For me its the typical university project interaction design students create. To which than the whole world (especially those working in UX/UI design) drools.
So, lots of room to explore, but can you turn a profit? Imagine doing this systematically with 3G. The wireless companies pay big money for this kind of data in GIS systems. Imagine adding "street view" to critical areas.
Being a UI person I wonder if this is as optimal as possible. I believe the default is that everything is working fine, no need to show me that as a horizontal rule. If there is something wrong it could have a rule with details and a link.
Let me explain myself. More input, more ideas and in my humble experience reduces the likelihood of getting things done quickly. We can discuss on cities for months, everybody wants to have it close to their home, but it simply can't be close for all. Hence I choose Utrecht: central and in general easy to reach by public transport/car. So no poll please.
And we do want everybody to be able to attend this meet-up.
Update 1
I'm for a democracy of input, but a autocratic way of making decisions. Hence the following.
- place of meeting: in Utrecht
- Date: soon (tbd)
- Digital home (temporary): here on HN or http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hackers-nl/
- Non-commercial and low-cost (so no Igluu)
- Important? Passion&Spirit
I would like to organise this thing. Seriously. Lifelong hacker but rusty on the tech-skills. So I have developed reasonable social skills ;) If you all have a true interest in this I would be a very happy man.
Suggestions are welcome regarding:
- possible locations in Utrecht
- presentation-style (long-medium-short)
- topics
Regarding these comparisons I am always tempted to refer to the: law of the handicap of a head start [1]. America being (many times) on the forefront of (partial) technology adoption; gets also the legacy backslash when technology advances. I don't believe there are easy solutions to this.
