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Oct 24 2006

Woz, Kawasaki judge My Dream App finals

My Dream App, a Mac contest in search of the next killer app, features Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki, and Xbox and zune creator J. Allard as guest judges for its final round. Visitors can vote for their 3 favorite app ideas, and receive free licenses to both Overflow 2 and the Apple Design Award winning PhotoPresenter. Voting is open until Wednesday at 8:00 PM EDT, at which point the three winners will be announced. The winners, who will have emerged from an initial pool of more than 2,700 entrants, will see their app idea realized as a Mac shareware application and earn royalties on sales.

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Sep 22 2006

My Dream App Begins Public Voting (Plus, Free Pzizz!)

They’ve started public voting at My Dream App, and now it’s up to you to pick your favorite finalists and determine which contestants move on to round 2.

If you haven’t seen this before, My Dream App is a competition for users who have submitted application ideas for the chance to have them made by an experienced development team.

They’ve also gathered a group of high-profile Mac developer guest judges to comment on today’s round of finalists, including Delicious Monster’s Wil Shipley, Panic’s Cabel Sasser, The Omnigroup’s Ken Case, Quicksilver’s Nick Jitkoff, and many many more.

Go vote for your favorites, and get your free copy of the critically acclaimed pzizz ($40)!

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Aug 21 2006

My Dream App– American Idol for Software Launches

My Dream App launched today, best described as a mix between American Idol and software development. Basically, users are encouraged to send in their best ideas for apps they’d like to see made, and after 24 finalists are picked out by our staff, the three ideas that get the most votes through elimination rounds will be made into fullblown shareware apps for OS X by three experienced developers: Austin Sarner (AppZapper), Jason Harris (ShapeShifter), and Martin Ott (SubEthaEdit), with development managed by recent Apple Design Award winner John Casasanta of iClip. Not to mention, of course, a bunch of iPods and Macs we have as prizes.

The coolest part? There’s 40 Mac celebrity guest judges who have joined to provide their input on the finalist ideas for each of the five elimination rounds. Among them are NYT columnist and popular author David Pogue, original Mac evangelist Guy Kawasaki, This Week in Tech host Leo Laporte, and even Apple co-found Steve Wozniak! Here’s what Steve says about the event:

“It’s always fun when someone innovates in the computer world. My Dream App is doing that by turning software design and development on its head. It’s going to be interesting to see how this all turns out.”

Hope to see you guys coming up with some great ideas, and voting for your favorites later on!

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