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SophomoreFodder
 
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| | I'm a little bit skittish about putting this one up, but what the hell. Project Name: MyTown Project Description: MyTown is a pure Web 2.0 play. It uses Google Maps with geocache/physical addresses for interesting features or historical elements. People are able to create audio tracks of either a brief history, a review of the services or other interesting information in mp3 format (I'm thinking podcasts like files). They then upload them with the Long/Lat or Adress they want they file to talk about. They then tag it and confirm the location before it is uploaded to the database. People then can search by tag or zip-code and then upload the Podcasts that they like or just listen to them on the website. Problem: No idea how to monetize this sucker....
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The GodFodder
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| | I'm not sure what this idea would do for anyone, or what the purpose is...but I like it! Kind of a Web 2.0 version of Mr. Microphone. You remember Mr. Microphone: "Hey good looking, we'll be back later to pick you up!" Maybe you should troll through the other Ronco products and see what we can adapt to the modern age. 
Cheers! Bill
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Fodder Chief
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SophomoreFodder
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| | The intent is for tourism and "virtual tourism". If you combine this site with an IPod you have a virtual tour guide. If your an avid hiker you can find good vistas and find what people think of various trails and parks. There are tons of little hidden attractions all over the world, little stories that don't make it into the history books. Imagine selecting Chicago and searching for "gangsters" and being able to get a map and podcast about all the hangouts and where various famous events happened. (I know there is more to Chicago than gansters, but I'm thinking about what people are passionate about to post info about). Like I said, monetization is the problem.
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SophomoreFodder
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Fodder Chief
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| | Why bother with the Google Maps bit? That's an add-on. The opportunity here is much greater. Build a website that maps community preferences for the offline world. Google maps preferences for websites by calculating inbound links and AdWords clicks, right? But what site tracks preferences for offline things -- anything from restaurants to bars to vacation spots. Put a recommendation engine on top of it, have users fill out their profile, type in a geographical region, and voila, the engine spits out great canoe trips in Wyoming. Of course, add a ranking system to the thing (kind of like NetFlix) so users can rank places. It would be like Wikipedia in that users would create and edit all of the content, upload images, etc. It's a virtual yellow pages + recommendation engine + rating system. Ben |
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The GodFodder
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| | Google Earth has some of that functionality. I love that program. You can search for golf courses, bars, restaurants, etc. It also shows where commuter train and El/subway lines run, so it becomes very helpful in determining if a house you're looking at is convenient to public transportation. Maybe if you added a function to rate the quality of each El station...
Cheers! Bill
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SophomoreFodder
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| Pure and simple, speed. It would be easier to plug into an existing API than to code from beginning. I'm barley able to code my way out of a paper bag, but even I can do a mash-up with the Google Maps API.
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Fodder Chief
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| | I thought my idea was a nice tie-in to your post with the Trillian Dollar Matrix, actually. That's why I kind of identified it as a larger opportunity. So, don't write any code yourself -- raise some money and bring in some developers. Google will buy it eventually and integrate into they stuff anyway. |
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