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Best Mashup Contest @ Mashup Camp 2

Rules: Basically, there are none

On very short order, we'll be posting on this page the first, second, and third place prizes that will go to the Best Mashups at Mashup Camp 2. But for the time being, here's how it works. Upon gaining entry into Mashup Camp, every attendee will be given a single wooden nickel. Then during Mashup Camp, we will be running what's called Speed Geeking sessions. This is like speed dating except the mashup developers will be camped out at various tables and you'll be roaming from table to table in group of about 5 people for about 5 minutes per table. Then, after you've seen all or most of the mashups that are trying to win the contest, you decide for yourself which one is best (using your own criteria) and give the developer of that mashup your wooden nickel. The developer with the most wooden nickels at the end of Mashup Camp wins.

To see the mashups that were entered into the first contest at Mashup Camp 1, see that Speed Geeking page.

So, what do you need to do at this point?

First, if you're a developer, then make sure you list the mashup(s) that you're going to enter into the contest on the Speed Geeking page. If you're not a developer and will be voting, be sure to visit the Speed Geeking page to familarize yourself with some of the entries.

Second, make sure you get your wooden nickel when you enter Mashup Camp.

Third, if you're a developer, make sure you do some campaigning throughout camp. If you're a voter, seek out the developers during the free periods to find out more about their mashups.

There's a 99%-complete list of the mashups that competed at christine.net.

Prizes

The first place prize for the Best Mashup will be a $5,000 gift certificate, compliments of e-mail service provider ExactTarget.

Second place prize is a MacBook compliments of Mashery. Here's the configuration:

• Black Macbook
• 13.3-inch widescreen display
• 1280 x 800 resolution
• 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo1
• 512MB memory (2x256MB SODIMMs)
• 80GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive2
• SuperDrive (DVD±RW, CD-RW)

There will be 10 third place prizes -- each a copy of Visual Studio -- compliments of Microsoft.

The wooden nickels are getting counted and the top number will determine the winner of the 5000 top prize here at Mashup Camp.

David Berlind is keeping us in suspense … thanking the great sponsors of this event.

….now final ungiven nickels are getting distributed to the mashup people …

Here are some counts:

LoveCrunch 7 2? Frucall 8 Jeff’s picture captcha 24 - this could be the winner? Yobie Goodstorm Bart with TrainCheck 8 1? David WeatherBonk 21 1 Jeff with Elephant Drive 20 Cameron Jones, Public Radio Travel Planner - 2 Kurt? music/pix mash…. 2 Foto Tiger 5 Mark with SecretPrices - 13 1 Kung Gao, Frappr - 2 Chad MileGuru - 13 Tom TIKI mash 3? Mindjet 3 411Synch 2 (surprising - this was GREAT!) Dave StrikeIron - was not soliciting nickels -1

PubWalk -13 Eric Small Town Guides - ? RealestateFu - Greg from FrozenBear.com 0 (!) This was a superb mash…what’s going on?

Wait - we may have a TIE! ?? Redistribution is happening….

It’s a tie between WeatherBonk and HotCaptcha

The tie has been broken by voting by people moving across the room and it’s David Schorr’s WeatherBonk.