Two ideas I've had for small apps:

1. If the alarm D-bus signals allow it, I'd like a small, non-GUI application that registers itself to be called anytime the alarm goes off. Once called, the application would for a short time monitor the accelerometer for, say, a triple tap on the device. If the triple tap came, the application would dismiss the alarm. Otherwise, the app would simply close itself.

This would allow me to easily dismiss alarms while my N900 remains in my pocket. I'd appreciate that option each time it reminds me of an appointment to which I'm already driving.

2. I'd like a addition to the status menu with several buttons, a bit like the Simple Brightness Applet. However, instead of various brightness levels, the buttons on this new applet would be for different units of time, perhaps 1/2 hr, 1 hr, 1-1/2 hrs, 2 hrs, and 2-1/2 hrs. Tapping one of the times would immediately switch the phone from General profile to Silent profile and register an event with alarmd the selected amount of time in the future. The alarmd event, when it arrived, would prompt the applet to switch back to the General profile.

This would allow the phone to autimatically return to it's normal, useful, noisy self after being curtious during events such as meetings, movies, and dates.