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Hackmatch - Getting Creative in Jumptap's Hackton

One of the best events at Jumptap (now Millennial Media) is a quartely hackton. Teams have " 24 hours to build something. There are no constraints, other than the fact that you must demo what you have built at the end. The office stays open all night with pizza, snacks and drinks (including a traveling beer cart). In the morning, the company reconvenes and the groups participating demo theirs ‘hacks’. The audience then votes on a winner using pre-determined criteria, and the winning group receives gift cards and bragging rights." (source Dave Cecere on   http://www.techblog.jumptap.com/?p=114 ).  Each Hackmatch raises the bar in hack innovation and in showmanship. The main event now includes a panel of judges acting as   Simon Cowell ,  Randy Jackson  and    Nicki Minaj. And increasingly hacks are making it into production as real features used by our customers and account managers.  Ad Wall - 2013 Spring Hackaton In spring 2013 Hackmatc...