In case you haven’t been aware of it these past couple weeks, there’s been an awesome “American Idol meets Mac shareware” type contest going on, over at MyDreamApp.com.
To quote the site, My Dream App is “The event where 24 finalists compete for a chance to have their dream app made into reality.” I thing I’ve really liked about this contest is that just like in American Idol where the judges critique the singing, over these past several weeks various celebrities of the Apple and tech worlds have served as guest judges to comment on what in this case are software ideas. This week, among a few other judges (Amber MacArthur included), both Guy Kawasaki and Steve Wozniak are judging, as well as J Allard, creator of the Zune and Xbox! As cool of judges as there may be, the power to decide who wins ultimately lies in the users’ hands, and voting for my different faves has been really fun.
Now, what would a contest be without prizes? As the site description says, the last three remaining contestants, in addition to receiving a bunch of awesome Apple gear, will amazingly get their ideas developed by some of the most well-known Mac shareware developers into actual applications. But, for the winners, the fun doesn’t end here: they’re guaranteed royalties from sales of the apps, which will be shareware, for life.
The ideas submitted have been really creative, and most of them are apps I’d love to use. And even if you’ve missed out on voting so far, the final round isn’t over ’til Wednesday so there’s still plenty of time to sign up. So, what are you waiting for? Get to it
