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![Our Story]()
We’re Jon (@jdscolam), Ryan (@ryantharp), and Kimberlee (@kimberleekarr)—three friends, from three different parts of the country, who met because of a dance party and a web app.
THE PARTY:
#MondayNightDanceParty was started by Jon. In its early days, it was just music video links shared on App.net (a social network that’s sort of like Twitter but way better and is now FREE for everyone!). Then it grew into: “What if we could have an online ‘party’ where the attendees could interact and set the playlist via requests?”
It was this one, simple idea that led to the birth of Vidcast.
THE APP:
Vidcast is a web app built on App.net (which is now FREE for everyone!) that allows you to hang out with your friends on the Internet while simultaneously enjoying media from several sources in real-time.
For example, you can watch a show on YouTube together, DJ a music party with your favorite Soundcloud and Vimeo songs, or hold an audio book club.
The possibilities are endless!
The three of us are extremely passionate about Vidcast because of its power to gather people together around a common interest. It allows anyone—from anywhere—to enjoy media together.
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Over the past year, a handful of folks have worked in their spare time to keep Vidcast up and running. While Vidcast is functional—well, functional most of the time—in order for it to reach its full potential, it needs some tender loving care in the form of dedicated developer love.
Our goal for this campaign is to raise $11,000 to hire a full-time developer to create many of the awesome features that have been requested. If we are able to reach our goal, Vidcast will be redesigned, complete with a mobile friendly UI. In addition, it will have a variety of new features including shareable playlists, an Amazon search for purchasing media, and the ability to play media from almost anywhere such as App.net file storage, and more.
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If you can't contribute, please help us get the word out by sharing our link with your friends.
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SOCIAL PLAYLISTS
- Create your own playlist of tracks.
- Listen to your playlist any time.
- Share your playlist publicly.
- Discover new music by listening to other's public playlist.
- Copy public playlists including a show's playlist to make it your own.
NEW LAYOUT
- Completely redesigned website and UI. UI will scale so that it is mobile friendly.
FAVORITE CURRENT TRACK
- Add the currently playing track to a Favorites playlist to enjoy later.
"THIS SONG WAS REQUESTED BY..."
- Display requesting user for media requests and plays in the client, as well as in the playlists.
*YOUR* MEDIA
- Upload and share your own media files.
DISLIKE THE CURRENT TRACK? SKIP IT!
- Skip back and re-synch functionality so you can listen to an earlier song if you don't like the current one.
SCROBBLE SUPPORT
- For all you Last.fm super-fans out there!
BUY IT NOW!
- Integrate Amazon search for purchasing media.
ARCHIVES
- Playlists will automatically be generated after each show and archives of old shows will be available.
CO-HOST SUPPORT
- Add multiple allowed hosts and switching hosts in the middle of a show.
MAIN BROWSER BUG FIXES AND SUPPORT
- Chrome, FireFox, Safari and IE10 or later.
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We love the community that has been formed as a result of #MondayNightDanceParty and Vidcast. As such, our talented members have created these perks for our excellent supporters.
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The more noise we make, the more money we’ll raise, and the more likely this campaign will keep Vidcast and its community growing.
To incentivize you to get all of your friends and neighbors to join in on the fun, we’re putting up an iPod touch or Nexus 7 tablet (your choice) on the line.
We’ll be awarding this prize to whoever brings the most contributions in using IndieGoGo’s sharing tools. So even if you can’t afford to contribute yourself, you can still win this prize if you manage to shepherd in the most money through your own connections and campaigning.
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Have you ever been to a #MondayNightDanceParty? Or perhaps it’s your favorite part of the week? Regardless if you’re a newbie or super-fan, the next six Mondays will feature some epic events including listening parties, #ADNOrginals, book readings, and more! Make sure to check back for additional details!
08/12/13 - LAUNCH PARTY!
08/19/13 - #MNDP Features #ADNOriginal Weekend Away
08/26/13 - #MNDP Anniversary WATCH PARTIES (More info TBA)!
09/02/13 - TBD
09/09/13 - #MNDP Features #ADNOriginal Jonas Friddle
09/16/13 - FINAL NIGHT!
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#MondayNightDanceParty and Vidcast are the talk of the town! Check out some of the things people have been saying about us.
App.net Podcast Episode 1 – Vidcast mentioned @ 21:20
The App.net #MondayNightDanceParty Phenomenon
Dalton Caldwell of App.net -TWiST #306 -- Vidcast referenced @ 57:40
#ADN dance party set to shake, rattle n roll Christmas across continents
Episode 21: Last Night's Big Finish on #MondayNightDanceParty (Running time: 04:37) #UnderFive
Episode 34: July 8 on #MondayNightDanceParty (Running time: 06:26. Ha ha ha!) #UnderFive @jdscolam
Episode 38: July 15 on #MondayNightDanceParty (09:00) An experiment so please be gentle. :-) #UnderFive @jdscolam
Episode 42: July 22 on #MondayNightDanceParty (Running time: 10:00) Another experiment. I might need to break out the Snowball for these Monday reviews... Please be gentle! @jdscolam #UnderFive
NEW!
UnderFive Episode 48: MNDP August 12th Recap
ADN Views, Episode 5 "What can you do with a free account on ADN? #mondaynightdanceparty, patter, blogging, etc. Length 13 minutes"
ADN Views, Episode 19 "Crowdsourcing Vidcast. @jdscolam @ryantharp and @kimberleekarr Have an Indiegogo campaign to overhaul vidcast. Come to MNDP.tv on monday nights and see what ADN community is all about"
TheAfterParty MNDP August 19th Recap
AppStorm Vidcast: The Story of a Social Music and Video App Built Onto of App.net
Have you written/recorded/sung something about #MondayNightDanceParty or Vidcast that you'd like us to know about? Drop us a note and we'll add it to our list!
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Once we hit our goal, development will begin as soon as this campaign ends. Here is an idea of what our deliverable timeline looks like:
Mid-September – Campaign ends
Mid-September—Development on Vidcast begins
Mid-September – Perks orders processed
Late-October – Perks orders shipped
Late-December – Beta Access to new features available
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These kind souls have put their blood, sweat, and tears into make this possilbe. Thank you for all of your help!
@lena
@33mhz
@redqueencoder
@po
@katengh
@kosso
@guscost
@benedictlloyd
@spacekatgal
@spacekatdude
@indigo
@luciajavon
@pinku
@danielgenser
@jamiesmyth
@alexk
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