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Remind HN: November is Launch an App Month

78 points by il ↗ HN
As discussed previously on HN(http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1773398) a bunch of us are going to commit to actually launching an MVP by the end of November.

We're gathering in the Facebook group here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_141079939271952

What are you going to be launching in November?

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kingsidharth
Why fb dude? I wanna keep fb private. Twitter list? Google Group? Something else?
il
I didn't make the group, I just saw it in the previous thread and noticed that it already had traction and quite a few members, I think it's better to discuss in one central place rather than fragmenting into a bunch of separate lists.

If you don't want to join the group, just post here.

Also for those of you wanting to keep it private, consider this: Studies show that publicly committing to a goal significantly increases one's chances of accomplishing it successfully.

DanHulton
He wants to keep his Facebook private, not necessarily the project.

Which I understand entirely. I'd really rather not be linked to everyone under the sun on Facebook. There's already enough people I'm connected to who are unwittingly sharing my deets with hundreds of unscrupulous app developers.

angelbob
You can join kickuptheass.com and join our "build and app" group with daily updates. It's not FB, and it's well adapted to letting everybody know your progress.
pavlov
I'm going to launch a side project of mine that I've been working on since May.

It's a somewhat ambitious Mac OS X application, and with no-one to keep me in check, the design has become -- sprawling, to say the least...

To improve the odds of ever launching it, I've decided on a single use case that determines my "MVP". As soon as the app can be used to build that demo, I'm going to launch it as a free alpha.

Last week, I actually shipped a minimalist iPad application (it's a port of a Mac app that I wrote way back in 2002):

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/turtledoveland/id399324585?mt...

Luckily it was approved on the App Store on the last days of October, so I can't use its release as an excuse to cop out of "Launch An App November" ;)

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Concours
I'm going to launch http://www.gmbhnews.net , I still have some text improvements to do , but this shouldn't take more than 2 days, almost all the beta coding work is one.
grandalf
I was feeling under the weather yesterday and didn't feel like doing work, so I launched http://www.messageunicorn.com

the idea is to put a message out to people you lost touch with who you can't find any other way.

mhendrick
Built an MVP over the weekend, thought it might be of use to the group - http://ratemymvp.com

So many great MVP's get posted on HN but disappear within a day or two - I wanted to offer an additional place for people to post their projects for review and discussion by the startup community. Please let me know what you think - and if you've got an MVP, send me what you have and I'll put it up.

angelbob
Heya! My MVP is called "www.wantmyjob.com". I'd love an entry on RateMyMVP :-)

What info should I send you? I don't see an easy "add a project" link...

joshfinnie
I am planning on getting BeerLedge.com up and running. It is going to be a mix between Foursquare for beer drinkers and RateBeer. For some reason I have been infatuated with beer and finally have set a goal to tie in this infatuation with a website. We shall see where I go with it though since I am currently trying to complete nanowrimo[1] as well.

Not sure why November is such a great month of challenges like this (aren't we all growing mustaches too?) Good luck to everyone!

[1] http://nanowrimo.org

jaxn
I am launching http://getbizen.com

Bizen provides better intelligence for franchises. A web-based application that is integrated with the store point of sale to provide comparative analytics, trend analysis, key performance indicators, goal setting, and notifications.

I received seed funding from Jumpstart Foundry in September and am hoping to have my first paying customer in November.

These are a set of tools I have been using for my own franchise stores and am now converting into a product that I can take to market.

I haven't written much about it yet and haven't posted it to the Facebook group. I have been so damn busy creating the product and getting my investor pitch ready for a "demo day" on November 3rd.

p01nd3xt3r
I am launching Local Strange [localstrange.com]. It's a real-time replacement for the craigslist erotic section.

I got video chat working.

Ill have phone / txting done this week.

Next week im implementing a credits system.

suedehead
Just launched something different (well, not aimed at the HN crowd). Actually one of my better performing sites. It's an iPhone Gossip Browser which builds off our automated news feed aggregation platform.

http://gossipbucket.com/app

ritonlajoie
omg my mailbox is, once again, full of facebook joining requests ! :)
limedaring
I'm going to launch http://weddingtype.com

We have a MVP up which is just a wufoo form, but I want to commit to getting the real application finished!

kaiserama
I stumbled on your project (randomly) awhile ago, did you end up getting into the winter session?
limedaring
I'll know whether we have an interview with YC tomorrow. :) Interviews are held in a couple weeks.
alnayyir
We? Do you have a dev?
limedaring
Yes. If you took a look at the homepage, you'll see two names credited. :P
alnayyir
I would like to state for the record that I wrote that shortly before passing out for 11 hours.

That is all.

pstinnett
Any chance of getting an invite? Recently engaged and would love to check out your service:)
binarysoul
Cool!

I happen to be working on a project to scratch my own itch. It's an iPhone application. I've been teaching myself flamenco guitar, which requires a specialized metronome (for counting the various rhythms).

I'm using titanium appcelerator to build the application, and it's about 50% done now (just UI work now, the functionality is there).

It's essentially a clone of beatvibe http://tivstudio.com/node/1

I am confident I will have this app submitted to the app store by end of november.

Here's the current code if anyone is interested, still very much a work in progress http://github.com/himmel/Flamenco-Metronome

I only started working on this in my off time about a week ago.

ryanwaggoner
Hey all: we just launched an app to help you all launch awesomeness for the November Startup Sprint. We've lined up awesome daily content about building and launching sweet stuff, as well as a great way to track and share your progress. Check it out here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1857508

iworkforthem
Just launched http://www.tradesalerts.com/ ... it is a stocks alerts service for short term investors looking to profit from cyclical patterns in stocks.

Do take a look and give me some feedback.

joecode
Mostly looks good, but I'd use a different font, or actual handwriting on top of the graph. And the arrow is ugly.

Maybe have a free option to get some traction.

iworkforthem
Thanks.. I am working on a few graphs of the various trends and various email/portfolio screenshots to help users better illustrate the service. I'm still pondering how best to setp the Free option.
rokhayakebe
A call tracking and intelligence app. It is still being polished, but I think another full force week and we will be up there. Live, but still got some polishing to do.

http://contexium.com

Edit: The long description: You know how a business receives 100 phone calls per day but noone can tell listen to every call for feedback? We not only track each call, but we mine each call and score them so you get a snapshot of what customers are saying.