Hack the Midwest (June 2nd & 3rd)

[Juan Gomez]

As we mentioned to everybody on our last meeting, on June 2nd & 3rd, KCITP (largest IT professionals group in KC) is having a 24 hour developer & designer contest called, Hack The Midwest . It is a hackathon to build web or mobile apps on APIs and get a chance to win thousands of dollars in prizes.

Michael Gelphman the organizer of the event was nice enough to give us a discount code for PythonKC members and also mentioned that more prizes that ARENT tied to particular API usage will be announced closer to the event. To register go to http://hackthemidwest.eventbrite.com and use the promo code HACKME for 20% off (Expires in 24 hours!)

Here's a message Mike sent to the KCITP members with more info and some updates. Hope to see you all there!

- Juan

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hack The Midwest Updates: Prizes (iPad3) & more....Is *your* company participating? Limited space left!

Developers: have you checked out the latest updates on our upcoming app challenge http://www.hackthemidwest.com ? 

It seems like EVERY day we're adding a new sponsor or API partner + awesome prize! (iPad 3 & more!) 

We've got people from companies of all sizes registered, but we have developers from some of these larger companies: Adknowledge, American Century, Barkley, Cerner, Digital Evolution Group, DST, Freightquote, InTouch Solutions, VML, and Sprint

Is YOUR company on this list.....? :) 

Developers: DON'T miss out on your opportunity to be a part of something epic - register TODAY... there is *limited* space left! Go to http://www.hackthemidwest.com , click on the big red button and sign up! 

Don't have a team or an idea?? We'll do our best to help you find other developers to work with at the event! 


*****WHY would a developer want to attend this event?*****

One of our judges had stuff he built at a hackathon featured on GigaOm, TechCrunch & More! 
"Confessions of a hackathon addict" http://kcitp.me/KN1h3J 

Still not convinced? 3 reasons why developers need to attend Hack The Midwest: http://kcitp.me/KrUnBd 


****MEGA thanks****

HUGE thanks to these fantastic companies for supporting this event: Adknowledge, InTouch Solutions, Cerner, MultiService, Symantec, AdventureTech, DST and Skii

Does your company want to sponsor? Want to send a team of your most talented developers? Go here to get started: http://kcitp.me/KPlOVp