Judges meeting with the teams
The judges just finished their meeting with the individual teams and are now on final discussions.. who will win.. stay tuned..
(ajay is still tired and wired)
The concept is simple. Web teams from different countries take each other on to build a complete website for a charity in 24 hours. No excuse, no extensions, no budget overruns.
Judges in lockdown
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).
Watching the judges
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.
Mike