Potential User Groups
Residents (The public )
- Demographics
- At risk communities?
- What kind of phones - Android vs iPhone (and/or other devices?). Do people even have smart phones?
- Where they live - changes risk profile for floods vs blizzards vs fires
- Focus on old people? What kind of people aren’t on Twitter?
- What percentage of people aren’t on Twitter in Boulder? Who are these people?
Tasks
- Fill out basic information
- List their emergency contacts/friends
- List what their current preparedness situation is
- Receive suggestions about next steps
- Update their status once they’ve taken those steps
- View what their friends preparedness status is
- During emergencies, post their needs/situation
- During emergencies, check on their friends
Environments
- Non-emergency
- Emergency
- Stressed, Busy, Seeking information
- Potential power disruption, cell coverage or data could go out too
Competition Research
- sf72 - thinking of making a smartphone app
- what other apps/tools/approaches?
More coming…