Final Summary Post

So we've reached the end of the entrepreneurial project, but I sincerely hope that this is not the end of Stadium SPEAK.  I'm hoping that (if I can ever find a spare minute - or two) I can continue to let this idea evolve and possibly work with various industry leaders to make it happen.

As of right now, I think that the Stadium SPEAK project is a solid one, and one that is definitely relevant.  It has evolved a bit over the course of this project.  The biggest change was moving from individual accounts for each venue to simple hashtags for each game.  While I think the venue account is still a great idea and could be integrated for other events at the venue, the use of a simple hashtag will make the tweets more universal.

In the end, my biggest issue has to deal with marketing.  I have no idea who to market this idea to?!  Should I try to sell it to individual teams, sporting/concert venues, networks, or someone else?  I'd really like to pursue this idea, but I need a place to start...  Also, I'm not sure how profitable it would be, I think the main source of revenue would be from installation and selling the technology. 

Throughout this project, I commented on Jake Higgins's blog (http://thehigginshub.blogspot.com/2011/09/week-1-product-introduction.html?showComment=1317945349847#c4669373373537865336), Brian Norris' blog (http://introtech195.blogspot.com/2011/09/week-1-social-media.html?showComment=1317945552996#c4995215355724270976), and Rae Martinez's blog (http://raemartinez.blogspot.com/2011/09/week-1-privacy.html?showComment=1317945693125#c4127366140058289184).

I think this entrepreneurial project was a fun one, and it showed just how easy it is to come up with a solid technological idea, but how hard it is to find the right way to implement it.

Week 7 - Networking

One of the greatest aspects of our current day and age is the fact that nearly every electronic device has internet access and is network ready.  With Stadium SPEAK, you'll be on the cutting edge of network technology.  As new network devices are developed and commercialized, we'll ensure that they'll be compatible with your Stadium SPEAK system for as long as you have the product.

As mentioned before, we have apps available for all of the major smartphone operating systems.  Don't have a smartphone?  Never fear:  Any internet capable device is compatible with Stadium SPEAK.  In fact, Stadium SPEAK is already IPv6 ready.

When it comes to the actual Stadium SPEAK system, each board is Wi-Fi ready and is compatible with WEP, WPA and WPA2 security keys.  Because all of your data will be stored on an off site server, your system can be set up through a single network connection.  Simplicity is our number one goal.

Stadium SPEAK.  The game is at your fingertips.

Week 6 - Operating System

Ah the beauty of Stadium SPEAK.  It's quite mind-boggling.  Actually, it's quite simple.  Because Stadium SPEAK uses a simple Twitter aggregator, it can be used on any PC OS with internet access.  Apple OSX, Windows 7, Red Hat Linux?!  We won't judge, and we'll work - no matter what.

Using a smartphone?!  Well, luckily for you we've got coders working around the clock to make sure our iPhone, iPad, Android, and Blackberry apps are always up-to-date and bug free.  Have an older cell phone?!  Just text in your tweets to Twitter's number: 40404.

Finally, the ultimate beauty of Stadium SPEAK is that the host computer running the boards can use any OS too.  Just as long as the OS supports the aforementioned hardware specs, you're in business.  We don't discriminate, in fact, we want to get everyone involved in the game.  In fact, that's our goal.

Stadium SPEAK.  The key to the game is at your fingertips.

Professional Blogger - Louis Gray

Part of learning how to blog is learning from the best.  Louis Gray has been using LouisGray.com to talk tech since 2006.  According to him, his goal is to "deliver an unfiltered approach to the day's trends and tools, one that opens eyes and is [his] viewpoint alone - not echoing what others have said, but instead, making people think - not just about what technology does today, but where it's going."  It should be noted that Louis is an employee of Google.

Louis's blog features his thoughts on top tech developments.  Recently, this has included next generation RSS feed readers, link aggregation, and early adoption versus critical review.  His most recent post was a heartfelt tribute to the late Steve Jobs.  Before posting a memorial to the CEO of Apple, Louis tackled the issue of inventory and portability of web video.  He complimented Spotify's free on-demand music streaming service, and challenged companies to come up with something similar for movies - especially those still in theaters.

In the end, Louis has a relatively neutral blog with many interesting stories about the latest tech news and events.  He has some great ideas and does a good job of keeping his blog up to date.  His blog is located at http://blog.louisgray.com/