So, things have been a bit uncertain at work, as we’re trying out different things to gain traction for our product. There are many reasons why we haven’t been able to find as big of a user base as we wish… starting with, not having an open sign up :) But, I’ll save those reasons for a different post. At the end of the day, I work at a startup. And along with the thrill & benefits of working in a small team, comes the risks of the idea/product not making it.

So, we’re kinda at the stage where we go big or go home, and I really hope we “Go Big”, and not go home :) Anyway, these uncertain times are usually when I get most creative with my side projects and start-up ideas. My mind started going through all the big ideas that have been brewing - An open ad server on the cloud; A location based gaming framework with local ads; A project management tool on the cloud for software companies that simplifies scrum; An app that vastly improves on the UX for music consumption on iOS devices; A game based on broken-picture-telephone… And, after a bit of pondering on my BART ride back to my parents, my mind settled on something totally out of the blue.

An iPhone/iPad video app. I can’t say much about it, but I promise to keep this blog updated on its development. Here’s what I can say…

  1. The app is math intensive (which all works out just fine in my mind. At least, it all did on the BART ride)
  2. I just started reading up on OpenCV and GPU accelerated programming.
  3. It will blow your mind ;)

I am gonna be busy at least until the end of May to finish up our current project. If that is the case, then I expect to have the app on the marketplace by July. A month seems like a good amount of time to get it done, if I get to work on it full-time evenings.