As the new year approaches, this is the time to make resolutions and contemplate what you want to accomplish in 2010. Two second year law students at UCLA, Hector Pacheco and Daniel Carter, created the app DreamList to help you keep track of those thoughts for the future.
The app lets you create lists of dreams (things you want to do) and lists of wishes (items that you want to have).
Enter whatever dreams or wishes you have and you can optionally choose a target completion date. If you are having trouble coming up with things to put on your lists, the app even includes hundreds of preloaded activities, sites and experiences that you might want to strive for. I actually found that to be one of the most interesting parts of the app as it gave me lots of ideas of things that I want to do at some point in the future.
You can mark a dream or wish as completed, which gives you a nice feeling of accomplishment to see what you have done. The app also allows you to share your dreams and wishes with your friends who use the app and see which of your friends have completed their own dreams. You can also search to see which of your friends have the same dreams or wishes as you. Or you can search your friends' wishes list to see what they want, which could give you ideas for birthday presents. This video from Daniel Carter shows you all of the ins and outs of the app:
This is an interesting idea for an app, and a timely app with the new year approaching. But what I really love about this app is that it is an example of lawyers — or, in this case, future lawyers — coming up with creative ideas and then turning those ideas into iPhone apps. Whether such apps are geared to other attorneys or, as here, suitable for the general public, I hope that more and more lawyers make it their resolution to develop iPhone apps next year.
By the way, the origin of this app is a cute story. Hector and Daniel tell me that they created this app after experiencing the "bloody" on campus interview process. To take a break from the stress of OCI and focus on something productive, they decided to write an iPhone app. I recall that my post-OCI activities when I was in law school primarily consisted of walking down the block to consume pints of beer at The Irish Times. If only I had been as productive as Hector and Daniel. Good luck to them on their future legal and iPhone endeavors.
Click here for DreamList ($1.99): 
