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Monday, January 10, 2011

Some Server Ideas For Our Contest

I thought I'd prime the pump with some ideas for browser server ideas that might interest some of you intrepid server designers out there.

Remember that a burgeoning market for software of this sort that runs on hand-held smart phones and the whole host of tablet devices that will be hitting the market in 2011. Even if some of these things have been done before, aiming for this new platform may just give an old idea new life.

Schedule Software:

• View Work Schedule
• Personal Time Scheduler
• Personal Reminder (enter event and it phones you or emails you when the event is close)
• Meetings Scheduler

Work/Travel:

• Expense log
• Sales Call Updates, Reports

Maintenance:

• Machinery Maintenance Updates, Reports
• On-Line "Honey Do" list

Store:

• Software Web-Store
• Specialty Items Web-Store
• Digital Photos Web-Store
• Item Made to Specification Web-Store (eg: Made to Measure garment)
• Digital Audio Web-Store
• Digital Video Web-Store
• Tickets to Event Web-Store

Blog

• Personal/Business Blog Engine (small format for smartphones and tablets)

Customer Support

• Version of CHT Support Forum with small format interface for smartphones and tablets (self adjusting by device detection)
• Product Information Lookup System

Software Delivery

• Secure, Interactive Software Delivery Server (using browser as client)

Clubs

• Bowling Club scheduling, scoring,
• Golf Club scheduling, scoring

Surveys

• On-line Survey Taker, Results Displayer, Reporter

Reports

• Ask for dynamic PDF reports with input query parameters (best for computers not smartphones)

Advertizing

• Classified Ads Server (eg: http://toronto.kijiji.ca/)
• Display Ads Server (like Adwords, ads of various sizes that can be requested for insert by other web sites)

Telephone

• On-Line specialty Phone directories

Ok, that's a start.
I'm personally going to:
1) Add a second set of interface scripts to the CHT Forum Server
2) Add a forum server that serves up a smart-phone version of the CHT Forum
3) Add a software web-store server (I'll be able to use this to resell all the servers you guys write) ;-)

Feel free to attach other ideas as you brainstorm.

Cheers...
Gus

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