Qualified for the 2nd round at Microsoft's "Sparks will Fly | 2009" Challenge
This contest wasn't an early notice for me, but a true 10 hour challenge, as I had only found about it in Wednesday's morning, when I checked my mails and rss feeds and accidentialy saw some advertisements. The excitement was immediately smashed, as I had seen the competition clock at the upper right corner of the page, ticking 16 hours away from the deadline. In addition to this, I had a 6-hour class (Wednesday morning), so I went to attend it, thinking all morning about the architecture of a home automation application. When I got back, I prepared the concept. Then I couldn't abandon my rest responsibilities on such short notice, so I had to participate in a team activity regarding an MSc project in Software Engineering class. So when this was over, I started writing the proposal (the competition's deliverable). 3-4 hours before the clock showed 00:00:01, I had uploaded my entry feeling already a winner as I had achieved something very nice from my point of view.
However just a few hours ago, I learned that I was one of the Round 1 winners
Check my entry here: [link]
I hope to go well on the next round too.
