Hi everyone! Last Friday we held our first-ever internal hackathon at Wattpad HQ. The rules were simple: pitch an idea, form teams, build something, then demo it 24 hours later. So, we coded all day and all night and in the end delivered some awesome creative projects! Hopefully you will even see a couple of them live on Wattpad one of these days!
The event was a lot of fun for our team, it gave us all the chance to work across departments and explore different technologies, however we were so exhausted from all the hacking that we forgot to update our blog with the results. So here’s another peek into the action!
The Teams:
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And now the winners… Most Imaginative:
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Most original idea… ever! Congrats to Kevin and Tony for their “Theme Song Generating Device” - Tap your security card at the door and a theme song of your choice will rock the office!! Nicely done!
Most Impossible:
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“Can’t believe they were able to do that in 24 hours!!” Amos, Ivan and Eva put together Wattpad Jr - an iPad app for kids concept!!!
Most indispensable:
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Rich, Grace, Maria and Amy built a “Cover Art Generator”. And by Rich, Grace, Maria and Amy, we mostly just mean super-engineer Rich!!
So until next time…