We decided to create an app to help you organize and share all your cultural recommendations with your friends.
Basically, its about replacing your iPhone notes that keep piling up, screenshots lost in your photos, and your (and our) potentially faulty memory with an app thats both a to-do list and a cultural social network.
Oh, and when we say "cultural," it might sound old-fashioned, but were really talking about your favorite movies, series, books, music, podcasts, YouTube channels, concerts, shows, exhibitions, museums… in the broadest sense!
Beam is a free app because, for us, culture is about sharing and creating connections. We want to be as inclusive as possible so that everyone can enjoy it.
Were aiming to develop an ethical and useful app that respects you and doesnt make you addicted for the wrong reasons (hello, Silicon Valley social networks).
In short, an app dedicated to culture, recommendations, sharing tips, and thats it.
Since artists want to create emotions and dont expect us to grade their work like in school, weve ditched the stars and are developing an emotions based system to attach to your favorite content.
As youve probably guessed, we intend to do things differently and operate with total transparency. We also want to evolve the product as much as possible based on your feedback, so were counting on you to participate in this co-creation.
PS: "We" are Pierre & Joe (with help from Sharon, Lou, and Arthur too).
Pierre is French, and Joe is American. Together, were trying to contribute a little to the planet by connecting people through culture. And with your help, were going to push the concept as far as possible!
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Now that introductions are out of the way, heres a quick rundown of where were at and our upcoming features:
Search
Find all your favorite movies, TV shows, and books directly in the app.
Lists
Organize your content by status:
- Want to watch/read
- Watched/read
- Favorites (= Beam)
Weve also created a "hot" status (= priority) for all the content you want to experience ASAP (so it stays up front).
Newsfeed :
To discover all your friends Beams !
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NEXT STEPS
November :
· New "Tops" section -> In progress
· Create your own cultural network -> In progress
And of course, plenty of exciting ideas coming, but we dont want to be (too) greedy :)
Thanks for reading this far! We cant wait to hear your feedback. Drop us a line at [email protected] !
See you soon,
Pierre & Joe