Comments on: WDD Project Ideas

By: mog

mog — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:36:22 +0000

I love it, ..really i do, ad if you look at scriptlance.com it is not technically an auction, everyone has a specified amount of time to put in their quote and then the cliet can choose which one to accept.
Personally i would make 2 modifications though, …i would not publically display the quote amounto to anyone except the client, and also i would distance myself from all financial transactions unless yo were making a cut, ..which for this project of course you would not be, ..why, ..simply speaking, if you take away the financial responsibility it frees you up to spend more time on the user experience and interface, ..and if you do create the ‘next big thing’ then you could add the finance in later, ….but for now allowing the client and supplier to sort this out removes a large amount of legl and technical responsibility from you.
The feedback system though, ..essential, …people must be able to build up reputations.
Now spec it :) ..think about every single thing you want the client to be able to do, everything you want the registered supplier to do, .and everything you want the unregistered user to be able to do.

Basically the next stage is to brain storm every bit of functionality you can think of, …don’t go overboard (suppliers dont need links to their flickr/last.fm profiles :) ) but if you spec everything,. .then you can prioritze based on time constrainsts, and then when youhave all of the possible fnctionality it makes it much easy to separate the important core functionality.
Well done for getting the ball rolling, ..thank you.

By: Patrick Wolleb

Patrick Wolleb — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:12:25 +0000

A job site like scriptlance.com or peopleper hour.co.uk. Buyers can post their jobs (i.e gardening every monday afternoon) and bidders can place their bids. Auction ends after a defined time and the buyer can decide which offer to accept. Also there must be an escrow account function implemented for jobs that can be done online (i.e. website). Users can put a rating for the job and users will be ranked. Host gets a certain ammount of each job. Each user can create their own profile… Also a project message board should be available to talk about the job details

By: mog

mog — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:14:42 +0000

Nice ideas, ..even if a little late :)

1) i like this one as it has commercial value, ..but this means as well as getting the technology right you will certainly need to get the interface design and usability spot on.

2) …this is also nice,..this and 3) require some research into the basic functionality of social networking, as you will need to be adding elements of functionality one at a time, in a sort of modular plugin manner, as you will have no idea how long this will take and how much you will be able to fit into the 12 weeks, ..so you need to make sure you do the most important bits first:

- site framework
- profiles
- login
- calendar
-events
-profile customization
- etc etc, ..the list goes on :)

By: Ladipo

Ladipo — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:06:34 +0000

Hi Mog

Project ideas

1) An online payment system for a state government in Nigeria (West Africa) where citizens can pay for traffic fine, water bills,company tax, council tax and other payments due to the government.

2)A UK base church website where members can go to register as members after being accepted as members physically at the church premises and given a unique number, they can then go to the site to register their details,upload passport size pictures,update details,give to the church with payment card, register for event etc.

3)A social networking site for live sound engineers where they can share ideas, experience,jokes,images, comment on equipment,as well as solving work related problems.

Thanks and do enjoy your Holiday hopefully the sun will be out when you come back.

Ladipo.

By: mog

mog — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:08:12 +0000

Nice one, Thank you Vitor,

1- I would have to say, you r own fully functional social network is a lot of work, especially as there are a number of very efficient off the shelf versions, …however it is not impossible, ..just ask Dana in the degree class, she managed it.

2 - Photographic commerce site, … - see above comments on the other similar ideas above.

3 - Gumtree/ Craigslist, ..again this is a great idea, ..see the comments above for Lucy.

Thanks.

By: vitor

vitor — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:34:11 +0000

Hi Mog,

ideas so far,

1- a portuguese social network, where the visitor can read and upload news videos music and others, with a possibility for an online market .

2- a professional photographer website where he could upload th e photos for the client search and order online.

3-a kind of gumtree for portuguese (this in portugal) maybe start to think about start to explore the city universaties and so on.

thank you

vitor

By: mog

mog — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:43:55 +0000

Right, ..i will deal with you both at once, ..lie a double team, so to speak ;)

…Selling online media, ..backgrounds, ..images, ..really nice,. ..what you are dealing with is a CMS that supports massive categorization/organization of products, maybe with also tags included, and a commerce system like paypal or suck like…so this is always going to be a useful project to do.

Julien, …what can i say, ..you have a complete idea :) …so get designing, ..and also start to think about exactly what you want your site to do in terms of functionality,…think about what your USERS can do, ..and also what your ADMIN can do.

By: julien

julien — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:52:35 +0000

Hi Mog,
We already spoke about my project idea very briefly but i decided to share with everyone who will read this blog.
Well i want to create a website for my friend who is in the music industry,
I want him to be able to upload is own production and DJset whenever he want to, also be able to advertise his party and events (personnal content management). A blog page will be created for people who want to share their feeling or critics. I would like the people to be inform when something new just been add to the website.
So that is it for the website!!!
Happy holiday Mog have fun!
And see you in 3 weeks.
Ju

By: Vincenzo

Vincenzo — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:58:23 +0000

Mog,
Another just passed in my brain for the web project. I am currently backgrounds in photoshop and I have shown them to various people - they reckon I could sell them. So I ve got a few questions, could I do a shopping facilities on my website and if yes the problem is that they are optimised for web so the print will come out nasty - what do you reckon? is it a good idea (Iguess you will have to see the artwork ).
Thanks,
Vincenzo

By: mog

mog — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:41:49 +0000

Thank you, ..yes, always better late than never, …except being hit by a car, ..that we leave for never !

1/
Online shop, ..definitely a solid idea, ..although i love idea2/ so much i would leave this one for the off the shelf 3rd party systems, ..either Wordpress with the WP-Commerce plugin, or OS_Commerce if he has a lot of item to sell.

2/
I absolutely love this idea and think it is defintely the one to go for, …you are organizing information that can be grouped, categorized and suggested based on many varying parameters, ..but there is a system/sequenceto the association of keys/chords/notes, …and if you enjoy the subject matter, although you may not by the end, ..you will gain a lot of joy form this, ..and if it is good, ..make some money/traffic.
A lot of thought/planning is required though, …how exactly the content links to itself, and how the site will be structured.

3/
This is a good idea, ..not as good as the last one :) …the main obstacle as a student would be gathering all of the dummy information to make the site functional, which could use a lot of time that you could be spending coding, ..or doing idea 2/ :)