Hack Day Entry Deadline Extended - Win $1,000!

After a great weekend of start ups sharing their technologies, and NYC hackers meeting each other we we thought it would be great to invite those hackers that weren’t able to attend the weekend to submit a Hack by Tuesday September 21, 2010 to be entered in the contest to win $1,000!

RULES:

  1. You must use at least one or more of the presenting Startup’s APIs to build an application.
  2. You will demo your app NYC Mobile Mondays  on September 27th
  3. Winner of the $1,000 grand prize will be chosen by audience.

HOW TO ENTER:

Submit Your Hacks Here: http://bit.ly/aa7MvH

Presenters will be selected on a rolling basis, so the sooner you submit your hack the better your chances of being selected to demo!

SELECTION CRITERIA:

Your app will be selected according to the following criteria:

  • Creativity
  • Completeness
  • Potential Reach
  • Usefulness
  • Number of APIs integrated

Demo Notifications:

Finalists will be notified by Friday September 25th that they have been selected to present at Mobile Mondays.

Dates:

  • September 21, 2010 (11:59pm) - Submission Deadline
  • September 25, 2010 - Finalist Notification
  • September 27, 2010 - Mobile Mondays Demo

If you have questions please email: nychackday@texting.ly

NYC Hack Day takes place on September 11 & 12, 2010

NYC Geo/Mobile Hack Day is a two day event where start ups present their APIs to developers and share their ideas for the businesses and applications that can be built on top of the APIs they are creating. At NYC Geo/Mobile Hack Day we’ll discuss the current landscape of location based technologies and start exciting new projects!

At the end of the hack day developers can submit their creations for the chance to win $1,000!

We bring you APIs food, drinks, schwag and internet. You bring your laptop, hacking skills and creativity.

LOCATION: The Hack Day will be held at Dogpatch Labs in NYC.

DEVELOPERS: Why should you attend NYC Geo/Mobile Hack Day?

LEARN

Learn about platforms available for developers to create businesses.

MEET

Meet other developers on NYC.

HACK

Chug AMP energy drinks, eat pizza, and hack to build an awesome application in less than 2 days.

WIN!
A panel of 5 rock star judges will vote to select the top four apps. Top apps will be selected according the the following criteria:

  • Most Creative
  • Most Complete
  • Broadest Potential Reach
  • Most Useful

The top four applications will then have 2 weeks to be polished and will then present again at the Mobile Mondays event on September 27th. The attendees of the Mobile Mondays event will select the winner of the grand prize of $1,000.
 

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Click Here to Attend!

Questions?

hackday@texting.ly

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