After some really tough judging, we officially have the Summer of Express contest winners! There were some awesome applications in the C# category, I was really impressed by the work and level of effort put in by all the entrants. You can download the projects on Channel9’s Express Page. * Visual Basic Express Edition - Exercise-it * Visual C# Express Edition - Peg Games * Visual C++ Express Edition - Voxygen Rendering Engine * Visual J# Express Edition - Windows of Love * Visual Web Developer Express Edition - Media Tracker * SQL Server Express Express Edition - Media Tracker
We definitely want to do this contest again, but we’re thinking about changing things up and wanted to get your feedback on what makes a good contest. Here’s what I’ve been thinking * Get Better prizes - This one requires a good amount of legal work far ahead of the contest, but it is doable * Have prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd for a given category - I wish I could’ve given prizes to the top 5 C# entries :) * Change the categories - Rather then be product focused, I would imagine categories like - Best Game, Best productivity tool, Best utility, Best use of the network, Best use of SQL Server, Best Web app
What do you think makes a good contest?