Another hack I did for musichackday
Boston 2010: demo of a service I'd like to exist.
"Lix" is twitter for music; a
platform for basement tapes.
Members upload a "lik" (pronounced 'lick') like a tweet or blog
post. Listeners subscribe to feeds and music arrives on their
pod/pad/phone. Don't like? Unfollow!
It's public-by-default, welcoming low-polish/non-professional work
(like YouTube). Size-limited (like Twitter); maybe 90 or
120 seconds.
By analogy, from most polish & ownership to least:
(Book/magazine) is
to (WordPress) is to
(Twitter)
as
(CD/concert) is
to (SoundCloud) is to
(Lix)
musichackday
page
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Demo program
The demo is a CGI program that runs on a server; temporarily set up
at http://nedwaves.com/lix/lix.cgi
(this won't stay live).
Clicking a 'follow' link launches iTunes and subscribes to a
podcast (of short tracks, not episodes).
Logging in lets members manage and upload tracks. Uploading
automatically updates the podcast rss feed.
The demo shows that when you take away all the legalities &
tracking, very little remains. Building a lix server isn't hard.
screenshot 1
screenshot 2
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Feature wish list:
web integration: facebook,twitter,youtube,soundcloud,podcast,stream
see who people are following
stream of most recent
aggregating/searching/grouping (EchoNest stuff)
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