Microsoft Web Camp Hackathon

Time Remaining:

5/27/2011 5:00:00 PM

Submission Deadline:

5/27/2011 3:00:00 PM

About This Event
Schedule Details

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May 26, 2011 8:00 AM to May 27, 2011 5:00 PM

Microsoft Chicago Office
200 E Randolph St
MPR 1, 2 & 3
Chicago, Illinois

About This Event

Developers: Bring your laptops, phones, gadgets and dev tools to the MTC for the 24-hour Microsoft Web Camp Hackathon. Develop a website or app, present it and compete for your share of prizes. Winners will walk away with mad props and cool loot.

Even in you don't hack, register for the two-day event which features a full day of sessions on ASP.NET MVC, WebMatrix, OData and more. This event is a unique opportunity, partnering classroom learning on day one with hands-on-labs on day two, and leveraging experts to help you build new and exciting websites. No matter your expertise in web development, these Web Camps are the perfect opportunity to get hands-on experience and 'unleash your coding genius'.

Whether you plan to hack or not, please register for Web Camp event here.

Over $2500 in prizes!

Prize Categories

Best Overall Application
Best Overall Application Runner-up

Rules

Hackathon participants must be registered for the hackathon via Hackatopia, as well as for Web Camp.
Entries may only win in one category.
Applications should not be under development prior to the contest kickoff. Pre-existing code libraries and artifacts are allowed, but the spirit of the event encourages participants to build what they can in 24 hours.
The development tools, frameworks and application focus are entirely up to the participants, but they must be from the Microsoft technology stack.
Participants are expected to bring all tools and software necessary to build their entry. Organizers will provide food, caffeine and power strips (but you might want to bring your own power strip just in case we run out).
Rules are subject to change at the discretion of the Hackathon coordinators.

Judges

Dave Bost
Dave is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft and co-host of the Thirsty Developer Podcast. Dave has been a Software Developer and Solution Architect for over 15-years. Prior to joining Microsoft, Dave cut his technical teeth working with many Fortune-500 companies as a technical mentor and consultant.

Dave started his technical passion back in the days of the Commodore-64 when he wrote his first assembly-language program that produced a hot-air balloon to sail across his Commodore 1701 Video Monitor. From there, he was hooked. This led to a Computer Science degree at Northern Illinois University, where he soon started his professional career in the Unix/C world and a short time later, starting his Microsoft developer career. For the past decade, Dave has spent most of his time building web-based applications for the Microsoft platform. As a technologist, Dave doesn't spend all his time in the Microsoft world as he likes to spend his time dabbling with the latest technologies, tools and movements coming out of the software industry.

Outside of his professional life, Dave enjoys discovering new music with his Zune Pass, defending the universe against 13-year olds on Xbox Live, and playing golf (whenever his wife lets him). You can read Dave's blog or listen to the Thirsty Developer Podcast.

Clark Sell
Name a role in the software industry, and Clark has probably played it. He started as a Y2K tester and has since worked as a developer, lead, “build monkey,” solutions architect and product manager. His professional sweet spot however, lies in designing and building software solutions that make life easier – there’s no chance for boredom and constant opportunities for growth. Clark is MCSD certified and received top Microsoft honors with the Circle of Excellence Award. He’s a graduate of Western Illinois University and before joining Microsoft in 2005, he served as a solutions architect at Allstate Insurance Company. As a senior developer evangelist and Visual Studio team system ranger, Clark brings a good dose of humor and a zest for life to the podium.

You can hear Clark’s technical musings on “The Smackdown” at DeveloperSmackdown.com and The Thirsty Developer podcast – or find him getting grease under his nails in the garage. Clark’s a muscle car fanatic who’s currently finishing a body-off restoration of his 1970 Chevrolet Camaro while driving his 1968 Camaro SS.

You can find Clark's blog at http://csell.net

Brandon Satrom
Brandon Satrom is a Developer Evangelist for Microsoft, based in Austin, TX. He has eleven years of industry experience, splitting his time evenly between consulting/service organizations and internal IT shops before joining Microsoft in June of 2010. A Software and Enterprise Architect, Brandon has worked on projects of all shapes for companies large and small, most recently using technologies such as WCF, WF and ASP.NET MVC with a healthy dose of OSS. Brandon loves writing and speaking, and has written articles for The Architecture Journal and MSDN Magazine. He lives in Austin with his wife and son and blogs about software architecture and development at userinexperience.com. He can also be found on Twitter