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RailsRumble Apps that Deserve to Be Startups

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Re: RailsRumble Apps that Deserve to Be Startups

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For convenience: #1 LowDown - http://mcp.r09.railsrumble.com #2 Hi, I'm - http://hi.im #3 Omnominator - http://omnominator.com #4 Thingivore - http://thingivore.com #5 Neighborhood Watch - http://neighborhoodwat.ch #6 Techmeets - http://techmeets.com #7 Straightlist - http://husohuso.r09.railsrumble.com #8 SmackSale - http://smacksale.com #9 Nybbl - http://nybblme.r09.railsrumble.com #10 Last Percent - http://lastper…

ah, much cleaner list :-)

Re: RailsRumble Apps that Deserve to Be Startups

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There are some polished looking projects there, how did they ensure that all of the work was done in 48 hours?

they monitor the github repositories. relatively easy to find people who blatantly cheat by doing implementation beforehand

there's no restriction on paper planning so i'm guessing the top sites probably spent weeks on design and specing. whether or not they created photoshop comps probably doesnt matter

Re: RailsRumble Apps that Deserve to Be Startups

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There are some polished looking projects there, how did they ensure that all of the work was done in 48 hours?

they monitor the github repositories. relatively easy to find people who blatantly cheat by doing implementation beforehand there's no restriction on paper planning so i'm guessing the top sites probably spent weeks on design and specing. whether or not they created photoshop comps probably doesnt matter

No digital assets could be created beforehand, so they better not have made anything in Photoshop 'cause I worked my ass off to get our landing page in and I'd be pissed! ;)

Re: RailsRumble Apps that Deserve to Be Startups

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Still reeling from the weekend; my first Rumble.

We also got an app built and deployed, a simple little game: http://marryboffkill.com

The whole time I expected that it would be the smoothing-over of rough edges, double-checking, and doing general "cleanup" that would take the most time, but even so was surprised how quickly the deadline snuck up on us the last day.

I have a feeling if the rumble was over a long weekend instead we would have been able to clean up all the rough edges, but I have a feeling there are many other teams in this boat as well. :-)

Was definitely a great way to spend a weekend (creating something) with friends and a real learning experience. I'm already excited to do it again next year.

Re: RailsRumble Apps that Deserve to Be Startups

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I was really happy with where we were with ours: http://mocksup.r09.railsrumble.com/ Until a couple last minute changes by me unknowingly broke our main feature, which is adding links to mockups. Dammit. But, it was really fun and a great way to get started on an app idea.

I haven't gotten a chance to actually use the app yet, but clicking around, I have to say that the app is just gorgeous.

I look very forward to using this.

Re: RailsRumble Apps that Deserve to Be Startups

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There are some polished looking projects there, how did they ensure that all of the work was done in 48 hours?

Yeah, they monitor your repo during the competition. You're only allowed to create paper assets before the competition begins. You can see our paper mock (for smacksale.com) by clicking the robot in the footer or here http://smacksale.com/images/sketch.jpg

Re: RailsRumble Apps that Deserve to Be Startups

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post #8

For convenience: #1 LowDown - http://mcp.r09.railsrumble.com #2 Hi, I'm - http://hi.im #3 Omnominator - http://omnominator.com #4 Thingivore - http://thingivore.com #5 Neighborhood Watch - http://neighborhoodwat.ch #6 Techmeets - http://techmeets.com #7 Straightlist - http://husohuso.r09.railsrumble.com #8 SmackSale - http://smacksale.com #9 Nybbl - http://nybblme.r09.railsrumble.com #10 Last Percent - http://lastper…

movenig.ht for netflix heads!
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