The purpose of this questionnaire is to find out about volunteer activities locally and to get to know people's perceptions, feedbacks on the development of mobile app. I-volunteer.bn is an online mobile app which acts as a single unified platform for volunteers, society or any organizations to easily connect and share about social community work.
For the original post, please click here: Original post, or visit the survey link for more information.
Categories & topics: Apps / Volunteerism
Course/Module/Area of Study: Master of Management
Institution/Organisation: UBD
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Currently, surveys will be posted on Brunei Things on the basis of their interestingness. :)
Link: puasa.bruneigeekmeet.com
Developed by: TheWheat (Website, Twitter)
That time of year where restaurants really believe that Bruneians will pay good money to stuff their faces, every day, for a month. For years there’s usually some restaurant directory of some sort; I remember Maurina’s lists, and this year Brunei Foodies has promoted theirs. But I was pretty pleased to finally see a web app by Tim @ TheWheat allowing filtering by venue and various other search options.
My excitement:
It makes me really happy to see IT used “properly”! Tools & technology are there to help ppl, but many don’t know how to use them. #techBN
— hazirah (@possiblyzebra) June 8, 2016
I hope it is fair for me to say that in 2016, I would have liked to see more Brunei information that are packaged in modern web technologies. Directories that are maintained in a single blog post are just… kind of an outdated way of doing things. But I do understand. WordPress is still my favourite platform for running a website, and having Instagram and Facebook presence is still pretty important. The blog format is convenient and hard to give up, and social media is ridiculously easy to keep updated, in lieu of hiring techies who understand and/or see value in “properly” storing data to be easily pulled or reused. But I digress.
Additional features of the web app:
Tim pointed out that clicking the phone numbers would allow you to call them.
Also contains Sahur buffet options: Search “Sahur” in the search box.
I took the above screenshots, that I then shared on Twitter to make my tweet more sharable, to help people understand what the app was for. Though the screenshots didn’t seem to help the app to go viral - only 3 retweets, haha!
Thoughts:
Not everyone looks out for these buffets on an everyday basis, so it’s understandable. I don’t take to them myself - I dislike the rush of queuing or ordering, and I don’t eat that much anyway.
The directories, and therefore the web app, may only take into account those restaurants that have promoted their buffet deals. There are others that have not made a shiny poster for social media sharing, or contacted Brunei Foodies or any popular Brunei bloggers, but still offer buffet deals.
For those looking for late-night sahur options, there are many places that are open late but do not have any buffets.
"Ride for Rewards" (R4R) mobile application concept
Survey link for ages 15 - 29:
http://goo.gl/forms/S4BndOxdUm
Survey link for ages 30 & above:
http://goo.gl/forms/L9NqwLqlMA
Description:
>R4R is an app that rewards its riders for simply riding the bus. > >Features: > >- Gamified Reward System >- Built-in QR code scanner > >The trial period is from 28 March 2016 until 7 April 2016 and applies only to the following buses: 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39
For more information, visit the website at ride4rewards.tumblr.com. Please note that though this is hosted on Tumblr, it's recommended to view website in your web browser rather than in the Tumblr app.
Categories & topics: Business / Transport / Apps
Researcher: Siti Noora'zam HAK
Institution: Universiti Teknologi Brunei (formerly Institut Teknologi Brunei)
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The researcher has assured me that R4R is both a real program and has a real (beta) app! Currently, surveys will be posted on Brunei Things on the basis of their interestingness. :)
