Elevator Pitch #1:
Twitter and text messaging are two ways to get a concise message from one person to another. Smartphones with touch screens are more commonplace that allow us to do more with our mobile devices. I would propose a mobile app that would allow you to highlight and text or tweet a section of any written copy from your mobile device. It would also allow you to send the text as an audio file.
This feature would allow you capture a moment of inspiration as soon as you find it without having to save and remember it for later when you are in front of a laptop or desktop computer. By sending messages as written text and audio file two different retention styles that apply to the majority of the population. Messages sent as a text are easier to store and refer to at a later day wherever you have your mobile phone. With my inspirational website, inspiring ideas can be captured and shared instantly.
Elevator Pitch #2:
What if Wikipedia and Ancestry.com merged with an element of shared audio? Each person adds written information on their branch on their family tree along with one or more audio files describing a moment in their life. The collective body then begins building a recorded verbal history of who we are as a people one person at a time. There would be prompts with script suggestions for ideas on what they should talk about and each file would be no longer than one minute. Stories that include other people would be tagged to appear with the other person’s written entry. The shared audio files would illustrate how we are all connected.
The iPhone currently has the capability to highlight and copy text, and then send it in an email or SMS message -- it is something I use a lot. I don't think you can currently send audio file via a smartphone -- but that would be awesome. I am sure the folks at Apple will be rolling that technology out soon -- if they haven't already -- unless you beat them to the punch :)
ReplyDeleteIn regard to the second pitch, I had never heard of ancestry.com before (I just checked it out a bit), but I love this idea! I think it would be amazing to listen to life stories of people I am related to in some way all from the comfort of my own home. Sites like Twitter and Facebook allow people to feel connected to each other when they are far away, but this would do that on a whole other level that is more meaningful and personal.