--- author: '' category: '' date: 2009/12/16 17:12 description: '' link: '' priority: '' slug: BB855 tags: nerdness, open source, programming, pyqt, python, qt title: 'New 24-hour app coming (not so) soon: foley' type: text updated: 2009/12/16 17:12 url_type: '' --- First a short explanation: 24-hour apps are small, self-contained projects where I intend to create a decent, useful application in 24 hours. The concept is that: a) I will think about this app a lot for a while b) I will design it in my head or in written notes c) I will code, from scratch, for 24 hours. d) That's not one day, really, but 24 hours of work. I can't work 24 hours straight anymore. The `last time around `_ this didn't quite work as I intended, but it was fun and educational (for me at least ;-) and the resulting app is really *not bad*! So, what's foley going to be? A note-taking app aimed at students and conference public. In your last geeky conference, did you notice *everyone* is using a computer? And what are they taking notes on? Vi? Kwrite? OpenOffice? Whatever it is they use, it's not meant to be used for this purpose. So, what will foley do different? I don't quite know yet, but I have some ideas: 1) A *strong* timeline orientation. Every paragraph will be dated. 2) Twitter/Identica support. Want to liveblog your notes? Just click. 3) Multimedia incorporated in the timeline. * Webcam/Audio recording synced to your notes? * Images imported and added in the timeline? * Attach files to the timeline? (Useful for slides?) 4) If provided with a PDF of slides, attach each slide to the right moment in the timeline 5) Easy web publishing: find a way to put this on a webpage easy and quick (single-click publishing is the goal) I have only thought about this for about 10 minutes, but I see potential here. The bad news is... I have a ton of paying work to do. So this will probably only happen in January. However, I wanted to post it so I can take input while in this planning phase. So, any ideas?