Application Development 2.0
Have you ever thought that you had a great idea for an application, but just didn’t know enough about development to actually implement the idea? Some creative thinkers and great developers in their own right have come up with a great idea on how to bring innovative ideas to fruition based on their popularity. It’s called MyDreamApp.
The idea is that anyone can submit ideas for applications - the focus is on Mac apps - and then the idea will go through rounds of judging similar to the American Idol concept. Eventually the field is narrowed down to the top 3 ideas, from which 1 winner is ultimately identified.
The developers who are heading this up will actually bring the idea into reality and to market, and the person who submitted the winning idea will receive 15% of the royalties from the app.
Phil Ryu, the co-developer of iClip, which just won the Apple award for Best Dashboard Widget at the recent WWDC, is the driving force and creator of MyDreamApp. The developers who will make the idea into a real app and the projects they’re currently associated with are Jason Harris, Shapeshifter; Austin Sarner, AppZapper; Martin Ott, SubEthaEdit; and John Casasanta, the other half of the iClip duo with Phil.
Some “celebrity” judges along the way will include Kevin Rose of Digg, Steve Wozniak of, well, computers, and NYT columnist David Pogue.
This should be fun to watch, so check it out and keep up with it. Also check out the TechCrunch and Digg stories about it. And, if you have a great idea for a Mac app, send it in!
1 Response to “Application Development 2.0”
[...] I previously mentioned the MyDreamApp contest to identify great ideas for new Mac applications. The analogy is American Idol for new software ideas, as we, the people, get to vote on which applications we think have the most potential. The winner will actually have his or her idea turned into a real software application. [...]