Background Party: app idea

 A few days ago I was sitting in my room thinking about life. It was dead silent. As I was clicking through pictures on my computer, I heard music blasting outside my apartment building on a Monday night. This wasn’t unusual. It was because of the window that had broken a couple of weeks earlier that I could hear everything going on in the wild. Coincidentally, I was looking at a picture that reminded me of the particular music playing in the background. So, I asked myself, wouldn’t it be cool to have an app that lets a user attach a short audio track that plays along an image?

It’s interesting how images and music play an important role in revitalizing memories. Images project a specific memory and music triggers an emotional response. I want to bring these two tools together to make the idea of a memory even more powerful to recall. A lot of people listen to music and take images to capture a specific moment. Music is an essential part of most of our lives and images are a graphical representation of our past. These two tools by them self seem to be incomplete. By joining them I believe we can make memories more exciting by simultaneously triggering emotions and visuals in our brain. 

Some people might question the use of video instead.  Videos have been in use for a long time but are still not as powerful in recalling memories when compared to images or music. This is because images let an observer use their imagination to create their own memory.  The observer is allowed to create a thought from their own perspective and use whatever clues they can get to rebuild a moment. Videos tend to force a user to accept a memory as it is and does not allow room for any speculation.

After experimenting with a few pictures and audio clips, I discovered that the blend turned out to be more interesting than I had initially thought. The most interesting aspect about the picture and audio experience was my personal attachment with the particular song playing along. I also came to the conclusion that an observer would spend more time looking at a picture than normal. 
      
  Basically, I think memories can be made more exciting by adding a layer of audio on top of a picture. This concept has a lot of potential as an application on smart phones. A user would be able to upload pictures and attach a 5-9 second audio clip from an online music library. The pictures can seamlessly be posted on the internet via twitter or facebook. Users can share an audio track for a picture and vote on the best audio that replicates the image. The audio with the most up votes would automatically play when a user looks at an image. 

I’ve put together a few examples that consist of different pictures and audios. Let me know what you think!

                                                            Seven seconds Starlight-Muse

6 seconds boom boom pow

6 seconds don't stop the party

7 seconds she_doesn't_listen

There is a picture app hackathon coming up in New York on the 21^st. It’s sponsored by NASDAQ and the winners’ app gets displayed at time square. Who’s in(hackers and designers only)?

Read more about it over here:
http://blog.aviary.com/were-organizing-the-biggest-photo-hackathon-youve-ever-seen/

comments on ads

I would really like to comment and share my thoughts instantly on ads that play before youtube.com or vevo.com videos.There are some very interesting ads out there that deserve feedback. This would make online advertisements even more engaging and help boost the already growing advertisement sector.

One of many ideas.

Analysis of a business/idea I came up with and wrote about a while ago.

"The name of the proposed business is JSK Pvt. Lt. You are the founder of this business.

    Have you ever wondered where used soap in hotels end up after the guest leave? Well they go in the garbage and end up being part of the already accumulated waste. This soap can be re used by re-batching and sterilizing. Soap companies can use this soap again and make new soap. The reason why the companies do this is because it saves them from high cost of production which gives them a higher profit margin. Our business is focused on retrieving the used soap before being disposed off and selling it to soap manufacturers in developing countries like Pakistan and India. This process greatly reduces waste and encourages re cycling. We also have plans to ship this soap to charity organizations in Africa that will distribute the soap to poverty struck areas. According to World Health Organization, 3.5 million children die in Africa (every year?) from treatable illnesses. Up to 65% of these deaths can be prevented by just washing hands with soap and water. Used soap can also be mixed with natural volcanic stone with high glycerin content to form an effective cleansing cream. This cream can be used to remove grease, paint, pine gum, ink and tar from the hands of mechanics, gardeners and artists. Used soap can also be used in different areas of the cosmetic industry.

    The time to get into this business is now. The main competitor is Clean the World. It is a charity organization mainly based in Orlando, Florida. We will be looking for sponsors to help us financially in dealing with charities. Tax benefits are also provided to Hospitality charity organizations. Our initial plans are to partner with hotels in Chicago and expand our base gradually towards neighboring towns and cities. Our buyers who are currently committed with doing business with us are located in Pakistan, India and Malaysia. Overall the founders of the company will be directly involved in the affairs of the business and may change their duties. The initial investment, which is relatively low, will come from the founders own pockets. Looking at the overall picture, I think the business is very exciting and feasible."

If you're not lazy and think it's a cool idea... Why not implement it? Don't forget to include me.

shades of blue

I’m  sick of creeping on others. Not that I want to, facebook forces me to. It’s in our nature to be curious.

I hardly use facebook to connect with others or meet new people. Most of us use it to see what’s going on in our network. Scrolling through pictures and comfortably sipping on tea, I’m forced to open profiles and check what’s up with everyone else. I don’t want to do it. But everything is right there.  Newsfeed. Just a click away.  So easy.. so simple. I have to stop. Follow, accept, poke, tag, like… logout.

In the recent web 2.0 summit Mark Zuckerburg confessed that the future is all about being social. Everything around us is going to be social. But wait a minute… what about the people who do not prefer being social or maybe want to be slightly social. Constantly ignoring random friend requests and checking random links and profiles of people that you haven’t seen in ages is getting  a tad bit boring. Especially when you can click on some ones album outside our network and still go through all their pictures because they forgot to set their privacy settings ( or didn’t care to set them).  I’m glad that you had a good time partying with the finest people at the best place in town… But why is it in my face (ha.. “face” book).

   We do not have much control on our information. Facebook is a bitch about it. I would really appreciate it if I could download all my facebook information. Why do I have to use facebook connect  to integrate my information with other networks.  I can individually copy everything and save it in my system but that can be an extremely time consuming task. How can I get ownership to everything I post and not worry about some fuck using my pictures for a facesmash like project. All we can do is to make sure all the information that goes on web should not reveal a lot about ourselves.  That’s what my paranoid bi polar self says. 

Grouspawn.com: What if

Grouspawn.com? It's an extension of Groupon.com that deals with dating and fertelizing to make more babies.

So first you buy a groupon. Then go out on a date and use that groupon. After 9 months Grouspawn will give out a college grant to your baby who is now a product of the company. It's actually a  very interesting idea. A good marketing tool. But... it might have some unexpected results.

What if!

What if it's not the right time to have a baby and you were motivated to have a baby just because of a deal.

What if you've already figured out a way of how you will use the grant for yourself.

What if you name your baby "Groupon".

What if you're a jerk and you abandon the groupon baby

What if groupon babies start appearing in random trash cans because the parents didn't have the money to take care of them.

What if your baby grows up just to meet other groupon babies who never got the grant ( only 2 get once a year). Not so "G" in school.

What if you have more babies than you want just so that one of your babies gets a grant.

What if the groupon baby sells your soul at 50- 90 % off discount and takes over all the money you spend. You keep thinking that you are saving but by the end of the day you're hooked. It's a drug. You keep coming back for more. Things you don't need. Restaurants that you don't really need to go to. All those spas that you didn't really need ( although I'm in complete favor of the skydiving deal).... All I want to say is please don't screw up. Rob a bank. Not a baby.

A friendly note from Project Eye: The best way to save is not to spend.

Project Eye?

It's not about "connecting" everyone anymore. We live in a world that keeps us insanely busy. I've figured out a way that brings communication to life.

The official name of the project will be released when/if any development takes place. It's simple, convenient and appropriate.

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