[jlees]

Love the focus on demos and code reviews; many 'hackathons' are becoming anything but. Wish the through-the-night part would change, though, I feel that aspect makes these events less accessible.

The bootcamp aspect is an interesting one. Would you accept apps that were built in HTML/JS and PhoneGapped? I've seen that approach used more and more at hackathons, due to speed. Android/iOS is definitely doable (I've built both at hackathons/startup weekends), but for someone completely new to the platform, it'll be slower. So allowing skeleton apps, templates and frameworks could even the playing field a little.

[ggopman]

Yea... we should definitely be considering teaching people how to utilize frameworks for languages they already know (PhoneGap, Blackberry OS, Appcelerator). We started with Android and iOS because at scale it's easier to find teachers for those than the others. It would be great if we could garner more support from PhoneGap, Appcelerator, Blackberry, etc