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Nice Traffic Update App (& a bonus)

Dave — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:00:09 +0000

Is there a service that looks at your calendar and sends you mobile traffic alerts depending on your meeting location?

This is the second transport related app in a couple of days (the first was to do with Flight Status). I really like this one – it’s moving towards an Ambient Intelligence type of application which is really cool. One of the big challenges to overcome with this type of application is accessing and integrating information that’s time-sensitive, and doing it in a way that’s reliable….but then, if it was easy, it would have been done already

For the strange bonus idea:

Is there an iPhone app that lets me periodically take a picture of my scalp and evaluates my rate of hair loss?

I’m sure there’s a market there if you can get it working….although you’re more likely to just end up with a lot of photos of the top of your head on your phone! Let me know if you put it together…I know some people that might be potential customers for you!

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Restaurant waiting time app

Dave — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:00:16 +0000

Is there an app that tells you average waiting time at local restaurants? Now *that* would be super useful right now.

There are a few restaurant (and general) review sites (like grabmytable.com which launched recently in Ireland) that could capture and publish this information. It could be an useful additional way of helping people decide on where to go for a bite to eat once they’ve checked out the reviews on the quality of the restaurant…

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Real-time flight status app

Dave — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:00:32 +0000

Is there a twitter app or iPhone app that helps you track flight status in realtime?

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen something like this somewhere (I have a feeling it was web-based and only for a particular airline though). There are certainly status tracking web-apps for public transport in some places (e.g. I’ve seen one for the London underground). I was looking into the situation in Ireland recently, and there is no way that I could find to get access to this information (if you know of any, I’d love to hear it!). I’d be curious to see how available it is for airlines….

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Spotify Lyrics App

Dave — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:30:11 +0000

: Image by lunken via Flickr

Is there an app that can put lyrics on Spotify?

Spotify is an on-demand music service (currently only available in the UK). Adding the option of viewing lyrics is a good idea, although I’m not sure how easy it would be to extend the app to include lyrics (I don’t know if there’s an API available for it). Having said that, it might be a nice add-on for the Spotify service to include in their app…

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Some Friendly Twitter Apps

Dave — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:00:18 +0000

A couple of friend related Twitter app ideas:

Is there an app that shows all the Twitpics my friends posted?

…and…

Is there a way to see the trends ONLY from people I am following?

I quite like the Trends idea – it would be a good way to get an overview of what’s big discussions that have been happening with people in your Twitter stream while you’ve been away from it.

The Twitpics one is also a nice idea – again, giving you a way to quickly dip into see what’s been happening with your friends while you’ve been away.

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Twitter Follower Profiler App

Dave — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:00:14 +0000

Is there a twitter app that will only show me new followers who meet certain specs? (Following 10,000, 200 followers, 5 updates?)

This would be a handy way of getting around the spammers on Twitter. If it was combined with another request I saw – a way to mass-block followers, you’d have a good way of identifying & dumping all the spammy followers in one go. Nice.

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Facebook Profile Pics on your Phone

Dave — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:00:28 +0000

Is there an app that will pull down your contacts Facebook profile pictures as their contact pics on your phone?

Good idea – I know my phone can take profile pics for contacts, but I don’t think I have any set; maybe something that adds a picture for those you know would be a good idea. Twitter could be another good source for profile pics too.

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General Weird Ideas!

Dave — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:00:42 +0000

So, most of the daily ideas that have been posted have the potential to be useful. On the other side of the coin, there are some pretty strange ones that pop up….so here are a few to give you an idea of what some people are after:

Is there an app that’ll cut my fingernails?

Love without heartache, is there a app for that?

Can I pay someone to rub my head every night? Is there that kind of service?

Is there an iphone app for making beer runs?

Ehhh, so….maybe if you conquer some of those, you might be on to a winning business…

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Facebook Friend Location App

Dave — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:00:55 +0000

Is there a facebook app that allows you to browse your friend list by location on a map (like a google maps mash-up with friend’s locations)?

Seems like a useful idea. I haven’t played with developing Facebook apps, so I have no idea how difficult it would be to use an external mapping application to plot where friends are….but would be interesting to find out. Could also be cool if it updated as people changed their location when travelling.

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Sort Twitter Followers by Location

Dave — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:00:11 +0000

Is there a site or app that lets you sort your followers/following by geo-location?

I have a feeling I’ve seen something similar to this somewhere…although it may not have been applied to those who you follow, or you follow you.

Mashing up Twitter accounts with Google Maps could give nice clusters showing the location of related groups.

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