Day 8: TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon and the Nexus band

Day two of the TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon started early as the final touches of my team’s GM Safeware app were completed.

I got a seat in the third row from the front.

There were some 264 hacks that each had one minute to demo what they had hacked in the past 24 hours.

There was a mobile photobooth.

A nine year old girl demoed a site where playdates can be arranged.

Another hack was playing the guitar and singing at the same time, an interesting hardware hack and courageous to sing in front of such a big crowd.

A way to locate places for black female youth to learn to code and hack.

Our hack was was GM Safeware, simple games or tasks that need to be completed in order to unlock your car and allow you to drive. If you are impaired and otherwise unable to solve a number puzzle with only one step remaining, you probably shouldn’t be driving.

We also want to make it an app where Google Glass can track your eye movement following a bouncing dot. If you can’t track it, again, you shouldn’t be driving.

We send an SMS message to your friend or call a cab when you fail the test so you can get home safely and don’t risk the life of others.

At America’s Cup Park, the Nexus band was playing.

The pianist was crazy, jumping up and down. But he was cool!

After a “wardrobe change”, he was even more animated.

Alcatraz was hidden behind a curtain of fog.

As the sun lowered, it cast a beautiful light on the skyline and the Bay Bridge.

Even the cranes from the Port of Oakland reflected the sunlight.

At the Caltrain station, I spotted the crescent moon close to the horizon.