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DEBRIEF1st Windows Phone 7 HACKATHON@ Nokia San Diego4th June 2011

VincenzoBelpiedeTwitter: @vincebelpiede

Debrief 1st WP7 HACKATON

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On a nice & Sunny Saturday

@ the new Nokia San Diego office

Debrief 1st WP7 HACKATON

08/04/2023 • 40 awesome developers

• Spent 13 long hours• To learn the WP7 dev tools• And developed 11 apps in

less than 3hrs of actual coding

…instead of chilling on the beach ;)…but got free drinks, breakfast, lunch & dinner …& $800 worth of prizes, plus $99 free UI tools

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You know what’s BEST?

some of these apps are already going into the Windows Phone Marketplace!!!

11 apps built in less than 3hours3 Winners • 1st Starbucks app ($500)• 2nd Bug catcher game (fun &

inspired from an existing QT app!!! ;) ($200)

• 3rd Geofencing app (LBS) ($100)

…& other 8 really cool apps!!!• Angry Developers game

(hilarious!)• App to manage various e-

commerce stores• LBS app mashing maps and

earthquake data (very actual these days unfortunately)

• Curtain cost estimator• Local Beer RSS app• App to learn about all the US

presidents• Database project app• Grocery list

COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL

Our road aheadGiven our 1st successNokia San Diego managementalready expressedthe wish to hostHackathons on a quarterly basis!

To build the best ecosystem together with our developer

friends

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COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL

• Nokia San Diego for all the support!

• Microsoft developer evangelists in Los Angeles area!• Daniel Egan (

www.twitter.com/danielegan) • Alice Pang (www.twitter.com/alicerp)

• Commnexus San Diego for web registration and marketing support!

• Our super funny speaker who volunteered! Bret Stateham– (always too busy teaching and coding……no time for pictures ;)

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http://tinyurl.com/WP7hackatonNokiaSanDiego

COMPANY CONFIDENTIALImprovement Ideas

• Show the demos from mobile via screencaster (Help needed from MS - Daniel?)

• Show a motivational video at the beginning• Open registration to double the amount of people

we can host (50% drop rate Daniel mentioned was very precise!)

• Feedback from developers: avoid having two hackathons on the same date 

• Talk about cloud (Azure)• More senior developers and technical experts from

MS to go around the room and answer technical questions (Daniel and Alice)

• Use a forum to continue the discussions even after the hackathon within the group and facilitate networking (Facebook? Linkedin? http://www.grouptweet.com/?)

From AT&T Developer Programs• Lightning Talks: Less Talk, More Code• 6+ hours of coding• Sponsor provided sample code base to work from• Encourage interaction and mingling throughout the

day through stronger Twitter integration into the event (Maybe use http://www.grouptweet.com/)

• 15 minute pitch session with Twitter hashtag in the morning to share ideas

• Provide 10 page auto forwarding powerpoints to prevent overtime pitches.

3. Watch Stephen Elop’s Keynote http://tinyurl.com/ElopKeynoteUplinq

2. Share & Discuss your improvement ideas here

…plus pix&videos too!http://tinyurl.com/WP7hackathon

1. Link to 1 zip file with all the slides, materials, tools

http://tinyurl.com/wp7sd060411

3 Links to download, discuss

and watch it all!

http://tinyurl.com/hackathons

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See you at the next one!