be at the end, but announced in the beginning?)
* Human pyramid
* Biggest group of people you can get together for one photo
* A hackathon participant doing a hand stand
* Photo out of your nearest window
* As many people underneath one table as possible
* Photo / video of someone who has never heard of nf-core
* Current food / drink situation
* As many people with their arms in the air as possible
* [Mexican wave (Ola)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_(audience))
* The outside of the building that you're currently in
* The dirtiest computer screen that you can find
* The computer with the most sticker you can find
* Someone in a bin
* Someone pulling a silly face
* Face when GitHub Actions CI run fails
* GitHub Unicorn error page
* 403 error on nf-co.re
* Post-it notes
* Most people in a Gather.Town room
* Lots of nf-core mugs
* Lots of nf-core socks
* nf-core duck
* nf-core umbrella
* nf-core apron
* Nextflow hoody
* Seqera lab cap
* The Seqera temporary tattoo applied
* Someone biting an apple
* An apple core
* Selfie with a spoon on the head
* A pet
* A vacuum-cleaner
* Potted plant
* A picture of nf-core bot
* A picture of nf-core bot (computer generated)
* A picture with a snowball
* A picture with sand
* A picture of success
* A picture of joy
* A picture of nf-core
* A picture of somebody touching grass
* A re-enactment of a post on #nf-core-memes
* A selfie with a local food item
* A cloud shaped like the nf-core logo
* ?A selfie with a negative COVID test
* A picture of hands
* A picture of hands (computer generated)
* Sunrise or sunset
* Northern lights
* The weather
* Some water
* Your shadow
* Music
* Art
* A local landmark
* Colour
* Something that no-one else has seen
* People pretending to be animals
* People in the shape of the nf-core logo
* Someone's mum/dad/family member
* Pizza
* Pizza boxes
* Someone with the same name as you
* A high-tech gadget
* Oldest computer
* A reflection
* A pile of cables
* A big hat
* A tiny hat
* Your favourite mug
* A high five
* A low five
* Someone looking tired
* Someone looking energized
* [Something glittery](https://hackmd.io/nVBvJ7rvR4G21Ijngrxoxw)
* Something that moves
* Something green
* Something fluffy
* Your workstation setup
* Your avatar dancing in gathertown
* You dancing like your partner in gathertown
* A draft for a pipeline tube map
* You finding a sock in gathertown
* Someone playing air guitar
* A picture of someone doing a "social thing" instead of work
* Everyone doing press-ups
* A group doing the harlem shake :older_adult:
* You explaining your code to a rubber ducky
* A joke
* Most realistic Gather avatar (with side-by-side comparison)
* 30 second abstract drawing of your favourite pipeline
* Re-enacting / dancing of an nf-core pipeline
* A picture with an nf-core core member (or local hub lead) in real life or on gather town
* You tweeting/tooting about the hackathon :bird: :elephant:
* A pile of your comfort food
* A "dance your science" video about nf-core
* A picture of a server
* A picture of a wet lab
* A re-enactment of Paolo's slack avatar
* the nf-core logo in a different art style
* a person with the most nf-core/Nextflow/Seqera branded goodies (socks, mugs, apron, sticker, rubber duck, cap, hoodie, coaster,...)
* A picture of the local tube/transit map

# Short list

### Monday
11 Take a pre-hackathon selfie or group photo :camera_with_flash:
12 Take a picture of people in the shape of the nf-core logo :green_apple:
13
14 Take a picture of an animal, or something fluffy :dog2:
15
16 Take a picture of your favourite mug :cup_with_straw:
17 Take a video of someone dancing like your avatar in gathertown :dancer:
18
19 Take a picture of something glittery :stars:
20
21
22 Take a picture of your comfort food :canned_food:

### Tuesday
2 Take a picture of someone looking tired :camera_with_flash:
3
4 Take a picture of success :yum:
5
6 Take a picture of an apple core :apple:
7
8 Take a picture of a person (or people) playing air guitar :guitar: :the_horns:
9
10 Draw the nf-core logo in a different style :art: :lower_left_paintbrush:
11
12 Take a picture next to your realistic Gather avatar :upside_down_face:
13
14 Tell us your best joke :laughing:
15
16 Tweet or toot about the hackathon :bird: :elephant:
17
18 Take a photo of a sunrise or sunset :sunrise_over_mountains:
19
20 Take a picture of the dirtiest computer screen :computer:
21
22

### Wednesday
2
3
4
5 Take a photo out of your nearest window :camera: :house_with_garden:
6
7 Take a picture of a local landmark :classical_building:
8
9 Take a picture of someone doing a "social thing" instead of work :soccer:
10
11 Share your best fact :face_with_cowboy_hat:
12
13 Find the computer with the most stickers :mag_right:
14
15 Take a post-hackathon selfie or group photo :camera_with_flash:
16
17 Take a photo of pizza / pizza boxes :pizza:

# 2024 ideas

# Short list

### Monday
11 Take a pre-hackathon selfie or group photo :camera_with_flash:
12
13 Take a picture of the computer with the most stickers :mag_right:
14
15 Post about the hackathon on your socials and share it with the group :bird: :elephant:
16
17 Tell us your best fact :face_with_cowboy_hat:
18
19 Draw the nf-core logo in a different style :art: :lower_left_paintbrush:
20
21 A picture of a wet lab
22

### Tuesday
2 Take a picture of someone looking tired :camera_with_flash:
3
4 Take a picture of success :yum:
5
6
7
8 Take a picture of the dirtiest computer screen :computer:
9
10
11 Take a picture next to your realistic Gather avatar :upside_down_face:
12
13
14 Take a picure of a pizza box :pizza:
15
16
17
18 Take a picture of your best socks
19
20 Take a picture of your favourite mug :cup_with_straw:
22 Tell us your favourite emoji

### Wednesday
2
3 Take a picture of a subway map
4
5 Take a picture of a sunrise/sunset
6
7 Share your best fact :face_with_cowboy_hat:
8
9 Take a picture of someone doing something "social" instead of work :soccer:
10
11 Re-enact your favourite meme on #nf-core-memes
12
13 Take a picture of someone reviewing a pull request
14
15 Take a post-hackathon selfie or group photo :camera_with_flash:
16
17

- take a picutre of you throwing confetti (in real life not in gathertown)