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doodlec.am

27 points·cryptoz··10 comments

I am not sure if it's everywhere in the world, but in Australia a "Doodle" can often be slang for a penis. With this in mind, I am not sure DoodleCam is a great name unless that's what you were going for.

I was kind of expecting your service to be like chatroulette which also could have been called DoodleCam.

I (American) have heard "doodle" used that way occasionally, but it doesn't make me think of that at all without the right context. Here it makes me think of silly drawings.

In North America, "doodle" is what people do in their notebooks during boring meetings—draw, that is. So it may be a cultural thing. For their target audience, it's fine.

Mis-naming your app can have benefits. see http://www.macgasm.net/2013/03/27/mans-map-app-blows-up-afte...

Never heard of that usage. I'd consider the "rough drawing" meaning of "doodle" very very common.

You don't want to see your doodles tastefully augmented with robots and asteroids?

This is a Cumulonimbus side project. We're focusing on pressureNET right now and are looking for funding. http://pressurenet.cumulonimbus.ca

Do phones and other mobile devices have the capability to measure barometric pressure? If so, that's awesome and I need to harness that.

A lot do. Almost all of the official 'Google Experience' android devices do, along with the Samsung Galaxy line of devices. Thats not the complete list, of course, but that's a large chunk. The baro sensor is used to get a altitude lock for gps quicker.

Ach, can't stand android. Ah well.

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