If you want something done right, you’ve got to do it yourself. And sometimes, that involves writing the software.This is
the most
interesting online contest I’ve seen (or judged) in a long time: MyDreamApp.com. Macintosh-based dreamers were invited to submit their best ideas fora program that doesn’t yet exist. Round by round, viewers voted fortheir favorites. Celebrity judges weighed in, but the people were theonly ones allowed to vote.Now only a handful of entries are left—and they are REALLY wild and interesting ideas for
programs. (My fave: Blossom.) Voting is winding down. Everyone who votes gets free licenses for coolshareware programs; the last 24 finalists get iPods, Mac Minis orlaptops; and the winner—of course—gets to see his fantasy programactually written and released to the world. Now how ‘bout a similar contest for Windows fans?