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Well, it’s been two months of an insane ride, and we’re finally ready to annouce the My Dream App contest winners!
Tensions ran high, and by the end, even though we had far more voters this round than any before (nearly 14,000), things were much closer than anyone anticipated.
We know exactly how important this is to everyone involved, so we made absolutely sure that the results are fair. (Wouldn’t want a winnner take a spot away based on fraudulent votes.) Unfortunately, we found a couple of fraud attempts which we needed to neutralize, and they were enough to swing the finalists.
And now, without further ado, our runner-ups, and winners of a sparkly new Mac mini:
Third runner up: Dan Lundmark, Blossom, with 3868 votes (11.32%)
Second runner up: Richard Whitelock, Whistler, with 5401 votes (15.81%)
First runner up: Kevin Capizzi, Hijack, with 6104 votes (17.86%)
And the winners! These apps have fought their way through five grueling rounds of eliminations and the public has voted them the most compelling, most interesting, and most wanted.
Each of our winners will receive a MacBook and 15% royalties on their applications.
Third Place: Michael Yuan, Cookbook, with 6109 votes (17.88%)
Second Place: Farzad Sadjadi, Portal, with 6122 votes (17.92%)
First Place: Cameron Westland, Atmosphere, with 6566 votes (19.22%)
Congrats, you’ll be hearing from us very soon!
For the rest of you… a huge thanks for going along with us on this ride. These ideas and votes were yours, and now the second phase of My Dream App begins: application development. I’ll be posting soon about our plans for this. Thanks again!
