Comments on: Online technologies will transform how we make offline decisions

By: Real-time lives, data and markets | Taylor Davidson

Real-time lives, data and markets | Taylor Davidson — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:52:38 +0000

[...] a note about Foursquare to months-long thoughts about combining online and offline technologies with real-time data to help us live better [...]

By: Oscar Thibidoux

Oscar Thibidoux — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:09:49 +0000

I share your intersest in New Orleans. I went to Loyola and worked on Royal Street for a couple of years.

By: Oscar Thibidoux

Oscar Thibidoux — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:08:38 +0000

I share your interest in New Orleans. I went to unversity at Loyola and worked on Royal Street at the Holiday Inn for a couple of years. Despite all the problems, I look forward to my annual trip to the “big easy”.

By: Taylor Davidson

Taylor Davidson — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:30:23 +0000

The most exciting thing to me is that there are multiple solutions being developed to process real-world information and deliver quicker and better structured data to people to make real-time decisions.

I'm looking forward to seeing how all the solutions work and seeing how they can expand to more areas, excited to see the potential...

Good luck!

By: Taylor Davidson

Taylor Davidson — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:30:23 +0000

By: Taylor Davidson

Taylor Davidson — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:30:23 +0000

By: SpotScout

SpotScout — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:03:28 +0000

Totally agree that online technologies will continue to transform our offline decisions.

But I don’t believe SFpark is the best solution. With SFpark, the data becomes available as spots open up. In busy, high-demand parking areas, how long does a spot stay open?...a few seconds? By the time a person sees the info and gets to the spot, it will no longer be open. So, this doesn't really solve the problem, does it?

I am part of the SpotScout team, and we believe our marketplace will provide a better solution because people will be able to view parking information ahead of time.

With SpotScout, drivers can view and compare 3 different types of parking information:

(1) garages and lots,
(2) spots owned by private individuals (who have put them on the marketplace for times they aren't using them), and
(3) departure information for on-street spots (when and where an individual will be leaving in the future).

Our closed testing begins this week in Boston and will be followed by public release in Boston, and then New York and San Francisco.

Thanks!

The SpotScout Team

By: SpotScout

SpotScout — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:03:28 +0000

Totally agree that online technologies will continue to transform our offline decisions.

But I donâ€™t believe SFpark is the best solution. With SFpark, the data becomes available as spots open up. In busy, high-demand parking areas, how long does a spot stay open?...a few seconds? By the time a person sees the info and gets to the spot, it will no longer be open. So, this doesn't really solve the problem, does it?

I am part of the SpotScout team, and we believe our marketplace will provide a better solution because people will be able to view parking information ahead of time.

With SpotScout, drivers can view and compare 3 different types of parking information:

(1) garages and lots,
(2) spots owned by private individuals (who have put them on the marketplace for times they aren't using them), and
(3) departure information for on-street spots (when and where an individual will be leaving in the future).

Our closed testing begins this week in Boston and will be followed by public release in Boston, and then New York and San Francisco.

Thanks!

The SpotScout Team

By: SpotScout

SpotScout — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:03:28 +0000