Global Geek Week 2009 edition (video contest)
project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2009-08-25)
Hank opened Global Geek Week in August 2009 with a two-minute video contest judged by a panel and a Virgin America prize; later that month John announced the winner, a geek-art video, and a runner-up.
Parts: Hank asks Nerdfighters to make Global Geek Week videos about being a geek and giving back (2009)
About: Global Geek Week, Virgin America
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-08-02 | launched | Hank announces the start of Global Geek Week and its video contest: two-minute videos submitted to the YouTube group, a judging panel including Hank, a Virgin America prize, deadline Thursday midnight Pacific. | ANNOUNCING: Global Geek Week!!! 00:00:00 |
| 2009-08-25 | outcome | John announces the Global Geek Week winner (a geek-art video; two Virgin America tickets) and a runner-up. | The Gift of Gary Busey 00:02:38 |
What is said about it
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2009-08-02 · ANNOUNCING: Global Geek Week!!! — announcement: Hank announces that today is the start of Global Geek Week, a week in which geeks realize how much good they can do for the world. — 00:00:00
- 2009-08-02 · ANNOUNCING: Global Geek Week!!! — announcement: Hank: Videos go to the Global Geek Week YouTube group and are judged by a committee including Hank, Lisa Nova, HotForWords, Guy Kawasaki and the 2008 U.S. Sudoku champion. — 00:00:58
- 2009-08-02 · ANNOUNCING: Global Geek Week!!! — announcement: Hank: The winner gets two round-trip tickets on Virgin America with a free Wi-Fi pass for the trip. — 00:01:32
- 2009-08-25 · The Gift of Gary Busey — announcement: John announces the Global Geek Week winner, a geek-art video, winning two Virgin America tickets anywhere in the continental US; the runner-up wins only his respect. — 00:02:38