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Mobile Start-Up Hopes to Build a Business That Lasts on Apps That Don’t

29 points by joshuamerrill 14y ago

justincpollard 14y ago
These guys are going to make a real splash! I went to EDC in Vegas this year and used an App just like this. Kind of a hassle though because I had to DL it to my phone and then delete it later. Web apps would have made a lot more sense. I was also able to make an app (a beautiful one by the way) in about 5 minutes! I had some fun exploring the possibilities beyond those 5 minutes, though ;-)
- joshuamerrill 14y ago
  Thanks Justin!!
yesimahuman 14y ago
Hey Joshua, sounds like we are/will be competitors though with a different focus probably (I run Codiqa). Nice to meet you and good luck with everything.
- joshuamerrill 14y ago
  Hey, we love Codiqa, and I don't see us as competitors at all. (Seriously, if you look at our pitch deck's competition slide, you're not in it.) We just got to know the jQuery Mobile folks recently—we're planning on open sourcing the slide-right navigation in our apps. Maybe that's something we could work on together? :)
  - yesimahuman 14y ago
    Sure, we have been looking to add something like that to Codiqa for a bit but haven't gotten around to it. Feel free to email me at max at codiqa dot com
- joshuamerrill 14y ago
  BTW, totally signing up for Jetstrap now.
  - yesimahuman 14y ago
    Cool :) let me know what you think!
gaaaaaaaarf 14y ago
TapCanvas is built on the shoulders of Node.js, MongoDB, jQuery Mobile, Backbone, Bootstrap. We hope you have fun using it, don't be shy with the feedback! http://t.apcanv.as http://t.apcanv.as
johnrob 14y ago
If my understanding is correct, these are web apps (as opposed to native mobile apps)?
- joshuamerrill 14y ago
  You're correct, they're based on jQuery Mobile with some of our work mixed in. See an example: http://t.apcanv.as/go/sampleapp http://t.apcanv.as/go/sampleapp
mratzloff 14y ago
I really like Guidebook. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/guidebook/id428713847?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/guidebook/id428713847?mt=8
- joshuamerrill 14y ago
  I like Guidebook too. Their offices are down the street from us. We're accomplishing similar goals in pretty different ways.

29 points by joshuamerrill 14y ago

These guys are going to make a real splash! I went to EDC in Vegas this year and used an App just like this. Kind of a hassle though because I had to DL it to my phone and then delete it later. Web apps would have made a lot more sense. I was also able to make an app (a beautiful one by the way) in about 5 minutes! I had some fun exploring the possibilities beyond those 5 minutes, though ;-)

joshuamerrill 14y ago
Thanks Justin!!

yesimahuman 14y ago

Hey Joshua, sounds like we are/will be competitors though with a different focus probably (I run Codiqa). Nice to meet you and good luck with everything.

joshuamerrill 14y ago
Hey, we love Codiqa, and I don't see us as competitors at all. (Seriously, if you look at our pitch deck's competition slide, you're not in it.) We just got to know the jQuery Mobile folks recently—we're planning on open sourcing the slide-right navigation in our apps. Maybe that's something we could work on together? :)
- yesimahuman 14y ago
  Sure, we have been looking to add something like that to Codiqa for a bit but haven't gotten around to it. Feel free to email me at max at codiqa dot com
joshuamerrill 14y ago
BTW, totally signing up for Jetstrap now.
- yesimahuman 14y ago
  Cool :) let me know what you think!

gaaaaaaaarf 14y ago

TapCanvas is built on the shoulders of Node.js, MongoDB, jQuery Mobile, Backbone, Bootstrap. We hope you have fun using it, don't be shy with the feedback! http://t.apcanv.as http://t.apcanv.as

johnrob 14y ago

If my understanding is correct, these are web apps (as opposed to native mobile apps)?

joshuamerrill 14y ago
You're correct, they're based on jQuery Mobile with some of our work mixed in. See an example: http://t.apcanv.as/go/sampleapp http://t.apcanv.as/go/sampleapp

mratzloff 14y ago

I really like Guidebook. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/guidebook/id428713847?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/guidebook/id428713847?mt=8

joshuamerrill 14y ago
I like Guidebook too. Their offices are down the street from us. We're accomplishing similar goals in pretty different ways.