Cyrus' World
A very public place for my private thoughts.
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The Batman quote “you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain” is an apt description of how Silicon Valley turns its back on its most successful creations. Yahoo! and Google are feeling it now and it wouldn’t be crazy to think Facebook will soon lose its luster and feel the burn of being the next “evil empire.
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Watch you thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become your character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
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I’ve wanted a new way to consume music that was both personalized and didn’t require much action if I wanted to basically listen to the radio.
An interesting dynamic would be starting users in the same room based on the song they are listening to. When you get in a room, you can “chat” with everyone in there as long as the song is playing. You can control your own playlist or jump on another user’s by basically following them so you’ll attach to their playlist.
Users could have some metrics, e.g. biggest tribe (following), longest party (session), ect. that would help power users re-engage and show some clout when restarting for the day.
The game play would basically push some folks to try to dynamically build a following as they go from room to room and basically take the party with them. Celebrities and musicians could be an early user engagement/acquisition strategy, e.g. chill and listen to music with Skrilex or Paul Oakenfold.
Eventually you’d get to know folks, “tribes” would dynamically form based on common musical taste and you could begin to deepen relationships with them.
Thoughts, any existing products that are doing this?
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We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.Dr. Albert Einstein
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As the experts battle to predict the future of their respective worlds; I find myself in awe of how little the predictions actually matter to me.
Here’s a list that concerns me.
- Beliefs will continue to act as walls rather than bridges between us.
- Technology will find novel ways of distracting us from our own insecurity and catering to egos that, inherently, separate us from one another.
- Nations, like the people that govern them, will be ruled by self-interest rather than the interests of the populous.
- Children, like their parents, will look to screens to define themselves.
- People will fail to understand that love doesn’t require reciprocation, and that reciprocation heralds, but is not proof of, love.
- A hug, a long glance and a sincere smile will not be replaced by the emoticon.
- Life will go on.
This list isn’t meant to be pessimistic or optimistic — just relevant to me. I don’t have any resolutions but will continue to focus on the mission for my life: turn beliefs in to bridges; create transparent technologies that enable rather than hinder our ability to truly connect; bring power to the populous; remind children they are the authors of their reality; and ensure every person that has ever impacted me knows the role they played in my story.
Best wishes in 2012.
