ThirstyPocket used iPhone application design to foster social change by creating a platform for viral neighborhood commerce, which brings people together and encourages community interaction.  We will demonstrate buying and selling flows and discuss specific user experience design strategies and insights that were used to improve upon existing e-commerce offerings.

 

I will be presenting this session at the N2Y4 at 3:40 on Tuesday, May 26th.  I hope to see you all there!

We recently revamped our Net Tuesday page on the site so that each of the Net Tuesday locations (SF, Houston, Washington DC--we're still working on Chicago's page) has its own page where they can add content.

On the SF Net Tuesday page you can download PowerPoint presentations given by Kiva and PLoS at previous Net Tuesdays, as well as audio recordings of the presentations, and interviews with the presenters by David Collin.

If you'd like to start a NetSquared Meetup group in your area, download a Net Tuesday toolkit and let us know at net2 AT techsoup DOT org.  We're still looking for someone to take over the NetSquared Los Angeles.  It already has 49 members who are just waiting for an organizer.

You can hear Matt Flannery's presentation at last month's Net Tuesday in San Francisco about Kiva on the NetSquared Podcast.  Matt is the co-founder and CEO of Kiva, an Internet-based nonprofit that allows individuals to loan money through PayPal to entrepreneurs in the "developing" world.  You can also listen to David Collins' interview with Matt here.