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Tell HN: Launch an App month, Ship it in the next 30 days

19 points by aymeric 15y ago

Hi, This is this month of the year again. (last year's thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1773398) The objective is to launch an app this month. I have set up this page to keep each other accountable: http://goalstribe.com/join/november What will you launch? (I will work on a business process documentation app)

brackin 15y ago
Go on then, going to launch an app that sorts the problem of finding places to work when you travel or aren't always in one place.
byoung2 15y ago
I'm going to work on an app that simplifies project management when outsourcing (think Jira plus Amazon Mechanical Turk)
- aymeric 15y ago
  Interesting, any url where I can subscribe to?
  - byoung2 15y ago
    Not yet, but I'll be sure to post on HN as soon as I have something concrete!
- irunbackwards 15y ago
  Have you seen what Phillip Rosedale (Second Life) is doing at Love Machine / The Worklist? https://www.worklist.net/worklist/ https://www.worklist.net/worklist/ He talks about it the first time he was interviewed on Foundation by Kevin Rose -- http://foundation.kr/3/ http://foundation.kr/3/
  - byoung2 15y ago
    Thanks for sharing that...I hadn't heard of the Worklist, but I'll definitely draw some inspiration from it.
jefflinwood 15y ago
I'm working on a web dev toolkit resource site to keep up with all the new changes in front end development (especially if, like me, you're not a full-time front end web developer)
ecaroth 15y ago
I'm launching an app in web, extension, and desktop form to help keep you healthy, fit, stress-free, and prevent strain/injury during your desk-bound workday
anujkk 15y ago
I'll launch a web app that will let users discover music on basis of its emotional aspect(for example, sad songs, patriotic songs) and will let them create playlist and share it with friends on facebook.
- dchuk 15y ago
  might want to check this out first: http://www.stereomood.com/ http://www.stereomood.com/
  - anujkk 15y ago
    Nice site. I will use it as a reference but I'm sure I can do it a lot better. :)
- mattblalock 15y ago
  How about editable playlists? Allow users to make suggested revisions and additions, letting a playlist evolved without the OP... I've longed for someone to do it... something akin to StereoMood with a little bit of TurnTable.fm activity to it.
  - anujkk 15y ago
    What do you mean by editable playlist? Are you suggesting to let users update each other's playlist? My app will have a global song database with emo-tags(user generated) attached to songs. It will let user maintain their own playlist, import songs from other public playlists or site's global playlists.
    - mattblalock 15y ago
      Yeah, community playlists. StereoMood sort of does it... I think more with tags, like you suggest. I always want something me and my music nerd friends can play with and share. Like keep a playlist going in the office but let any people add to it. Google Docs for playlists?
smashing 15y ago
I am going to launch an App that will create and launch an App. It will be sentient enough to terminate itself if it isn't being productive enough.
secos 15y ago
I'm so happy to see people still doing this. (I'm also launching at least one (maybe 3 - sigh don't ask) apps this month.
mattblalock 15y ago
I'm launching an app to organize & evaluate business ideas. For updates: http://mattblalock.com/blog/idea-tracking/ http://mattblalock.com/blog/idea-tracking/
- anujkk 15y ago
  Good luck. I'll definitely use it. I've also thought about working on something similar. I even designed few pages but eventually dropped the idea to work on other interesting projects. Here are the designs(you can use it if it is of any help) - Home Page - http://anujkumar.com/ideaproject/index.png http://anujkumar.com/ideaproject/index.png Profile Page - http://anujkumar.com/ideaproject/user.png http://anujkumar.com/ideaproject/user.png
instakill 15y ago
I'm launching a market research app.
- aymeric 15y ago
  Sounds interesting, any url I can go to?
dholowiski 15y ago
Hm... missed it by a month. I soft launched http://onepix.me http://onepix.me yesterday (developed through october), it's instant notifications (SMS, Email) when select web pages are viewed.
rcavezza 15y ago
I'm working on an app that automatically saves you money per click on Adwords and adCenter
- aymeric 15y ago
  Really? Send me a link once ready...
  - rcavezza 15y ago
    Will do.
bradbeattie 15y ago
I'm a few days early, but on the 30th I launched a new version of https://modernballots.com https://modernballots.com, an app for running elections with the Schulze Method and its multiple winner counterparts. Among other enhancements, I've added a mobile CSS and I've added 3 key branches of functionality it didn't have before. Any feedback would be appreciated.
pbackx 15y ago
I will be launching http://www.expensesspreadsheet.net http://www.expensesspreadsheet.net (not live yet) It's an expense tracking application. Entirely focused on the way I personally track my expenses (but couldn't find anywhere else). And now I'd like to see if other people like it too. The web app itself is a node.js application on Heroku. It's 80% finished. I have done a little market research, but still need to do a lot more (currently I'm thinking about focusing on the "early retirement extreme crowd"). I'm also not sure yet how and if I'll monetize it.
rudasn 15y ago
http://www.getbluebird.com http://www.getbluebird.com I'm working on a better way to communicate with your team and partners and manage your projects. I've been thinking about this for about a month and yesterday wrote my first line of code. Let's see if I can ship something by the end of the month.
MattBearman 15y ago
I just launched DashPoll - http://dashpoll.com http://dashpoll.com - its a free API based poll/survey app. Idea to launch was 10 hours, albeit spread over a week or so. I'd love to get some feedback.
- bradbeattie 15y ago
  Hey Matt. Looks like you and I worked on similar things here. I'd very much suggest that you provide your voters with the opportunity to express more than a single preference. Single response question: What month were you born? Multiple response question: What would improve DashPoll?

