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Spot.Us Update from a Plane
- 1. Spot.Us An update while I’m on a plane. Why am I on a plane? Check the next slide....
- 2. 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
- 3. Also......... Without developers Spot.Us is screwed Next slide explains why.
- 4. Witness the extent of David Cohn’s programming skillz Cool, but won’t cut it for spot.us, huh?
- 11. 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.
- 12. 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
- 13. 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.
- 14. 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.
- 15. ANOTHER SUCCESS!! • We have our third example of “community funded reporting” from Chris Amico who will look into cement kilns in Northern California. • w00t
- 16. FUNDED!!!!!
- 17. 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!!!!
- 18. ONWARD!!!!! • Into the abyss. • Who is coming with me? (Doing my best Tom Cruise impression)