Edmund WongMIMS Final Project 2007

Advisor: Professor Kimiko Ryokai

LifesterBloghttp://www.lifesterblog.com

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Overview

Blogging service

Social networking site

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Problem Statement

Bloggers would like to share a wide array of multimedia content …

… but this remains to be a challenge to most blog hosting services

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Target Users

• Primary focus:– 18-25 years old young adults in Hong

Kong– 2.5 million bloggers

• Next steps:– Expand to the rest of Asia

• China, Japan, Korea…

– Europe and the United States

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Multimedia

Text Photo Video Music

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Integration with Web Services

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Privacy Control

• Every content (e.g. post, photo, video, music, book) can be assigned an access level

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Customization

• Choose from pre-defined web layouts with a single click

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Customization

• Allow users to uniquely customize their blogs

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Social Networking

• Connect with friends and families• Create groups and meet people with similar

interests

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http://www.lifesterblog.com