Nontrivial Exercises

MyDreamApp Round 2 Voting Is Open, and Why You Should Pay Attention

Another week, another round of voting for MyDreamApp - the American Idol of Mac software development ideas. The field has been narrowed down from 24 to 18 contestants after round 1, and it’s time to take away another 6.

Here is everyone that is still standing at the beginning of Round 2:

I still like Mickey’s iVlog, Windy’s iStyleit, Dan’s Blossom and Farzad’s Portal. However, some of these are in danger of being eliminated. If you like any of these, or any of the others listed above, go vote!

Even if you’re not a Mac user, Mac owner or if you don’t even like fruit, you should pay attention to MyDreamApp. The concept of applying audience voting to application development is innovative and potentially lucrative. This first attempt at bringing a totally new idea to reality as a for-profit venture will be an interesting experiment and one, if successful, that will no doubt be repeated.

Next, MDA also highlights the power of ideas, as each of these contestants who have submitted ideas are simply the idea-generators, not the code generators. The winning idea will come to fruition at the nimble coding fingers of some already-selected and proven developers, not the person who had the idea.

Finally, the creation, participation by some of the Internet’s current pop icons and groundswell of response from the target audience - in this case semi-sophisticated and technical Mac users - reveals the potential that still exists for new an innovative uses for the computer. There are still many things that can be created that people will love and purchase.

Keep your eye on MDA - the innovative process, the winning idea and how that winning idea turns into a real application. This will definitely influence the future of application development in some way.

BTW, all voters in Round 2 will receive a free copy of Mori, the digital notebook and information collection application from HogBay Software. Voting ends Friday Sep 29 at 11:59 pm PDT.