Sporcle

                             Sporcle

Evaluation

             Sporcle is a website that contains quiz games with a given time limit. It was released on July 2007. The games on sporcle are on specific subjects for example they will give you pictures of all circle or square objects and tell you to identify what they all are in a given time limit. There are more topics than just shapes on sporcle. They can range from presidents of USA to disney films. Matt Ramme, the website's founder says that the name sporcle was inspired by the word 'oracle'.There is also a mobile app of sporcle which was released on February, 23rd, 2010 for iPhone and an app for android was released later on in 2010. There was also an update on the apps in which they added one new trivia game everyday. Here are some pictures of this website.

  

General overview of front page.

                             One of the games in sporcle

My opinion
           I chose to do a blog on this website because it seemed very interesting to me. I think that we could gain a lot of knowledge from this website if used properly. I myself am very addicted to it and can`t stop playing the games that it provides. Once you get hooked, I don`t think it`s easy to get off but it can provide you a lot of general knowledge.

Analysis 
           One technology that I find really interesting is something called kick starter. This is a technology where a lot of interesting projects and technologies can be discovered. All you have to do is make a video advertising your project and then the people who like it will donate money. The way to donate money is really easy. You just have to come up with deals that you can give to the people who are interested such as $10 or $20 and so on. You can also give prizes away of what your advertising to the people who donate the most.

My opinion
            My opinion of this is really positive. I love the way that people can raise money for good causes and people who like what you post can donate. The only thing that I don't like about this is that Canadians have a hard time time donating money and starting up kickstarter campaigns. This website is mostly USA based. The better story is that Canadians have another place they can do very similar things. That websit's name is indiegogo.com. It's almost the same as kickstarter but Canadian.