In case you haven't heard, Mashable has teamed up with the Google Wave team for the Google Wave API Challenge, a month long contest for developers to create new extensions. The contest coincides with the recent release of the shiny new robots API, and it includes 3 main voting categories:
- Most Fun
- Most Useful
- Best Use of the Embed API
If you've been developing with any of the APIs (robots, gadgets, or wave embed), this is your chance to get some street cred as well as some nice prizes (including a ticket to the
Google I/O conference).
Already there are a few new creative extensions
showcased on Mashable. My favorite is
WaveTube, a YouTube player that displays a list of viewers in real time. The best touch is a gagdet that dynamically displays how far each participant is into watching the posted video. Clever, given that the extension provides some great context for all participants to get an idea of whether someone else has gotten a chance to watch all or part of a video.
So what are you waiting for? Get cracking on some code and submit your extension before April 9th. Here's hoping you win, in which case I'll see you at Google I/O!