19 points by aymeric 15y ago

brackin 15y ago

Go on then, going to launch an app that sorts the problem of finding places to work when you travel or aren't always in one place.

byoung2 15y ago

I'm going to work on an app that simplifies project management when outsourcing (think Jira plus Amazon Mechanical Turk)

aymeric 15y ago
Interesting, any url where I can subscribe to?
- byoung2 15y ago
  Not yet, but I'll be sure to post on HN as soon as I have something concrete!
irunbackwards 15y ago
Have you seen what Phillip Rosedale (Second Life) is doing at Love Machine / The Worklist? https://www.worklist.net/worklist/ https://www.worklist.net/worklist/ He talks about it the first time he was interviewed on Foundation by Kevin Rose -- http://foundation.kr/3/ http://foundation.kr/3/
- byoung2 15y ago
  Thanks for sharing that...I hadn't heard of the Worklist, but I'll definitely draw some inspiration from it.

jefflinwood 15y ago

I'm working on a web dev toolkit resource site to keep up with all the new changes in front end development (especially if, like me, you're not a full-time front end web developer)

ecaroth 15y ago

I'm launching an app in web, extension, and desktop form to help keep you healthy, fit, stress-free, and prevent strain/injury during your desk-bound workday

anujkk 15y ago

I'll launch a web app that will let users discover music on basis of its emotional aspect(for example, sad songs, patriotic songs) and will let them create playlist and share it with friends on facebook.

dchuk 15y ago
might want to check this out first: http://www.stereomood.com/ http://www.stereomood.com/
- anujkk 15y ago
  Nice site. I will use it as a reference but I'm sure I can do it a lot better. :)
mattblalock 15y ago
How about editable playlists? Allow users to make suggested revisions and additions, letting a playlist evolved without the OP... I've longed for someone to do it... something akin to StereoMood with a little bit of TurnTable.fm activity to it.
- anujkk 15y ago
  What do you mean by editable playlist? Are you suggesting to let users update each other's playlist? My app will have a global song database with emo-tags(user generated) attached to songs. It will let user maintain their own playlist, import songs from other public playlists or site's global playlists.
  - mattblalock 15y ago
    Yeah, community playlists. StereoMood sort of does it... I think more with tags, like you suggest. I always want something me and my music nerd friends can play with and share. Like keep a playlist going in the office but let any people add to it. Google Docs for playlists?

smashing 15y ago

I am going to launch an App that will create and launch an App. It will be sentient enough to terminate itself if it isn't being productive enough.

secos 15y ago

I'm so happy to see people still doing this. (I'm also launching at least one (maybe 3 - sigh don't ask) apps this month.

mattblalock 15y ago

I'm launching an app to organize & evaluate business ideas. For updates: http://mattblalock.com/blog/idea-tracking/ http://mattblalock.com/blog/idea-tracking/

anujkk 15y ago
Good luck. I'll definitely use it. I've also thought about working on something similar. I even designed few pages but eventually dropped the idea to work on other interesting projects. Here are the designs(you can use it if it is of any help) - Home Page - http://anujkumar.com/ideaproject/index.png http://anujkumar.com/ideaproject/index.png Profile Page - http://anujkumar.com/ideaproject/user.png http://anujkumar.com/ideaproject/user.png

instakill 15y ago

I'm launching a market research app.

aymeric 15y ago
Sounds interesting, any url I can go to?

dholowiski 15y ago

Hm... missed it by a month. I soft launched http://onepix.me http://onepix.me yesterday (developed through october), it's instant notifications (SMS, Email) when select web pages are viewed.

rcavezza 15y ago

I'm working on an app that automatically saves you money per click on Adwords and adCenter

aymeric 15y ago
Really? Send me a link once ready...
- rcavezza 15y ago
  Will do.

bradbeattie 15y ago

I'm a few days early, but on the 30th I launched a new version of https://modernballots.com https://modernballots.com, an app for running elections with the Schulze Method and its multiple winner counterparts. Among other enhancements, I've added a mobile CSS and I've added 3 key branches of functionality it didn't have before. Any feedback would be appreciated.

pbackx 15y ago

I will be launching http://www.expensesspreadsheet.net http://www.expensesspreadsheet.net (not live yet) It's an expense tracking application. Entirely focused on the way I personally track my expenses (but couldn't find anywhere else). And now I'd like to see if other people like it too. The web app itself is a node.js application on Heroku. It's 80% finished. I have done a little market research, but still need to do a lot more (currently I'm thinking about focusing on the "early retirement extreme crowd"). I'm also not sure yet how and if I'll monetize it.

rudasn 15y ago

http://www.getbluebird.com http://www.getbluebird.com I'm working on a better way to communicate with your team and partners and manage your projects. I've been thinking about this for about a month and yesterday wrote my first line of code. Let's see if I can ship something by the end of the month.

MattBearman 15y ago

I just launched DashPoll - http://dashpoll.com http://dashpoll.com - its a free API based poll/survey app. Idea to launch was 10 hours, albeit spread over a week or so. I'd love to get some feedback.

bradbeattie 15y ago
Hey Matt. Looks like you and I worked on similar things here. I'd very much suggest that you provide your voters with the opportunity to express more than a single preference. Single response question: What month were you born? Multiple response question: What would improve DashPoll?