James and I spoke about divvy again, and after looking at the work James had already done this summer I got quite a few sparks of ideas to make divvy a real catch. Jon said in class that Divvy doesn't have a real catch to differentiate itself from other sites (facebook.com/myspace.com), but James' group concept for divvy is already a differentiating factor.
There are many groups and organizations looking for a way to easily facilitate discussion/communication online. For example, gaming communities often have a large group of people online or just may not have a simple way to communicate with each other regularly, and often times those groups lack an individual with the experience to facilitate an online presence.
Another example would be a community college or regional center that is holding a training seminar (much like a class) that wants to keep tasks, calendars, and important information in a central online location that will allow discussion outside of the class/meeting.
The custom SHARED applications built on an API structure to allow users to customize their own sections of their group. RSS feeds, news accountments, movie times, sale information from web sites. Even integrating those news posts to other services like twitter for broadcast blogging.
At the very least, divvy would be a fun project to get working on a full scale.
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