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deleted deleted   •   over 11 years ago

Convince me to vote your application

To which application should I vote?
I haven't voted yet, so convince me to vote an application.

Let's have a friendly and constructive discussion about how the applications from the contest can make people happier.
After all, with almost 200 apps available, we should be not happy, but euphoric.

This is how I see the discussion going: participants introduce their app and the others ask questions. How does it sounds?

Let me start, so we can have a model to start with.

My app:
Run With Me - http://challengepost.com/software/run-with-me-j9zlp
What it does:
Tracks outdoor activities like running, cycling, skating, etc which count in a relaxing competition.
How does it help people:
The logic of actions aim to create a disciplined life style, organized schedule, social interaction while having a healthy activity outside, in the Mother Nature. Unlike traditional apps for sport activities which helps people to become more performant or to lose weight while showing stats which should be interpreted by medics and coaches only, my app aims to make people to love practicing sports. Conquering hearts, one at a time.

If anyone has questions, I will be happy to answer.
But I really want to find an app to vote, so please tell me which app to vote.

  • 15 comments

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Dude your app sounds 'mazin. You should vote for that.

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Here you are my friend. This is real happiness brought to real people through our app, Outpour: http://youtu.be/VC2eNo0qqRU

    Here is the link to vote :) http://happinessapps.challengepost.com/submissions/30737-outpour-go-find-the-beauty-in-people-and-tell-them

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Ahhhh Outpour! So Calvin, you're the dude who's been spamming the bejesus out of Twitter. Skillz, and I like the tenacity...

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Would love for you to try the app Glen! You can download it at www.outpour.io. I checked out HappiJar, looks great :)

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Cheers Calvin! I think I already did take a look at Outpour... let me check again.

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Downtime

    https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/downtime/id796101901?mt=8

    "I'm addicted to my smart phone, I'm on it all the time!"

    Downtime turns not touching or using your smart phone into a game, giving you an incentive to stay away! The app encourages not using your smart phone, putting it down, and NOT touching it. Downtime detects when you aren't touching or moving the smart phone and counts how long you can last.

    Downtime counts how long you can go without touching, moving or simply doing anything with your smart phone. With leaderboards built into the app you can challenge friends and family to see how long they can truly go without using their smart phone.

    I believe my app is very unique and a novel idea. Let me know if you agree!

    Contest entry page: http://happinessapps.challengepost.com/submissions/30938-downtime

    Good luck to all entries.

    Adrian

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    So, this is my opinion. As a user you probably need to experiment with a whole suite of so called happiness apps to find ones which interest you, keep you engaged and [if social], has your buddies on it.

    It's a proper tough challenge guys.

    I found during my research into the very very subjective field of happiness is that a habit forming daily practice counts - well, to begin with. BTW - that's stickability to us app designers. If you aren't planning on being in the app-store in a year or 2 then a lot of our good work kinda evaporates. Our users move on to something more adaptive to their life styles or just something more fun...or novel... or free. Free's good.

    Positive psychology is a science... a social science. An idea which has grown off the fact that doctors can diagnose depression in patients. So therefore why cant we objectify and rate happiness too? Obviously we all have the right to be be happy etc. and many of us 'eventually' find ways to enhance our chances of experiencing 'flow', or 'peace' or 'serenity' or 'love' and gratitude [I'll drop the commas... they were annoying me] some how.

    The problem is, we can't treat this challenge the same way we do say... being over weight. We can't say that we must all experience being obese before we can fully appreciate the feeling of being slim and lithe. Can you imagine? Because that's what we say about happiness!... you cannot possibly enjoy the great things in life unless you have had them taken away from you or been down in the dumps.

    If that's the case, then why aren't we all designing apps which throw our worlds into turmoil just so we can experience coming back out of the abyss and then re-frame our very existence by appreciating our [fill in the blank here] more? COPYRIGHT! Look away now! It's mine!... actually you can have.

    So, the answer? Not sure.

    All I can imagine is that if by some miracle our best minds could distill a meaningful global figure for happiness - then what a weird world we would live in! Anyone ever played Paranoia RPG? "Are you happy?", "No?", "Then please report directly to the laboratory for rehabilitation; have a nice day"

    I'm going to have a punt at what really matters here. Aspiration and Inspiration. To aspire to be a better person each day whilst taking each day, one at a time. And finally to inspire wonder in each other and marvel at the beauty around us.

    Any app that helps us to do that... is worth a vote in my books. But the one which can stand the test of our ever decreasing attention spans and information engorged lives... that's probably worth a Nobel Peace Prize right? Lol.

    Hope that sounded positive. I smiled when I wrote it ;)

    Happi apping people!!!

    PS - I'm HappiJar in the challenge.

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Wanna link? OK then.

    http://cpo.st/14pqNwy

    PS A vote would be awesome... but a loving 'like' would make me feel just as good.

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Check out the BlissApp @ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.DivinEagle.BlissApp

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    I agree in parts. Asking people to change their life to suit a happier existence means you have to convince them that they are already below par with regard to happiness.....

    Good luck with that one buddy, you're chasing the holy grail ;)

    I do agree however with you about 'small steps', and the self realization that there are little things we can do to be proactive around our mental health and happiness. Little things that will not get in our way of living the life we want.

    Teaching happiness is not my apps raison d'etre here.

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    If you follow your model of teaching then you may build an app which is capable of supporting you and a few engineers... but it's not going to appeal enough to change the world.

    And that's what we all want to do really... isn't it?

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Hi - this is an interesting thread! About whether you can teach happiness or not. This is where we can turn to science where people have objectively studied this. There are some proven concepts that across a population, can increase levels of happiness. For instance meditation, mindfulness, gratitude journals, etc. We have tried to incorporate that into our app: http://happinessapps.challengepost.com/submissions/31113-meaning-of-life-experiment

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    @ Georgel

    "Now for the part of changing the world... do you think it can be done without changing people's lifestyle?"
    Interesting question. We should not be in the business to forcibly change peoples lifestyle, but yes - if the idea changes the world then it would have changed the way we live and think about happiness of course. Pick a challenge and solve it. If you do it far better then ever before, and it makes people re-evaluate the way they live... then you did good.

    "If you really want to change the world, be ready to assume responsibilities like teaching people happiness and changing their lifestyle"
    Again, I'm not sure this is wholly correct. A person who invents a better shovel does not need to assume the responsibilities of a world full of new personal and business opportunities as a direct result of their new tool design. That person is not a shovel 'guru'. Just an inventor or designer. Also a good shovel doesn't need training to use. It just 'does' it's job better. I think I screwed that analogy up a bit.... sorry lol.

    glen

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    AshokGupta, Like your video! This is the vision of the organizers (Art of Living) also. True Happiness really comes from taking a break from activity and diving deep into oneself. Though it is hard to imagine that an App can achieve that purpose :-)
    I think though, an App can take humanity to a more positive direction by inducing better thoughts and happier human interactions.
    Checkout my App (currently only web - www.happymood.co) which focuses on positive and fulfilling human interactions such as appreciation, gratitude, cheering up etc. We believe that people need to first evolve from the negativity we see online to more positivity before they can achieve true happiness (self-actualization). Of course different people are at different stages of evolution. Endeavors like this one (Happiness Apps Challenge) are a good step for pushing humanity in that direction.

  •   •   about 11 years ago

    OK. So I did this to convince you all....

    http://youtu.be/StK8mwRcuZc

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