What if life were a team activity?
Television and computer games provide expertly designed entertainment and pleasure… but when we have to deal with our real lives, we’re all alone. When will participating in the real world and dealing with real issues be just as adventurous, easy, collaborative, and fun?
Very soon! At Citizen Logistics, we’re developing new game-like ways of working, volunteering, finding assistance, and having a good time. Anyone can play, and you get points for making other people’s dreams come true. Our software will let you find cool things to do, build teams, and connect people with jobs and resources, all via the text messaging capability of your cell phone.
Open Life
Our technology will transform everyday life by bringing a new opportunities for teamwork, community, and adventure to everyone involved. We offer a real-time, map-based interface for finding and mobilizing available people out in the world via their cell phones. For mobile users, we have a text messaging interface for declaring your availability and finding opportunities near wherever you are. Combining geolocation, text messaging, trust metrics, sophisticated permissions, and a structure for social incentives, we integrate with many other websites and platforms, and offer a web-wide API for aggregating real world availability and trust.
Related reading:
- Yochai Benkler, Sharing Nicely
- Bruce Sterling, Maneki Neko
Our Mission
We believe in community, in having adventurous lives, and in convenience. We want to make it as convenient as possible to be available to a community, and to live with adventure. As easy as sending a text message. And we want to market that convenience and that spirit of community to every demographic and to every business sector. Our definition of community is actual people, in vicinity to one another, thinking about each others’ needs, and helping each other, in person and on the ground. We want to see a decrease in loneliness, helplessness, isolation, and needless expense, across America and across the world. We want an increase of enjoyment, adventure, conviviality, sharing, and mutual support. Our principle tactic is to find ways to make real-world engagement and in-person involvement more fun, more adventurous, and just as easy as sitting around at home.