Posted by Merrin
The holidays came early for Alvaro Videla in Shanghai, who won a $2000 Amazon gift certificate when he solved the Collecta XMPP API Real-Time Challenge two weeks ago.
Collecta invited developers to create plugins, webapps, or applications based on their XMPP API. Alvaro’s submission was the most successful across three significant dimensions: creativity, user adoption potential, and “real-timey-ness”. He describes the solution as a “Dashboard Widget for Mac OS X that allows you to search for terms using the Collecta XMPP API.” When the user submits a search term, the widget contacts the API to retrieve the archive and displays results in a scrolling list while simultaneously providing real-time information via XMPP. Users can pause/resume the flow of information, and specify the length of articles and a preference for images.
You can find more details about usage, see screenshots, and download the widgethere. Congratulations to Alvaro, and Happy New Year to the entire ChallengePost community!
Dec 29