Two DreamApps that need to see the light of day.

There is a contest going on right now called MyDreamApp, in the spirit of American Idol. The concept is that 24 people come up with cool ideas for applications, and every week they get voted on and a few get eliminated. When the contest is over, the three ‘best’ applications will remain, and they will be developed by a team of four and then actually be published as shareware (with royalties being paid to the contest winners).

The original entries range from the ridiculously complicated (such as Minerva, which would really require heavy AI in order to successfully pull off) to the cute (PuppetConstructor), to the YALOA (iStyleIt, iGotPets).

It’s down to just nine applications now, and I want some of them to be developed. Because I want to use them. I want to use them right now.

I encourage you to go read through the ideas. These two in particular stand out for me, and I’m hoping they’ll win:

Hijack is a desktop interface for internet forums. I don’t keep up with as many forums as I used to, partially because it’s annoying to have to visit every site and remember all of my logins. Putting them all in one place, with one unified interface, is genius. I want to start using this two years ago.

Whistler is one of those ‘why didn’t I think of that’ sorts of applications. I can’t count the number of times I’ve made up a neat tune in my head and lost it while trying to translate it to notes on a piano. An application that will automagically do it for me is worth $25 easy.

My prediction is that Cookbook, Hijack, and Atmosphere are going to take the prizes. I’m really hoping that someone pulls Whistler out of their hat, though.