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Techpodcast Network / U3.com Developer Contest !
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–by Andrew McCaskey
Here is the big announcement- which you may have heard on one or more shows in the Tech Podcast network : The TECH PODCAST / U3 Developer Contest begins Monday April 3rd.
We are really excited about this, because it’s a first for this network to involve a major sponsor with substantial cash prizes, exciting technology, and an opportunity for a listener with the right stuff to show the world what they can do.
The contest lasts until May 15, 2006. Just six weeks, but an exciting opportunity for developers of applications in three contest categories:
* Office Productivity
* Utilities
* Games and Entertainment
The contest will honor the best TPN listener developed application in each category submitted to U3 by a registered TPN listener by May 15, 2006. Winners will be determined by a panel of judges from U3 and the Tech Podcast Network.
To enter, you download the free U3 Deployment kit from U3, register by email at contest@techpodcast.com , port your application to the to the U3 thumb drive with the U3 SDK, and submit your app to U3 before the deadline.
Three cash prizes will be awarded, one per category. The prizes are $500, $250, and $100 plus bragging rights. And, the top prize can occur in any category – plus the inside track on a full demo of their application live on a future Techpodcast Roundtable show.
The winners of this TPN/U3 Developer’s Contest are just as likely to come from the smallest, most specialized TPN Member Podcast as the largest show – so I hope that you will be able to encourage and inspire your listeners to participate.
The complete rules and entry details are listed on SDR.com - and from time to time in the next six week’s I’ll explain more about the details on how to enter. For the moment, think about a quick hack that you’ve written that you’ve found to be genuinely useful. You might be sitting on some quick cash – and a way to get thousands of people to hear about your work.It’s going to be fun !
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You can download the Iotum.com Voice 2.0 whitepaper that was summarized the week of March 27 linked on SDR.
A Monthly Newsletter called ‘The Filter” : The public-interest Internet news and commentary from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School. Here is the newsletter signup link for the Filter
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The audio and recorded versions of the TechPodcast Roundtable from March 11. The video of the event contains both the U3 and Podtrac presentations.
CES CD Now Available
The official package of the entire SDR coverage for the CES Convention available in data CD form at the SDR CD Store page.
The book that I spoke about on 3/2 is called “Amusing Ourselves to Death” .
The preface to the book gives a good idea of the basic premise, and specific comments on television. (Remember, this was in the early 1980′s .. the hundred channel universe was not yet revealed )
A more lengthy summary is found at WikiPedia.
Interactive Touchscreen Demo: a video of a really cool touchscreen interface – about ten times better than the Bill Gates demo at CES. Hard to describe, about three minutes long.
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Now a really useful guide to Fixing Windows with Knoppix has appeared online, a reprint of a chapter in the book Hacking Knoppix from Scott Granneman . You might want to plan ahead, print out the chapter and put it alongside a fresh burn of Knoppix STD when you get the call.
I came across Google SMS again today- a way to pull all sorts of useful stuff from Google with the fast SMS from your cellphone.
Be sure to sign up for our upcoming roundtable. We will be using GoToMeeting. Also, be sure to check out GoToMeeting. Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net — from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. To get your free 30-day trial , visit www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable.
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