Sierra Bravo’s Overnight Website Challenge

Published on Feb. 27, 2009
by Kyle

Tomorrow morning, starting at 7:00 a.m. I will be joining 119 other local developers and designers for a good cause. We are split into 12 teams, and each team is assigned a different non-profit organization. We will work for 24 hours straight to build a complete solution, and then present our results to a panel of judges. The challenge is very development-centric, the teams are loaded with web-dev talent from the Twin Cities. My assumption going into this challenge (and from their banner) is that our result may not be a design beauty, but it will have the functionality and clarity to help this organization for a long time to come.
Hopefully I get some good sleep tonight.

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