Hey Community,
We’re excited to introduce a whole new way for you to showcase your creativity and skills! This time, we’re inviting you to participate in our first-ever video challenge:
📹 InterSystems Tech Video Challenge 📹
Submit a video on any topic related to InterSystems IRIS products or services from October 21 - November 10, 2024.
🎁 Gifts for everyone + main prizes!
🔍 What’s the challenge?
Create a short video (up to 15 minutes) demonstrating a unique use of InterSystems technology. Whether it’s an innovative solution, a creative project, or a cool use case, we want to see it all!
📢 How to Enter:
To participate, you have to fill out the form where you will be required to upload your video. After we upload it to Developer Community YouTube we will post the link in the comments to this post for you to use everywhere.
Who can participate: Any Developer Community member, except for InterSystems employees (contractors are welcome to participate). Create an account!
General Requirements:
- The video must focus on InterSystems products or services and be technical in nature.
- All content must be in English (incl. code, screenshots, etc.).
- Videos must be 100% original and cannot be translations of any previously submitted videos for contests in any community.
- All information presented must be accurate and reliable.
- Videos should be less than 15 minutes long.
- Different authors can submit videos on the same topic with distinct examples.
NB. Our panel of experts will make the final decision on whether a video qualifies for the contest based on criteria such as quality and relevance. Their decision is final and cannot be appealed.
Contest Timeline
📝 October 21 - November 10: create a video and fill out the form throughout this period. DC members can vote for published videos with Likes – votes in the Community award.
📝 November 11-17: experts voting time
📝 November 18: winners' announcement
Prizes
1. Everyone Wins! All participants will receive a special gift:
🎁 Nike Golf Dri-FIT Swoosh Perforated Cap
2. Expert Awards – videos will be judged by the InterSystems experts:
🥇 1st place: 10.9-inch iPad Wi‑Fi 64GB / Sony WH-1000XM5 Wireless Headphones
🥈 2nd place: Moleskine Vertical Device bag - 15" //LEGO NASA Artemis Space Launch System
🥉 3rd place: AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation / LEGO Hogwarts™ Castle: The Great Hall
As an alternative, any winner can choose a prize from a lower prize tier than his own.
3. Developer Community Award – video with the most likes. The winner will have the option to choose one of the following prizes:
🎁 AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation / LEGO Hogwarts™ Castle: The Great Hall
Note: Authors can only win once per category (up to two total prizes: one from Expert and one from Community). In case of a tie, the number of expert votes will serve as the tie-breaking criterion.
Note: Each winning video will be awarded a single prize, regardless of the number of authors.
🎯 Extra bonuses
Here is the list of additional bonuses to help you win the prize! Please welcome:
Bonus | Nominal | Details |
Topic bonus |
3 |
Choose a topic from the list of the proposed topics below to get this bonus. |
Article bonus |
3 |
Write a brand new explanatory article to support your video and use the tag #Video in it. |
Application bonus |
5 |
Upload a new application (or an improved version of an existing one) from your video to Open Exchange. |
Translation bonus |
2 |
Translate your video into one of the languages of our regional communities (ES, PT, JP, CN, FR) and upload it using the same form; mention in the description that it is a translation, and provide a YouTube link to the original. |
YouTube Shorts bonus |
2 |
Create a YouTube Short for your video (vertical video, up to 60 seconds). |
LinkedIn bonus |
1 |
Share the video on your LinkedIn, mentioning that you’re participating in the InterSystems Tech Video Challenge, and tagging the Developer Community LinkedIn page. |
Proposed topics
Here's a list of proposed topics that will give your article extra bonuses:
✔️ Using AI / GenAI / RAG
✔️ Using Embedded Python in Interoperability
✔️ Using External Language Gateways (C#, Java, Python)
✔️ Using Data Fabric / Data Lake / Data Warehouse / Data Mesh
✔️ Using FHIR
✔️ Using REST
✔️ IKO common deployments
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Get ready to shine and inspire others with your tech skills! We can't wait to see what you come up with. ✨
Note 1: By participating in the contest, you agree to have your video uploaded to the Developer Community YouTube.
Note 2: Delivery of prizes varies by country and may not be possible for some of them. A list of countries with restrictions can be requested from @Liubka Zelenskaia
Wow! Something new and very exciting!
Can we use a project we have submitted for a different developer contest if we make a completely new video about it and the project has been updated since the contest?
Yes, you can 😊
Hi Devs,
The "Tech Video Challenge" has begun!
We can't wait to see all the amazing entries. 🤩
Wow!
The first video appeared. 🤩
Using Character Slice Index in InterSystems IRIS by @Robert Cemper
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Hello! I am currently attempting to submit my video, but every time I fill out the form it tells me something went wrong.
Hello, please check direct messages.
Hi,
Where are we supposed to upload the YouTube Short and Article? Since the form has a field only for the video.
Hello, you need to publish an article on the Developer Community and use the tag #Video. To upload a short, please send it using the same form but add in the description that it's a short and name the video. Thanks and good luck!
Thanks for your reply. What if we need to submit a long video and a short as well? Do we need to submit another form with the short?
Yes, submit the form twice
Was the 10th also the deadline for the shorts and the articles?
You can collect bonuses until the end of the voting period (November 17).
Is there a particular @ or # you would like us to use when tagging the developer community on LinkedIn?
Please tag @InterSystems Developer Community; no specific tags are required. Thanks!