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St. Louis "Mobile DotNetNuke" Hackathon: How to ParticipateMinimize

You can participate in the Hackathon in two ways:

If you are in or near the St. Louis Metro area:

The best way for you to participate is to attend the St. Louis DotNetNuke Users Group meeting. Attending the meeting makes you eligible for some great prizes and cool Hackathon-branded swag.

When:  August 18, 2010 @ 6 PM Central (UTC -6)
Where:  SteadyRain, Inc., 716 Geyer Avenue #400, St. Louis, MO 63104

If you are anywhere else:

If you cannot attend the meeting in person, you are in luck. We wanted to open the Hackathon to as many developers around the world as possible so we will be streaming the Hackathon live. You will be able to view presentation screens and meeting audio using just your browser and computer speakers. To watch the live stream of the event, please visit http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Community/Programs/Hackathon.aspx on August 18, 2010 @ 6 p.m. Central (UTC -6)

How Does it Work

Participating in the Hackathon is more than just attending the launch meeting -- in order to participate (and be eligible to win a prize) you have to create a mobile application for DotNetNuke that follows the theme for the Hackathon. Here's a quick summary of how the Hackathon will be organized. For more details, see the Hackathon Schedule page.

  •  In the days leading up to the Hackathon and during the Hackathon you will see blog posts from Community members about the Hackathon that will provide insights into mobile development and help you get started with it.
     
  • You are free to build any app as long as the base requirements are met. You can design the app as you wish and add any features you think are interesting. In fact you are encouraged to be creative, to push the envelope...ultimately the community has to think your app is cool or you won't get their vote to win.
     
  • When the Hackathon kicks off, our speakers will provide insights on how you can create interesting mobile apps for DotNetNuke.
     
  • We will use Twitter to communicate using the hash tag #hackathon
     
  •  After the user group meeting ends, the Hackathon will continue for a period of seven days.
     
  • When the Hackathon period is complete, the community will vote for entries they like.
     
  • When the voting period ends, we tabulate the points and declare the winnners in various categories.

 

  
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