Twas truly a nasty weather night.
Aaron Atkins of SpotStory demoed his software. Also in attendance was Zach Braiker and Hari Jayaram, a BioChemistry Post Doc from Brandeis.
The theory behind SpotStory is that there are lots of interesting spots around the world that have a story attached to them. Historical markers sprinkled around the United States are certainly a classic example. But these locations have already had their story told. There are plenty locations that haven’t had their stories told. Abandoned homesteads in Maine, NH and Vermont. Faded billboards that were painted on the sides of building in and around Cambridge. The railroad to nowhere that runs thru the center of the MIT campus. On and on.
Aaron and his business partner, Matt Bellantoni hope that there are enough people out there that are willing to share their location related stories that they can developed a significant repository of location based information.
Their business model is to attract location related advertisers.