My developer conference bounty

It’s a new year, and my bud decided there was no better way to celebrate it than by going to a developer conference.  So we signed up for the AT&T annual developer conference.  They were giving away tonnes of prizes, but unfortunately my bud was too exhausted to compete.

Still, just for showing up, you got some pretty cool stuff.  For example, I got a nerf gun that I promptly shot off the balcony.

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And I got to try my paws on a Phillips Hue developer kit.  We didn’t get to keep that though.  Too bad.

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All attendees got to visit the swag room and pick out two goodies of their choice.  My bud got a Samsung Fit and Myo, while Pokin got a Jawbone and a phone she gave away to someone else.  I wanted to sell that phone but I allowed it this time.

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BEST part of the whole thing though?  Check out the new drone we won on the last day of the event.  We were the last number they called!

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Time to hook this up and go terrorize some other bears.

Hackathon action

In the car, at a hackathonSo I went to my first hackathon this weekend at the Facebook HQ.

It was like a 9 hour drive to get there, but Nicholas and Pokin won first place and I got my paws on a Microsoft Surface tablet as a result so I guess it was worth it.  I deserved that tablet since Nicholas used my Facebook account to do his demo since he didn’t even have one of his own.

I was mostly left to my own devices in the car but at least Nicholas had the foresight to bundle me up warmly in a scarf.

And anyway when no one was looking I snuck into Facebook and helped myself to some chocolate.  My Assassin’s Creed style scarfing helped me stay stealth.