Blitzweekend has just announced they’ll be having their first weekend code fest in Montreal. Blitzweekend is following in the lines of what Startup Weekend has been doing with hosting a ~48 hour coding marathon with the hopes of creating a product from conception to launch. What’s the difference in the Blitzweekend approach? Simple, instead of 45+ people working on one project (SW style), BW will have sub-groups of people working on many projects (teams of about 8).
This may solve one of the major criticisms that SW has with participants and nah-sayers that there are too many people working on a project to have it be successful. While this is still debated till this day, we’ve seen successful projects come out of SW.
According to the BW site, teams will come together before the weekend and can pick their idea. You can have up to 8 people on your team and then come for the weekend to actually code the project. It can be anything from a widget to a full-blown site. At the end of the weekend, the entire lot will pick a winner.
I’ll be curious to see the numbers of teams and success that BW may bring. Will it be the new style to do rapid-development? Only time will tell…well, time and a weekend of implementation.
Hello,
This is going to be a great experience with teams of entrepreneurs, developers and designers trying to build the next generation of web applications.
By the way, we are organizing a 5 a 7 next week. It is going to be an great opportunity to meet with other Blitzweekend enthousiats. It is also the chance to meet with potential participants, get to know them and maybe find a team to work with.
Mehdi,
Blitzweekend Instigator,
@Mehdi: Thanks for the info! Love your title too, “Blitzweekend Instigator.”
Good luck with the weekend. I’m looking forward to tracking your progress on your blog.