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Peery

People: human beings in general or considered collectively.  Basically all of your friends/family/coworkers/etc.

Query: A precise request for information retrieval with database and information systems

What do you get when you combine those two things?  You get Peery!

Peery is an idea I had for a website.  I thought maybe I could purchase peery.com or .net or .whatever  and eventually make it happen!

So basically it's the idea that people have information associated with them.  Or rather they have information tagged to them.  And each and everyone one of us has some things in common with each other... and some things not in common.

Soooooooooo wouldn't it be cool to be able to query people and find new friends with things in common?!?!  Orrrrrr wouldn't it be cool to find people who have things that you don't have?!?!?!

Still confused?

Ok... well let me try to clear it up a little.  Let's say I join peery.  When I sign up I plug in an email address.  And choose a password.  That's all I need to sign up.  My email address is now my first identity tag.  So I have 1 tag associated on peery.  My email.

Now let's say my email is at one of those major free email places: hotmail, gmail, yahoo... etc.  Well whatever I plug in... it will now show me the number of other people also signed up on peery who also have emails with that same @whatever.com email site.  Commonality number 1.  All people with yahoo mail... it's a big number.  Or all people with gmail... also a big number... let's widdle that number down a little bit...

Hmmmm... let's create an idenity tag number 2.  I play an instrument: Guitar.  BAM... peery now shows all people on peery who also play guitar!  Cooooool.  Ok... let's addy my city.  Philadelphia.  Now it will associate me with philadelphia.

Now I can run a query based on 3 tags.  Let's choose two of those: show me all people who play guitar and live in philadelphia also on peery.  There's probably a lot of people.... sooooo let's add another.

Let's say I add another tag about myself.  Singer/songwriter.  Ok now show me all guitar players in philadelphia who are also singer/songwriters.  Hmmm still a lot of them!  Let's add another tag.  Profession: IT computer dude.  Now show me all singer/songers that play guitar in philly that are also helpdesk peeps.

Well look at that.  And they have links to their facebook pages... I've decided to send them all friend requests.  Now I have new friends who are like me!

OK let's say you don't want to find people who are like you.  Let's say you need someone that can do something you can't!  Like let's say I need a drummer!  But I want to start an indie rock band.  And well... let's just say I'm looking for someone who also has a love of audiobooks because I like to listen to audiobooks in the tour van.

Well... plug into peery the following tags: philadelphia, plays drums, audiobooks.

Look at that!  There's a few people that play drums/live in philly/listen to audiobooks.

How cool!

Peery could be used for SOOOOO many things.  It could be used to find new friends... or for companies to find workers with the exact skill set they need.  Or I mean hey... if you are a guy dream up your perfect girl!  Or ladies... dream up your perfect man!

Just plug those tags into peery and see who starts popping up!

So let's say you are a gal looking for a guy...

Let's say you want

1. Guys - so this removes all girls on peery.

2. Within 50 miles of my zipcode - Number drops off to only those within 50 miles of current location

3. long hair - because you have a thing for long hair.  Now the number drops down even more.

4. Works out - becuase you have a thing for guys who work out.  All guys without work out tags are removed from your people query.

5. Speak 3 or more languages - this will show dudes who have more than 3 languages tagged on their peery profile.

6. Drives a sports car - he drives a sports car

7. single - this tag probably should have been the first or second one.  Eh.... minor detail.  You're one super fantastic hot gal soooo even if he's not single... he'll probably want you more than the lady he's into at the moment.

8.  Likes cheesewiz - because you like a guy who likes wiz of the cheese type on his ritz crackers!

AND there you have it!  Suddenly there's a handful of dudes in the result that are the guy of your dreams!  Or you can tweak those results with whatever your choice might be...

You get the idea.

The filter would be real time... so as you add tags/keywords the list would start to narrow.  At first when you start a new query it starts at EVERY single person who has signed up for peery.

Then as you add keywords the number gets smaller and smaller until you get to a widdled down list that you can browse.

As a user you can choose what tags go public and what go private.  Like you might not want your cell phone as a public tag if you are an individual... but if you run a business you would want your business website public!

In order to see private tags you have to send the person a request to friend.  They then message you back and say... well... hello there!  I'll most certainly be your friend!

Basically it's like facebook... except facebook is for people you ALREADY know.  But what about all the people on the planet you don't know?!?!?!?!

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW!!!!!  You should find them and get to know them!

On peery.

That will be the slogan... find people you don't know.  And know them.

Let's say you are a painter and you have a website... awesomepainterperson.com  You could make your name public and your website public.

SO if someone is looking for a painter in chicago and you are a painter that lives in chicago... and they are looking for someone who does portraits... BAM... you show up!  And let's say they are looking for someone who specifically went to  a certain number of schools or something... they can plug that in and there you are!

So that's been an idea for a website that I've been wanting to make for a while.  I think it would be just super cool to have a site where you can simple tag yourself with what you like/are into and then it shows other people who also have the same tags or you can search for new and different people!  And as your interests change... update your tags!  Let's say you suddenly LOVE old episodes of party of 5.  You can add favorite tv shows: party of 5.  And let's say you used to be into soccer but now you like pickleball a lot (http://www.usapa.org/).

Peery:  Show me all users that like pickleball in a 25 mile radius that also like party of 5!

Friend...click. Friend...click and friend... click!

Shaaawwwweeeeeeeeet!

Now you can have a Pickleball party of 5 party!

And you can serve pickles.  And maybe chips.

So there you have it.  That's peery.

Connect up... collaborate... find... friend... whatever!  Peery.com/peery.net/peery.org...peery.whatever isn't taken yet.

Sooooooo if someone wants to help me make it or make it so I can use it... THAT would be AWESOME!