WebGeek DevCup organizers John Arce and Michael Marin
On August 26, the WebGeek DevCup was held in Ortigas, Pasig City in the Philippines. It was a six-hour hackathon that challenged over 38 teams to create an app with the theme “Build an App to Solve a Filipino Problem.”
The first hackathon by WebGeek.ph which was spearheaded by John Arce and Michael Marin, the event drew more than 200 developers and attendees.
Out of all the participating teams, only 24 made it through and made a presentation of their app after the deadline.
Nikko Bautista’s Team APPNimbus took first place with an app Bukas Palad. This app seeks to “help relief/donation centers handle donations given by people and managing resources used to repackage, assign and transport donation packs to areas that need them.”
Second place was awarded to Fund3Lives by Ken-Lauren Daganio’s and Nino Malasan’s Team TKO. The app was aptly termed as ‘Social Funding for Ill Children’ which aims to help by creating a funding campaign for the kids who can’t afford to pay for their medical expenses.
Participants waiting to start hacking
Finally, Sagip App was awarded the third place. Developed by Team TBD with Kimson Wong, Jess Chin, and Carlos Gavino as members, this app aims to help the dissemination of information during disasters by providing the public a way to search and track of evacuees, as well as evacuation centers.
The ‘Most Popular App’ award was awarded to Team Audrey with team members Stanley Semilla, Rod Xavier Bondoc, and Audrey Manzano for their app iTeks. This app “seeks to increase the awareness of Filipinos of different events and forecasts by providing different government agencies the means to disseminate information through mobile messaging.”
WebGeek DevCup 2012 App Gallery can be found here.
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