ironcoder

Less than two weeks until the Ironcoder \01 contest begins. Who will be judged supreme Mac OS X hacker?

Chairman Eckels has decided on the following dates & times for the phases of the contest.

• Friday, May 19, 6pm EST (23:00 UTC): API will be announced.
• Saturday, May 20, 6pm EST (23:00 UTC): Theme will be announced.
• Sunday, May 21, 6pm EST (23:00 UTC): Judging will begin.

Judging will be based on four criteria:

• Style
• Technical expertise
• Use of API and theme
• Cool factor

Some rules:

• The programs must run in their own address space- so that rules out input managers and haxies. The program must also run without authentication.
• Source code has to be included, and you’ve got to be ok with it being public.
• New projects only! The idea is to try and cram all development into a 24hr period.
• If it’s some sort of movie, or something that you have to sit through, it can’t be longer than 1:27 seconds.
• Files must be under 5mb compressed (for uploading).
• A quick little blurb on how to run your program, what it does, and how it ties into the theme is probably a good idea.
• The app has to be totally self contained. We don’t want files littered all over the judge’s system.
• The judge has to be able to compile the code.
• Instant disqualification if judge is too scared to run the code.
• You must be willing to be the next competition’s judge.
• Unless somebody wants to buy the judge a new Intel Mac, it better run on PPC. Bonus points to anyone who sends the judge hardware.