SIMPLE CHALLENGE: Build the best web 2.0 widget/app in seven days. Team can be any size 1-n developers, programmers, designers.
FORMAT: Ski * Snowboard design, Rocky Mt. resort data and audience.
Can a cross OS Widget application be constructed, tested and proven to be cool in seven days? The 16Eight seeks to find out what are the creative possibilities of developing within 7 days.
- should a widget combine flash, ajax and/or ruby?
- or use an Apple widget or Yahoo konfabulator widget code base?
- is flex or apollo the best way to go?
The Boulder Cup Challenge
Develop a widget that provides ski & snow conditions that can run as a browser widget, posted in the sidebar of a blog or sitting on a desktop.
To win the 16eight challenge the entry must run on Mac & PC and:
- create an engaging UI &UX
- provide access to ski conditions or ski webcam web resources
- socialize part of the experience
- access an image database of ski and snowboard items
- display an ad inventory
Bonus Options:
- logic matching weather conditions to appropriate items
- Web 2.0 without the Web
Prizes
- 1st Prize
- The 16Eight Boulder Cup
- Magnum 2000 Magnificat Meritage Franciscan Oakville Estate
Honorable Mention
- Best combination of UI & UX
- Best code based on fewest number of lines and maximum number of functions
- Best overall experience
The Boulder Cup
Postponed
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as much as I would have liked to introduce the idea of the The Boulder Cup at BarCampBoulder, it just didn’t seem to fit the mood of the group….so I am reorganizing the idea and will introduce it again soon.
Thanks for your interest…dl