FullCodePress and Webstock Mini
SVA is sending its faculty to Wellington, New Zealand this summer to participate in the Geek Olympics, the third annual FullCodePress. Web teams from different countries take each other on to build a complete website for charity in 24 hours. No excuses, no extensions, no budget overruns.
The teams won’t know who they’ll be building the website for until a briefing at the beginning of the 24 hour period. They’re given content, images, and a briefing from a representative of the chosen charity. They have complete freedom as to the platform and setup they use — Ruby on Rails, WordPress, or LAMP, it’s all part of the fun. At the end of the 24 hours, a team of judges review both sites and select a winner. International pride, bragging rights and a trophy will follow for the winning team.
Webstock Mini
On Thursday, June 17, come out to hear chair Liz Danzico and faculty Jason Santa Maria give talks at Webstock Mini. These talks complement the already terrific Masterclass workshops and the 8x5s, eight people talking for five minutes on, “Here’s the one thing you probably don’t know about…”.
This year there’s another unbelievable aspect of the weekend being held at Town Hall on Saturday, June 19. Stay tuned to see if Team USA makes it back.
If you’re in New Zealand, hope to see you there!
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Thursday, June 17
6:00-9:00PM
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Location
Wellington, New Zealand
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Why FullCodePress? We wanted a name which captured the excitement and intensity of the event and recognized the high level of teamwork needed to succeed. In basketball, a full court press is a potential game-breaker. It’s a frenetic, but organized, system where the defensive team applies pressure to the offensive team by marking them the entire length of the court. It takes a lot of effort and co-ordination to achieve, but the pay-offs are big. We think it perfectly sums up the atmosphere of our competition. For 24 hrs, teams will be working under sustained pressure to produce something. Not everyone’s going to succeed, but for the best teams, the results will be magical.
