Win $10K cash for a mobile prototype .... no it's not sp@m!

[Margaret Rosas]

Happy day after the sound assault on Santa Cruz,

There's a *wee* bit of my opinion about how we celebrate the 4th in Santa Cruz. Meanwhile, back on point. I want to alert you all to a contest that is running on TD Ameritrade here: 

http://www.tdameritrademobilecontest.com/

They are looking for awesome developers (like YOU) to submit prototypes for the winning ideas that were submitted by the community in the last few months. The Angry Birds + TD Ameritrade (http://www.tdameritrademobilecontest.com/idea/td-ameritrade-game) mashup is my favorite. 

If you read the fine print at the bottom, you'll see that the fine folks at productOps are not eligible to participate in the contest. That's because we built the site. However, if you don't work for us (or TD Ameritrade or PricewaterhouseCoopers) YOU are eligible to participate. The contest is currently accepting prototypes for the top 10 ideas that were submitted. The prototypes can consist of any of the following: design documentation, wireframes, code samples, demo applications, mock-ups, and screen shots. 5 prototypes will be selected as winners for prizes of $10,000 each. 

Guess what? There are only 10 prototypes submitted! Take a look at the submission and you'll see it wouldn't be hard to out perform the current submissions. Odds of winning are pretty darn good. 

The contest closes Monday, July 9 at 9PM PST. So you only have 5 days left. Go prototype an app and then rally some Kudos from your fellow geeks! 

Cheers, Margaret

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productOps
Margaret Rosas
Architect and Community Evangelist
http://twitter.com/mrosas