CAT LOGGER
HELP HUDSON RESEARCH CATS
Cats are deeply suspicious creatures who I find endlessly fascinating, despite their clear disdain for me personally. I have dedicated my research to cataloguing every cat in the neighborhood — their locations, behaviors, and surprisingly complex social hierarchies. Cat Logger is the app that lets citizen scientists like you help me collect field data, one sighting at a time.
— Hudson, Lead Researcher (PawHD)
Free on iPhone. On Android, you'll need to enlist in the beta.
HOW THE RESEARCH WORKS
Cat Logger turns an ordinary walk into field research. The protocol is simple, even for a human:
- GO OUTSIDE. FIND CATS.They are out there — under parked cars, atop fences, glaring from windows. Locate them. This is the part most people find difficult, as it involves leaving the house.
- SCAN THE SUBJECT.Open the Cat Scanner and capture the specimen. I cross-reference it against every cat already on file and log the sighting with its location. The cat will not consent to this. Proceed anyway.
- BUILD YOUR CATDEX.Each cat you document joins your Catdex — your personal dossier of the neighborhood's population. The more complete it is, the more useful you are to the research. And, frankly, to me.
JOIN THE BETA CORPS
Beta field researchers get every new feature first — sometimes before I'm entirely certain it works — and right now it's the only way to run Cat Logger on Android. In exchange, you tell me what's broken. A fair trade.
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