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Imagine Cup: Implementation V's Idea

This morning I received the following enquiry regarding my experiences with the Imagine Cup (Software Design Invitational): If we choose to work on a project and the idea is good, but because of complications if we cud not implement it fully, will that result in negative impact? My response is a little...

Posted to Nick's .NET Travels (Weblog) by nick on 12-20-2007
Imagine Cup: The Judge's Pick

Most people that I spoke to who watched the software design final of the Imagine Cup were a little surprised with the results. To be honest my preferences would have been different but in hindsight I think I can see the rational behind the result. One of the key judging criteria was around design of...

Posted to Nick's .NET Travels (Weblog) by nick on 08-11-2007
Imagine Cup: Awards Ceremony and Results

Today is the final day of the 2007 Imagine Cup world finals and I'm currently sitting in the front of the Vista hall (appropriately named given it's an MS event). Before going through the winning annoucement I would like to echo the words of Shin-ll Kim that all the students regardless of how...

Posted to Nick's .NET Travels (Weblog) by nick on 08-10-2007
Imagine Cup: Software Design Finals

I'm sitting here in the main hall of the Imagine Cup 2007 listening to the final set of presentations for the Software Design invitational. The first three sessions I have already seen and it was pleasing to see that they have taken on board some of the judges comments in their presentations. Ireland...

Posted to Nick's .NET Travels (Weblog) by nick on 08-09-2007
Imagine Cup: Round 2 done, now for the Finals

Congratulations to the following teams who made it through to the final round of the software design invitational of the 2007 Imagine Cup: *Ireland Thailand Austria Serbia **Korea ***Jamaica * This was the first time Ireland has sent a team to thumbs up to the boys for getting this far! ** Congratulations...

Posted to Nick's .NET Travels (Weblog) by nick on 08-08-2007
Imagine Cup: Round 1 done, now for Round 2

Congratulations to the following teams who have made it through to Round 2 of the Software Design invitational of the 2007 Imagine Cup: Ireland China Greece Russia Thailand Netherlands Ukraine Austria Serbia Czech Republic Korea Jamaica

Posted to Nick's .NET Travels (Weblog) by nick on 08-07-2007
Imagine Cup, Software Design Judging - Round 1

The format for the judging of the software design invitational for the Imagine Cup 2007 has changed slightly from 2005 when I was last involved. This year, instead of having a lightning round where we got to know the competitors, we were straight into round 1 today. Round 1 is to be split over two days...

Posted to Nick's .NET Travels (Weblog) by nick on 08-06-2007
Korea: Imagine Cup 2007 World Finals

Last night I arrived in Seoul to help judge the finals of the software design invitational as part of the 2007 Imagine Cup . Despite having been involved in the Imagine Cup in both 2004 and 2005 I wasn't sure what to expect - one of the best things about the finals competition is that each year it...

Posted to Nick's .NET Travels (Weblog) by nick on 08-05-2007
Imagine Cup meets Second Life

I have been a bit remiss for not having congratulating the winners of the Australian Imagine Cup competition. Whilst this was blogged a while ago by Frank and Nick I would still like to pass on my congratulations as this is a significant achievement for those involved. However, this is only really the...

Posted to Nick's .NET Travels (Weblog) by nick on 07-09-2007
Imagine Cup Experiences

A week or so ago Nick Ellery (still can't find a blog for him but he made a ballsy comment about Women in IT on the Academic blog), the new academic intern with the DPE team here in Australia, asked me to comment on some of my experiences with the Imagine Cup worldwide finals. I was a finalist judge...

Posted to Nick's .NET Travels (Weblog) by nick on 04-23-2007

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