[Acm-members] TODAY: Big App on Campus Workshop and Hack

[Matt Durak]

Reminder, the Microsoft Big App on Campus starts today with a workshop on
Windows Phone development in 1145 EB at 6PM. There will be some great
prizes and food tonight and on Saturday. See the message below from
Microsoft for more information.

Please note:  room location is in 1145 Engineering Building.

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We’re kicking off a brand-new NATIONWIDE competition that is challenging
you to BE WHAT’S NEXT. You’ll not only get the opportunity to earn
recognition for building the next BIG PHONE APP and eat free food, you’ll
also get the chance to win some AMAZING PRIZES including….a WINDOWS PHONE
you can test your app on!

Here’s how to get started:

Visit www.dreamspark.com to get step-by-step guidance on how to build a
Windows Phone App and to download the tools you'll need to get started. You
will need a Live ID in order to download the material.



2. Attend the Big App on Campus Workshop to learn how to take advantage of
the free development tools that Microsoft offers with Dream Spark to build
an app for the competition. Register at
http://msubigapponcampus.eventbrite.com/ Get advice from a professional
developer who will show you how to design and implement the app you've been
dreaming about using Silverlight and XNA.

When? Thursday, February 2nd at 6:00PM

Where? 1145 Engineering Building



3. Build an app at the 12 hour Hack-a-thon on Saturday, February 4th from
noon-midnight in 3105 and 3112 EB. Register at http://msuhack.eventbrite.com



Saturday, February 4th

Noon - Midnight

EB: 3105 & 3112

Free Food

Awesome Prizes (WP7 Nokia devices, anyone?)

Enter the Big App On Campus Competition!

$15K Cash Awards

A trip for winner and guest to Austin, Texas to attend the SxSW Music
Festival on March 13, 2012.

You and a friend get flown to Austin, TX to attend SXSW: attend a private
concert, receive backstage passes, go to a private dinner with the band,
and be interviewed on national radio about your apps.

You will learn how to get started on that next great app for the Phone
using Silverlight and XNA.

This is your chance to design and implement that cool new app you've been
dreaming about, or put the finishing touches on your masterpiece, so

bring your idea for a Phone App

and get ready to code.

If you missed the tools rollout last week, you can still join! We will
provide a brief overview equiping you with the tools you need to
participate. As you are designing, writing & testing your apps onsite,
there will be guidance by a Microsoft professional (Jeff Blankenburg,
Senior Developer Evangelist) to help you get things right.

Prerequisites:

Students will need to bring laptops or have lab machines running Windows or
a Mac running Windows (Bootstrap partition)
Install the Windows Phone 7.5 SDK from
http://create.msdn.com/en-us/home/getting_started
Create a FREE Dreamspark and AppHub account (worth $99) using the
instructions from http://bit.ly/r2dqFr

Win the trip of a lifetime!

Windows® Phone is giving you the opportunity to create and publish your
dream app. In doing so, you could win Big, a 4-day trip (for you and a
friend) to the 2012 SxSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas. [See Contest
Prizes below.]

Two grand-prizes worth $15,000

There are two categories to enter - free apps and paid apps. You choose.
Then let your mobile app's creativity and popularity deliver the ultimate
prize, 15,000 U.S. dollars.





Cheryl Malone | Microsoft University Staffing Associate | (425) 706-5741 |
www.microsoft.com/university
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