NTC – 2nd Place Finish

Brad Pommen - Nelson Tech Club - Tech Village 24h Web Dev Contest

Team Leader and Hackerspace Coordinator of the Nelson Tech Club, Brad Pommen, led 2 high school and 2 college students on to win 2nd place in a local 24 hour web development contest. The team utilized strict HTML 5 coding practices, PHP on a Linux server and CSS validation to provide an elegant, feature-rich website for Gaia Services. Pitted against local professional businesses, this was an exciting win for the team and the growing Hackerspace, comprised of local technology enthusiasts.

“We didn’t use any existing templates or CMS systems to get started,” commented team Leader Brad Pommen “In the spirit of the competition we literally built the site from the ground up and coded it all by hand.”

Sean Melvin, owner of Gaia Janitorial Services was so please with the site he received from the competition that he doubled the second place team’s winnings out of his own pocket.