Over the last weekend the @Travvell team participated in the @AmericanAir and @ATT hackathon at SXSWi in Austin, Tx. We had a blast and built an iPhone and iPad app with a completely scalable mySQL/Java App backend using Spring on Amazon's Cloud. While we didn't win-we had a blast, got access to AT&T and American Airline's APIs and built a production-ready product that can scale to millions of concurrent users. We're all looking forward to the next one.
The product we developed is called NearlyThere. Its a mobile app that allows you to transmit your GPS location to the Gate & Flight Crew. Its perfect for when you're running to the Gate to catch a connecting flight and you want to let the staff know you're NearlyThere. Of course the Flight Crew may not hold the door for you, but then again - they might if they knew how close you were.
We had a great time at the event and meeting the AT&T and American Airlines Developer teams, as well as, the many other API providers and partners who were there.
This is round 3... or 4. It never ends! #sxswi #sxsw instagr.am/p/WnrwPXSSqu/
— Luke Irvin (@thelukeirvin) March 9, 2013
Team NearlyThere at #atthack #newamerican #travelhack @ American Airlines & AT&T Travel Hack instagr.am/p/WsbVScDqik/
— Alex Donn (@Alex_Donn) March 10, 2013
#atthack #newAmerican Chilling with Larry from @americanair in the new first class pjs!! Hackathon is gettin real! twitter.com/ltcoleman/stat…
— Luke Coleman (@ltcoleman) March 10, 2013
Getting ready for the Hackathon to begin! #sxsw #sxswi #att #newAmerican instagr.am/p/WpKhc-SSj4/
— Luke Irvin (@thelukeirvin) March 9, 2013
@rleewatson is loving the Tesla S #sxswi #sxsw instagr.am/p/WnJNw_SSqp/
— Luke Irvin (@thelukeirvin) March 8, 2013
Had a blast working with @ltcoleman and @thelukeirvin at #newAmerican and AT&T #SWSWi hackathon
— Lee Watson (@rleewatson) March 10, 2013
Polishing code instagr.am/p/WsBMTioqXA/
— Lee Watson (@rleewatson) March 10, 2013
