ironcoder

Iron coder starts today at 5:00pm CDT (22:00 UTC).  The API and theme will be posted up here at that time, and what follows are the offical rules as dictated by Chairman Mueller.

Friday, July 21, 5pm CDT (22:00 UTC): API and Theme will be announced. Sunday, July 23, 5pm CDT (22:00 UTC): Judging will begin (hopefully.  that’s when you’re entries need to have been uploaded anyway).

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 48hr 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.

Iron Coder is almost here! Only 3 more days! So I thought it would be good to give our wonderful sponsors a little bit o’ exposure, and list what is being given out to the winner(s). So here are the prizes, listed in alpha order by company name:

Bitcartel Software: RadioLover, iRecordMusic and ComicBookLover.

Code Sorcery Workshop: Pukka.

Daring Fireball: two one-year memberships each with a DF t-shirt of the winner’s choice.

Delicious Monster: Delicious Library.

Flying Meat: VoodooPad, FlySketch and FlyGesture.

From Concentrate Software: MacDialer or SiteTagger (winners choice!).

Griffin Technology iFill, RadioShark, iTrip and PowerMate.

Happy Apps: WebnoteHappy licenses.

Infinite Nexus Software: Compare Folders.

Inventive: iClip

The Little App Factory: iPodRip and Connoisseur.

Martian Technology: SlingShot.

Mindvision/eSellerate: FileStorm.

Potion Factory: Podcast Maker and Voice Candy.

Roobasoft: 3 rooSwitch licenses.

Second Gear: 3 month Porchlight Pro subscription.

Specere: Menuet

Stairways Software: Interarchy.

Stunt Software: Pick from On The Job, PhotoBooth, Downsize or Overflow.

Widget Machine: NotePad and VoiceNotes.

Sweeeeeeeeet.

The date has been set, so make sure to mark it on your calendars.

The next ironcoder contest will be July 21-23, and we’re going to do it a little differently this time. You’ll get the API and theme at the same time- giving you a full 48 hours to work on your project. (That’s an extra 100% for the same price!).

And we’re also looking at having a couple of prizes too! And if you come in first place and show up at WWDC, we’ll get you good and drunk one of the nights as well. (Must be 21 or older yada yada to receive alcohol, blah blah blah,etc..)

Based on our previous post it looks like sponsored prizes for Ironcoder is a good idea. I’ve begun e-mailing a few people who I think might be able to provide cool prizes but I really don’t want to spam every Mac OS X shareware developer in existence. So this posting is a call for sponsors.

So if you’re a Mac OS X software developer and wish to contribute one or more free product licenses to Ironcoder please either email me directly at schwa at this domain. or attach a comment to this thread. There is no need to provide licenses right now, just commit to providing a license at the time of the next Ironcoder contest (which tentatively looks like it will be scheduled for just before WWDC).

Sponsors will probably not gain much in the way of fame and glory from sponsoring Ironcoder. We will not be plastering adverts for sponsors over ironcoder.org but will be listing and linking to all sponsors during the contest. No one will be tattooing icons onto any body parts. The main reason to sponsor Ironcoder would altruistic, to help the contest thrive by attracting more entries.

Submission closed an hour ago, and it’s time for some judging.

Unfortunately, this contest was not as well-attended as the last one. Gus Mueller’s Emily Dickinson Keywords was the only entry.

EDK looks at the song that is currently playing, and searches a list of poems for one which matches a word from the song metadata. It’ll then display the matching poems in a lovely calligraphy font.

Congratulations, Gus. You’re the Chairman next time around.

Your theme this time is….

Emily Dickinson

The American poet died 120 years ago this week. Since I celebrated a birthday this week, I thought we could all celebrate her deathday. The non-Americans in the crowd (or Americans who slept though high school English) may want to read the Wikipedia article.

You now have 24 hours to complete your task. Check this page for instructions on where to submit your program, due by 6pm Eastern time on Sunday.

And you thought the API was bad.

iTunes visualization!!!1!

As hinted at this means that the address space limitation is relaxed this time around. Try not to make me regret it — still no haxies.

See the official documention at TN2016. You can also use a wrapper like VizKit, just make sure you highlight what’s yours and what isn’t, and do something extra cool.

The previous entries from Ironcoder v0 have been uploaded to /entries/ironcoder_0/.

Don’t forget: Ironcoder \01 is just a few days away.

I thought it would be nice to start some permanent “general purpose” pages for linking to from outside blogs, etc. I have added an overview and schedule page to the blog for easily referencing the general rules of the contest as well as dates of current and past contests.

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p> These are always accessible from the Pages section of the sidebar. I would probably suggest using the “overview” page as a link destination.

In the last competition, the wise Chairman Rentzsch was charged not only with selecting a worthy victor, but also a capable successor. With his entry, Symphony, Lucas Eckels secured the position.

But what do we really know about the new Chairman Eckels? From the rules we know that he hasn’t yet taken the plunge into Intel-Mac-hood. Even though he consorts with Mac small business people in #macsb, he himself has no such business. What motivates him?

Join the competition to find out.