What was the state of independent Mac software before iOS? We find out by returning to the 2006 competition My Dream App, featuring productivity plants, syncing in space, and meteorological eye candy.

Followup

• @waynedixon: Hotline also on Windows
• Ed's Hotline usage
  • Avaraline (community)
  • Avaraline (protocol)
  • Avara and its python clone
  • screenshot of Ed's sweet setup

My Dream App

• digg [Wikipedia] [WayBack]
• organizers
  • Phill Ryu
    • MacThemes
    • Widget Machine
    • Impending (Clear, Hatch, Heads Up)
  • John Casasanta
    • iClip
    • tap tap tap
    • MacHeist
• developers
  • Austin Sarner
    • AppZapper
    • Disco
  • Jason Harris
    • Chicken of the VNC
    • ShapeShifter
  • Martin Ott
    • SubEthaEdit
• the Dream Apps
  • Blossom
  • Whistler
  • Hijack
  • Cookbook
  • Portal
  • Atmosphere