Exclusive: Interview with Two-Time Mod Dash Finalist, Margarita!

Margarita hails from Ukraine and will be traveling to Las Vegas next week for the 2010 TopCoder Open as a Mod Dash Finalist. Before she got busy packing, TopCoder asked her a few questions about 100 Apps in 100 Days.

TC: How is it going for you with the 100 Apps in 100 Days competition?
Margarita: I enjoy this competition! I’ve submitted several ideas to the contest and waiting for some feedback. Alcatel-Lucent APIs are great, especially location-based services API, I think there will be lots of great apps using their API.

TC: What is your favorite part about competitions like this?
Margarita: My favorite part is that you can think about the most crazy and surprising ideas. Contests like this make you use your fantasy and think of some innovations to ordinary things.

TC: What is currently your favorite app that you use daily?
Margarita: google chrome

TC: Let’s play the word association game! When I say a word, what is the first word that comes to your mind?

TC: Yellow
Margarita: Submarine

TC: Computer
Margarita: Internet

TC: Book
Margarita: Facebook

TC: Thanks Margarita! Good luck with 100 Apps in 100 Days and of course at the TCO10!