Oct06
13
Where the Hell is Our Dodgeball?
Would someone smart and resourceful please get their asses into gear and do a dodgeball in South Africa?
This is what it does: (from the site)
The idea is simple: tell us where you are and we’ll tell you who and what is around you.
We’ll ping your friends with your whereabouts, let you know when friends-of-friends are within 10 blocks, allow you to broadcast content to anyone within 10 blocks of you or blast messages to your groups of friends.
For example, you’re having drinks at Ace Bar. Send a text message to 36343 (”dodge”) with the message “@Ace Bar” and we’ll send out a text message telling all your friends where you are AND send you back a message letting you know if any friends-of-friends are within 10 blocks. If you have a camera phone, we’ll even send you their picture.
With the success of mobile in South Africa this could only be a success…
Just look at the MXit’s phenomenon. Read more about dodgeball here.
yeah.. I want to know.. we have one of the world’s most interesting and even progressive mobile user bases. But so far only Mxit has pounced on this HUUUUUGE opportunity. Have some interested VC’s who’ve already done some work in mobile app’s who are looking for developers who are up to the challenge.
Been watching this one for a while since Google bought Dodgeball out (& watched how guys were using it in fresh ways at the SXSW ..c’mon SURELY Geekspin’s keen on this1?)
Here I was thinking we were gonna get to throw tennis balls at each other… brand-bal and a squash court back in the day…good times