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Wozniak to Judge American Idol-Inspired Mac App Contest

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the idol-wastes-of-time dept.

cmundhe writes "Mac entrepreneur Phill Ryu today launched My Dream App, a new American Idol-inspired online competition where contestants can win the chance to have their killer app idea realized by experienced Mac developers. Over forty industry luminaries, including Apple founder Steve Wozniak, have signed on to My Dream App as guest judges to help contestants hone their ideas."

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  1. Outsourcing gone mad or a good idea? by epo001 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm alternating between thinking that this idea is ridiculously stupid, or alternatively, truly inspired.

    I propose an optimisation, let the winner be the one with the best elevator pitch - "It's like excel meets my-space, you arrange your friends into rows and columns ..."

    just like high-concept movie ideas where a one-sentence summary gets turned into a 90-minute film.

  2. Non-coders aren't the problem... by stokes · · Score: 4, Interesting
    [1] I'm sorry, but if long experience developing has taught me anything, it's this: If you don't know how to code, and have no experience of coding, you have no idea what you want.
    I disagree. I think people who know how to code can sometimes get tunnel vision; they try to think of an idea but unconsciously return to what they know about coding -- standard UI widgets, common practices, how other applications they've written worked, et cetera. I sometimes get trapped like this myself. Someone who is just a user will describe what they want and not consider that stock widget x can't do what they're describing. The problem isn't people who don't know how to code, but people who don't think things through.