I was reading the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, and I came across an article that sparked a personal as well as CTS 287 interest. The article was by Katherine Beohret, a recently engaged reporter, and was called "With This App, I Thee Wed...". Well, my husband and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary last November so I was intrigued by the article. How could technology make planning a wedding easier than what it was like 25 years ago?
Ms Beohret has researched several wedding apps (for basically iPhones and iPads) that would help an engaged couple plan their wedding, shop for items for their wedding registry, find the right wedding dress for their body types, and list local vendors for photography, transportation, rentals, and officiants while keeping a daily count-down to the wedding (56 days to go!).
She looked at two free apps from TheKnot.com based on two features of the website. The Look Book helps find the perfect wedding dress based on body type and personality, and Wedding 911 answers all kinds of wedding questions.
Two apps for the iPhone and iPad, called Brides Wedding Genius and My Wedding Concierge, deal with shopping for dresses and jewelry, planning your honeymoon, and inspiring the user with creative ideas for her wedding. The iWedding Deluxe iPhone app http://www.iweddingdeluxe.com/Home.html costs $9.99 does it all and allows you to store all your contacts in one central location.
MyWeddingBudget ($1.99 Android) and Wedding Organizer ($2.99 Blackberry) failed to offer as many advantages, but were the only apps available at this time.
This article was found in The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 on page D3 and can be read in its entirety at http://online.wsj.com/public/page/personal-technology.html just click on the iPad icon.
Thinking about the planning and the cost of a wedding turns my hair gray. This alone tells me that I need to get a job NOW! Did I forget to mention that I have THREE daughters?
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