Hacking on Ziggeo’s API at Hack the North Hackathon

We had a blast this past weekend at Hack The North Hackathon. We learned so much sponsoring the hackathon from testing out Ziggeo's API to finding creative uses for it. And in the process we got to meet talented engineers who represent the future of technology. We just wish more women would participate (sigh). We saw three cool hacks that made use of Ziggeo's API for video recording/playback. The first, which won Ziggeo's prize, is called Refue, and was developed by Will, Vahe and Vadim. Using our API, the winning team hacked up a Disqus-like widget that includes video reviews with up-voting. We also wanted to give a shout out to Pass It On, a system for viral video-sharing. Videos are viewable only for a certain period of time (votes keep them visible longer).  You can even track where people are watching the video. And finally there was QuickVid, a way to send short videos by text, and you control the recording and sending of the videos through voice commands. Congrats to all the hackers and many thanks to the organizers of Hack the North for a great hackathon.