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Here's an idea I have had for a while and I dont figure I am going to make it so why not just see if someone else wants to make it. It's mostly a mobile app be
by digitalsushi 12y ago
Here's an idea I have had for a while and I dont figure I am going to make it so why not just see if someone else wants to make it.
It's mostly a mobile app because you have to be mobile to use it. (You can emulate mobility at a desk, sure)
In my head I call this app "Road Stories"
The premise of this app is that while you're driving around, your phone knows where you are, what speed you're going, etc. As you're driving home from your folks, to stay awake you fire up Road Stories and when you are coming up on an old memory worth sharing with the public, you hit record. The app starts recording your voice. Base case, you're going the speed limit, there's no traffic, so the story unfolds like one of those annotated amusement park historical rides. "See that white house on the left?" You do, because you're in sync with the original recorder. I'm sure there's some algorithm fudging to make it work.
That's obviously producer mode. Then you have consumer mode. You leave it on, and as it starts hitting nodes, it auto plays them. After there are overlapping ones, it plays by newest, best, unlistened, etc cetera.
Advertisement is the obvious way to make any cash off it. I dont know anything at all about that domain and I think this is why I never bothered trying to make it. It'd be neat to know some local businesses tucked away off the highway, sure. Mostly you're listening to hear either synthetic, or historical, folklore.
I think it would be a neat way to make people more aware of where they are, spread history, invent folklore, and just stay awake on that long-assed drive across new hampshire at 10pm. Steal it if you want it.
- sophacles 12y agoThis is really cool. If you (or someone) does this, there could be a revenue stream in displacing the old "walking tour" with a tape player. "pause the tape, walk to station 9 and start again..."
- vishalzone2002 12y agohttp://www.detour.com/ http://www.detour.com/ Andrew Mason's new venture is kind of similar in terms of tech
- wambotron 12y agoThere was something similar to this at a startup called Broadcastr where people would record audio at a given place. They ended up pivoting, and I hadn't heard anything again about that idea until your post. The real flaw with this is that most people are not natural story tellers. It's hard to get content with that issue. You're bound to get people who like to talk but have nothing to say, leaving you with a whole lot of nothing useful.
- HeyLaughingBoy 12y agoI believe this is an absolutely awesome idea. I hope you, or someone else can make it fly.