Build 24 - The 24 hour non-stop coding competition

Last week at Microsoft India we had a 24 hour non-stop coding competition named Build 24. It was one of the most amazing things I had seen in a long time. Initially we got luke-warm response and a very few teams signed-up. However, in the morning when the competition started we soon had 36 teams and 150 people signed up.

All of the folks gathered in a room and started working non-stop for 24 hours on their ideas and pet projects. The next day at noon each team presented their ideas, half-finished work and for some folks fully working stuff to a set of MS India execs. They were exalted with what they saw and anounced the prizes. Guess what, we won too!!!! Unfortunately I can't disclose what we developed but I can give a hint. Its on the wishlist of every coder under the "I'd one day create a ...
" heading. I sincerely hope that we are able to give better shape to this one day...