[Year 12 SofDev] App My State competition now open

[Mark KELLY]

Hmmm.  Veeeery interestink.  Some of this data might well be useful for an
ITA database task!

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Donna Benjamin <donna at cc.com.au> wrote:

> ----- Forwarded by David Thomas/MMV/DSD on 01/03/2010 09:45 AM -----
>
> Hi all,
>
> App My State is officially open! Check out the media release below,
> competition website, data.vic.gov.auand follow us on Twitter @appmystate
> for details.
>
> http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/app-my-state.html
>
> http://www.data.vic.gov.au
>
> http://twitter.com/appmystate
>
> Cheers
>
> Luella
>
> Media release From the Premier of Victoria
>
> Friday, 26 February, 2010
>
> APP MY STATE COMPETITION KICKS OFF WITH $100,000 IN PRIZES
>
> Premier John Brumby today launched the world’s biggest apps competition
> App My State and encouraged entries from Victoria’s IT experts and
> novices alike.
>
> Mr Brumby said the App My State competition would encourage Victorians
> to create new and innovative ways to use government information and
> provide services to help other Victorians.
>
> “The contest is open to all Victorian residents and offers a share in
> the $100,000 in prizes for individuals or teams to build the best new
> applications for Victorians,” Mr Brumby said.
>
> “Today we are also releasing over 90 Victorian Government datasets to
> encourage new applications to be created.”
>
> Mr Brumby said the datasets can be found at www.data.vic.gov.au from
> today.
>
> Information and Communication Technology Minister John Lenders said the
> competition would encourage talented Victorians to combine their
> innovative ideas with their ICT skills to create useful solutions to
> life’s little problems.
>
> “The grand prize winner will receive $35,000 in cash prizes – the
> largest prize pool awarded in this type of competition in the world. The
> judges will also award a second place prize of $15,000 and a third place
> of $10,000,” Mr Lenders said.
>
> “Those under 26 are also eligible to win $15,000 in prizes, with the top
> prize awarded $5,000 in cash and a $5,000 hi-tech pack featuring a Cisco
> Flip Video camcorder, Apple MacBook Pro, PlayStation 3, Apple iPhone
> 16GB and the second prize awarded a hi-tech pack.
>
> “All entries will also be eligible for a $10,000 Popular Choice prize,
> which rewards the most popular applications as voted on by the Victorian
> public.”
>
> Mr Lenders said additional prizes would also be awarded to entrants who
> simply came up with innovative ideas for new applications.
>
> “The competition is not limited to those with tech skills – we also have
> a category for the best ideas, with prizes worth up to $1,000 to be
> won,” Mr Lenders said.
>
> “We have recruited some of Victoria’s leading innovators to judge the
> competition - Peter Williams - web 2.0 guru and Director at Deloitte
> Digital, Marc Edwards from iPhone application developer Bjango, Kate
> Kendall from Niche Media and Georgia Webster from RRR’s Byte into IT –
> and I am a judge too.”
>
> Mr Lenders said the judges would be looking for unique applications that
> pay particular attention to innovation, design and development,
> usefulness, accessibility and general excellence.
>
> Minister for Innovation, Environment and Climate Change Gavin Jennings
> called on Victorians to get behind the competition.
>
> “We are also offering a special $10,000 sustainability category for apps
> that look at ways to encourage Victorians to be more environmental
> sustainability in the home, business or community,” Mr Jennings said.
>
> Entries close at noon on Friday 23 April 2010. To read the full rules of
> the competition and to App My State
> visitwww.premier.vic.gov.au/premier/app-my-state.html
>
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