Hey Frank
Due to the time demands on curating 30/40 posts, I can see why a time limit was put in place. I once ran a one hour contest with no notice and it worked pretty well!
The good thing is that I think the 'contest' was a positive thing, and there certainly seems like scope for more of the same. Perhaps the community could focus on a tag like #openmic next time?
I think a couple of things would be done slightly differently, but for the most part (as you can tell from the comments) this was a solid community building effort.
Have a good day in the sunshine, not jealous at all!
It's a great idea and I wanted to curate. Just wish I had seen it earlier. Did get to read some good posts here though. Keep up the good work.
All @llfarms and Bernie's work, I'm just providing a bit of moral support and a few token votes for the chief curator :)