apps I wish existed portal 03-04-2014d1115

apps I would want to create
software I wish existed
software I would want to create
apps to make


-really good wiki software
--[ideas for best wiki software 03-04-2014d1051]
-Feature comparison app: an app that lets you input some object (like a phone or computer or a list of phones), and the attributes you want to find details about, and then it fetches this information (from the internet).



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Other people's app ideas

-Advanced shopping assistant: Lu Wang's idea for an app: an app that lets you input a product you want to buy, and then it will monitor the price of that product on many websites and then place an order as you choose.
-Cooking assistant: Tiger Hu Duan's idea for an app is one that helps you cook and shop for items.
-Josh made a website/app with which one can search a protein database using an epitope (there is some support for regular expressions)
--protomapper.org
-Charles Hart has several ideas for apps
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-see https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&shva=1#search/BrainFury (3-14-14)
Critique — Users are presented with daily “prompts" for short writing, programming, or math challenges (think answers 256 characters long). Critique provided by other users.
Off-grid — Basic texting, but using only peer to peer bluetooth. Niche, but useful for camping or hiking in areas where no service, also communication requires proximity, and by avoiding any external networks is more “secure� (got that nsa?). Could also be used to provide non cellular devices (iPods, iPads, etc) with basic texting in school or settings. 
KinBoard — My social network idea. I’m still torn on the direction, but i have several different angles.
Dota Radar — Show upcoming professional dota games, possibly place fake bets on matches, earn points. Nothing special.
BrainFury — The app i’ve been thinking of that is closest to your mentioning a wiki. Basically I want an app that is ridiculously fast (using gestures), at throwing down nodes in a deep, universal mind map.  Each of those nodes, would be a container that could hold text, html,links, markdown, images, calendars, people, whatever. The PC/Mac app “Personal Brain� is closest to this idea. But there are quite a few changes I think you’d have to make for it to feel natural on mobile.
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