It’s that time of the year again: Imagine Cup People’s Choice Award!!! Yay!! The People’s Choice award is part of the Imagine Cup. You get to vote on your favorite projects and games. Here’s how it works: go to the People’s Choice Facebook page, check out the team pages and vote for your favorite. You…
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Imagine Cup 2012, There’s Still Time!
Still want to compete in the Imagine Cup for fame, fortune and a trip to Sydney? (The opportunity to change the world is assumed ) You might have missed the deadline for the Software and Game Design competition, but there are still FOUR Imagine Cup Challenges that you can enter! For Round 1, the barriers…
Global Game Jam: It’s on, we’re there!
This weekend is Global Game Jam! If you follow Andrew Parsons’ blog then you’ll know that this year Global Game Jam especially exciting. If not, you can head over to his post or you can read this telling excerpt: And this year it’s even more exciting for me because Microsoft has sponsored a number of…
LinkedIn Veterans Hackday
On 11/11/11, LinkedIn and the White House are joining forces for the first-ever open Veterans Hackday. If you’re a student with technical skills or you want to build an app for a hackday, this is a great opportunity for you! Here’s the mission: Find teammates or go it alone Build a project that helps veterans…
Awesome Imagine Cup Games
This year I got to help judge the games for the Worldwide Imagine Cup Game Design competition. Andrew Parsons, WW Game Design Captain, has done a great series about all the games that made it to Round 2. You can find the 10-part 2011 Game Design Competitor Showcase on his blog or by clicking here. (To see all the…
Recap: Imagine Cup 2011 US Finals
One of my favorite events happened from April 8th-11th, the Imagine Cup US Finals! I could tell you that I’m blogging about this two weeks after the event to keep it on everyone’s mind as long as possible and that would sound really good. But let’s be honest, I haven’t been very good at blogging…
The Imagine Cup: Software Design
I love the Imagine Cup! I’ve participated as a competitor and a mentor. Both experiences have been overwhelmingly positive. With a little tutorial help from my Imagine Cup teammates, Ashley and Malisa, I put together this video about the Software Design competition. Competitions: http://imaginecup.com/competitions Sign Up!! http://imaginecup.us