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  • Hello you. I'm a 38-year old MSc student, studying Advanced Computer Science at Sussex University. I'm especially interested in Internet and mobile software, sensors and pervasive computing, user interfaces, and the process of developing great software.

    Before that I spent 11 years running Future Platforms, a software company I co-founded which makes lovely things for mobile phones, and which I sold to Vexed Digital in 2011.

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November 22, 2005

Now this is a good example of what I'd like to see for mobile: mini-apps, like TadaList or MeetWithApproval, that do a single thing nice and cleanly.

The big gap I see now is an app to help you synchronise with >2 people; getting consensus from 3 or more folks using SMS "by hand" is a nightmare, wouldn't it be nicer if you could just get everyone sent a single message which lets them comment, argue, and decide...

Posted at 04:44 PM in Interfaces & Interaction, Mobile, Software Development |

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Alex Choo

Tom,

i think it's important that mobile apps do one thing, and one thing well. The screen size is the challenge and having too many things causes clutter and a loss of productivity.

109things has a mobile version. It's goal is to show product reviews when you're at a physical store.

Posted by: Alex Choo | December 14, 2007 at 03:26 PM

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