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MicroThoughts is a mobile application designed to help you record and share your ideas effortlessly. With automatic tagging and remote syncing features, it ensures that no idea is lost. Overcome challenges like poor Android SDK documentation with our intuitive interfaces and thought extraction tools. Our minimum goal includes a working mobile prototype, while our reach goal envisions a web-driven interface and multi-party collaboration. Embrace spatial and temporal memory navigation with MicroThoughts!
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MicroThoughtsbask@okcoder.com Richard Bailey Kim Spreen G Stepanov
Motivation • During the course of a $timeperiod you have lots of interesting and novel ideas • If you don’t write these down there is a good chance you’ll forget them • In many situations it may be inconvenient to take out your notebook and pen • May wish to share notes with others in the conversation
Our Solution • Mobile application to record notes (or microthoughts) • Automatically tag with time and location • Upload to a server when connection is available • Optionally share with nearby MicroThoughts users, or send to others
Other Capabilities • Intuitive interfaces and visualizations for browsing / searching • Speech-to-text to extract tags • ThoughtCasts • Aural Graffiti • Geocoding • Many more…
Challenges • Technical • Android SDK is poorly documented • The Android emulator is buggy • Usability • No physical device yet • Legal • There may be issues with recording conversations in a public setting
Milestones Minimum Goal • Mobile prototype working on an emulated handset device • Pre-recorded audio to act as input • Browsing via mobile device • Manual tagging of notes Expected Goal • Coherent, extensible, and maintainable design • Live audio as input • GPS simulation for multiple users • Speech to text analysis to auto-tag notes • Advanced visualization tool(s) Reach Goal • Web driven interface for thought navigation • Multi-party ThoughtCast™ aggregation • Prototype running on a physical handset / generalization beyond Android • Location tracking via WhereAmI / GPS • Desktop web application with rich visualizations
Summary MicroThoughts… • combines time and location data to aid recall • will provide intuitive interfaces for navigating spatial and temporal memories • facilitate idea sharing