Hack Ack

Contest Information:

This lighthearted contest is focused on fun and spontaneity. Attendees will learn of the guidelines the week before the conference. They will then have until Tuesday evening to create something along the theme. Use of items prepared prior to the competition is not allowed, unless these items are available to everyone.

Everyone is encouraged to participate in this contest. Teams are equally good as individuals. Even employees of Platte Canyon or SumTotal Systems may participate, but they may only do so on an exhibition basis (no awards or judging for them).

Judging is by audience applause and will occur immediately after all entries are presented.

Hack Ack presentations will be interspersed with Karaoke/Rock Band performances -- so showmanship may certainly rank high among the "judges."

How to Enter

Show up! There is no entry procedure. We will simply ask for anyone who wants to present their Hack-Ack entry to sign up on a notepad at the beginning of the Tuesday evening social.

Also, it will be up to each participant to arrange for a laptop to demo the application on. We will have one or two machines if needed, but this should be arranged ahead of time.

It's all about fun.

• I just want to say that this continues to be the best conference for the money. Although attendance is smaller than in previous years, no doubt due to recession cut-backs in travel, the conference has not reduced its impact. I thought last year's was the best ever, and this year's came to the same level.  (2010)
• Great stuff!  (2009)
• Jeff, the conference was AWESOME.  (2008)
• I would highly recommend attending TBCON. My work colleagues and I have attended the past two TBCONs and feel that each year what we have learned at TBCON has accelerated our use and knowledge of ToolBook by at least 6 months. There are many sessions at TBCON that are good for beginners; but I would especially recommend the preconference workshops as they will enable you to get hands-on experience using ToolBook. Best of all, you will meet lots of people who will become valuable resources for you as you become more familiar with ToolBook.  (2002)
• I wanting to take this opportunity to THANK YOU both for TBCON 2001. I learned so much! At one point about a month ago, I was working in TB and ran in to a situation using some canned widget and just could not get it to work correctly. Within about 10 minutes, I had a script that did the same thing only better! My apps are much more efficient to the end user as well. My boss looked at my latest work and immediately asked ... "Did you learn this at the conference?"  (2001)