I started school already and I am still getting use to it, like the schedule, homework, people, campus etc. Although I haven't been doing as much as I have been doing over summer on the project I've still been thinking about during the day and while I'm sleeping. The reason that I wanted to post something up today is because while I was heading to my first class on Monday I saw a flyer on the wall and it was a notification system for students to send in a text message and receive alerts from the school in case of an emergency. This is great because almost every college student has a phone, which they use in or outside the classroom. After class I went on my computer and went to the website AlertU. I explored through their website to see what they were doing and I was impressed of the product. So this got me thinking about what I want to create and then I also remembered that Remind101 just launched so having these two products is really useful to compare. In a way from the video demo of Remind101, their product is similar to AlertU. Same process in users texting a code to subscribe and other features that are similar, but there is one key feature no one has mastered yet. I'm still planning on doing this and make it available for schools/parents.
There's more to add but I have a class to attend.
By the way the new Blogger interface is nice. I love the simplicity and colors.
Hi Francisco,
ReplyDeleteWhat emergencies could you see Mr. Madson sending a school wide alert over? These stories, or use cases, are very important tools in product design.
Glad to hear you are still keeping up on the competitive landscape, and I hope all your classes are going well!