Thursday, May 3, 2012

Tabling the future

QWhere Yearly Plan
Year TECH TEAM FUNDING COMMUNITY
1 Beta and launch create company foundations 5,000 users
hi tech version hire code developers individuals advertise everywhere how to get QWhere (or "we are here")
low tech version recruit interns non-profit sponsors
(Trevor Project, I'm From Driftwood, FriendFactor, GLSEN, GLAAD, HRC, It Gets Better Project, etc...)
beta testers
expand the database create board of dirs angels (Credo Mobile)
make texting the database work back & forth legal kickstarter/users
Geolocation in real time & space (Ushahidi) monitors (filter, curate) vc
person-to-person communication hire $ development
create smartphone apps from the mobile site (Phonegap)
build a website (non-app)
make interations secure & anonymous (OrBot, GibberBot, TextSecure, Crypto.cat, Droid Tracker, Glympse, MapDroyd)
integrate emergency SOS function - in case of assault
2 securely integrate w/social media apis (Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, Foursquare, Instagram, etc...) hire code developers vc 10,000 + users
allow users to submit or tag & rate resources (maybe like Layar) recuit interns advertisers expand database through user submissions
incorporate ads for resources in the database expand board of dirs foundations call to organize
personalization hire staff as needed call to action
gps-specific push msgs ("You're in a high-bully zone" or "You're standing where the Stonewall Riots occurred") internet-tv show based on user connections & stories
expand database
push notifications for political organizing
internet-tv show based on user connections & stories
3 go global, localized languages expand staff & offices vc 100,000 + users
premium features language-specific developers advertisers joint action/outreach campaigns w/sponsor orgs
video & audio integration super-users users for premium functions share your story
4 make a "___Where" for every affinity group that wants/needs it expand staff & offices as needed advertisers 500,000 + users
allow user-generated organizing & action users for premium functions user-generated organizing & actions
make the world a better/friendlier/more usable place

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