Archive for May, 2011

DocuSign Hackathon, Awards

May 17th, 2011

After what proved to be the best night’s sleep ever, the hackers gather at the DocuSign Summit for the hackathon awards ceremony.

Setting up the Awards

We set up the plaques and oversized cheques. They look great!

Awaiting the Awards

People listen to the videos that the contestants put together, demoing the projects.

Best Consumer App

Nicholas Reed wins best consumer app for a parental consent form signing application. No more sending kids home with slips of paper!

Best Enterprise App

Neil Mansilla wins for the best enterprise app, sponsored by Box.net, for PodioSign — an integration between DocuSign and Podio.

Best Mobile App

Peter Ma and Kash Vaidya win for best Mobile App with EZSlip, which allows you to sign off on deliveries.

Most Innovative App

And the grand prize winner is…Philippe Furlan, who developed a mobile app that allows you to sign petitions! Not only can you sign a petition with DocuSign, but it also leverages your mobile device’s camera to snap a photo of you, and adds it to the record. Pretty cool, if you ask me.

Kudos go out to all the hackers — the judges had their work cut out for them to decide between such amazing apps! I enjoyed working with everyone and getting a first look at applications that I know will be a hit. I, for one, cannot wait to get a kindle, so I can start getting my books electronically signed with kindlegraph!

DocuSign Hackathon, Day 2

May 16th, 2011

After grabbing a few hours of sleep at a nearby hotel, I head back to DocuSign HQ for day two of the hackathon. Here are some photo highlights from the conclusion!

Sporting the Coffee and the Coffee Card

I run into Dave Grigsby in the entryway, showing off his VIP coffee card.

Artem from Factual

Artem from Factual, a sponsor of the hackathon, gives a talk on the basics of the Factual service and API. After this, the hackers get back to coding and the photo documenting goes on hiatus.

Closing Ceremonies

Once all entries are submitted, hackers gather to drink beer and socialize at the close of the event.

Final Idea Board

The idea board is full of great concepts, and our hipster hacker has had his Mac graffitied with the Windows logo.

Exhaustion

This DocuSign employee demonstrates what we all feel by collapsing on the floor in exhaustion.

A few of us stay till nearly midnight, cleaning up the aftermath of a great time hacking. Awards are due to go out on Monday, so stay tuned for that report!

DocuSign Hackathon, Day 1

May 15th, 2011

Oh wow. We’re onto day two of the DocuSign hackathon held in San Francisco, and day one was awesome! I’m really loving the apps being developed — people are coming up with innovative applications of the DocuSign API. Here are some highlights from day one.

Breakfast at the Hackathon

Setting up breakfast for the hungry hackers. Starches and coffee is a must.

Blank Idea Board -- Tabula Rasa

Mike B’s excellent drawing for our idea board, awaiting the brainstorming of our attendees. The glasses are hipster chic.

Wald Bros and JD, DocuSign genius engineers

The DocuSign engineers are getting caffeinated and hydrated in preparation for hacking up their own projects. These guys know the API in and out, so it’s good that they are out of the running for the competition!

Opening speeches

The hackers listen attentively to Mike B, Grant P and Jeremy G give the opening talks.

Jeremy Glassenberg from Box.net

Jeremy Glassenberg from Box.net talks about the extensibility of Box.net as an enterprise platform and easy consumer app (sorry for the blur).

Steffen Frost and his awesome t-shirt

Had to snap a picture of Steffen’s t-shirt. Geek-tastic!

The hacking got serious, and I wandered around lending a hand. Stay tuned for day two!