1. admin
   Key Master

   After our Tuesday meeting we discussed app ideas in terms technical feasibility and market potential to get a shortlist of the apps we think are the best options. Each idea below is (or will soon be) linked to the forum topic to further discuss so we can make decisions on Friday:

   The names next to each is to identify the person responsible for posting a note about that app (if it's not already there)

   Idea Techinical Feasibility
   (scale 1-5, one being easy, five difficult)

   Market Potential
   (priority: 1 being most marketable, 10 being least marketable)

   Short list of apps expansion on the concept Notes

   The names next to each is to identify the person responsible for posting a note about that app (if it's not already there)

   Idea Techinical Feasibility
   (scale 1-5, one being easy, five difficult)

   Market Potential
   (priority: 1 being most marketable, 10 being least marketable)

   Short list of apps expansion on the concept Notes

   • Tile based game 3T 2M Jesse multi-player, Card Game, Memory
   • Backgrounds4Good (iPad-specific) 2T 2M Ian Quilting
   • Sushi app 2-3T 2M Bill
   • No Worries 2T 2M Andrew - screening the words (inappropriate content) , Graphic of worry, Price of admission, you have to read a worry , Maybe Fortune Cookie App , Worry beads , Professional worry centre (ppl in cubicles worrying for you)
   • Wish you were Here for iPad (HD) 2T 3M Nick
   • Fortune Cookie App 2T 3M Shaun But stuff in, answer question, linked to this Tweet something before you see it
   • iMat for iPad 1T 3M Ian Give away promotion
   • SaveMe! 3-4T 10M
   • Rock, Paper, Scissors (Ninja, Bear, Cowboy) 3T 5M - random or rules algorythym
   • Pandemic Board Game 5T 4M Mash up a four square location with certain diseases. In pandemic you have different specialties, work together. Once a week the world resets KISS
   • Galaxy 4T 7M Send a fleet to attack another planet, make your moves in a day, one email update about what happened. Email turned based
   • 100 mile diet 3-4T 5M global Who’s around me and doing it, gps aware and directions, plan trip - getting data that has expiry date - mechanical turk, crowd flower

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   Evaluation Criteria
   Here's the outline we used for evaluation:

   *Technical feasibility*
   This app can actually be made and maintained with the resources we have.

   *Market potential*
   -Who is this app for? What problem does it solve, or does it add entertainment value? Does the market exist and is it large enough?

   -Will these people pay money for this app? We have the charity factor in our favour.

   -Competition? Are there similar apps? Even if yes there might be an opportunity for improvement over similar ideas. The best app usually wins in the end (think Tweetie).

   -I think the $1.99 price tag is good considering the charitable nature, if we ended up with something really simple $0.99 may be more fitting, we'll see based on the ideas

   Posted 1 year ago #

2. lancehancock
   Member

   Love the idea of a sushi rolling app. Definitely lots of room for some awesome visuals. Are you thinking instructions on how to roll, or something more fun/whimsical? I'm thinking it'd be cool to make it instructional, but also fun, and maybe outline a few different types of sushi, giving instructions on each (inside out, regular, etc).

   Posted 1 year ago #

3. ian
   Member

   Thanks for the feedback Lance!

   Yeah, I think the idea was pick ingredients and roll it up, make your own creations, cut it and see what it looks like. Probably share and entertained the idea of displaying to the public and having top sushi. Lots of opportunities!

   Posted 1 year ago #

4. emilyrichardson
   Member

   Hi everyone,

   Really excited about this weekend. I'm sorry I missed the brainstorming meeting earlier this week.

   I just had some thoughts about marketing, and how to effectively tell the Apps4Good story and attract the most attention (and sales/donations). Perhaps we might want to think about whether we're casting a net broadly or targeting a more narrow group of customers who might be willing to pay more because of a niche interest/hobby.

   For example, one idea would be an app listing all of the national/state/provincial parks throughout Canada and the US. This way, there is a whole continent of potential customers (access to the US market has a lot of potential), outdoor enthusiasts tend to be willing to spend a little more on their hobbies (and might pay a little more for an app like this), and we have a more specific selection of media outlets (outdoor magazines, websites, etc.) to send over a press release.

   Another idea is an app of all of the contact information for councillors (say, for Halifax and Saskatoon, and Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, and Ottawa to add other big potential-customer markets), MPPs/MLAs, and MPs for each electoral district with the idea of making it easier to engage with your elected officials. As for publicity and marketing, this would fit perfectly into discussions about open data and open government, so I'm sure it would be a great story.

   I recently started writing for Spacing Atlantic (http://spacingatlantic.ca/), a blog of a Toronto-based magazine on public space and city life. There are also blogs in Montreal, Toronto, and Ottawa, which means we have a potential market of the size of these four cities (which will be larger still when Spacing Vancouver launches shortly). The idea would be to create a post aggregator of each city's blog, then divide the proceeds four ways between the cities (letting them each pick a local charity). If this is of interest, I can contact the folks here and in Toronto to see how we might work together, and there are already thousands of loyal readers and a default medium of publicity and promotion.

   Anyhow, those are just three ideas I thought I might pass along. Looking forward to Saturday!

   Posted 1 year ago #

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