Codename veni vidi vici AKA a #moviehackday story in three parts

veni vidi vicia #moviehackday story in three parts

expectations Start a conversation Meet mad geniuses Write (a bit) of code

winningStart a conversation √Meet mad geniuses √Write (a bit) of code √

vidibus an open source toolkit for buildingdistributed (video) applications running on ruby

ﬁlmizerA prototype movie social aggregator now looking for a pivot

ﬁlmizer + vidibus a technology+business oriented approachearly critique makes better projects following agile & lean

brainstorming & storytellingthis is how we spent the morning and part of the afternoon

looking for wow factoruser usage scenario business case

customer centricdoes it solve a problem? YES/NO does it have a market? YES/NO

Pandora for trailers

watch rate ☺☹ enjoy......a customized stream of trailers based on your ratings.

customer assumption People love trailers People watch trailers when they ﬁnd themA simple interface can increase casual

industry assumptionTrailer are free advertising for movie distributors... ...and free content for us

business assumptionA customized streaming channel can besupported by advertising and affiliation

marketing assumption“Pandora for trailers” is a simple andattractive proposition. It may spread.

technological assumptionIt can be a showcase of the potential of the MoviePilot API

status Scraping contentAccessing MoviePilot recommendation & IMDB API Setting up the playlist generator/user proﬁler

next steps your feedback a name an interface soft launch

Collect ➡Analyze ➡Learn Collect data from the live website Analyze usage patterns/revenue numbers Apply learning to the project then...

...start again! from “veni”

♥ thank you MoviePilot: wonderful hostsFellow Hackers: beautiful community Berlin: laid back+productive

by Matteo Cassese on Jun 06, 2011