Message Everyone -- Startup Announcement
Please check out the date at the bottom of the post before sending more inquiries to me and others. I have taken unpaid leave of absence from my faculty job to work on a startup idea — public codename: “Message Everyone”. Sorry for misleading colleagues and family about my career plans for the last few months. The idea took shape more than two years ago, when I was organizing the IFL 2015 conference on campus and where I had to communicate with 2 secretaries, 3 more local staff members, and 3 student volunteers; I had to keep in touch with about 8 persons shortly before, during, and shortly after the event to ensure a smooth operation. Upfront, I was offering the following access paths: Skype, Telegram, WhatsApp, Twitter, FB Messenger, Google Hangout, SMS (and Email and phone). This wouldn’t cover everyone’s messaging preferences and so I would need to install two more apps which I don't remember by now. If I ran this conference today, Signal, Viber, SnapSha...