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Show HN: Meet me for lunch

44 points by alain94040 12y ago

frandroid 12y ago
Damn, that's good.
teen 12y ago
I have been wanting this exact app for years. I have no idea why no one built it yet. Unfortunately I'm an Android user haha
- nathan-muir 12y ago
  The app is the easy bit. It needs a community.
leetNightshade 12y ago
Why does it have to be an app? I don't have an iPhone and don't intend to get one, so I can't even try out your project.
- alain94040 12y ago
  A mobile app makes sense for one reason: geo-location. Your phone knows where you are, so it can find lunches instantly without having to do anything. And that's the one thing you keep with you on your way to lunch, you don't carry your laptop around usually :-) EDIT: also, notifications are important, you want to know whether your lunch is on or not. Emails would work too, but that's kind of old school.
  - TheFunkyMonk 12y ago
    Geolocation is possible in a web app as well, and is supported by both desktop and mobile browsers: http://caniuse.com/#feat=geolocation http://caniuse.com/#feat=geolocation
    - alain94040 12y ago
      True. Don't take this the wrong way: As a programmer, I would also add that it was a pleasure to work with a real UX API again, and not have to deal with HTML's crazy issues, centering text, jQuery, browser incompatibilities, etc. I always had a <div> that didn't quite work the way I wanted. In the end, a native app looks much better for fewer lines of code (assuming you can stand Objective-C).
      - jdubs 12y ago
        But if it was built in html, js, etc it'd be accessible on all platforms for far fewer lines code than building separate apps.
      - gohrt 12y ago
        MVP priority list for a calendaring application: #1 UI looks pretty #2 Functionality is avaialble to potential users.
  - nathan-muir 12y ago
    It would also be handy if it worked without location services... just let me enter a suburb/ city.
searine 12y ago
Too few categories. I don't want to meet venture captialists. I want to meet other marketers, authors, and artists.
- alain94040 12y ago
  You can create your own categories (there is an add button).
  - searine 12y ago
    Orly. I only scrolled through the startup portion and then said fuck it. I'll have to give it another shot.
johnloeber 12y ago
Not available on the Google app store? Bummer.
hadoukenio 12y ago
I would actually pay for an Android version
- alenox 12y ago
  So you're the guy!
nathan-muir 12y ago
I like the general concept; It would be great as a web app too. I'd like to post on my linkedIn / personal sites / profiles: "Want to meet me for lunch? join me via colunchers.com/########" They could see what public lunches I was hosting / attending . Or create a lunch and invite me.
- jonsterling 12y ago
  Reminds me of the messages you get from camgirls on Tinder...

44 points by alain94040 12y ago

Damn, that's good.

teen 12y ago

I have been wanting this exact app for years. I have no idea why no one built it yet. Unfortunately I'm an Android user haha

nathan-muir 12y ago
The app is the easy bit. It needs a community.

leetNightshade 12y ago

Why does it have to be an app? I don't have an iPhone and don't intend to get one, so I can't even try out your project.

alain94040 12y ago
A mobile app makes sense for one reason: geo-location. Your phone knows where you are, so it can find lunches instantly without having to do anything. And that's the one thing you keep with you on your way to lunch, you don't carry your laptop around usually :-) EDIT: also, notifications are important, you want to know whether your lunch is on or not. Emails would work too, but that's kind of old school.
- TheFunkyMonk 12y ago
  Geolocation is possible in a web app as well, and is supported by both desktop and mobile browsers: http://caniuse.com/#feat=geolocation http://caniuse.com/#feat=geolocation
  - alain94040 12y ago
    True. Don't take this the wrong way: As a programmer, I would also add that it was a pleasure to work with a real UX API again, and not have to deal with HTML's crazy issues, centering text, jQuery, browser incompatibilities, etc. I always had a <div> that didn't quite work the way I wanted. In the end, a native app looks much better for fewer lines of code (assuming you can stand Objective-C).
    - jdubs 12y ago
      But if it was built in html, js, etc it'd be accessible on all platforms for far fewer lines code than building separate apps.
    - gohrt 12y ago
      MVP priority list for a calendaring application: #1 UI looks pretty #2 Functionality is avaialble to potential users.
- nathan-muir 12y ago
  It would also be handy if it worked without location services... just let me enter a suburb/ city.

searine 12y ago

Too few categories. I don't want to meet venture captialists. I want to meet other marketers, authors, and artists.

alain94040 12y ago
You can create your own categories (there is an add button).
- searine 12y ago
  Orly. I only scrolled through the startup portion and then said fuck it. I'll have to give it another shot.

johnloeber 12y ago

Not available on the Google app store? Bummer.

hadoukenio 12y ago

I would actually pay for an Android version

alenox 12y ago
So you're the guy!

nathan-muir 12y ago

I like the general concept; It would be great as a web app too. I'd like to post on my linkedIn / personal sites / profiles: "Want to meet me for lunch? join me via colunchers.com/########" They could see what public lunches I was hosting / attending . Or create a lunch and invite me.

jonsterling 12y ago
Reminds me of the messages you get from camgirls on Tinder...