Hi all, I've long been a reader and follow the site, but I've recently just got a simple idea for an app that I think could be really useful to people. My hope is that if it's good, that someone would like to code it. I'm not sure if this is the right place/site, but I figure you guys would have some good ideas/feedback.

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On the mac there are plenty of apps for time management and keeping track of what you need to do in the day. Being a terrible procrastinator I've probably tried them all.

Oftentimes the simplest solutions are the best, so what I'm proposing is a tiny app that lives only in the OSX menubar (or Windows toolbar) and changes color during the day depending on how close you get to a specified time.

here's a mockup:

Usage of the app would be super simple:

in the prefs:
* There would be a field to define a start and end time. In this case, the start time is 7pm and the end time is 12pm. For many people this could be the start of the workday at 9am to 5pm, or whenever it is that you've decided to commit yourself to a task/project.

* The other field would be to define a start and end color. In the example above, yellow is the start color and red is the end one, as the time period elapses the color transforms along a simple linear gradient from start to end color.

* Maybe an option for a beep or growl message when the timer is done and you've arrived at your end color

And that's it! I have no idea how to program for OSX, but if anyone thinks it's a great idea and it's simple enough and would like to program it please go right ahead :D

What do you think? Thanks for reading!

(note, i posted this on my own personal site as well at http://www.pketh.com/weblog/app-proposal-crunch-time )