Notes on Vwidder

Wanted to check in with where we're at. We've branded our project Vwidder (tagline: what are you viewing?) and set up the back end using existing functions of blip and blogger. This is more for convenience in prototyping rather then building our own engines etc. The idea is clearly taken from Twitter but instead of updating a text status you can give visual perspective on what your are doing through your video enabled cell phone. Sending blip posts to blogger is in effort to provide more options for aggregating videos on the page. I've set up and tested the back end and Mike and Jake are handling the blogger layout. Some issues we're thinking about for future prototyping:

• How is our page different from looking at just a blip channel.
  
• Is there a way to give identity to each post and poster or simulate a given identity for posters? This was a Ravi concern but I kind of like the idea of leaving it open, people can always title their videos (subject line of the MMS message) as a way of standing out or identifying themselves.
  
• Is there a third function we can build into the site? SMS updates of our RSS feed people can subscribe too so they know when a new video is put up for instance? Perhaps we can also publish the "vwidder stream" as a podcast or find other ways people can access videos via mobile. Still looking for ideas to keep it different and interesting.
  

Have I missed anything? Mike and Jake feel free to chime in. These are just my notes since I can't make tomorrow's class. Sorry again for that. Feel free to give me a call or email!

-Ryan