Mayor Bloomberg announcing the new citywide social media channels at Tumblr’s HQ.
Like NYC on Facebook at facebook.com/nycgov
Follow @nycgov on Twitter at twitter.com/nycgov
Get the NYC badge on Foursquare foursquare.com/nycgov
Follow NYC on Tumblr nycgov.tumblr.com
Source: nycgov
BigApps: Advice from Previous Winner Ben Sann
We’re one week away from the deadline for NYC BigApps 3.0! To inspire this year’s competitors, we checked in with previous BigApps winners. Read on for thoughts from Ben Sann, founder and CEO of BestParking.com, whose Parking Finder app took Third Prize and the Investor’s Choice Award last year. BestParking takes the hassle out of finding parking in Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn by providing an interactive map of free, metered, and prohibited on-street parking for your precise stay, as well as the entrance location and calculated price of every off-street parking garage and lot.
What were the most important aspects of winning BigApps for you?
Recognition of BestParking.com’s efforts to improve the accessibility of parking information.
How has your app, company, or career evolved since winning BigApps?
We’ve expanded to additional cities and formed strong partnerships.
What are your future goals for your app, company, or self?
To provide high-quality parking information to motorists throughout North America.
Excluding your own, what’s your favorite BigApps app?
Roadify.
How do you like them apps? Check out our infographic to see how past NYC BigApps winners branched out to serve the different needs of New Yorkers.
BigApps by the numbers:
- 60 agencies, commissions and bids
- 750 city datasets tapped
- 140+ apps generated
- Nearly 14,000 voters and 5,000 followers
- Over $100,000 awarded in prizes
The benefits of the BigApps challenge? Improved citizen and city life; publicity and a chance to meet Mayor Bloomberg; and access to leading tech entrepreneurs and investors.
Submit your entry for this year’s challenge by January 25, 2012 at 5 PM EST.
On Saturday, January 7th at Pivotal Labs, NYC BigApps 3.0 Developer Day hosted about 85 developers, designers, and strategists making the final heroic push towards completing their apps. Fortified by delicious food, inspiring company, and troubleshooting NYC DoITT and API partners, attendees powered through the day. They finessed code, tweaked designs, gained new teammates, and received answers to tough questions.
Check out photos above. Remember, NYC BigApps submissions are due by January 25th, 5 PM EST. Good luck!
Credits: Top, bottom right photos by NYCEDC/Julie Chan; bottom left photo by NYCEDC/Betsy Scherzer
