6th or 7th Place Out of 30+ at GTUG Developers Weekend

Despite barely making it to the big show, with the founders testing the game just twice prior to demo time, the new Whizzlr quizbot made a very respectable showing at yesterday's GTUG competition, placing either 6th or 7th (judging by an eyeball estimate of # of vote pins in their cup and the fact that the judges placed us just outside the group of three cups that tied for third place) out of 30+ solid demos.

Due to interest and encouragement from other participants and developers, Team Whiz plans to ongoing development of The Whizzlr bot and multiple quiz versions/gadget-based interfaces prior to the rumored launch of the Wave Marketplace.

Please let them know if you've got any quiz suggestions or would like to partner in development of more complex Wave application suites.

Miracle at 1400 Crittenden: Whizzlr Hits the Big Stage!!

Team Whizzlr is breathing a deep sigh of relief as the final pieces of their collaborative gaming robot came together just in time for the GTUG Demo Presentation!

"We couldn't have done it without the help of the GTUG organizers and participants," glowed team Communicator Alvis Brigis, "Thank you to all and please vote for Team #43!"

Voting commences immediately following the conclusion of the demo (5 more minutes and counting).

20 Minutes 'til Showtime, Still No Whiz!

Other media outlets are reporting that TeamWhiz has yet to complete initial coding of the Whizzlr Alpha bot. With less than 20 minutes remaining until showtime, things are not looking good.

After an intense weekend of development, could this spell the end for TeamWhiz and all the future Whizzlrs of the world?

Update: The presentations have begun and still no Whizzlr. But CTO Alvo Stockman assures us that it's just on the verge of existing for the first time. It's now a real-deal race against the clock. Accordingly, TeamWhiz has signed up for one of the later presentation spots and is encouraging other presenters to go over their time limit...

New Whizzlr Logo Revealed

Our source has sent over this updated logo version:

Interview w/ GTUG Organizer Kevin Nielsen

Here's a GTUG update from our good friends at Carticipate:

TeamWhiz in Crisis - Deployment Version Limit Reached

Inside sources inform us that TeamWhiz has unexpectedly hit a version limit while constructing their forthcoming Wave product and that Team Whiz CTO Alvo Stockman has ceased all coding duties in a quick quest for information and reassurance.

Will this mark the end for The Whizzlr?

OMG!! Official Wizzlr Logos LEAKED!!

Just three hours prior to the GTUG Demo Finals we've received several images of what clearly appears to be the official Whizzlr logo. Though we've entered into negotiations with TeamWhiz to limit the extent of this leak, we have decided to post the following four core logo concepts.

TeamWhiz Creative Designer Alex Hagelis was not available for immediate comment.

Which logo sits best with you?

UPDATE: Whizzlr Alpha Launch Pushed to 2pm

Un-named sources inside TeamWhiz relay that Alpha launch has officially been postponed to 2pm PST.

BREAKING: Whizzlr Alpha Delayed

TeamWhiz regrettably announces a slight delay in the deployment of Whizzlr Alpha.

Neck-deep in code, CTO Alvo Stockman reports, "It's not easy to change the world in just one weekend, so just hold your horses and get the f*ck out of my face as I finish this revolutionary sh!t."

Team Diplomat Alvis Brigis reassures, "Rest assured, Alvo stressing does not diminish the fact that Whizzlr Alpha will launch at some point prior to the GTUG Campout Demo Session, where it will bring smiles to many faces and silence the shouts of all the Wave haters out there. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel."

On a more positive note, TeamWhiz Creative Director Alex Hagelis heralds, "We've finally got the icon working. It may seem like one small step for Wave, but it's a giant step for future Whizzlrs everywhere."

Hagelis is careful to remind us that "this is simply not your typical whiz":

Whizzlr Alpha Going Live at Noon(ish)

40+ hours into the Google Technology User Group (GTUG) Campout, Team Whiz is proud to announce the forthcoming uber-Alpha demo release of Whizzlr, a Google Wave application that taps the whizdom of your friends and peers through real-time, ticking-clock trivia.

In theory, the new Robot will permit a single Wave participant to engage 2-50+ users in a fully synchronized live quiz competition. Users will see a series of media-enhanced questions, served up in quick succession by Whizzlr, and enter their answers directly through the Wave. Along the way, Whizzlr will calculate and announce not only the winner (fastest + most accurate), but also a Crowd IQ (how accurate was the averaged group response) and a King Whizzlr (person consistently closest to the group average).

Whizzlr Trivia will be enhanced by embedded images (eventually video + audio) and will be accessible anywhere that you can place a Wave. Wave account users will be able to participate through Waves embedded in blogs, wikis, websites, other software applications and, of course, their own Waveboxes.

Alpha testers, please stand by. In just an hour or so, you too will be able to Tap the Whizdom.