In the past couple of days, I have had the great pleasure of having post-N2Y4 conversations with John Zoltner (a project representative from DatAgro) and Emily Jacobi (a project representative from Digital Democracy's Handheld Human Rights).

I am so excited to see the global faces and issues represented by the featured project introductions (adding to the excitement was the fact that the first presenters delivered and translated their introduction in French, included a "Yes We Can" reference, and incorporated a direct threat to tyranny in the Ivory Coast. Amazing.) While there is a lot of representation here from the states, this group is truly a global one in heart and representation.

 

Nokia’s Calling All Innovators contest is a global developer competition that challenges developers to create applications and services that will enhance the use of mobile devices in real-world scenarios.

The competition is open in the following three categories:

I'm a bit slow on the uptake on this one, but be sure to check out The iPhone Gold Rush, an article about iPhone app development in last Friday's New York Times.

The article highlights some anecdotal development success stories, and mentions an iPhone programming class currently being held at Stanford.

 

Nokia’s Calling All Innovators contest is a global developer competition that challenges developers to create applications and services that will enhance the use of mobile devices in real-world scenarios.

The competition is open in the following three categories:

Ben Rigby and Jacob Colker, our BFFs over at The Extraordinaries, very recently won $25,000 at the WeMedia Pitch It Competition.