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And the winner is...
The judges have weighed in, and our community has voted! Go to the 2019 Philly Codefest at Drexel University gallery to congratulate the winners and check out all of the awesome submissions.
Even though the competition is over, you don't have to stop coding. Update your portfolio to inform your followers about new projects and get feedback from fellow hackers.
Questions?If you have any questions about the hackathon, please post on the discussion forum.
almost 7 years ago
Philly Codefest 2019 - Sunday Schedule
Thanks everyone for a great Codefest Day 1!
Before we talk about Sunday's schedule just a quick reminder that due to Drexel University policy we cannot allow minors (anyone under the age of 18) into Philly Codefest on Sunday. Any Codefest participant arriving with anyone under the age of 18 will not be permitted inside the DAC. Thank you for your understanding!
Breakfast will be available starting at 7:30am and coding will conclude at 11am.
Science fair style judging will begin at noon and continue until 3pm, please remain at your area with your table numbers in plain view. Beginning…
almost 7 years ago
Data Resources for Project Categories/Focus Areas
Digital Divide Resources:
- American Community Survey 5-Year Trends for Median Household Income, Poverty Rates and Computer and Internet Use: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2018/2013-2017-acs-5year.html
- Smartphone use data, via The Pew Charitable Trusts: https://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheet/mobile/
- KEYSPOT Network in the City of Philadelphia: https://www.phillykeyspots.org/about-us/digital-divide/
- Background on digital divide in Philadelphia, via Wharton Public Policy Initiative: https://publicpolicy.wharton.upenn.edu/live/news/2420-bridging-the-digital-divide
Affordable Housing & Homelessness Resources:
- Philadelphia Tenants Union: http://phillytenantsunion.org/
- Affordable Housing Production in the City of Philadelphia: https://www.opendataphilly.org/dataset/housing-production
- US Dept. of Housing & Urban Development data: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/pdrdatas.html
- Philadelphia Division of Housing and Community Developments annual reports: http://ohcdphila.org/publications/1029aa-reports/
- Facts on Homelessness in Philadelphia, via Project HOME: https://projecthome.org/about/facts-homelessness
- U.S. Department of Housing and…
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Codefest 2019 Schedule
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May 4 |
Saturday |
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8:30 – 10:00am |
Doors open, participant check-in, Breakfast |
Drexel DAC |
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9:00-10:00 |
Team Building (For those without a team) |
Linode Workshop Room |
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10:00am-11:00am |
Codefest Kick-Off |
DAC Basketball Court |
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11:00am-12:00pm |
Coding Begins/Additional Team Building |
Linode Workshop Room |
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12:00pm |
Lunch |
DAC |
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1:30pm |
Comcast Information Session |
Media Room |
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2:00-3:00pm |
Comcast Resume Review Workshop |
DAC President’s Suite |
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2:00pm |
Vanguard Personal Branding Workshop |
Linode Workshop Room |
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2:30pm |
American Water Challenge Workshop |
Media Room |
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3:00pm |
Google Cloud Platform Workshop |
Linode Workshop Room |
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3:30pm |
DrExcel Health Solutions Incubator |
Media Room |
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4:00pm |
American Water A.I. Workshop |
Linode Workshop Room |
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5:00pm |
Dinner |
DAC |
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6:00pm |
Deadline for… |
almost 7 years ago
Codefest 2019 Updates & Logistics
We here at Codefest would like to thank you again for your support of this year’s event. As of this afternoon, we have over 750, well on our way to a record participation.
On Saturday morning, doors will open for registration beginning at 8am. In order to make the registration process go smoothly, please have your Eventbrite ticket available to scan.
If you have not already done so, please be sure to register for our Devpost site, all important Codefest information, including rules, agenda, workshops, challenges and judges will be posted there.
Teams will be required to use Devpost to…
