about uchoo

OK, we've all been there. You know, when someone's wearing something and you ask yourself "where were your friends when you bought that?". Well, now help is at hand... uchoo.com NEVER go out dressed like a wierdo!

As long as you have to make a decision and have two choices, (you can have more - see help) you can use uchoo. Here are some ideas I've had but I'm sure you can think of more.
Creative
I'm entering a photo competition, which photo's better?
I'm developing a website, which layout's better?
Which t-shirt design do you prefer?

Style/fashion
I'm going to visit my girlfriend's parents, what should I wear?*

Miscellaneous

I guess asking people for their opinion is just like asking people for their opinion. So, yes. However, uchoo is not supposed to tell us how America feels about its current choice of President, nor is it intended to tell us who's the greatest footballer of all time. Its simply for your dilemmas. What should I wear? Two choices. Bang! Job done.

OK so you can ask loads of people what they think, anytime about anything. That's pretty great, right? Well, not only that but you can also ask different groups what they think. So, say you want to know what people like your boyfriend think? No problem. Want to know what his parents would think? No problem either. Perhaps you're going on holiday to Italy and want to know what they wear in clubs - no problem just drill down to see the choices of Italians between the age of 18-23. Simple. Oh and its fast, simple and free.

Not really. Everyone has an opinion, they just usually keep it to themselves. Asking for advice lets you know what most people would choose. Plus, I think strangers are more likely to be honest - they don't know any background information and they're not concerned about hurting your feelings.

Yes. Why not?! Which logo's better? What's a better strap line? Which colour packaging is better? I'll see how this goes and might make some policy changes in the future but for now it sounds useful to me.

Well, its derived from 'you choose' as in "I can't decide, you choose" but apparently it does mean 'friend' in Keni unn. Which I think is rather apt. If you know of any other meanings please let me know - I'd love to know about them?

uchoo was developed by me, James Docherty. I do my best to support the site until it grows big enough to fund other people. You can contact me via the blog. Special thanks to my chief beta tester, Liz though!

For the techies: the application server is php 4.3.1 with a mySQL 5 database. There's also a healthy chunk of client-side Javascript (AJAX) to ensure full membership of the Web 2.0 club! Development was done on a combination of OSX and Win2k in Dreamweaver, Photoshop and Navicat.

Not really, but you can try this if you like! "uchoo is a personal decision making web app based on the principles of social networking and peer review."

uchoo is still in development. This means things will probably break and might be more wobbly than when the site's fully polished. The core functionality is finished and available though and you'll still be able to do most things OK. If you find an issue with the site, please check the known issues page and let me know. Thanks.

That's great - I'd love to hear your ideas and suggestions. You can drop me a line via the contact page or pop over to the blog to have a more public discussion. If you're near Sumner, we could always discuss it over a coffee!

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