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Open library progress
The document provides a progress report for the Open Library project, outlining timelines for the website, mobile apps, and key functions. It discusses issues around differentiating the Open Library from Facebook by creating a space for alternative identities and viewpoints. The report also outlines the key modules of the social network including the home page, profiles, catalog, books, and explore functions.
Open library progress
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- 2. Progress www.openlibrary.hk Websiteand mobile ETA : Mid-Septmber iOS and Android ETA: Mid-October Basic Function: Books Management, Lend/Borrow logistic, Catelog, Users Community Additional Function: Internative Map, QR-Code verification, Bar-Code to ISBN Things we need: Logo, online payment...... Operation Mode: Run as Open Source Community Source Code will be open to developors shortly after deploy Open to public after 20000 users. Hackthon for Innovative Propose: eg.How to build connection up within 10000 users? Serve as platform for Social Technology Innovation/Social Hacking Target : Override Facebook
- 3. Issues to bediscuss: Distance with Facebook: Give chance for people to create “Second Identity” in Open Library. Create a breathing space out of the “怨氣” ,“戾氣” of Facebook Community Settle Name Issue: Open Library Reason 1 : “Open” Library for “Open Society” Against the “Close”, “Homogenizated”, “Main Stream” Society Reason 2 : The Scenario of Library Expected Mutal respect and Equlity within different ideas to infulence our society. Following up with our idea: “平台期望以促進知識流通的方式，建立和維繫香港的閱讀者社群，增進跨地域、 跨階層的人與人之間的理解與信任”
- 4. Key Issues ondesigning “Social Network Upon books” User Experience : What shall they see when using the app? Consider Facebook First Impression : Something close to their taste “Random Walking” and “With Purpose” How to Help Users to Explore the Community? (Books, People, Location) Organize by Books or by People? Or both? How to Create Connection between People? How to Encourage Users to Involve into the Community? Involve : Lend/Borrow more books, sharing their life, eg. upload photos, book reviews and comments How active should users be? Active involvement, but less than facebook/twitter
- 5. Five Modules :Home Page Page Users see when first login Provide notification, update information “Entrance” to other functions
- 6. Five Modules :Profile Contain information of Users Bookshelf: Manage Books, Lend and Borrow
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- 8. Five Modules: Books Information of Books User’s rate, review, comments User willing to lend/ want to Borrow Other information related to Books and readers https://book.douban.com/subject/27064644/
- 9. Five Modules :Explore A Interactive Map of HK (Use google map?) For user to mark themselves on (Books, Lends, Activity?) Explore another dimension of HK
- 10. Five Modules :Explore Trip Advisor Travel Map
- 11. Lessons from Lenro,Coachsurfing, Sparktake Key Issues on design
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- 15. Lesson from Lenro A “Dead App” : Low popularity, not much users Poor Personal Profile Local Reason Social Inequality of India Logistic Reason Lack of offline effort Lack of Management and Promotion Could not build connection between Lenders and Borrowers
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- 18. Lesson from Sparktake Simple and Straight forward as a marketplace Maybe a good trading place, but not a Library Library : share life, thought and ideas with books Missing element of “Person” No space to share personal thought Book arranged messy Arrange books by upload time only Bad first impression
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- 23. Lesson from Coachsurfing How to consist the element of “Person” with “Books” ? Dashboard/Home Page is messy Expect to be a functional app, not a social network