Believr
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(*BLVR
• carbon: emerging technologies think tank (uk + us)
• harnessing the possibilities of social software for islam
• ‘life services’ for muslims, oriented around the five pillars
• the potential for social change from the grassroots
(* BACKGROUND
• spiritual computing - craig warren smith (seattle & jakarta)
• future of faith - institute for the future (march 2008)
• national maritime museum
• aerosol arabic
(* PARTNERS
• open sourcing the honorable scribes - kiraaman & kaatibeen
• helping build consistency & regularity
• tracking missed & optional prayers
• feedback - personal, social & civic health
• presence & availability control
• location-based notifications
(* PRAYER
• online planner - encouraging good deeds; drawn from other users
• encourage collaboration on shared goals during ramadan
• zakat calculation
• personal goals & targets - and feedback on achievement
(* FASTING
• standardised eid & prayer times - crowdsourced by users
• collaboratively defined mosque reputations
• co-prayer with a directed goal (‘the khatam’)
• matching pilgrims without funds to donors
(* SOCIAL CAMPAIGNS
• capturing ad-hoc knowledge - ‘the small stuff’
• enabling users to collaboratively filter reputable knowledge
(* COMMON KNOWLEDGE
• geotagged
• tag-indexed by concept, person, place, concept
• audio recitations by podcast
• light knowledge management mechanisms
• quotable as a URL or API for integration in other services
(* DIGITAL QU’RAN
• mmog environment
• learn from past pilgims
(* DIGITAL HAJJ
(*THANK YOU