[CSENews] Tomorrow: Big App @ MSU Workshop and Hack

Wed Feb 1 09:56:20 EST 2012

Tomorrow's event will be held in 1145 Engineering Building, instead of 
3105. Be sure to sign up at the link below

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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: _*

1.Visit www.dreamspark.com <http://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 2^nd at 6:00PM

*_Where?_***1145 Engineering Building

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

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*Saturday, February 4th *

*Noon - Midnight*

*EB: 3105 & 3112*

*Free**Food*

*Awesome Prizes (WP7 _Nokia_ devices, anyone?)*

*Enter the Big App On Campus Competition 
<https://www.facebook.com/MicrosoftTechStudent?sk=app_269100103148944>!*

$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 
<http://www.sxsw.org/>: 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
      <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
      <http://bit.ly/r2dqFr>/

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<https://www.facebook.com/MicrosoftTechStudent?sk=app_269100103148944>

  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 <http://www.sxsw.org/> 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 
<http://www.microsoft.com/university>

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