So, this is the beginning of ListFive. Right now, ListFive is just the four of us trying to pull together an idea into a website and an application that will be awesome, and hopefully at least a little bit profitable.
Before I go too far, I suppose I should summarize what that Idea is. The idea comes from a belief that as great as computers are (I am a computer science major, I think they are fricking awesome), humans can do certain things better.We hope to create a website that pulls people together based on mutual interests chiefly for the sake of making recommendations.
There of course can be communication and acquaintances made, but the main point of ListFive is recommendations. This is not some computer algorithm guessing what you like, nor is it you looking through troves of other peoples lists, digging for something that pops out (although this is possible). The point is to find someone who can tell you where to look next, and whatever that direction is.
This blog will be a collection of news, notes and rants from us, the developers, as we bring ListFive from an idea into a real concept, and hopefully eventually into something that will grow and change over time.
For now, let me say that work is going great. Right now we are working on the first steps, which include:
- Designing the look and feel of the website
- Figuring out the code that match common interests
- Determining how to best connect users with places to look at or buy their recommendations
- Making a plan for how we will get this site out the door, and then how we will grow from there.
