Buzz off Google, this is the next big thing…
Earlier this week, Google entered the social networking market with “Buzz”, which is basically an extension to Gmail that lets people do more “facebooky” type stuff. It’s all very nice, but you can’t help thinking they missed the bandwagon on this one. It seems that everyone is trying to produce the next big thing, and I think if you set out with that as your defined mission it’s never going to happen. The next big thing needs to come from nowhere – an idea scribbled down on a Starbucks napkin or a drunken conversation with friends.
With this in mind and to prove how easy it is, I set myself a challenge.
During BBC One’s ”The One Show” on Friday 12th February, I would have to come up with a basic outline for a social networking site, and produce some initial screenshots.
By the way, if you asked a professional company to do this, it would take weeks and they would charge like six million quid – I am doing this in half an hour (less if you count the time I got distracted by beautiful Christine Bleakley’s face), and I’m doing it for fun – that is how ace (or lonely) I am!
So here it is, my social networking site concept -
Finga - the next big thing.
Finga, is a social networking site that acts like a giant phone book. You don’t make friends, everyone who joins can see everyone, you don’t share photos, no one is interested in what your up to anyway (unless your Pixie Lott and you just so happened to be spending the day covered in ice cream), everything is text based – so its quick to load and all that.
Finga Screenshot
Finga also integrates with your mobile phone, so you can make calls using VOIP via Finga. This feature is called -
FingaRing - make calls using Finga.
Job done. Then I went to the pub.