frog Names Mason Hale as Chief Technologist
frog extends lead in technology driven design with enterprise specialist.
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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 2002
WebEdge Wars 2002 today announced it is now accepting team entry submissions to compete in the first-ever WebEdge Wars competition for a prize purse of $10,000. WebEdge Wars is a spectator event and real-time Web design and implementation competition produced by a group of computer industry veterans and experienced high tech event producers who intend to introduce the general public to the horrors and excitement of Web development.
"War is hell, and often so is Web design," said Carl de Cordova, commander of the WebEdge Wars campaign. "Young kids and old-timers with the battle scars of numerous projects, constantly face the stress caused by impossible time lines, the minefields of vague requirements and the shock of bad food at irregular hours just so you and I can enjoy surfing the Web. WebEdge Wars will pit the best against the best and is sure to be excruciating good fun to watch for techies and non-techies alike."
WebEdge Wars will assemble a selection of the best Web development teams to design and implement an assignment using tools and equipment they choose to bring. To keep teams from preparing work before the competition, the assignment will be kept top secret until the beginning of the event. After learning their objectives, teams will have 25 hours to plan, design and execute a solution.
To keep spirits, and tension, high, video crews will be on hand to capture the teams' efforts as they face and overcome the roadblocks of Web development. A live audience will provide the distractions and interruptions that complete the realistic development environment. For the audience of spectators, WebEdge Wars is more than a party and tech expo, but an opportunity to learn Web design techniques and secrets from the experts.
The first place prize, valued at $10,000, will be awarded to the team selected as "best" by a panel of judges and audience voting. Judges will include Internet experts and celebrity Web surfers. WebEdge Wars 2002, "A weekend that will Live in Infamy"(TM), will be held December 6 and 7, 2002, in Austin, Texas.
To participate in WebEdge Wars 2002, teams must complete the entry form found at the WebEdge Wars Web site: http://www.webedgewars.com . Five teams will be selected from entries received before October 11, 2002. Rules of team selection and play may be viewed at www.webedgewars.com .
COPYRIGHT 2002 Business Wire- WebEdge II, the Second Macintosh World Wide Web Developers' Conference; Austin, TX. Contact: +! 512 326 8307 Email: matt@webedge.com http://www.webedge.com 1995
After dinner we went to the Frog party, where I met up with Mason Hale and even ran into Carl de Cordova, who was a co-founder of WebEdge, the Mac web developers conference I was a part of years ago. I have a bunch of old photos and archives of the old WebEdge site that I should post one of these days (the domain was unfortunately taken over by a car company). Also met Dan Cederholm, chatted with Eli Pariser of MoveOn.org, and received the Jakob Nielsen playing card (collect all 8) from the OK/Cancel folks. A good day. from http://www.manton.org/
frog Names Mason Hale as Chief Technologist frog extends lead in technology driven design with enterprise specialist. |
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Sunnyvale, CA — March 28, 1998 -- frog, the leading integrated strategic design and communications agency, today announced the appointment of Mason Hale, 27, as its Chief Technologist, further extending its position as the preeminent provider of new media. Mr. Hale, a former technologist for Power Computing and WebEdge, will report to frog's President of New Media, Doreen Lorenzo, in the newly created position. Operating out of frog's Austin offices, Mr. Hale will lead the company's team of developers and will be responsible for establishing frog's technological vision. |