Software Dreams launches ‘My Dream App’ contest
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Aug 21, 2006 at 9:21am
Software entrepreneur Phill Ryu has announced “My Dream App,” a new competition that invites participants to submit their best ideas for a killer app. Contestants will compete for a chance to have their idea turned into a Mac shareware application and earn royalties on software sales, as well as take home prizes that include Macs and iPods.
Forty Mac developers, bloggers, user interface designers and Apple alumni have signed on to My Dream App as guest judge. They include Digg.com founder Kevin Rose, New York Times columnist and author David Pogue, former Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, according to Philip Ryu of My Dream App.
The initial entries will be narrowed down to 24 ideas by the My Dream App development team. Visitors of the site will then vote to decide which app ideas stay in competition and which get eliminated until three winning ideas remain. Feedback from guest judges and users will enable finalists to improve upon their original idea, Ryu says. Each finalist will maintain a blog on the My Dream App website to document progress.
Mac Jason Harris of Unsanity (ShapeShifter), Austin Sarner (AppZapper) and Martin Ott (SubEthaEdit) will develop the three winning ideas into Mac OS X shareware applications. Development will be managed by software vet and two-time Apple Design Award winner John Casasanta of Inventive (iClip).
Submissions are open to everyone beginning Aug. 21 and will be accepted through Aug. 30. After all submissions are reviewed, finalists will be announced. The first week of user voting will commence on Sept. 21.
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