Plan

We want to create a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for the contest. Here is quick list of requirements we want to accomplish during the hackathon.

Project Goals

• Fun to build
• Fun to use
• Potential to provide useful citizen feedback to Reno government
• Potential to involve citizens and organizations in civic activites

The Idea

Rather than submitting "non-emergency service requests", maybe we could let people submit something a little more open-ended and playful: "something that should be done here".

We could collect at minimum a proposal

• what should be done
• where it should be done
• who should do it
• (optional) before picture

Which could become a plan

• when it should be done
• (maybe) eventbrite or similar hook

Or eventually a feat or flop, when the time has passed. We could have a leaderboard for each.

• (optional) after picture
• (optional) review

The hackathon itself could be a submission.

Components

Website (Wordpress)

• Map of Reno with geolocation data mashed up with Reno ideas
• A way for logged in or anonymous users to add ideas to the map

Mobile clients (iPhone/andriod)

• Get idea data and submit it to website
• Display map with list of ideas
• Submit ideas via Tropo via SMS or by phone

This is our wish list if we have time.

• Vote up and down improvements
• Ideas that are related to grafitti, vandalism, pot holes will be automatically submitted to city of Reno
• Logged in users can own ideas and get awards for completing them
• Gamify the website with badges and levels
• Add social plug-ins for Facebook and Twitter (automatic tweets, Facebook wall posts)
• Allow people to post comments (This could be helpful if someone spams the site with fake stuff)
• Windows 7 phone support
• Mobile website
• How to video
• Sample content