#atthack

Congrats to all teams, projects, venues, platforms @hellocovo San Francisco #ATTHACK #hackathon creating experimental #VR #AR experiences! 

Hey tumblr-verse,

I'm generally not a big fan of bragging--especially on social media--but I cannot hold it in any longer. 

This past Friday and Saturday, I participated in the ATThack in PGH. That is a hackathon supported by att (AT&T) and ibmblr (IBM). The hackathon was conveniently located on my campus, at the University of Pittsburgh!

I went in wide-eyed, a little bit nervous, a lot of bit excited to get some real experience coding my first app. I joined a team as a token women, information science major, and front-end designer (one of the few at the entire hackathon in all three fronts).

I left as a hackathon winner. Our group was made up of all students. We used an AT&T technology called Smart Tags, which I think helped us secure the title of Overall Best App at the Hackathon. Use of this available technology, a great idea, and A LOT of hard work help us become winners. Oh, and we developed Android first, which is still considered a new commodity in this iOS-first society we live in.

Now I won't brag about what we won, but it was completely worth the hard work (plus some)! Next time you are thinking about signing up for a hackathon, do not hesitate, seriously, you will not regret it.

Even if you think you are the least experienced person in the room, that only means that you have over 50 people in the room to help you learn at least one thing you didn't before. And Trust me you will learn more than one thing. 

That's my bit of good news for the week, and now back to homework and job applications. le sigh.

The Hackathon Accelerator in Las Vegas, over the last two days, brought together teams to create innovative ways to remotely control or access data from the connected car and home. The data gathered from various APIs allowed the teams to create apps and solutions for everyday problems. The winning teams of each category are below.

Photos from the Hackathon in our previous Tumblr post.

Hackathon Winners Announced

#ATTHack Accelerator Category Winner: Women in Tech - congratulations to Team Proximity Alert! #CTIA2014

— AT&T Dev Program (@attdeveloper)

September 8, 2014

#ATTHack Accelerator Category Winner: Student - congratulations to Team Ridesafe! #CTIA2014

— AT&T Dev Program (@attdeveloper)

September 8, 2014

#ATTHack Accelerator Category Winner: Unified Challenge - congratulations to Team Daisy! #CTIA2014

— AT&T Dev Program (@attdeveloper)

September 8, 2014

#ATTHack Accelerator Category Winner: mbed - congratulations to Team Car Bon! #CTIA2014

— AT&T Dev Program (@attdeveloper)

September 8, 2014

#ATTHack Accelerator Category Winner: Samsung - congratulations to Team Pulse! #CTIA2014

— AT&T Dev Program (@attdeveloper)

September 8, 2014

#ATTHack Accelerator Category Winner: Ericsson - congratulations to Team Daisy! #CTIA2014

— AT&T Dev Program (@attdeveloper)

September 8, 2014

#ATTHack Accelerator Category Winner: Volvo - congratulations to Team Rumble Strip! #CTIA2014

— AT&T Dev Program (@attdeveloper)

September 8, 2014

#ATTHack Accelerator Category Winner: Nordic Semiconductor - congratulations to Team Otto! #CTIA2014

— AT&T Dev Program (@attdeveloper)

September 8, 2014

#ATTHack Accelerator Category Winner: Telecommunication Systems (TCS) - congratulations to Team Geotrack Ringback! #CTIA2014

— AT&T Dev Program (@attdeveloper)

September 8, 2014

#ATTHack Accelerator Category Winner: Digital Life/Alljoyn - congratulations to Team Wearable Home! #CTIA2014

— AT&T Dev Program (@attdeveloper)

September 8, 2014

#ATTHack Accelerator Category Winner: RealNetworks - congratulations to Team Geotrack Ringback! #CTIA2014

— AT&T Dev Program (@attdeveloper)

September 8, 2014

#ATTHack Accelerator Category Winner: Esri - congratulations to Team Proximity Alert! #CTIA2014

— AT&T Dev Program (@attdeveloper)

September 8, 2014

#ATTHack Accelerator Category Winner: Eileo API - congratulations to Team Hertz Fast Lane! #CTIA2014

— AT&T Dev Program (@attdeveloper)

September 8, 2014

#ATTHack Accelerator Category Winner: NeverLost OTP API - congratulations to Team Pickup & Go! #CTIA2014

— AT&T Dev Program (@attdeveloper)

September 8, 2014

#ATTHack Accelerator Category Winners: Microsoft - congrats to 1st place - Geotrack Ringback, 2nd - Proximity Alert & 3rd - Otto! #CTIA2014

— AT&T Dev Program (@attdeveloper)

September 8, 2014

#ATTHack Accelerator Winner: 3Scale will be giving each of the teams a code to attend the API Strategy Conference in Chicago on 9/24-9/26!

— AT&T Dev Program (@attdeveloper)

September 8, 2014

#ATTHack Accelerator Category Winner: OpenCar - congratulations to Team Trip Narrator! #CTIA2014

— AT&T Dev Program (@attdeveloper)

September 8, 2014

#ATTHack Accelerator Category Winners: Mojio - congratulations to Team Proximity Alert & Team Teen Alert! #CTIA2014

— AT&T Dev Program (@attdeveloper)

September 8, 2014

#ATTHack Accelerator Category Winners: ARM - congratulations to Teams Ride Safe, Smart Road & Avben Jr.! #CTIA2014

— AT&T Dev Program (@attdeveloper)