At the WebForward conference this afternoon, the winners of the second FullCodePress event were announced.
After 24 hours of intense requirements gathering, designing, content writing, coding, testing and stressing, the CodeBlacks from New Zealand came out triumphant, retaining the title of reigning champions. The winning web site was built for Rainbow Youth, a support group for queer youth in New Zealand.
The victory is a blow to Team Australia, who were looking to exact revenge after also being defeated in 2007. One upside for the Aussies is that the Australian team’s client, the DDLC NSW, were able to take away a site that they were delighted with and excited about using to achieve their goals of helping disabled people who have been unfairly disadvantaged.
During his victory speech, Haydn Thomsen, project manager for the CodeBlacks, commented that he was “blown away” with the web site that was delivered after only 24 hours.
Organising judge Raena Jackson Armitage, from SitePoint, commented that the scoring was very close, but that the Kiwis pipped the Aussies at the post in the area of standards, partly due to a couple of sloppy validation errors.
The final sites are available for viewing online, and handover will occur after both teams have caught up on sleep!
Well done to both teams!
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Matthew MagainMatthew Magain is a UX designer with over 15 years of experience creating exceptional digital experiences for companies such as IBM, Australia Post, and sitepoint.com. He is currently the Chief Doodler at Sketch Group, Co-founder of UX Mastery, and recently co-authored Everyday UX, an inspiring collection of interviews with some of the best UX Designers in the world. Matthew is also the creator of Charlie Weatherburn and the Flying Machine.
