skillpop

Attending the NYU Stern Business Plan Competition and listening to some interesting concepts

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Friend said: "The skills I would like my skillpop personal life assistant to have are trustworthy, reliable, discreet, organized"

Browsing the Web at 10,000 feet right now and on Skype with teammate.

Create the first version of the pop generator on a flight from New York to San Francisco!

Skill Type #5: Location based - depending on where you are, skillpop sends you some suggestion pops (restaurant, shop, bars, clubs, etc).

Skill Type #4 (Continued): The logic can be completely outsourced, but the customization and triggers are managed in skillpop.

Skill Type #4: API - The pop generator sends parameters to an outside API (programmed by a developer), which returns a pop to be sent.

Skill Type #3: Pre-programmed (example: "Chinese skill"): the skill is composed of a list of quizzes/sentences regularly sent via pop.

Skill Type #2: Google search - When a new link comes up in the top 20 Google search results, the new link is sent to you via a pop.

Skill Type #1 (continued): You can use keyword filters when you install a skill.

Skill Type #1: RSS feed alert - When a new post is written, skillpop sends you a pop (you can limit the number of pops per day/week).

My pops: review all the pops your received, customize the delivery of your pops

My skills: add/delete skills, search and install new skills, configure your skills

The skills will be reviewed and rates by users

We will let people create skills which others can install on their profile

Or you can configure your skill to send you "real time" pops

You can decide to only receive daily, weekly, monthly "pop digests"

Your pops will be saved on your profile, you can decide how many pops you want to receive for each skill you install

... reminders, info alerts, location based suggestions,