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Judging

Applications submitted during the Dash will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

  • Level of Polish (How finished is the app?)
  • Code Quality
  • Design
  • Innovation

Judging will be completed by three individuals who MAY NOT compete in the competition. Each app will be judged on a scale of 1-10 on the above categories. The sum of all categories will be used for awards. Each team can only take one award. The results of the judging are final (so please accept things with grace no matter what happens and have fun).

Who Can Compete?

With the exception of the people running the Dash and the three judges, anyone and everyone is allowed to compete in the Dash. Come one, come all and let the games begin!

The Judges

Peter LeBlond

Peter LeBlond can best be described as a small hairy man named Matthew. But he isn't. Actually he is a large plaid laden fellow, a lumberjack turned crime fighting vigilante with a cover as a systems administrator and product engineer who dwells within the suburbs of Austin. He doesn't speak Django (or Queen's English for that matter), but he scrapes by on his wit, and charm, and large inherited fortune. When not judging fast tempo coding contests he can be found curling, llama riding, or painting other peoples garden gnomes.

Arthur McLean

Arthur McLean was born to a family of Scottish Buddhist monks in Nepal. His early years were mostly spent practicing kung fu and working as a Sherpa helping ferry climber's equipment up and down Mt. Everest (though he was never able to reach the summit himself due to bad asthma). After a few run-ins with the law in Nepal (the charges were apparently related to public indecency with a kilt), he felt it was best to head east. He obtained passage on a cargo ship out of Honk Kong headed for Los Angeles by trading his expert knowledge of tying fly fishing flies (an ancient Nepalese custom, though they do not actually fish for religious reasons). After a short (ten year) tour of many of America's finest truck stops, Mr. McLean arrived in Austin. He finds this new-fangled Internet thing very intriguing, and wants to learn more. He feels the best way to learn is to dive in and judge a Django Dash.

Luke Sneeringer

Luke Sneeringer had a boring childhood whose hobbies included algebra, batch files (made in edit.com), and chess, but who would never do anything that involved a ball. However, Luke grew up and bucked his totally boring childhood nature and interests to embrace a totally boring adult nature and interests, such as calculus, application scripting (made in vim), and chess. His singing voice did manage to shift from a falsetto to a bass, though, and he sings constantly to retro music (if you think you know what “retro” means in this sentence, you’re probably wrong). Luke will be helping judge the Django Dash, offering critique interspersed with poor attempts at literalistic humor. He’ll throw a tomato at some point, just so he can say he did it.