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Collaborative Consumption…P2P Cars…Access.

By Ryan Van Etten on 06/28/2010

Rachel Botsman points out four drivers that are causing a fundamental global shift away from 20th century hyper-consumption (ownership) towards 21st century collaborative consumption (access). Sharing is “second nature” to digital natives—and it’s not just about files.

Posted in Infoculture, Transit | Tagged 21C, access vs. ownership, behavior, car sharing, collaboration, collaborative consumption, collaborative lifestyle, community, consumers, consumption, digital natives, digital sharing, ebay, economics, global trends, hyper-consumption, ideas, p2p, product renting, Rachel Botsman, recession, redistribution markets, sharing, swap trading, swaptree, TED, TEDxSydney, transportation, trends, trust, video | 2 Responses

10 Engineering Rules Applied To DIY Business

By Ryan Van Etten on 06/10/2010

When it comes to problem solving, engineers are fearless because they follow these rules. 1. K.I.S.S. Keep it simple, stupid! Forget the frills and the cheap thrills. Focus on the heart of the matter. 2. Identify. 3. Reduce. 4. Learn. 5. Design. 6. Source. 7. Optimize. 8. Test. 9. Iterate. 10. Amplify.

Posted in Design, Popular, Visual | Tagged adaptation, business, design rules, DIY, engineering, engineering rules, ideas, infographic, list, problem-solving, rules, tips | Leave a response

Musician Apps—What Do Fans Want? 5 Key Components.

By Ryan Van Etten on 05/12/2010

Last year I covered four platforms that musicians can use to build iPhone apps—Mobile Roadie, MobBase, iLike, and Kyte. Sound Around is another one, and is currently in private beta. Discussion from yesterday’s autoplay poll got me asking myself, “what do fans really want in an artist app?” I thought about it for a while and came up with 5 key components.

Posted in Apps, Design, Discussion, iPhone Apps, Music, Music Flux, Popular | Tagged app design, app services, artist channels, communication, community, development, direct-to-fan, fans, geotagging, ideas, iPhone, key components, Kyte, location, MobBase, mobile, mobile music, Mobile Roadie, music apps, musicians, networks, services, social media, Sound Around | 4 Responses

Music Data Confessions of a Tagaholic

By Ryan Van Etten on 02/18/2010

Bandcamp added artist/song tagging to its slew of features yesterday, and hopes are high that more social music features are in store. As a self-professed tag-a-holic I’m pretty stoked about the news, and especially so because I had emailed them suggesting a tagging feature. Bandcamp artists can now list themselves in up to five genres, they can add their location, and they can add specific traits to individual tracks in the form of tags.

Posted in Design, Discussion, Editorial, Music Flux, News, Reviews | Tagged Amie Street, bandcamp, behavior, community, crowdsourcing, data, Delicious, design review, geotagging, ideas, last.fm, location, music discovery, music intelligence, new features, recommendation engine, search, social bookmarking, social media, social music, tagging, thesixtyone | Leave a response

Lala, Apple, Mobile Music, and Cloud-Based Streaming

By Ryan Van Etten on 12/07/2009

Tweets about Apple acquiring Lala have been flooding Twitter for 3+ days now. A number of sources have provided news and analysis on the acquisition. Personally I think Apple aims to move iTunes to the web in an effort to control mobile cloud-based music streaming via iPhones and iPods. Mobility is paramount, and I think that buying Lala was a sound move for Apple.

Posted in Editorial, Music, Music Flux, Popular | Tagged access vs. ownership, acquisition, Amie Street, analysis, Apple, cloud, cloud computing, compete, development, digital, Grooveshark, ideas, iPhone, iTunes, Lala, last.fm, libraries, mobile, mobile music, mobility, MOG, music discovery, music industry, music sites, networks, payments, platform, process, reactions, sharing, simplification, social music, spotify, startups, stats, streaming, tweets, Twitter, UX | Leave a response

Airport Venue: Entertainment Transportation

By Ryan Van Etten on 07/25/2009

Entertainment and transportation will likely mesh in the future. Transportation—our movement from one location to another—has always had a massive influence on our culture, lifestyle, and architecture. We ride. We fly. We travel. We move.

Posted in Design, Editorial, Transit | Tagged airport, arts, concept, Design, entertainment, future, hoax, idea, ideas, innovation, issues, modern, NYC, transportation, urban, venue | 2 Responses

Videogame Idea: VirtualVenue

By Ryan Van Etten on 07/20/2009

Music and videogames were made for each other. Here’s a videogame concept that’s been virtually bouncing my mind, called either VirtualBouncer, or VirtualVenue. There would be two main player types—bouncers and club-goers—and there would be character options for each.

Posted in Design, Editorial, Education, Gaming, Music | Tagged behavior, concept, crowdsourcing, data, game design, idea, ideas, information, interaction, licensing, mashups, music gaming, revenue, robots, social intelligence, venue, videogame, virtualization | 3 Responses