[DLC]Fwd: Independent Media Mobile Hackathon

Just an fyi for anyone interested.



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From: Chicago Android <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 2:46 PM
Subject: Independent Media Mobile Hackathon
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>


    Chicago Android <http://chicagoandroid.com/>
training and development community
  A message to all members of Chicago Android

Hi all,

Have you RSVPed for the Independent Media Mobile Hackathon
yet<http://bit.ly/mobilehack>?
If not, get cracking! The deadline is Oct. 1 and the prizes keep getting
better and better. Our latest announcement: *BigDoor*<http://www.bigdoor.com/>
*, a Seattle-based startup that **powers game mechanics for web and mobile
apps, is generously donating brand new, 250GB Xbox 360s as prizes for the
team that develops the top application*.

BigDoor is also opening up their API for this event so that participants can
develop prototype apps even more quickly. (BigDoor's
gamification<http://www.bigdoor.com/?utm_source=chihax&utm_medium=txt&utm_campaign=chihax>
API
helps increase user engagement and loyalty through the use of points,
badges, levels, leaderboards, virtual currency and virtual goods.)

But the prizes don't stop there. Developers on the winning team will also be
awarded a $1K cash prize. (Journalists are ineligible for this prize, but
can win Xboxes) *Other gifts include O'Reilly ebooks, merch from Mozilla,
and XKCD comics from BreadPig. If you haven't RSVPed yet, now's the
time<http://bit.ly/mobilehack>!
And don't forget to ask me about that travel stipend. We'd also greatly
appreciate your assistance in spreading the word. Please share this event
with any mobile developers you know!*

*Hackathon judges include:*

·       Brad Flora, of The Windy Citizen and Knight News Challenge winner

·       Brant Houston, Knight Chair in Investigative and Enterprise
Reporting at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign

·       Shinji Kuwayama, lead developer at Groupon

Finally, I'd just like to give a special "thank you" to all of the Hackathon
sponsors. This event is made possible through their generous support:


Chicago Instructional Technology Foundation

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Illinois Technology Association

Big Door Media

Breadpig

Mozilla

Chicago Android

The Knight News Challenge

O’Reilly Media

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