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I'll gladly join in as a UI UX Designer for equity, website is in my profile. I also emailed you the numerous ways to monetize Winamp by extending it's functio

I'll gladly join in as a UI UX Designer for equity, website is in my profile. I also emailed you the numerous ways to monetize Winamp by extending it's functionality into the social space. See my email "Winamp Fund - UI UX Designer seeking to join" There's at least 4-5 ways to monetize Winamp and build it out.

brymaster 13y ago
Sweet. The world needs more freemium, gamification, ads, subscription plans and "social."
- ChrisNorstrom 13y ago
  Sweet you have no imagination.
  - brymaster 13y ago
    What you're probably imagining: http://cdn0.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/4243405/microsoft-xbox-e3-2012-_0321_large_verge_medium_landscape.jpg http://cdn0.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/4243405/microsof... What I'm imaging: http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/200601100626-631.jpg http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20060... (a world without ads and bullshit) What actual Winamp users really want: http://www.avinashtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/winamp-2.JPG http://www.avinashtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/winamp...
    - ChrisNorstrom 13y ago
      1) Nope, that's not what I'm imagining at all. In fact I love the Winamp interface just the way it is. No gamification. No points. Only extensions to the product without changing it. I don't want to list them here because I emailed them to the poster who wanted to pitch into a fund to buy Winamp from AOL and we decided to keep them a secret. 2) That's because you're negative & disdainful. 3) If you're not growing you're dying. Keeping Winamp the same without changing anything is exactly what has led AOL to sell the property in the first place. I understand where you're coming from, I've read through some of your past comments. The reason why you've become negative and disdainful is because you're wasting your time arguing with "stupid people" (you know who I'm talking about). Stop doing that because it will destroy you and suck you dry of all your energy. I only had to skim 3 pages into your comment history to see you've been arguing with "people who cannot be changed" (aka "______ fans" and "what's wrong with destroying privacy" type folks) and you have a history of trying to talk them out of their stupidity. Don't do it. Just stop. I stopped and I'm a much happier person.
voltagex_ 13y ago
Why not help with an open source player?
- ChrisNorstrom 13y ago
  My problem with Open Source projects is they're built on hopes and prayers and not money. It takes funds to make things happen. It takes funds to pay the bills. Open Source projects like PHP, MySQL, Wordpress, FireFox, OpenOffice are all backed by big companies that make a lot of money and can afford to keep the project alive. A lot of other open source software is just dead, going nowhere, without a plan, no source of income, and the community too afraid of money with a hatred of rich people and big corporations. They're more interested in running the software company "not like Microsoft" than making it successful and sustainable. I've seen a lot of good OS software die a miserable death because it's owners refuse to make money. So I refuse to waste my time on them.
  - axaxs 13y ago
    That's pretty short sighted. There are tons and tons of opensource software out there thriving, and without any type of backer. Some do it for fun, some to learn, some for pride, and some to give back. But I guess you think that DMs should have banner ads, and grep should return "No results found. Did you mean ....". It's ok to want to make money, and I wish you success in your endeavor, but insulting those with other motivations is tactless.
    - ChrisNorstrom 13y ago
      "There are tons and tons of opensource software out there thriving, and without any type of backer." That's pretty short sighted as well. I don't want to invest my heart and soul into something only for it to disappear in a few years like so many have. In the long term, a lot of that software will be gone. Looking back at all the open sourced software I used as a teen most of it has decayed. Little by little over the years I'd receive an automated email from the founder who "built it out of love" saying he needs to "move on now, because I have a wife and kid on the way and a full time job". Am I the one being insulting? Or are these creators who suffocate their own creations the ones who are insulting open source?

brymaster 13y ago

Sweet. The world needs more freemium, gamification, ads, subscription plans and "social."

ChrisNorstrom 13y ago
Sweet you have no imagination.
- brymaster 13y ago
  What you're probably imagining: http://cdn0.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/4243405/microsoft-xbox-e3-2012-_0321_large_verge_medium_landscape.jpg http://cdn0.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/4243405/microsof... What I'm imaging: http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/200601100626-631.jpg http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20060... (a world without ads and bullshit) What actual Winamp users really want: http://www.avinashtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/winamp-2.JPG http://www.avinashtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/winamp...
  - ChrisNorstrom 13y ago
    1) Nope, that's not what I'm imagining at all. In fact I love the Winamp interface just the way it is. No gamification. No points. Only extensions to the product without changing it. I don't want to list them here because I emailed them to the poster who wanted to pitch into a fund to buy Winamp from AOL and we decided to keep them a secret. 2) That's because you're negative & disdainful. 3) If you're not growing you're dying. Keeping Winamp the same without changing anything is exactly what has led AOL to sell the property in the first place. I understand where you're coming from, I've read through some of your past comments. The reason why you've become negative and disdainful is because you're wasting your time arguing with "stupid people" (you know who I'm talking about). Stop doing that because it will destroy you and suck you dry of all your energy. I only had to skim 3 pages into your comment history to see you've been arguing with "people who cannot be changed" (aka "______ fans" and "what's wrong with destroying privacy" type folks) and you have a history of trying to talk them out of their stupidity. Don't do it. Just stop. I stopped and I'm a much happier person.

voltagex_ 13y ago

Why not help with an open source player?

ChrisNorstrom 13y ago
My problem with Open Source projects is they're built on hopes and prayers and not money. It takes funds to make things happen. It takes funds to pay the bills. Open Source projects like PHP, MySQL, Wordpress, FireFox, OpenOffice are all backed by big companies that make a lot of money and can afford to keep the project alive. A lot of other open source software is just dead, going nowhere, without a plan, no source of income, and the community too afraid of money with a hatred of rich people and big corporations. They're more interested in running the software company "not like Microsoft" than making it successful and sustainable. I've seen a lot of good OS software die a miserable death because it's owners refuse to make money. So I refuse to waste my time on them.
- axaxs 13y ago
  That's pretty short sighted. There are tons and tons of opensource software out there thriving, and without any type of backer. Some do it for fun, some to learn, some for pride, and some to give back. But I guess you think that DMs should have banner ads, and grep should return "No results found. Did you mean ....". It's ok to want to make money, and I wish you success in your endeavor, but insulting those with other motivations is tactless.
  - ChrisNorstrom 13y ago
    "There are tons and tons of opensource software out there thriving, and without any type of backer." That's pretty short sighted as well. I don't want to invest my heart and soul into something only for it to disappear in a few years like so many have. In the long term, a lot of that software will be gone. Looking back at all the open sourced software I used as a teen most of it has decayed. Little by little over the years I'd receive an automated email from the founder who "built it out of love" saying he needs to "move on now, because I have a wife and kid on the way and a full time job". Am I the one being insulting? Or are these creators who suffocate their own creations the ones who are insulting open source?