FREELANCER.COM
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN FREELANCE??
CODE ON OUR API TO WIN US$10,000!!!
OVER THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PRIZES!!!!!
YES!!! US$30,000!!!!
CONTEST CLOSED
After receiving some amazing entries for the contest, the judges are busy evaluating the winners in each of the categories. Entries came for many different platforms, in many different programming languages, and for a variety of purposes. Winners will be announce on Monday the 6th of September. Thanks to all those that participated!CONTEST DEADLINE EXTENDED
Due to feedback from our developer community, we've updated the API to add several new features. Full details are available on the developer wiki.We've also created individual wiki pages for the API contest entries. Developers are being emailed a password and more information. These pages will allow developers to show off their contest entries, providing an overview of the problem they're solving and why their entry should be a winner. Get the low-down on new innovations and see some amazing screenshots!
As a result of these changes, and based on feedback from the community, we have pushed back the contest closing date 4 weeks, to the 22nd August (Midnight EDT). Get your entries in by then for your chance to win one of four $5,000 prizes or the grand prize of $10,000!!!
CONTEST INTRODUCTION
The world's largest outsourcing site, Freelancer.com, has just released FreelancerAPI, the world's first programming interface for tasking humans to perform sophisticated tasks.Futurist and Scientists hypothesise about a coming technological singularity; a point in time in the future where it is believed that man-machine intelligence will explode, accelerating technological progress at a rate so quickly that the future will be radically different from today. So different, that as mere mortals, limited by the human brain, we cannot even comprehend this future.
Whether or not the singularity will eventuate, man and machine became closer today with the launch of the FreelancerAPI. For over 60 years, humans have programmed computers through software. This API, for the first time, provides a sophisticated programming interface for humans, for use by software. This API allows software for the first time to send sophisticated and complex tasks such as real engineering or problem solving to humans, retrieve the results and pay for the completed work.
Your challenge is to use FreelancerAPI to create some incredible applications!!
We're offering over US$30,000 in prize money!!
HERE'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO
In FreelancerAPI, we have enabled the full functionality of Freelancer.com through an easy to use programming interface. Never before has software been able to task humans to perform work. Now it can. We're looking for the best programmers in the world to create amazing new applications upon this programming interface. In addition to the US$10,000 grand prize, we have four prizes of US$5,000 in separate categories to win! These categories are:- Most Innovative
- Best Fully Automated Application
- Best Port or Plugin
- Best Toolkit, Library or Suite.
Most Innovative
We're look for the craziest, most innovative application you can think of! FreelancerAPI unlocks a whole new realm of possibility. We want you to demonstrate the full power of the API! The most innovative, functional and ground breaking application will win this category!Best Fully Automated Application
Software can now control a workforce with no human intervention on the employment side! Maybe you have a neat idea for fully automatic link building for SEO, maybe an idea for plugging the API into shopping cart software for a fully automated sales force?? Go wild! The winner of this category will be the best application of software tasking a workforce!Best Port or Plugin
Maybe you've got an idea for Freelancer on the iPad? Now you can build it completely yourself! Freelancer on the Blackberry? A neat plugin for Wordpress?? Whether its a port to a new platform, a widget, an applicaton or a plugin, the best entry in this area will win!Best Toolkit, Library or Suite
Got a great idea for a toolkit using FreelancerAPI? Maybe you have an idea to build a high level library for using workers that builds on our API that other developers can use in their application? Maybe you have ideas for a great port to Ruby? The best toolkit, library or supporting software suite here will take out the prize!PRIZES!
- Grand Prize:US$10,000 & Grand Master Programmer Insignia added to user's profile!!!
- Most Innovative:US$5,000 & Master Programmer Insignia
- Best Fully Automated:US$5,000 & Master Programmer Insignia
- Best Port or Plugin:US$5,000 & Master Programmer Insignia
- Best Toolkit, Library or Suite:US$5,000 & Master Programmer Insignia
- Runners Up for each Category:Apple iPad 16GB WiFi+3G (4 prizes)
- 10th to 20th Places:Freelancer T-Shirt
USE YOUR IMAGINATION
Imagine FreelancerAPI attached to an online store selling virtual songs. At the backend, artificial intelligence is learning what music is selling and what isn't. Let's say it discovers that eletro is selling. Using the API, the store can now - automatically - post a project requesting human musicians to submit more songs. The store can then stock the shelves, sell more music and keep training on what's selling and what's not.Now let's say the store wants to increase its SEO ranking. Now it can possibly post a project and get freelancers to do some more offpage optimisation.
Now the store wants to hire freelancers to sell items in the store. Perhaps it provides a one-time link for each product, and posts a sales job, which will pay a commission to the freelancer once each item sells!
All of this with no human intervention by the store owner!!
These are just some simple ideas, I'm sure you can think of something even better!
DEVELOPER WIKI
Each entrant will have their own wiki page where they will present their application! To get started, See our API information and our Developer Wiki, read the information there and register for an API key. You'll be able to start developing right away using our sandbox. Shortly we will allow API access to the live system. Watch this space for more information including how to get your own wiki page for your contest entry.
Think you can do better than what you see on the wiki? Then enter!
CURRENT ENTRIES
See the list of current entries here. Think you can do better?? Then enter now!!
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS
We will announce the finalists on the 22nd July 2010. We will then announce the winners progressively over the next 2 weeks with the grand prize winner announced on the 5th August EDT.
INSIGNIA
The Master Programmer Insignia are highly coveted awards presented to the top designers in their field. The insignia will be displayed next to the user's name when bidding on programming jobs, as well as on the user's profile.
RULES
Promotion
- All promotions must place Freelancer.com in a positive light. No illegal acts or acts that will bring Freelancer.com into disrepute will be accepted. No offensive graphics or words will be accepted.
- Group entries are permitted (if you want to form a team).
- As entries are submitted, we will make them publicly viewable on this website.
- We reserve the right to modify the rules at any time.
Participation
This contest is open to anyone. Contestants must be registered members of Freelancer.com (which is free) and must join the contest in their own private personal capacity.
Amendments
Freelancer.com reserves the right to change the rules at any time.
LICENSING - IMPORTANT!
- All entries submitted for the contest (images, photos etc) will remain the property of Freelancer.com and will not be returned to the participants.
- We will release back to the community all entries under the GPL Open Source License. We will also provide hosting via our developer site for the project that we are in the process of building out.
SUBMISSION FORMAT
To qualify, each entry should be submitted through the online wiki page and must include the following details and format:- High resolution screenshot, image, video or sound file.
- Entrant's full name, country or nationality where based, website (if any) and email address.
- Entrants may find useful the following media kits: Adobe Illustrator, EPS, Corel Draw, JPG.
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