MDC Gadget Cup
Rules and judging criteria, Your gadgets should ...
- Be
compelling enough to drive usage. Gadgets are useful only if users add
them to their desktop. Since adding a gadget to requires effort and
consumes valuable user-controlled real estate, users won’t do it unless
they perceive a clear and immediate benefit.
- Be cool. a large part of the gadget story is about coolness and buzz.
- Be fresh. The data displayed in the gadget should change at frequent intervals – ideally at least daily.
- Be
immediately useful. Users should receive value from the gadget alone –
it should not require them to go somewhere else in order to see useful
information.
- (Extra option)Drive traffic to your site(s).
Submission date will begin on the 21st of Jan. The deadline is 1st of Feb. Prize will be announced at Microsoft Egypt's MDC 2007! Good Luck!
Resources
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms723694.aspx
http://gallery.microsoft.com/default.aspx?l=1
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=1063&SiteID=1
Be the first one to build Gadget in the MiddleEast, and win a Zune player
For more information
http://www.mdcgadgetcup.com/