I've seen a few posts over the past few weeks from people seeking ideas for Clojure projects. I thought I'd all let you know about something I've been following... I'd definitely be participating myself except I have way too many summer projects as it is.
http://sunlightlabs.com/contests/appsforamerica2/ The prizes are fairly decent, and although the deadline is only three weeks away I think Clojure's development speed would make it possible to get something cool out there pretty rapidly. Using Clojure for a simple server and some sort of client-side JavaScript library (preferably with charting) such as EXT would be quite easy, and there's data sets where you could get a quite large bang-for-the-buck. Most of all, it looks like they could use some more participation - they only have four entries so far, from what I can see, and to be honest most of them aren't that impressive. There are probably a lot more people waiting until closer to the deadline to submit... but still. If anyone wants to take this on but needs any help with difficult parts, architecture assistance or any other kind of help or advice that isn't too terribly time-consuming, let me know and I'd be glad to pitch in. I have a lot of experience in this kind of data-based application, as well as Javascript GUIs. I'm not trying to get a slice of the prize - keep that. It just sounds like a very worthy project, and a great way for Clojure to get some exposure, even if it doesn't win or doesn't get finished in time for the deadline. Thanks, -Luke --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
