Downtyme: Changing Society through Imagineering
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Pitched at the BU Imagineering Competition. Winner of the 1st Place $2,500 Prize.
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- 1. Imagineering Competition April 18, 2014
- 2. @DowntymeApphttp://downty.me What do people do in their downtime? 27 Percent Amount of online time spent on social networking Up from 18% in 2011 23 Minutes Spent on mobile email and social networking per hour 6.75 Hours Americans spent networking on Facebook per month Up from 2.7 hours in 2006
- 5. We live in a society surrounded by digital automation, why can’t we automate time for real-life friends?
- 6. @DowntymeApphttp://downty.me The Team Luke Sorenson Computer Engineering ’16 Project Lead John Moore Computer Engineering ’15 Infrastructure Engineer Timothy Chong Computer Engineering ’16 iOS Software Engineer Barron Roth Computer Engineering ’16 Program Manager + Biz Dev Nick Sorenson SMG Finance ’14 CFO + Investor Relations
- 10. @DowntymeApphttp://downty.me Build overview • 25,000+ lines of code • 4 months of prototyping (Dec-Mar) • Tens of hours of UX testing • 1 month of beta launch and initial promotion (Mar-Apr) • 3 iOS and Android updates released since launch • Average one update per 10 days • Team organizes using Trello
- 12. @DowntymeApphttp://downty.me Android and iOS apps • Development began over Winter Break • Final development push over Spring Break • Restricted testing the week after • Beta launch the following week • Use of Facebook SDK • Significant focus on user experience • Caching • Animations • Responsiveness
- 13. @DowntymeApphttp://downty.me Infrastructure • Google App Engine serves single API • Code runs on Google’s servers • Dynamic scaling • Easy deployment and versioning • Google Cloud SQL stores data • Hourly backups • Follows best security practices • Hashed passwords • Query sanitation • Sensitive data not exposed
- 14. @DowntymeApphttp://downty.me Technology • Fine-tuned availability metrics based on weekly calendar • Fluid calendar entry interface and ability to sync with phone • Group system on client and server • Custom analytics system • Intelligent algorithms determine best sorting of friends
- 15. @DowntymeApphttp://downty.me 20 miles away 2.5 miles away 0.4 miles away 0.3 miles away 0.1 miles away 0.2 miles away “Graph-sort” Algorithm Breadth first search & location based sorting algorithm
- 16. The Playing Field Spur-of-the- moment daily events with few people Planned future events with friends Planned future events for public Spur-of-the- moment daily events with groups Planning events around everyone’s schedule
- 17. New Playing Field Planned future events with friends Planned future events for public Spur-of-the- moment events with one or more friends, based on everyone’s schedule
- 18. @DowntymeApphttp://downty.me Milestones • Closed Beta (Android) January 2014 • South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) March 7, 2014 • Open Beta – Boston (iOS + Android) March 31, 2014 • 1200 Boston Beta Testers • Press Coverage
- 19. @DowntymeApphttp://downty.me The Vision • Growth • Internationally at Universities • Expand out of student sector • Enterprise/corporate • Parents! • Societal Change • “The first app intended on getting you away from your smartphone” • Focus on one’s genuine persona vs. virtual persona
- 21. @DowntymeApphttp://downty.me Questions & Contact web http://Downty.me email founders@downty.me twitter @DowntymeApp