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Thanks. The flâneur term was a gamble. I'll definitely reconsider it now. The only purpose of this project is discovery. The serendipity comes from the way boo
by m52go 11y ago
Thanks. The flâneur term was a gamble. I'll definitely reconsider it now.
The only purpose of this project is discovery. The serendipity comes from the way books are presented to you. They're completely random. There are no algorithms that try to "learn" what you like or any social suggestions.
When a card strikes your interest, you hit the big yellow light bulb, which shows you a snippet from the book. That snippet is intended to be a powerful, standalone idea that might inspire you to check out the full work.
So the immediate value-add is the app exposes you to new, worthwhile ideas (in contrast to most modern media, which don't) while introducing you to books you may not otherwise encounter.
In the future, once there are more items in the database, we'll have collections (i.e., Harvard Classics, Nobel Collection, Bill Gates' bookshelf, etc.) so that one can browse within a theme.