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Re: Are Hackathon Prizes The Worst Thing Since Moldy Sliced Bread? // Major League Hacking

xxx — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 18:28:47 -0000

Cash is King.

Cash, mind you. Not checks, Amazon gift cards, compute credits or wire transfers. Cash. A stack of money the size of a few phone books. A terribly effective way to attract attention.

I agree that overprizing a hackathon poisons the well. My favorite hackathons are "love of the game" and offer zero prizing (or trophies). "Hackathon" can sometimes mean code competition complete with sponsors, though. If an event allows sponsor prizing, cash is a strong one. $1,000,000? Nuts. A car? Nuts. 1 or 2 thousand? What does one do with 1/3rd of a laptop? Cash is easy to split amongst a team and in the mind, becomes whatever you would use it for. Don't like it? Think it's crass? Cool. Give it to charity.

This does not excuse sponsors from providing solid mentorship at the event.

Some of my favorite moments over the last few years have been handing bricks of cash over to developers.

See you at the next one,

Jeremy

Re: Serendipity Stories – A Wet Cigarette

xxx — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:35:43 -0000

My experience was similar. No doubt about it. SXSW is magic.

Re: Harley plans entry-level Blast replacement, hogs fly

xxx — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:28:11 -0000

What came of this?

Jeremy

Re: Win a pair of Thursday night GABF tickets

xxx — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:08:43 -0000

I'd like to see more "What to eat with your beer" articles.

Re: Win a pair of Thursday night GABF tickets

xxx — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:08:00 -0000

I'd like to see more beer breakfast or brunch events!

Re: Dustin Henderlong • This is my friend Matt, driving from Lagunitas to...

xxx — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 01:07:50 -0000

Nice shot!

Re: http://onceinaryle.com/post/29969499511

xxx — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:21:15 -0000

Congrats Rachel!

Re: TBEX Opening Keynote

xxx — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:24:31 -0000

Rock! See you in Keystone!

Re: People Discovery Apps, a Cautionary Tale

xxx — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:07:14 -0000

Yahoo Legal. Killing dreams since 1995.

Re: My mind is made up on #SXSW

xxx — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:07:40 -0000

I'll be there this year. The ability to meet with so many of our partners / vendors / clients in person makes it very much worth the trip. See you in 2013 if not before somewhere else.

Jeremy

Re: Join Altimeter Group at SXSW 2012

xxx — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:51:41 -0000

Looks like I'll be all over. My most promising Panels / Parties so far: http://austin2012.sched.org...

See you there!

Jeremy

Re: Why we’re not using a crib

xxx — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:39:28 -0000

Absolutely love it. Thanks for beta testing parenthood for me. It's looking just a little less scary.

Jeremy

Re: An Open Letter to #OccupyWallStreet: You Are Not The 99%—But You Could Be – By @BlackCanseco

xxx — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:44:16 -0000

Yep, your math is faulty. 1 million out of 312 million is .32%, not .0032%. Still a valid point though.

Jeremy

Re: #NintendoEnthused Party at the Pug Pad - Ef Rodriguez - Geek culture, social media marketing, Boulder, Colorado

xxx — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:35:22 -0000

And for prizes! Don't forget the prizes!

Re: The No Jeans Tax

xxx — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:57:08 -0000

Where I thought this was going to go was talk of a startup that had reversed the jeans tax, as in "Wearing khakis, suit or slacks will be allowed, it'll just cost $5 a day" That'd be nice.

Jeremy

Re: So, I Have a New Job

xxx — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:23:24 -0000

Congrats!

Jeremy

Re: Why I Joined the Gowalla Team

xxx — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:32:40 -0000

Gowalla is lucky to have you. Congrats!

Jeremy

Re: Overheard in a Camera Shop: But I’m a Professional

xxx — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:14:10 -0000

If this went on any longer it'd deserve its own xtranormal video.

Re: This is how startups should be made.

xxx — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:22:37 -0000

Great meeting you. Hope to make it to Chicago before too long.

Stay Rad!

Jeremy

Re: My bride

xxx — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:33:47 -0000

Congratulations!

Re: A totally modern and First World pregnancy problem that my grandmother never had to deal with…

xxx — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:08:46 -0000

I just feel that any child that were to come into the world with Black Sabbath playing Iron Man couldn't help but to be awesome. Do it.

Jeremy

Re: http://jeffreyk.virb.com/blog/text/12985683

xxx — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:57:57 -0000

Looking good! The quick browse through 'Work' brought Goremet back to mind. I miss it.

Re: Quick Left | Ingrid rocks. And now everyone knows.

xxx — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:07:48 -0000

Congrats on being young and important, Ingrid! (I knew her when)

Jeremy

Re: Beluga's Pre-SXSW Buzz Builds A Month Into App's Life

xxx — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:57:41 -0000

A private group backchannel to compliment twitter's public backchannel at SXSW will be nice. Also, with so many people in the same place trying to track each other down, the addition of location is a pretty big deal. During the event, Beluga will be able to function as an even more private LBS, instead of letting 300 of your foursquare friends know where you are, you can let pods of 3, 10 or 25 know. Looking forward to it.

Jeremy

Re: Ef Rodriguez - Social media Latino in public relations and marketing - Social media, geek culture in Boulder Colorado - Twitter App for Mac Doesn't Show Mentions, Only Replies

xxx — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 02:11:09 -0000

*Fixed* (2 days after this post) in Twitter for Mac Version 2.0.1:

Fixed @mention streaming with tweets indirectly addressed to you

And

Fixed crash when blocking user from search results
Fixed crash with non-Roman input source
Fixed problems with window positioning
Spaces behavior improved
UI tweaks

Tweet away!

Jeremy