Sunday, May 4, 2014

Thoughts on Other Projects: Mechanapp

This application looks really good. The visuals are really nice, their seem to be pleasurable animations on everything which I really like. The idea is a good one, basically it helps you diagnose problems in your car based on a series of yes or no questions. It also uses weighted likelihoods to try to diagnose your problem more accurately and more quickly.

I really like this product, and think it has real market potential. Their idea is to make money by putting in targeted advertising into the product, which makes a lot of sense since their product is already targeting a specific demographic. The problem there is you have to gain momentum to get the attention of anyone who wants to advertise with you before you can make any money, however this is a problem for a lot of startups.

The presentation for these guys was great! They felt very relaxed and comfortable with their product, which is good. It makes me feel more confident in the product when I see them so comfortable with it. Also, it seemed that they had rehearsed the demo a few times so it went very smoothly and demonstrated all of the features quite clearly.

One question that I have, (and a reservation I have about the product) is how are all of the trees going to be implemented? Are all of them going to have to be manually entered? Are there separate trees for every car or are they all pretty much working with the same tree?

Despite all this, I think the product is great, and think it's a real contender for the best project award. Good luck to Mechanapp and its team!

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