Ben Metcalfe Joins Judging Panel for Presdo iPhone 3G Contest
We’re very pleased and excited to announce the first judge for the Presdo iPhone 3G Contest, Ben Metcalfe.
For those who don’t know Ben, he currently advises MySpace on their platform, including their integration with Google OpenSocial. Ben also works with Seesmic, a video conversation startup headed by Loic Le Meur. Before becoming involved with these companies, Ben also worked at the BBC in London for six years, including helping to setup and run their developer network BBC Backstage. Ben is the co-founder and lead consultant of Swordfish Corp, which specializes in providing companies with strategic advice around open platforms and developer networks.
We’re really excited to have Ben as a judge because of his extensive experience on having worked on so platforms, especially as it applies to social media and social networks. He’s going to keenly judge the potential of our contestant’s entries and help select the most deserving winners.
More judges will be announced soon.
Eric Ly
Founder/CEO, Presdo
July 7th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
[…] Presdo, the online scheduling company created by LinkedIn co-founder Eric Ly, is looking to third-party developers to liberate Presdo from the company’s own Web site into social networks, blogs and beyond. The Mountain View, Calif. startup has released application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow developers to integrate Presdo into other Web sites through Facebook applications, WordPress plug-ins, Google Calendar Gadgets and more. To create a little more incentive, the company is holding a contest for the best Presdo integrations, with iPhone 3Gs offered as the prizes for the top three developers. Ly says Presdo is putting together a top-notch panel to choose the winners — Ben Metcalfe of Swordfish Corp., who advises MySpace on platform issues, has just been announced as …. […]
July 7th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
[…] pretty good to me, so I was delighted to accept Presdo founder Eric Ly’s request to be a judge for the competition. Yes, that sadly means I can’t win one of those little […]