The document describes a student's app concept and development process. The proposed app would allow groups of friends to sync their schedules, see when they all have free time, and suggest nearby activities to do together. It would include sections to add events, announce plans and allow others to join, display local deals and events, and view shared free times. The student outlines the app's sections and tighter design, provides user scenarios and research on similar apps, and includes initial wireframes.
5. App Concept
- For my app I want to create something that can sync a group of people's
schedules and let them know when they all have free times and possibly
suggest things in the area that are going on that they can attend. I want to
also have a section that you can say for example, Im going to the store
Wednesday @10 and people can say if they want to join you and it will
automatically add it to your calendar.
10. Ideation Session
Section 1: Add
- where you input your schedule and add things to the calendar for everyone to see
Section 2: Im going..
- Where you check in to tell people where you are going and to let them join
- Ex. Im going to the store 10
Section 3 : Whats going on
- This is connected to social media and/or groupon to let you know whats going on in your
area when you are free
Section 4: Settings
- Basic calendar/app settings
Section 5: im free
- The available times for everyone will be highlighted
11. Tighter Application Design
- Add
- Allows you to add your schedule, appointments or any kind of date you
want to the calendar
- It will allow everyone to see the event you add
12. Tighter Application Design
- Im Going
- Like checking in
- You add the place and time of an errant or event you are doing and
people who want to take part in it can check the box letting you know that
they want to come with you
- ex. Im going to the store @ 10 today
- Megan is coming with you
13. Tighter Application Design
- Whats going on?
- Takes into consideration events in your area, essentially like a groupon
type feature
- Sends events and fun things in your desired location that your group can
do together in their free time
- ex. events in nyc, local specials at restaurants
14. Tighter Application Design
- Free Dates
- Takes into consideration everyone's inputted schedules and compiles a
list of when everyone is free to do things
- Can be used with the Whats going on? feature to find events to do on the
days everyone is free
15. Tighter Application Design
- Settings
- General settings section
- Allows you to change calendar colors, calendar views, notification
settings and all of the basic settings calendars have
16. User Scenario Vizualization
- Amanda and her
roommates all
have busy
schedules and are
trying to find a
date to visit the
city together
17. User Scenario Visualization
- The app tells them that
Saturday everyone is
free, so they look up
coupons and head to the
city for lunch!
18. App Research
- Groupme is a messenger app that allows you to make group chats with large numbers of people and like peoples
messages and send pictures and videos. Groupme also has a calendar feature which is new-ish to the app and
allows people to share a group calendar. I really like the calendar option for groupme although i have never used it
myself. I also think being able to make an easy groupchat is awesome and liking peoples comments is something
iMessage cant offer.
19. App Research
- venmo is an app that allows your to connect your debit card and pay people online. The excuse of I dont have cash
can never be used because in as easy as 2 or three clicks you can transfer money from your bank account to your
friends. I really like how simple the app is and I also love the timeline aspect that lets you see who payed your friends
and what for.
20. App Research
- switch is a new app I found this summer, Its essentially tinder for jobs. You can swipe left or right to like a job and
save it to your file and you can message the company or they can message you if they are interested, or you can
apply through their website. I like the simpleness of this app but im not sure how great the outcome is.
21. App Research
- This app is so visually pleasing I could look at it all day. It has so much more than the weather app that comes with
your phone, it even has links to other websites with more intense Doppler radar and news casts.
22. App Research
- This app is pretty self explanatory, it syncs all your calendars in one place. The only thing I would change about this
app is I would make it have a monthly view instead of weekly because the iphone calendar has that and i think it
makes it easier to find out whats ahead.