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Wiki Markup *\[Insert Title Here\]*
*\[Insert Title Here\]*Group Members
- Donald Guy
- Vincent Lee
- Sarah Lehmann
- Chris Merrill
Wiki Markup TA: \[Insert TA Here\]
Problem Statement
Currently, MIT has two mailing lists that are used to publish the availability of free food or free items that they don't need anymore (but that others might). These mailing lists (free-food and reuse) are useful for these purposes, but it is often difficult to determine salient information regarding which posts are near you, or to decode whether these posts contain what you want (as the subject line is only sometimes useful).
Facets of the current setup that are problematic include:
- It is difficult to determine the geographic relevance of free-food or reuse emails.
- It is often difficult to determine the content of the posts without extensive searching.
Target Users
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- TA: Tsung-Hsiang (Sean) Chang
Problem Statement
Online ordering has already simplified the problem of placing orders for delivery. However, often it is difficult to effectively organize a group of people to place an online order for food. First, one has to go through the task of finding people, which, in a hectic place like MIT, can be difficult. Then, if the organizer hasn't yet decided on a restaurant, the group needs to argue over which of many restaurants from which they would like to order food. Finally, the group needs to congregate around one computer to compile the order. In worst case, it consists of each person in turn browsing the menu for the restaurant on that one computer and then finally selecting a desired food.
Therefore, we seek to provide a means to make online ordering a more social experience. In doing so, we will facilitate the process of finding friends to order food with and selecting a restaurant. In addition, we will effectively parallelize the process of actually ordering food, thus improving efficiency.
Proposed Solution
Let's not get ahead of ourselves there, pardner.