Drew Cogbill | Thesis Blog

1. Utterli
2. First Mile Solution
3. Ushaidi - Creation story 1, creation story 2
4. BulkSMS - Creation story
5. InSTEDD - Creation story
6. Dial2Do
7. New York Talk Exchange (NYTE) - creation story
8. Snapvine
9. Jyngle
10. tatango
11. kirusa
12. ccube
13. jajah
14. Common Craft Explanations in Plain English - creation story in pictures
15. MyGADs
16. Phonevite
17. FreeConference
18. RadioActive
19. Telephone Trottorie
20. SayNow
21. TXTML

These are the experiments I have carried out to date:

• Creation of a system map of Pigeon and a beeping system
• Implementation of sign up
• Implementation of adding contacts
• Implementation of proper public messaging
• User testing (of above implementation, of instruction sets or how to talk about the concept)

Questions carrying me forward:

• What other alternative methods of sing up should be created?
• What other existing systems of communication can Pigeon be linked with (i.e. Google Chat status message, Facebook)?
• What type of short instruction can be given to create the context for the system (i.e. Pigeon gives you two minutes to tell your world what you’re up to)?
• Should you be able to order your contacts for playback?
• Should optional or mandatory profile information be collected to assist in finding contacts?
• How can the system and promotional material emphasize the voice aspect of Pigeon?
• How can Pigeon be useful in developed contexts?
• Could usage in developed contexts financially support usage in developing regions?
• How can this be a sustainable business?
• How can Pigeon be simply and quickly explained to non-users and users new to the system?