Our homework for over the weekend was to brainstorm ideas and concepts for our app assignment. I found myself referring back to the first day of class when we had Brian Miller give a speech to us over skype. He talked about coming up with concepts that we are passionate about. I really related to his app idea for creating a healthier lifestyle for himself and his family. Like him, I am very much absorbed in my family and creating a good lifestyle/environment for my children. As I was thinking about problems that reoccur in my life I couldn't help but think about 1. time management and 2. what to do with the free time that I do have to spend with my children.
My first concept is simply about managing time. I am extremely busy between work, school, and raising 2 very small kids (a 1 and 3 year old), along with the duties that come with being a responsible self sufficient adult. I always find myself not having enough time to get all of my chores and errands done while allowing enough free time to enjoy my little kiddos. I feel like having an app that the user could plug their daily schedule into that then configures time slots within that schedule to tend to other obligations and responsibilities could be very useful. It would be somewhat of a calender but would do some of the planning for you. You could tell it how many times you like to go grocery shopping per week, when your bills are due, good time slots for enjoying the park or playtime with your children, what your chores are (laundry, dishes, cleaning, organizing), even what TV shows you like to watch and it could come up time slots around your set schedule to do all of the things you need to do to maintain your life.
My second concept came from the same idea that I never know what do when I have free time with my kids. When is there an event at longs park? When is barnes and noble having a toddler story time? When and where are there fireworks? What special thing is happening at first friday this month? I think that having an app that would monitor things to do in your local area would be extremely fun. I could wake up on Tuesday, ready to spend the day with my kids and wonder what there is to do. I could check my app and plug in the age appropriate for the event that I am looking for. I could even enter in my price range and figure out what there is to do from there. Maybe if i'm looking to spend any amount of money I could go to Dutch Wonderland. If I entered in that I would like to find something to do that is free it would suggest I go to Lititz Park and watch the free children's movie that is playing this evening. It could even go as far as suggesting coupons for things that are happening in our local area. All I know, is that if I could wake up, open an app and get an overview of what there is to do on any given day for young children (or even adults if i'm looking to have a date night) and the price ranges that these things are in, my life would be much easier and much more fun!
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