I've participated as a judge at CodeDay in SF and Seattle. The games and applications the kids are building are much more creative than apps I've seen at any ha

I've participated as a judge at CodeDay in SF and Seattle. The games and applications the kids are building are much more creative than apps I've seen at any hackathon. CodeDay is all about execution, no business models. The teams build something awesome in 24 hours and leave believing that they can use technology to build games and apps that can change the world. I was skeptical the first time I was invited to be a judge, but then was blown away by the quality and the passion the students had for apps and games that are pretty much nothing but awesome. All that matters to these teams is that the product was awesome. Here's an example Psychadelic Frisbee Hospital: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th4qAg9q81U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th4qAg9q81U This team would have failed at any other hackathon. Some of the team members had never written a line of code before the event. Nothing but pure awesome.