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Banding together against the Summon Auntie

August 16, 2011 by  

Sometimes you can’t beat a good name. Take the newly launched iPhone app, Summon Auntie. No, it is not pronounced “sum-muhn” or in IPA lingo “suhm-uhn” – as you foreign tongues might say it – but “sum-mahn” [I would have loved to insert a sample of aforesaid Singlish pronunciation here]. I have seen this app make the rounds amongst my friends, fast.

First, this app aims to help drivers be alerted whenever a parking warden or “parking auntie” is close to the area in which your car is parked. This is so that you can rush back to your car in time if you are over the parking time limit. Read more

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Beat The Parking Warden To It With ParkAlert.me

October 19, 2010 by  

ParkAlertCalling himself an “absent-minded driver”, hobbyist programmer Aaron Chan resolved to help himself and others like him prevent situations where you walk back to your car minutes after your parking coupon expires only to see the warden writing you a ticket.

While still with his day job at MoSync where he is Regional Manager, Aaron spent weekday nights and weekends working on ParkAlert.me, a mobile app that allows you to warn others and be warned when a parking warden is near your car and be reminded when your coupon is about to expire. (Sigh, I would have found this immensely useful last week in San Francisco when I paid a parking fine of USD 65 (SGD 85).) Read more

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