Startup Weekend Chicago

Today is day 2 of Startup Weekend Chicago. We had a lot of pitches last night (see previous post) and attendees championed a few to progress through the weekend.

The ideas people are working on:

• Eventr - Users can “create an event” and set up search and chronological paramters to capture user-generated-content/media that is associated with the event. This is helpful so that others can follow the event in real-time from user/attendee perspective and also for archival purposes for the organization as well as those who did not have the chance to attend. 
• Interesting People - ‘We help you find interesting things to do and interesting people to do them with, anywhere in the world.” - Built on the twitter API this allows you to search what people are doing, who they are doing them with, where they are doing and when they are doing them. It allows for 10,000ft views and subsequent drill-down searches.
• Visual Database Admin - GUI layer for databases which allows non-technical users to extract data without writing queries. Lowers technical requirements for DBA.
• You Owe Me - Application which allows a user to create an instance of an “account recievable” and automate communication to the debtor through multiple mediums (snail mail, email, voicemail, twitter, etc) until the payment is collected.
• Window Ads - Application which allows property owners/managers with ‘window real estate’ to categorize it for advertisements. Also allows advertisers to categorize preferences for ad-real estate. Matches the two. Aggregates ‘properties’ based on traffic patterns, density data, mass transit routing and also the posting data.
• Recipe versioning/forking and deconstruction - Application which allows for posting and searching of recipes, versioning of the recipes and deconstruction for grocery list development. Eventual hookup with services such as PeaPod.
• Adult Merit Badge - Resource for adults to develop competency in a space (can be anything) based on information provided by vetted professionals/thought leaders. Also facilitates certification of competency for the users.