There's a lightbulb in the bottom right you can click to give feedback. We have already gotten feedback that it's a little hard to find so we will fix that in the next day or so! And if you're a coder we would love comments and PRs in Github.
Im a front-end coder, non-American, but with lots of US family. I have been so excited about the recent web frameworks and resources being created for US gov services and if there was ever a project guaranteed to affect the lives of millions - this is it!
I specialize in responsive styling, and building self-responsive content blocks that can displayed or embedded in any layout or page. Im not sure where to get started sending PRs from the wild - is there a roadmap explaining what help is needed most, or where my skills could be put to best use?
Our public facing demo at http://www.careprice.co/compare/ utilizes the full CMS data set (200,000+ records) and is freely available. While this data is useful, it doesn't directly represent out-of-pocket costs for consumers and doesn't factor in things such as in-network and out-of-network costs as well as the specific insurance provider plans for a companies employees.
Our vision is that the paid backend version of the site will utilize insurance provider data for each individual's insurance plan to accurately price out healthcare procedures/issues.
We have a grandiose vision and we're looking for a pilot partner insurance company.
If you ignore the photo-sharing capability for a moment, it sounds like they're trying to create a more accurate alternative to GPS. In the 1700s Britain awarded about £100,000 in "Longitude prize" money to people who contributed to the development of [accurate] longitude. I tried to figure out what that is in today's pounds and found a calculator that said it's £147,000,000.00 today. So if Color really can create an alternative to GPS for $41 million, it would be cheaper than what it cost to develop longitude :)
No idea if they can actually pull this off, but thought the Longitude Prize story is cool (thank you, "Stuff You Should Know" podcast, for mentioning it earlier this year).
Some companies created at SW have gone on to be real companies, but SW is really better for getting the feel for working with other people and then working with them on other projects. I can think of five funded (not that that's a metric for success) companies that grew out of Seattle Startup Weekend relationships. While I'm not seeking a co-founder at the moment, everyone on my co-founder shortlist is someone I met at Startup Weekend 3 years ago or I met directly through someone I met at SW.
Do the tutorial at http://railstutorial.org. It's SO important for the non-technical folks to at least be able to whip up an app on occasion, to be able to hire technical people effectively, to communicate your needs effectively, etc.
Drupal is fine for a prototype, and your partner may want to cut his teeth on it because he just enjoys learning new technologies. What technologies is he familiar with?
