Events

Group Members

Sara Itani
Megan Kercher
Eric Lubell
TA: (TA's name)

Problem Statement

1. Managing a social calendar is difficult and inefficient: You have to call/text tons of people, take into account availability, remind people to come, figure out who's bringing what, etc.

2. Most event managers (Facebook, Meetup.com, etc.) are for planning events far in advance. It's very difficult to plan something on a whim (like a basketball game, dinner, game of chess, ...)

3. Hard to know who's in town to invite and filter friends in general.

4. This is Adam Smith's idea, but online dating is a completely flawed model because meeting people by friends of friends is the best way to form relationships. http://blog.adamsmith.cc/2011/02/towards-better-online-dating.html

5. Current event managers are somewhat impersonal.