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the below is copied from their about page.
About Notemine
Short Answer
We want to know what you are thinking and how you are feeling!
Long Answer
Notemine grew out of a project developed three years ago called BoxedThoughts out of an interest to see how people would post their thoughts when given a limited space under the guise of anonymity.
Notemine grew from just posting thoughts, to making connections through those thoughts and emotions.
Users can only post every thirty minutes, as to not spam the site, but to make thoughts that carry substance. They can only edit their previous thought, as once a thought is made, it becomes permanent - you cannot change what you have thought about.
Mission
Define the "Emotional Graph", connect users through their thoughts and emotions, and contribute data back to academic research.
- Help users improve their communication through emotional feedback from other users.
- Connect users through their emotions (ie. Connect 'happy' users with 'sad' users).
- Use emotional data collected to develop algorithms in analyzing sentences for emotional context.
- Explore new methods of communication using thoughts and emotions.
- Provide an outlet for visual and textual creativity.
The Emotioneers Theo Chakkapark
Founder, Lead Developer
Held a strong interest in emotions for over eight years, and further developed the interest at the Stanford
Emotion Coding Lab led by Janine Giese-Davis, Ph.D as a research systems engineer developing technology in evaluating emotions in various settings such as metastatic breast cancer therapy groups, TV newscasters, and automotive research.
He has years of web programming experience at various startups and at NASA Ames, as well as psychology research experience at Stanford School of Medicine.
Rob Pereyda
Managing Partner
Prior to getting into the entertainment business, Rob worked for over seven years in the electronics manufacturing industry in engineering support and operational roles. After setting up a series of large-scale entertainment events in his spare time, Rob was able to break into the business. Subsequently, Rob went on to do licensing for Capcom, focusing on book, music, and online licensing.
He has a B.A. in Chemistry from Santa Clara University and speaks Japanese. Rob initiates strategy for Notemine, as well managing partnerships and business planning. With his large network of business contacts around the world, Rob also does freelance consulting work for Speed Racer Enterprises, Udon Entertainment, I AM 8-BIT, EVO Championship series, and many other clients.
Tools
Notemine is currently in version 2.0 beta. It was built completely from scratch within the span of a month with the help of the
Symfony framework, and lots of late nights consuming sports drinks.