Spot.Us
An update while I’m on a plane.
Why am I on a plane? Check the next slide....

Visiting the Developers!
• The best communication happens
face-to-face and we have lots to talk
about
• The next week will be spent
discussing the vision and
implementation of spot.us

Also.........
Without developers Spot.Us is
screwed
Next slide explains why.

Witness the extent of David
Cohn’s programming skillz
Cool, but won’t cut it for
spot.us, huh?

Designs are Ready!!!!

Joining Me This Week
• I have fantastic designers who have gone
above and beyond.
• They are joining me this week with the
developers to talk through everything.

What’s Next?
• Lots of Bay Area reporters with ideas for
pitches. (keep em coming).
• Community members with story tips.
(DEFINITELY keep em coming).
• Racing to get the site up asap.
• Will be iterative henceforth

Organizing in the Dark
• Worst position to be in - but until the site
is up, we are holding off on more pitches/
tips.
• Organizing in the dark utterly sucks.
• We hope to flip on the light switch soon.

Inspiration Coming
From All Over!!!!!
• User-created logo designs! (thanks Tom C.)
• Phone calls every day of interested parties.
• Learning more every moment and continue
to be inspired and thankful for everyone’s
support.

ANOTHER SUCCESS!!
• We have our third example of “community
funded reporting” from Chris Amico who
will look into cement kilns in Northern
California.
• w00t

FUNDED!!!!!

Housekeeping
• Welcome Brant Houston to the board of
advisors!!! (if you don’t know him, 10
minutes on Google will explain why he is a
big addition).
• First installment of SF Election Truthiness
Campaign being published on Monday!!!!

ONWARD!!!!!
• Into the abyss.
• Who is coming with me? (Doing my best
Tom Cruise impression)