Win Iron Coder, Win a Preloaded MacBook Air

I’ve been racking my brain trying to think of an awesome prize for C4[2]’s upcoming Iron Coder contest. I didn’t want to just go around begging random vendors for prizes, and I wasn’t feeling last year’s Golden Dogtag again. (Turns out bling and hackers don’t really mix.)

I’ve come up with something that I feel really good about, a prize that feeds back into the community.

I’m going to award a shiny new MacBook Air to the 1st place winner of C4[2]’s Iron Coder competition. Right there’s a swell prize.

But I’m much more excited about the next part: the winner’s MacBook Air will be preloaded by C4[2] attendees’ own software.

I’m sending out an email asking C4[2] attendees to donate two licenses of the software they’ve written to add to the prize. The first license will get loaded onto that MacBook Air. The second license will be part of the Runner-Up’s software-only prize.

C4 is all about celebrating the indie community, and I can’t think of a better prize than the results of our own handiwork.

Better get crankin’ on your Iron Coder entry. I bet this year’s competition will be stiff.

Monday, August 25, 2008
11:46 PM