CLIC - Proposal Update
Thank you for the feedback, suggestions, and concerns. I hope to address all of the comments in this post.
To Clarify:
CLIC has two components - a website 'base' where organization of one's account takes place and a mobile application, which is really how CLIC is intended to become part of your everyday communication.
Visitors to the website would sign up much like other social networking sites, they could fill out a profile and share any information they'd like with the large (all other users) CLIC. Then the segmentation into specific CLICs would formulate (ex. each individual in a family CLIC's aka. friends each other and they form a private family CLIC).
They have now created a virtual 'living room' that is private to their family. They download the CLIC application on their mobile device and now they are instantly connected to one another.
Once in their virtual living room they can share ideas, feelings, pictures, thoughts, just as if they were all at home together. One family member can send a text --which alerts all individuals of the CLIC. Another can share a photo or leave a voice supported message.
The point of CLIC is to reach all members of the specific group in a timely manor and through different multimedia. CLIC makes it easy to keep in touch with friends, sharing ideas, thoughts, laughs, pictures etc. and is also critical in facilitating work. Companies and departments within departments can use CLIC to keep the team informed and up-to-date. Often times there is so much time lost in translating a message but CLIC informs everyone of the SAME exact message using a number of media platforms.
Example: A team of health professionals is monitoring the status of a patient. The team consists of specialists, doctors, and nurses. The team can form a CLIC and keep up-to-date reports on x patient. Just another way CLIC keeps people connected and communicating accurate information.
Each user is allowed 2 CLIC's for free and then group CLIC's can be purchased. There will also be multimedia support for sale that will assist in facilitating and catering to the needs of the CLIC, ex. software for specific fields.
To address the question of technologically challenging to build: CLIC is an amalgamation of technology we already use on a daily bases. Although I am not a programmer, I don't see this as an overwhelmingly challenging project because all of the components are already made and used - daily. Ex. CLIC has a rough BlackBerry Messenger frame, where you 'connect' with another BlackBerry user. The connection would simply me multiple (like an email chain you have with friends or co-workers) and then it would just be a matter of adding in the 'extras' like photo, video, and a voice messaging component. All of these stand alone on one's mobile device it is just a matter of connecting them to offer ONE direct area where information can be exchanged accurately and with an audience of your choice.
I hope this clarifies the merky points in my proposal! Please let me know if you have any further questions or ideas!
-Katherine
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I definitely can see where you're coming from with the blackberry example. You are right, our phones are capable of carrying on convos with more than 1 person in a chat room through blackberry messenger, it would just be adding in a video component. Would this run through another phone network (verizon,etc)?
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