Giveaway on DVLUP

March Lumia Giveaway

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000

UPDATE: The winner for March is Shawn Murphy, congratulations!

To reward developers staying active, I am giving away a Nokia Lumia (winner’s choice of the 1020, 928, 925 or 920). Eligibility is simple::

Publish or update a Windows Phone app between Feb 1st and March 31st
You live in one of the following states: MA, RI, CT, NH, ME, VT, MI, OH, IL or IN (USA state abbreviations, not countries).

If you can say yes to 1 and 2, send me an email to ext-lance.mccarthy at nokia dot com with the following information (deadline is March 31st):

Get It In The Store

Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

UPDATE: This event is sold-out! If you were not able to register in time and need help getting your app published, send me an email and I’ll help you directly.

WPDev Day

Me and several other experts will be spending 6 hours with you on Saturday February 1st, 2014 to help you over come any obstacles that is preventing you from publishing an app. If you do not have any apps in the works, then come and build an App Studio app with our help. Click the Eventbrite button above to get your ticket.

Everything Must Go!

Sun, 15 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

UPDATE The winners have been picked, congratulations to all (I emailed you directly if you were a winner)! If you did not win, keep your app up to date (update at least once every 60 days) and you’ll always be eligible for my giveaways.

I’m raffling off all my remaining gadgets and swag in two weeks (deadline is Dec 31st)! The only 2 conditions to enter are that you are in my region (see below) and that you published or updated an app in the last 6 months (since June 31st).

WpDev Success Kit

Sun, 08 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Now that you’re published, get this kit from my friends at Microsoft…

Get your app noticed with your personalized Windows Developer Success Kit. With customized promo materials specifically for your app, plus a little fun thrown in, we want to help you reap the rewards of your hard work.

Your Windows Developer Success Kit contains:

100 customized business cards with app tile & down…load directions for you to hand out
100 customized stickers with app tile to give away Promotion on MSDN East’s Facebook page facebook.com/msdneast
A $5.00 USD Starbucks card to keep you awake while you work on your next great app
1600 Xbox Live points for a gaming break between coding sessions

How to get your kit: Email: msdneast@Microsoft.com Include: Your name, your app name and deep link, your physical mailing address, and the workshop/city you attended if any.

Nokia DVLUP Day

Mon, 28 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Registration has ended!

UPDATE Registration is closed, the hard deadline for stragglers was 12:00 PM 11-16-2013. Thank you for making this one of the highest registered events I’ve ever held at 90% of max building capacity!

IMPORTANT: Make sure you are present at the welcome presentation at 10 AM on the 4th floor. You will learn the answer to a secret question that proves you attended.

Event Description

Learn to make amazing Windows Phone apps at Boston Nokia DVLUP Day and win big prizes just for participating. Nokia Ambassadors, Lance McCarthy and Nick Landry, will provide hands-on Windows Phone development training. Whether you’re a seasoned dev or don’t know a line of code, you will walk away with the ability to write an app.

Get Prototyping

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

UPDATE

This offer ends midnight, Sunday, October 20th, 2013. If you have been stalling, now is the time to get it finished up.

Here’s my current offer for all you devs who are sitting on the fence about creating a Windows Phone app:

I will give you a Nokia Premium Developer Program token ($1500 value) if you email me your working prototype for Windows Phone.

I’ll then help you finish the app by providing guidance, resources or whatever you need to get it ready for the store. You can use any number of resources to build this prototype:

Mini Code Camp

Sat, 03 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

I’m doing an awesome one-night mini-code camp on August 21st. Pascal Rettig (@cykod ), organizer of the Boston HTML5 Game Development meetup group, is giving me the floor to show you how to bring your awesome HTML5 skills to the fastest growing mobile platform , Windows Phone. Go here to sign up, it’s free

Before I explain what I’ll be showing you, check out the prizes I am giving away…

Awesome Giveaways!

I will be giving away some great stuff, including:

Giveaway Time!

Sat, 27 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

[UPDATE] Winners announced!

Congratulations to the following developers:

Jerrell Blankenship: JBL Powerup
Marcus Vaal: Wenger Computer Backpack
Anthony Russell: Wenger Computer Backpack
Gary Ritter Jr.: Nokia Wireless Charging Plate
Austin Andrews: Nokia Purity In-Ear Headphones

I will reach out via email to get your shipping info and color preference (if applicable).

Giveaway Details

Yep, it’s time again and it’s a good one! The picture shows what I am giving away on July 31st, 2013, here is the exact list:

Nokia Lumia 822 and Lumia 800 giveaway [winner!]

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

[UPDATE] We have a winner!

Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to get their first app in the Windows Phone Store! Keep it up, as I have many more contests coming up. Update your app entry with a new feature, or optimize it’s layout, to get the app ready for my next contest ;)

Now, without further ado, the winner of the June giveaway… drum roll… Richard Huang of Boston, MA. Here is a link to his Windows Phone app entry for the drawing. To everyone else who didn’t enter, if you’re a developer who fits the qualifications below, email me to get a head start on my next giveaway.

26.2 Smiles

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The Boston Marathon gives you 26.2 miles, but the The Boston Hackathon can give you 26.2 smiles!

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I am throwing a huge bash of a hackathon during the weekend of the marathon (april 13th - 14th). Awesome prizes awarded for your guts, and recognition for your glory. Just showing up proves your level of awesomeness, so you’ll get $1,500 worth of goodies just for building an app

Here’s a snapshot of the prizes:

Lumia 620 Giveaway

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

UPDATE: We have a winner! Congratulations Imran Shaquif, of Dangling Neuron, who has won the March Lumia 620 giveaway.

March Lumia 620 Giveaway

I am giving away a Lumia 620 to a lucky WPDev.

The rules are simple:

You have published a new Windows Phone app (starting Feb 1st 2013)
You live in the US and are not in California, Texas or New York
You’re a member of Nokia’s https://www.dvlup.com (Go to https://www.dvlup.com and register, you don’t need a code anymore)

If you meet these conditions, send the following information to ext-lance.mccarthy (at) Nokia.com:

Rewarding Quality

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Offer ends Feb 11th, 2013 5:00 PM PST

So you’ve published an app and you’ve worked hard to keep its rating at 4+ stars. You’ve had at least 50 ratings, proving that it’s not a fluke. Now what? Let me bring you into the fold of the elite.

You and your app will get:

Windows Phone Store Placement
App Highlights Placement (Nokia’s app that is preinstalled on all new Nokia Lumias)
NAX Credits for you to advertise your app in other apps

So if you meet the conditions (has minimum 50 ratings, is currently 4 stars or higher, and you’re DVLUP member or eligible to be) send me an email ext-lance.mccarthy@nokia.com

An Offer You Can't Refuse

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000

One of my responsibilities as a Nokia Developer Ambassador is to help developers get started. I thought to myself, what better way to welcome new developers than give them a new phone and a DevCenter Token ($99 value) or a Nokia Premium Developer Program token ($1,500 value) for building your first Windows Phone app. I will knight you into the brotherhood of Windows Phone developers by giving you one of those sweet prizes and I made it as simple as possible to get one. If you are in my Ambassador area of coverage (see the bottom of the post for regions) send me an email to get started. Here are the three easy-breezy categories:

How Rad is your app?

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

I have another giveaway and challenge for my developers today. In addition to being a Nokia Developer Ambassador, I work full time as a XAML Support Specialist at Telerik, yep the awesome RadControls people. So, I’d like to ask you, “How Rad is your app?”

I don’t want this post to sound like an ad, but rather a testimonial. That’s why I make it a point to say that I used the RadControls long before I became an employee, their components are a powerful, indispensable part of my development toolbox. The RadControls make your app look like you had a whole team of designers. I just released an app powered by the RadControls, “Conferenced In”. Get it here so you can follow along with this post as I make a simple comparison.

To 3 or not to 3, that is the question

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Huh? Unless you were one of the developers I just gave codes to join the new Nokia program DVLUP , the title of this post makes no sense. So, what am I talking about?

If you build and publish 3 Windows Phone apps for me, I will give you a Nokia Lumia 800.

If you build and publish 5 windows Phone apps for me, I will give you a Nokia Lumia 900.

You have apps and I have phones, let's MeetUp!

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

If you’re going to be in the Boston area on Thursday December 6th, come on over to Microsoft Research & Development in Cambridge (NERD). I’m doing a 90 minute group explaining how Nokia’s new developer program (DVLUP) works and what it can do for you. I’ll also be introducing you to other the new stuff Nokia is providing for developers, most of it unprecedented and groundbreaking. Nokia fully believes in the fact that if you give developers the tools and resources, they will produce amazing apps.

I want to give you a white Nokia Lumia 900!

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Yep, you heard right. I really, really want to give away two Nokia Lumias (First place get a 900 and second place gets an 800). I need you to do something for me in return, build a winning app! So how do you win? There are two ways, one device for each of the following categories:

Create an awesome app for Windows Phone from scratch
Port your existing Android/iOS app to Windows Phone

Even if you don’t win a top prize this contest, you will be ready for my next giveaway. Bring the apps and I’ll bring the swag!