34SP.com Web Hosting Firm Sponsors Pubs, Google, Twitter, Mashups Contest
Posted by Webhost - 29/05/09 at 09:05 pmWeb hosting provider, 34SP.com is sponsoring a new online contest combining the UK’s love of pubs with modern web tools such as Twitter and Google.
The First Ever Pub Mashup Competition offers web developers the opportunity to win cash and prizes worth 1,334 pounds.
The contest entry criteria are simple: create a mashup that has anything at all to do with pubs. Any entry can win, just so long as the mashup involves a pub in some way. The competition runs from June 1 - June 30, 2009. Winners will be selected in early July. Details on the rules and entry forms are available at: www.34sp.com/pub-mashup.
As stated by Wikipedia, ”mashup” is a term in web development, denoting a web application that combines data or functionality from two or more sources into a single integrated application. The term mashup implies easy, fast integration, frequently done by access to open APIs and data sources to produce results that were not the original reason for producing the raw source data. Google and Twitter are frequently used by developers when creating mashups as the APIs are well developed and accessible.
Stuart Melling, Co-founder of 34SP.com and frequent pub visitor explained, ”Let’s face it, here in the UK pubs are a revered institution. Our own staff enjoy a quick pint quite frequently here in Manchester, plus we often visit our local pubs, so we thought - why not create a great contest that involves both our audience of web developers and pubs? Plus, it gives the web development community a great way to combine their favorite activities into one - pubs and coding mashups.”
Winners of the First Ever Pub Mashup Competition will be selected by a panel made up of 34SP.com employees who enjoy going to pubs. The entries will be judged on the following criteria:
