For me, 24 hours felt like too little to get something very cool out. However, I had the same mindset as you in that I felt a 40 hour or 48 hour hackathon I would never be able to stay up for. So, I decided to meet in the middle: 36 hours :)
The idea behind the tickets was that, this was first and foremost about programming, meaning I wanted designers and developers to make up the majority of the attendees. I felt while Startup Weekend was building a startup from scratch, this was about building a great product — and not having to worry as much about the marketing, business profitability, etc. I had also been scorned after going to a "Engineer and Entrepreneur meet and greet" in Ann Arbor and realized that everyone there was looking for a programmer, and there were no engineers/programmers at the event. My number one worry was that people would come and would all have ideas, but no one to build those ideas.
Thanks for the typo as well, we fixed it right away!
The idea behind the tickets was that, this was first and foremost about programming, meaning I wanted designers and developers to make up the majority of the attendees. I felt while Startup Weekend was building a startup from scratch, this was about building a great product — and not having to worry as much about the marketing, business profitability, etc. I had also been scorned after going to a "Engineer and Entrepreneur meet and greet" in Ann Arbor and realized that everyone there was looking for a programmer, and there were no engineers/programmers at the event. My number one worry was that people would come and would all have ideas, but no one to build those ideas.
Thanks for the typo as well, we fixed it right away!