Gauging interest: 24 hours webapp contest
I’ve been thinking, recently, how late night programing sessions with a few pals can be a ton of fun. I’ve also been thinking that CONTESTS ARE THE ONLY WAY TO PROVE WHO IS REALLY A MAN AND WHO IS A MOUSE.
Tell me your thoughts on this:
A 24 hour webapp contest amongst teams of three or four. The topics are assigned randomly combining topic areas with fun technology: “maps and education” or “social and cycling.” Teams would need to have design, development, database, UI type skillz. At the end of the twenty four hours a panel of judges deliberates and awards the winner with some sort of prize. Hopefully, if the app is sweet enough the prize would be funding to see the project through to completion.
You may have heard of this before: Junkyard Wars.
Thoughts?