I'm a bit of a Hacker News lurker and have been really interested in the movement encouraging its readers to launch a new app in the month of November. The idea spurred a lengthly conversation, a Facebook group, its own meta-app and numerous follow up posts. The two small sites I put up this month (StartupBites and Is McRib Back) hardly qualify as "apps" and I didn't have any bright ideas so I figured I'd just watch from the sidelines.

Well, last night I came up with a new idea for an app (or new take on an old idea). I think I can get it done in two weeks so, what the hell, I'm in. It's (tentatively) called Rankorous and is an app for creating and sharing Top 5 lists with friends. I'll do my best to blog the next two weeks with updates and articles about what I'm up to.

Note: This is going to (hopefully) be supported by advertisements and affiliate income so instead of "One Paying Customer" I'll set my goal as "some adsense/affiliate income".