{"id":90,"date":"2009-02-12T09:38:28","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T09:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.boogly.net\/?p=90"},"modified":"2009-02-12T09:38:28","modified_gmt":"2009-02-12T09:38:28","slug":"startup-in-a-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/otherchin.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/startup-in-a-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Startup in a weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, I went to <a href=\"http:\/\/seattle2.startupweekend.com\/\">Seattle Startup Weekend 2<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/jongela.com\/2009\/02\/seattle-startup-weekend\/\">talked about it at jongela<\/a>. \u00a0In this post, I&#8217;ll talk about the more technical parts of the experience. \u00a0When we first got there, several people (over 50 of them!) gave quick idea pitches. \u00a0They ranged from cooking websites to crowdsourcing to iPhone apps. \u00a0A comprehensive list can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/seattle2.startupweekend.com\/?p=148\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/seattle2.startupweekend.com\/?p=150\">here<\/a>. \u00a0After eliminating the less popular ideas, we got to choose between the <a href=\"http:\/\/seattle2.startupweekend.com\/?p=152\">finalist ideas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the ideas that I thought were cool. \u00a0The purpose of Onevite (later called <a href=\"http:\/\/1nvite.com\">1nvite<\/a>) is to send one invite that will add a person&#8217;s Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social network accounts all at once. \u00a0Wishing Well (later named <a href=\"http:\/\/favorwish.com\">FavorWish<\/a>) was a website where people can list their wishes and have their wishes fulfilled (described as a &#8220;pay it forward for the web&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>I chose to join the eco-friendly commuting competition project. \u00a0We named it <a href=\"http:\/\/trip-champ.com\">TripChamp<\/a>. \u00a0This project utilizes a competition setup to encourage people to reduce their carbon footprint. \u00a0We&#8217;ll be marketing to businesses that want to help their employees be more eco-friendly. \u00a0Watch the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cdn-static.viddler.com\/flash\/publisher.swf?key=9bf82bc5\">TripChamp Screencast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The people on our team were\u00a0Dave Albano, Kevin Leneway, Nina Strasser, Elizabeth Grigg, Angela Chin, and me. \u00a0Our team worked out really well. \u00a0Dave was our leader and provided the vision. \u00a0Nina, Elizabeth, and Angela worked on designing the UI and the page content. \u00a0I worked with Kevin on doing the actual programming. \u00a0I did most of the database interface and functionality while Kevin did the styling and screencast. \u00a0It all worked out well.<\/p>\n<p>We developed the website using CodeIgniter. \u00a0This helped A LOT in getting the website live as quick as possible. \u00a0Using DX Auth and CodeIgniter sessions cut a lot of the programming work involved.<\/p>\n<p>I learned a lot from this weekend. \u00a0I networked with lots of really bright people and I&#8217;m already looking forward to the next one!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_92\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/otherchin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/img_29551.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-92\" title=\"Some database planning\" src=\"http:\/\/otherchin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/img_29551-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Some database planning\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-92\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some database planning<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_93\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/otherchin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/img_29541.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-93\" title=\"Watching the progress reports\" src=\"http:\/\/otherchin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/img_29541-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Watching the progress reports\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-93\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watching the progress reports<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, I went to Seattle Startup Weekend 2 and talked about it at jongela. \u00a0In this post, I&#8217;ll talk about the more technical parts of the experience. \u00a0When we first got there, several people (over 50 of them!) gave quick idea pitches. \u00a0They ranged from cooking websites to crowdsourcing to iPhone apps. \u00a0A 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