Attendees

Kris - hosting, Stephen, Michel, David, Michael - notes, Marcus, Martin, Marcello, Jason, Cris, Arman

Intro

  • Kris - Cold brew coffee
  • Stephen - Future of personal video
  • Michel - No ideas
  • David - say hello - erode social isolation
  • Michael - no idea
  • Marcus - Teaching comics. School of media arts
  • Martin - Website to find the right community to live in Vancouver
  • Marcello - Entrepreneur from Brasil. 5 ideas
  • Jason - VR + 3D printer + Autocad
  • Cris - UBC AI Adware. No idea
  • Armand - energy efficiency in homes. Small software distributes money for open source projects

Idea development

Kris

  • Cold brew coffee popsicles
  • Coffee in Victoria on tap and with nitrogen
  • Funded new meetup: Data Driven Wellness
  • Partner with Tubify - company organic fully pressed fruit freezes
  • Farmers markets and festivals vs morning commuters
  • Mocha popsicles
  • Caffeine not associated to bitterness in coffee
  • Brand it as a cognitive booster and sell it at coding startups
  • Add stuff to cater to different people
  • Events vs farmers markets as the season is over
  • 7 / 11 as distributor (is 7 / 11 a fit for the target market)
  • Pumpkin fall coffees as launch venue
  • Zero waste market as launch venue
  • Soap dispensary on Main / 21st -> refillable products

Stephen

  • Brainstorm on personal video
  • Periscope, dashboard cameras, Facebook live, Google Glass…
  • Social change upcoming where people are ok on public filming
  • Formats: head, glasses, clothing, broche, shoulder, drones, multiple cameras, hat, fashion accessory, linaerd, …
  • Steve Mann: wearable labs, implanted camera…
  • Black mirror: video logging episode
  • Everybody will be recording, can’t be enforced, where will the legality go
  • Kris wrote an article 4 years ago about legality on video recording in public
  • Recording in public as a revenue stream. Videos on youtube
  • Scandal in Vancouver on recording in restrooms
  • Phillip K Dick has a story on wearable cameras and seniors as a neighbourhood watch
  • sci-fi - The Culture Series
  • Ability to fake video to frame people
  • What will ubiquos cameras mean? As a community, as a business, and as individuals
  • Social and legal implications major topic
  • What can people use this for?
  • Service for people who want privacy
  • Privacy tourism - Locations where cameras are not allowed? UK people might vacation there
  • Communities and cities that are attractive because they are private
  • Streisnad effect
  • No mask law passed in Canada

David

  • Hello Vancouver: Social service idea: 2 years ago
  • Vancouver Foundation: sampled 4000 Vancouvarites (Metro Vancouver) Connections & Engagement study
  • What is the least thing you like about Vancouver?
  • Fist issue was “social isolation”
  • Vancouver is more isolated than Toronto
  • Created non profit to address issue
  • Not hostile or aggressive, just distant
  • People want to interact
  • Indicate a way to say you are approachable
  • Say Hello: a silent invitation for some kind of interaction
  • “Please” say hello / please do day hello
  • Connections and engagements from the Vancouver Foundation 2011
  • Build it as a movement (not political, not religious, not business…)
  • Icebreaker idea
  • Feeling of unprotection when interaction (online helps the problem)
  • There is a task force on socialization
  • Blockparties as a place to move the idea forward
  • Growth hacking as an option
  • There is funding for these ideas
  • Group: Likemind Vancouver
  • Facebook event: Talk to a stranger events
  • Look up media and bloggers that are interested in this and build a relationship
  • Smiling at people can help trigger conversation
  • Say hello as a sign
  • Free hug movement as an idea
  • Safety in groups: if more than 1 person is offering people will be more comfortable
  • Use parades and events
  • Depth is important
  • What is the conversion rate? How many convert to real relationships?
  • Individual indicators to establish openness to talk
  • Non famous people interviews: People of…
  • Safe conversation: establish which topics are safe
  • Movement etiquette: what is allowed and what is not
  • Documentary on non respect city: Bogota, Columbia. Programs on reeducation of citizens
  • Art exposition on self-imposed bottlenecks -> Kris is going to host event on art related to social isolation

Marcus

  • Teaching art -> visual story telling (comics)
  • Popular belief: comics have to be a certain thing
  • The reality: The art form allows for anything
  • Comics can be about anything, not a closed formula
  • Vancouver school board offers courses. Can apply to run a course
  • Video on what the class is about
  • Lecturing is a poor way to teach
  • Limits on what comics should be
  • Get the news out that comics are flexible and free
  • Understand the process so can people can put stuff on the web
  • Publish platform
  • CDM
  • Udemy
  • Social hack night as a venue to launch the idea
  • American Splendor
  • Meetup is the way to find clients
  • Long sessions early on with short sessions afterwards to address problems more spaced out
  • Skill exchange system: teach different things
  • Monetisation: use Cotuto
  • Simple skill courses: Kudoz
  • Business potential for team building at companies
  • Place to publish: Reddit. Build a subreddit // community requests
  • Conscious Canada subreddit: community to boycott companies in Canada

Martin

  • Background in Geography, urban planning, economical development, market research…
  • BC Locales
  • Keep the service informative. Why are areas better for each person?
  • Environics analytics
  • Vancouver Public Library demographics research: Market research course
  • Connect to Google Earth
  • Worldwide cities: Digital nomad
  • Tie them to communities
  • Co-working passport being created: talk to D from Creative Coworkers
  • Surrey taking lead on innovation but investors in Vancouver. Port Moody upcoming
  • What region has the largest concentration of coffee shops, comic shops…? Help people identify with their neighbourhood
  • Numbeo: Cost of living
  • Mountain math assessments
  • Data containing all neighbourhood changes

Marcello

  • Construct an interface to transform mobile into computer
  • Use IoT + Kinnect + projection
  • Turn phone into computer with add-on
  • Ubuntu idea
  • Microsoft phones
  • Company in Brazil doing something similar Idealit
  • Add mini projectors for phones

Jason

  • Connect 3D painting techs to 3D
  • HTC Vive sculpting software
  • Microsoft branches have Vive demos on 3D painting
  • Tilt brush from Google
  • Google cardboard and associated apps

Arman

  • Small software distributes money for open source projects
  • Open source project collaboration can be evaluated and therefore money distributed efficiently
  • Code as driver for revenue distribution
  • Lottery to fund open source projects
  • Flattr
  • Website that analyses code to find distribution
  • Recognition vs monetisation
  • Project management app to add features to open source projects
  • Gratio Pay
  • Bitcoin bug bounty founded by Kris