tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601579266012455634.post8185795284529355222..comments2011-03-21T21:08:15.270-07:00Seth Laddhttps://profiles.google.com/118397406534237711570noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601579266012455634.post-34441845520489552572011-03-21T21:08:15.271-07:002011-03-21T21:08:15.271-07:00Great idea Seth!<br><br>I think you could have a side aspect to it on what the coders like to eat and drink while coding. They could order food and drinks that they like or they can prepare them before the comp starts.<br><br>Another idea I have is to take all the videos and place them in a site similar to this: www.ubattle.com . This would allow for people to watch the video in a format similar to the actual competition as well as mix up the Iron Coders.<br><br>PS- IronCoders.com is taken.<br><br>Willing to help out to make it happen.chrishttp://techustle.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601579266012455634.post-1430575815051789632008-03-26T13:23:19.000-07:002008-03-26T13:23:19.000-07:00first course: html-web?<br>delicious dessert: semantic web?<br>blushing bride still in the salon getting &quot;pampered&quot; by Sergé. Out of town guesst stuck on the mini-bus, lost confused by bi-lingual road signs. Its not easy cooking for two hundred guests...<br><br>;-)Colm Ó Cinnéidehttp://sourceforge.net/projects/lpkb/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601579266012455634.post-30036353968972957722008-03-26T12:11:28.000-07:002008-03-26T12:11:28.000-07:00Great idea Seth!<br><br>I think you could have a side aspect to it on what the coders like to eat and drink while coding. They could order food and drinks that they like or they can prepare them before the comp starts.<br><br>Another idea I have is to take all the videos and place them in a site similar to this: www.ubattle.com . This would allow for people to watch the video in a format similar to the actual competition as well as mix up the Iron Coders.<br><br>PS- IronCoders.com is taken.<br><br>Willing to help out to make it happen.chrishttp://techustle.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601579266012455634.post-74863592013065230792008-03-26T03:37:48.000-07:002008-03-26T03:37:48.000-07:00I&#39;m not sure if they still do it, but the O&#39;Reilly Open Source Convention (actually, it may have still been The Perl Conference at this point) used to do exactly this in front of a live audience. A simple challange was presented, and the commentators switched the overhead projector between the contestants&#39; screens, making comments and jokes as design decisions were made, bugs popped up, and the implementations came together (and everyone booed and hissed when one contestant chose to use vi instead of emacs.)<br><br>It was great fun, and I suspect doing it online (while presenting some interesting differences) might be similarly enjoyable.Gregory Williamshttp://kasei.us/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601579266012455634.post-227106568769003652008-03-25T20:20:46.000-07:002008-03-25T20:20:46.000-07:00I&#39;m thinking the secret ingredient should be an API.<br><br>Two developers, 45 minutes, an Atom library, GO!Daniel O'Connorhttp://clockwerx.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com