This Blitz Hackfest is hosted atThomson Reuters!

The Monthly Web-Tech Blitz Hackathon is a monthly series of 4-hours hacking competitions. You have 1 hour to form an idea for small app and a team, and 3 hours to build something awesome!

The goal is to learn and have fun - AND you get a chance to win prizes and be famous!

The Blitz Hackfest -

6pm to 6:30pm Food & Drinks - hot entrees with vegetarian options and salad! Networking and Team building.

6:30pm to 6:40pm Presenting the API and SDKs for this Blitz Hackathon.

6:40pm to 9:40pm Blitz Hacking! Bring your groovy skills and show us what you got!

9:40pm to 10pm Judging, winners take fame and prize - $400!

This month's APIs

In this Blitz Hackathon we will be playing with large-scale real-time messaging platform PubNub!

PubNub is a global realtime network connecting hundreds of millions of devices around the world. With over 50 SDKs covering everything from JavaScript to Raspberry Pi, PubNub makes messaging between platforms fast, reliable and easy at a global scale. Check out the APIs and SDKs athttp://www.pubnub.com/developers/ .

Our API mentor and presenter will beDave Nugent -Developer Evangelist at PubNub

Join us to learn from experienced Web Developers and Designers and socialize with the best web hackers around.

Please use #BlitzHackathon to discuss and share!