Post: #1

http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/11/boy-tri...er-an-app/

Quote:In July 2012, Jonathan Dharmaraj and his girlfriend of almost a year broke up. After spending every second together — working in the same hospital and living two minutes from each other — they both went off to different schools. Jonathan’s work at the University of Illinois at Chicago took him more than 30 miles from his sweetheart, who left for nursing school, and the pair decided that the distance and the timing just weren’t working.

It’s been almost six months, and they’ve continued to talk, have remained close, and even find time to visit each other a few times each month. “I realized that we could have made it work,” said Jonathan. “I regretted that we broke up.”

With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, Jonathan began plotting how he could get his girlfriend back. Instead of buying flowers or writing a love letter, he decided to write her an app.

“I used to call her Shipoopi,” said Jonathan. “I know Shipoopi comes from The Music Man, but she and I made it an inside joke after watching Family Guy together. I named the app Shipoopi so that she knows it’s for her.”

The app itself isn’t all that revolutionary. It’s an Android app, only available for Android 4.2 at the moment, that essentially lets you choose which apps appear on your lockscreen, letting you bypass the step of going from lockscreen to homescreen to app. Shipoopi lets you go straight from the lockscreen to the app of your choosing.

He said that his ex, who we shall call Shipoopi because he’d prefer we kept her anonymous, lives and breathes by her smartphone and that this extra level of efficiency is perfect for her. But more importantly, Shipoopi shows her that Jonathan cares enough about her to do something truly creative for her. He plans on meeting up with her on Friday, the day after Valentine’s Day, to show her the app and ask her to be his girlfriend again.

Jonathan isn’t a developer, and he doesn’t work for a startup. He’s a student who taught himself to code in HTML and JavaScript and then moved on to mobile apps. He’s not looking to make money, either — the app is free and has no clear revenue stream.

He just wants his girlfriend back, and he use the skills he’s acquired to do this in a unique, adorable way.

So what do you say, Shipoopi? Will you take him back?

IRT is that you?

Post: #2

(02-12-2013 12:35 AM)Emancipator Wrote:  He said that his ex, who we shall call Shipoopi because he’d prefer we kept her anonymous, lives and breathes by her smartphone and that this extra level of efficiency is perfect for her. But more importantly, Shipoopi shows her that Jonathan cares enough about her to do something truly creative for her. He plans on meeting up with her on Friday, the day after Valentine’s Day, to show her the app and ask her to be his girlfriend again.

Post: #3

Her vagina is going to be so dry when he shows her this

Post: #4

(02-12-2013 12:35 AM)Emancipator Wrote:  IRT is that you?

IRT is too busy trolling RSDN full-time to build apps.

"Now I have heard that people with my coloration (light brown skin) are often subject to a lot of racism and hatred and hooking up with girls ..."

lol. I digress.

Post: #5

I hope he gets filthy rich and bangs a million skanks.

Post: #6

I'd say he should make a site with some revenge porn vids but I doubt he's ever seen her naked

Post: #7

(02-12-2013 12:48 AM)Goldin Boy Wrote:  I'd say he should make a site with some revenge porn vids but I doubt he's ever seen her naked

Post: #8

So the guy made the app that makes it easier for the girl to access the messages left for her by other men on various dating apps.

Why do I have this feeling that I am like 100 times smarter than this guy although I cannot write an app?

For some reason I also think that getting a new girlfriend is at least 27 times easier (and pleasant) then writing an app.

Post: #9

haha.. this is going to end up well!

Post: #10

What the fuck is a shipoopi?

Post: #11

She's using that smartphone to get plowed by other guys, buddy.

Post: #12

Other than his predictably Indian heritage, is there something wrong with the name Jonathan? I know another guy named like that and he is also a gigantic Beta, currently being taken for a ride (no, not that kind of ride you perverts) by a super-slut that breaks up with him every two weeks.

Post: #13

If the app doesnt work he could always try getting 1 million Facebook likes

Post: #14

(02-12-2013 07:09 AM)Alpha Hunter Zero Wrote:  If the app doesnt work he could always try getting 1 million Facebook likes

Business idea: App that sets up your Facebook page for getting 1 million likes so you can <insert goal here>.

Post: #15

But notice nevertheless that this confirms that betas are responsible for building and maintaining civilizations. It may not be much in the grand scheme of things, but he did make an app, even if it was in the service for groveling for a used-up cunt. Do you suppose a woman would have done the same?

Post: #16

Is it a weight loss app?

Post: #17

(02-12-2013 04:47 AM)le prince perdu Wrote:  What the fuck is a shipoopi?

This. A family guy spoof and a song from a musical:

Post: #18

(02-12-2013 12:45 AM)reino341 Wrote:  

(02-12-2013 12:35 AM)Emancipator Wrote:  IRT is that you?

IRT is too busy trolling RSDN full-time to build apps.

"Now I have heard that people with my coloration (light brown skin) are often subject to a lot of racism and hatred and hooking up with girls ..."

lol. I digress.

they are getting pretty tired of it as well haha