{"id":533,"date":"2012-02-05T08:38:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-05T14:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/rootstech-announces-winners-of-the-developer-challenge\/"},"modified":"2013-07-05T15:39:20","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T20:39:20","slug":"rootstech-announces-winners-of-the-developer-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/rootstech-announces-winners-of-the-developer-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"RootsTech Announces Winners of the Developer Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>I received the following details after the winners were announced at Friday\u2019s keynote session.\u00a0 Some of these look pretty interesting.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the winners of the of the <a href=\"mailto:harrisena@gmail.com\">RootsTech Developer Challenge<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>First Place: Jimmy Zimmerman, NoteFuser<\/strong> \u2013 NoteFuser connects your Evernote\u00ae notes to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/\">Geni.com<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/new.familysearch.org\/en\/\">new.FamilySearch.org<\/a> person records. It also allows you to easily create Evernote\u00ae powered research logs and other notes with one click.\u00a0 Make sure you watch the NoteFuser Demo video on the homepage <a href=\"http:\/\/notefuser.herokuapp.com\/\">http:\/\/notefuser.herokuapp.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Place: Brooke Schreier Ganz, LeafSeek<\/strong> \u2013 LeafSeek helps you turn your genealogical or historical record collections into searchable online databases. 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