[ale] [OT] Hobbies and Market Research

[Ed Cashin]

I don't think facebook et al. have a feature that reminds a user, "You
haven't contacted Joe Schmoe in a while."  The trick would be getting
enough information to make that helpful.

Evernote comes to mind.  They have a nice API for third-party apps, and
they're very supportive of developers of such apps.  A user's Evernote
notes could provide enough information to say that "Joe Schmoe's new
daughter turned two today.  Maybe some encouragement would help."

Seems ambitious as stated, but a more simple but still useful service might
be within reach with some thinking and care.

Good luck!

(And where are you learning Wing Chun?)

On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Leam Hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd consider the effort to be a loss if the business didn't inspire others
> to encourage others.
>
> Leam
>
>
> On 07/04/2013 10:51 AM, Wolf Halton wrote:
>
>> 5. How is this going to be viable against facebook, for individuals; and
>> ning for organizations - who is your target demographic?
>>
>> Whose time will be spent finding messages of viable encouragement? not
>> everybody finds the same messages motivating.  I think this is the
>> product and the rest is "been there, done that."  Have people who sign
>> uptell you some basic facts about themselves and their worldview. Tailor
>> the messages to them.
>>
>> Wolf Halton
>>
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