Facebook Wall Posts: Sept 2nd-3rd

Whitney Skeeters wroteat 12:16pm on September 3rd, 2008
i wasn't there on group day and i had an idea but it isn't as good as the others on here, so I dont want to waste time, but I like the homeless gift card idea and the voter text ideas. Maybe we can scale them down a bit if they get too confusing and unworkable, but I think that the text idea is especially feasible and will bring a lot of good because the texts will reach out to the younger generations and get them involved in political issues. We should also have a website link attached to the bottom because we wouldn't be able to fit a lot of info on a small text.

Lauren Mullins wrote at 11:35am on September 3rd, 2008
I had another idea that I didn't share the other day. People usually have to pay a premium to upgrade their cell phones early. It is the price to pay to have the newest hottest phone. Cell companies make huge profits on early upgrade fees. If some of this money were to go to a worthwhile cause (like feeding children in Africa or whatever else), technology would be helping the world. So by being "techknowledgable" a person is not only fulfilling their need for technology but also helping someone in need. We could have a particular cell phone company that pioneers this idea.

Lauren Mullins wroteat 11:30am on September 3rd, 2008
My idea was being able to get voter registration info by text message. A person could send in a text to recieve a voter registration card by mail. Also, they could send a text in about a particular topic and get both candidates positions on that topic sent to their phone. For example, if they want to know about alternative fuels they could send in a text saying "alternative fuels" and get a message back with both candidates position on that.

Yousuf Ahmed wroteat 9:26am on September 3rd, 2008
and i ran out of room, but yeah, my idea is that in a nutshell

Yousuf Ahmed wroteat 9:26am on September 3rd, 2008
my idea was actually kind of like the amazon kindle:you have a sheet of clear material that's the same size as a piece of paper and is flexible. it comes with a stylus (the pen's that people use on palm pilots) and you can write and draw on the piece of electronic paper. you can also use the stylus to kind of "scroll" through different things a la the iphone's feature of flicking things around. what the device does is this: you can download and save books to the device and scroll through them page by page; using the stylus you can make notes, highlight, do whatever. you can also subscribe to different magazines. all of these will be delivered to the e-paper via wifi. students can use it to cut down on paper usage and reduce cost of books; it can be recharged using solar energy; it's mobile media because it's small and manageable enough to carry around and you can get different types of media on it (magazines, books, you can draw/send/receive pictures)

Claire Rock wroteat 7:55am on September 3rd, 2008
here is duston's idea that he emailed me:I wasn't sure if I was supposed to send this to you or stephanie! I was just going to ellaborate on the recycling with the reward system thing. I thought that was a good idea. Maybe you could have a card that the garbage men could scan at each house that they get the garbage at. The people with the most can get rewards based on who has the most recycling cans. That is why I thought was the best idea and what I got from the group was that recycling was the best idea. So that was my ellaboration and let me know if this is the wrong person to send it too!Thanks,Dustondharp@uga.edu937.470.3997 cell

Claire Rock wroteat 7:53am on September 3rd, 2008
I like that idea danielle! My idea was a repeat of one said during our meeting. I liked the idea about getting cell phone numbers from public schools and texting young people information about elections (national and local). they could text links to voter registration, info websites, even a phone number they could call to get the candidate talking about issues or something.

Danielle Kraselsky wroteat 10:55pm on September 2nd, 2008
but... my idea was that there could be a little business card type of thing people could have and it could have an amount of money put on it with your phone. So people could hand it to homeless people or whoever so that they knew the money would go to someting beneficial like food, and the giver would get a text message asking if the money could be spent on the item the poor person was trying to buy. That way drugs and alcohol wouldnt be spent with the money you gave away. This would help in urban cities, because many people are worried their money will just go to drugs or alcohol.