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Re: Want to bounce around an idea? Need a proxy desk neighbour? Call 714.881.1119

#22

Post by bsnss-mn-cdr »

Great idea. Too busy myself but someone should create a very simple network site that allows for profiles with just a Bio, Contact info, and a comment section that also includes ratings.

The Bio section would have a list of skills ( populated in a standardized way ) and a place to include a resume ( plain text or attachment )

The Contact section should have the ability to be displayed only during certain time blocks ( as defined by the user ) so that when someone is searching for another individual to chat with then only people who are available right now ( or at a pre-selcted time during the search ) show up.

The Comment section would allow for people to comment on their discussion and provide an overall feedback of the interaction as well as their opinion of the others skills in each proclaimed category.

That is it. Let me know if any of you decide to take this up by emailing me at michael@theofficialsoundtrack.com as I would be willing to provide my own feedback, input and potentially resources to the right person or group.

Re: Want to bounce around an idea? Need a proxy desk neighbour? Call 714.881.1119

#23

Post by darklajid »

This is really an awesome idea. My most recent exchange with other tech guys were limited to IRC (cumbersome, with all the problems a text only medium brings if you don't know the other guy/cannot guess the subtext) or, rarely, Twitter.

Kent, I'd love to read about the results of your experiment and your side of the story after having answered a number of calls.

Re: Want to bounce around an idea? Need a proxy desk neighbour? Call 714.881.1119

#27

Post by thentic »

jonah wrote: post #10
powrtoch wrote: post #3

Casual, colleague-like 'sounding board' services. I would love to see this monetized. Not because I'd use it, I'd just get a kick out of it.

It'd be great to see it aggregated. Browse a list of available people by skill/topic. Maybe you have to participate in order to have access. It's like a professor's open office hours.

Seems the Grasshopper's or Skype's of the world should sponsor something like this. Shouldn't take much to build.

Re: Want to bounce around an idea? Need a proxy desk neighbour? Call 714.881.1119

#29

Post by kentf »

revorad wrote: post #17

I just had an awesome call with Kent. He knows a ton about technology and people. Helped me with a lot of questions about my startup. He's doing a pretty cool startup. Check it out - http://viewpointr.com . If I could have a skype conversation like this every now and then, it would help me a great deal to get through the lows of running a startup alone. Thanks Kent!

That's very kind of you! Thank you. It was my pleasure.

Re: Want to bounce around an idea? Need a proxy desk neighbour? Call 714.881.1119

#30

Post by kentf »

mistermann wrote: post #20
revorad wrote: post #17

I just had an awesome call with Kent. He knows a ton about technology and people. Helped me with a lot of questions about my startup. He's doing a pretty cool startup. Check it out - http://viewpointr.com . If I could have a skype conversation like this every now and then, it would help me a great deal to get through the lows of running a startup alone. Thanks Kent!

I'm getting a 500 internal server error on your site.

Sorry about that. Purposely didn't link Viewpointr for that reason. Thanks to @engineyard we are humming again. We are also having a little Twitter bug that we are working on. Sorry :S
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