I have been looking around the internet and noticed that a lot of the “big boys” were started to solve problems that people have had or as a goof. For instance eBay was started because some one had a lot of stuff that he wanted to sell. Coming from a telecom background I have created several telephony apps to help myself with simple tasks. Others have been the results of bets.
Here in Israel the Exchange rate of the Shekel against other currencies (such as the Dollar, Euro) play a big role in a lot of peoples lives. A friend of mine that lives in Israel that gets paid in dollars likes knowing what his money is worth locally. We had a bet if I can have a hot line up under an hour that would tell people what the exchange rate was against the dollar. I got busy with asterisk + PHP + and some scripts. Within 45 minutes I had working number that gave the rate. I told a few people about it and now the line is getting lots of calls. Who knew ? You can call in and hear it (still didn’t have time to get professional recordings).
Call in to it and let me know what you think.
From the US: 646-335-0424
From Israel: 078-818-7400
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