There’s been a number of people asking for more information about how the sites were built - the platforms used, the approach taken, the interaction with the client. Over the course of the next week or so, we’ll be publishing interviews with various team members.
The judges for the competition will be interviewing the two team members from the CodeBlacks and Team Australia who worked in that judge’s area of expertise. They’ll be asking some questions of the team members and also saying a little about how they found and judged the sites. We think it’ll be a fascinating look into how the teams operated and what decisions they needed to make.
We’ll also be publishing more details about the next FullCodePress soon. It’s due to be held in Wellington, New Zealand on 9-10 February next year. It’ll be open to a number of international teams, and we’re currently looking for organisers of these teams.
You may have noticed that there was extensive online activity on the FullCodePress website and associated outlets.
In the 24 hours of the event, a series of dedicated volunteers took hundreds of photos - over 330 of which were quickly edited and pumped onto Flickr.
These volunteers also wrote and posted 122 blog posts, allowing us to give minute by minute descriptions of the unfolding events.
There were 175 official twitter posts (not counting the mass of twitter posts that were done by people from their own twitter accounts). Twitter turned out to be the hook that drew many people in to the event. The speed and frequency of posts as well as the immediacy and quickness of the comments allowed those away from the event to get a feeling for what was going on - in real time.
The volunteers also videoed, edited, top and tailed (adding intros and sponsor logos) and then uploaded 17 amazing videos to YouTube - while the event unfolded - with more to come in the next week or so.
So, a huge thank you to all volunteers on behalf of the two groups, WIPA and Webstock!
The CodeBlacks have won FullCodePress! In an extremely close decision, the judges have gone with the New Zealand team. Judges commented on how well both sides have performed, especially given the nature of the competition - clients they’d never met before, 24hr deadline and incessant interuption to be photographed, interviewed and videoed.
Both clients were ecstatic with the end result, and it’s fair to say there’ll be ongoing relationships between the teams and the clients.
The award for “best and fairest player” went to Ruth Ellison from the Australian team.
That’s it for a while from FullCodePress. We’re off for lunch, a drink and a sleep! Thanks for watching, and we’d love to get feedback on how you found the whole event.
The judges have gone into lockdown to assess the two sites. They will be interviewing the two teams individually within the next 30 minutes. Stay tuned for the final announcement around 12noon (AEST).
Am sitting in with the judges right now. They’ve just spent 15mins with each of the organisations, talking with them about what they how, how the sites have matched their needs and how they found the process.
It’s been at times quite a moving process as we’ve heard how the websites are going to help. I think one of the wonderful things about the whole process has been how the interaction between clients and teams has opened eyes and increased understanding on both sides. In particular, seeing clients’ eyes light up as they’ve explained how the teams have told them about some of the possibilities the websites open up to them has been wonderful.
The judges are now all sitting at thier laptops, making notes as they work through each site. Each judge has three categories they’re looking at, plus everyone’s making comment on the site overall. The categories are:
Purpose
Visual design
Content
Development
User experience
Standards
Accessibility
Innovation
Functionality
Overall impression
Next up, the judges will be grilling each theam, and each team will be selling what they’ve done to the judges.
After a group gather and thanking everybody, both the teams have now left to chill out/de-stress/sleep.
The judges are now in a closed session and things are going as planned.
Off to get a snack myself and hopefully more news will follow soon and hope all you guys out there are still following us here on the blog and on twitter.
