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Re:One App in Four Weeks: Week 1 by vtail on Friday September 30, 2011 @06:53AM (#3056467)
While the idea is interesting, the app will have to compete with more general-purpose note-taking apps, e.g. Evernote.

For me, Evernote already provides all the individual pieces (tag by person name, record date, time and location etc.) and also allows to store pictures/audio notes, is multi platform etc. etc.

Re:One App in Four Weeks: Week 1 by chriseidhof on Friday September 30, 2011 @07:55AM (#3056597)
I use Evernote too for almost all my notes, but I think a very focused app can be a huge win. I did my todo's in Evernote as well, but have now switched back to OmniFocus.
Re:One App in Four Weeks: Week 1 by jpastika on Friday September 30, 2011 @08:48AM (#3056734)
I also began a "develop fast and get something out there" challenge this week. My goal is to get my app launched in 7 days. I'm documenting my progress on my blog: http://jpastika.posterous.com/. I'm not sure I'll have the app out by the 7 day mark, but I should have a functional product. I like your idea and will follow your progress!
Re:One App in Four Weeks: Week 1 by chriseidhof on Friday September 30, 2011 @09:47AM (#3056950)
Nice Jeremy. What is it you're building?
Re:One App in Four Weeks: Week 1 by alansk on Friday September 30, 2011 @06:23AM (#3056415)
I came up with a similar idea independently - except it was more of a social game (with foursquare-esque achievements). I envisioned a mechanism for confirmation of the rendezvous whereby both parties run the app and agree the meeting occurred and their proximity is verified. That's about as far as I got.

Edit: looks like with.me did the closest thing to this already.

Re:One App in Four Weeks: Week 1 by chriseidhof on Friday September 30, 2011 @07:53AM (#3056591)
Yes, that's with.me and hashable, they do something similar. Also Noteleaf does something like that.
Re:One App in Four Weeks: Week 1 by miles_matthias on Friday September 30, 2011 @10:12AM (#3057057)
Thanks a lot for posting this series Chris. As a young developer just out of college and getting started in iOS development, this is extremely insightful. I'll be following on tumblr. Good luck!
Re:One App in Four Weeks: Week 1 by signalsignal on Friday September 30, 2011 @09:43AM (#3056937)
Here's a site which does 31 apps in 31 days: http://www.appsamuck.com/
Re:One App in Four Weeks: Week 1 by NSElvis on Friday September 30, 2011 @09:14AM (#3056819)
COME ON CHRIS GO FOR IT!