Had a quick chat with Alex North of Tiinker and Jobreel fame yesterday and he gave me some info on his most recent project - jamcode. Jamcode has released a teaser video of one of their apps GasBag - which is a mobile app for finding cheap fuel near where you are.

Below is a short excerpt from our conversation (I’ve had to leave some of the details out because of where they are with the creation of the team and development of other products)…

Can you tell me more about jamcode?

jamcode LLC was founded by 3 Aussies and 1 Californian (although now half the team live in CA). The company was founded with the aim of creating high quality applications for the growing mobile computing market.

Is it purely focused on iphone apps?

Not at all, but it is focused on mobile. The iPhone will be the first platform to see GasBag but it will be available on other platforms soon.

Has GasBag released yet?

Not just yet. We’re busy polishing off the user interface - we want the finished product to be a joy to use.

Will GasBag be California focused or will you soon have other geographies covered?

Initially California for a short trial, and then the rest of the US. We’ll bring it to Australia when the federal FuelWatch legislation takes effect. Other geographies just depend on our access to data.

Actually, how do you get the updated info? Do they have a FuelWatch like scheme over there?

No, but the data can be bought from private companies who monitor it. We will also encourage users to submit up-to-date price data from the pump when they make a purchase, so GasBag will have some of the most timely gas price data possible.

Part of their future plans include bringing mobile-based rich local search to more markets than petrol prices and then looking at ways to allow businesses to compete for customers that are nearby and looking for the goods/services they offer.

There’s a lot to like about Jamcode, GasBag and their future plans. It’ll be interesting to see if they can do the trans-Pacific development thing and if they get the necessary pickup of GasBag to reassure them that they’re onto a winner.

Though with petrol prices in my area varying by anywhere up to 10c on some days, they can count on at least 1 customer.

So it seems Chris Saad has had the idea of writing a book for over a year. The (working?) title is “Revolution of Me”. (hope it’s not tied to revolutionofme.com - lol)

You can check out and comment on an excerpt from the book outline over at Chris’ blog

Wonder if the plan is to incorporate ideas into the book - a la Jeff Howe (the man who coined the term “Crowdsourcing“) and his book - or if he’s just after comments.

Let us know Chris…