Paul Walsh, the Irish Opportunist

O2 Litmus, a new developers’ portal to help mobile application developers and content providers sell direct to consumer, whilst getting the attention of O2’s new business development team, held a Hack Day at The O2 today. This is an iniative I’m behind 100%, as it helps everyone to generate more revenue whilst providing customers with more choice. It’s yet another distribution channel which I think developers should get behind.

5 companies pitched their ideas to a panel of 5 judges, of which, I was one, with the infamous Ewan Spence being the magical compere. Below are the three winners.

1st

Mark Kirby and Antony Ribot from ribot. Their Twitter details are @markirby and @ribot.

Pitch

Call and text your jet-setting dopplr friends from your mobile.

2nd

Adam Cohen-Rose from KiTZOOM. His Twitter screen name is @adamcohenrose.

Pitch

Share your train journeys on twitter with myRail Lite on iPhone. Click the Tweet button on your departure, select your destination and carriage and it will send a tweet for you. Also see which train your friends are on and track them as they go.

3rd

Tim Langley from magami. His Twitter screen name is @TimLangley.

Idea in less than 240 characters
Environmental parking monitor
Uses LBS and match supply and demand
$500 mod for hire

Oh, by the way, I won 2 tickets with VIP passes to the Cold Play concert at The O2 for this Sunday