Felt like we nailed the user experience, user interface, and merchandise, but didn’t fully realize its functional potential
UX / UI
NFC chip + sticker could be associated with user account
When either was tapped by a phone, it was used to:
Swap contact
Platform agnostic — doesn’t matter if you’re iOS or Android
Run a series of Private Set Intersections on:
Self-inputted content:
Templates
Preferences
Imported content (via OAuth flow):
Calendar
Activities
Strava
Github
Social Layer
Location chips:
Use location to signify an activity attendance
Only reveal symmetries
Functionality
Central server only used for:
Networking
Encrypted backup
Accountless feature
UX / UI step improvement for local-first apps!
NFC Chips
User chips
Extensible by user
Location chips
Extensible by community admin
Extensible communities + activities
Increasingly sophisticated crypto matching
All cryptography performed on user devices
Local cryptography is cheap, local AI is expensive
OAuth Syncer
OAuth Imports (Syncer)
Aftermath
Told the team that I thought coliving would be ideal place to continue the work
They said I could continue the work, but they couldn’t support it bc there was no direct business model
Ideal shell to develop on, but need to nail functional benefits
Been waiting for the right incubation environment to continue the work
Conspirio
What:
If user data was available and safely shareable, non-fungible connection is a solvable problem.
Etymology:
“Conspire”: comes from the Latin word conspirare, which literally means “to breathe together”. Words ending in -spire (like inspire, expire, or conspire) come from the Latin verb spīrāre, which means “to breathe” or “to blow”. The Latin spīrāre gave English words dealing with breath, life, and spirit.
Conspirio: “to share spirit, life with”
How:
How (UX):
“being in village means deep connection and serendipity, this turns a city back into a village”
Depth from the start
Commonality, complementarity, contrast:
Ex: Andre — if only we had known we had dweb, coliving, embodiment, and authentic relating in common? depth is in the intersections.
Non-negotiables up front:
Compatibility for friendship, work, long-term partnership, flings, etc
Examples:
Friendship and work: Compatible (symmetric, complementary) interests?
Long-term partnership:
Do they want children?
Are they monogamous vs polyamorous?
Could provide a good incentive to fill out data after the fact:
Input more missing data, “unlock” more matches
Data could be an input to an arbitrary number of templates
Turn alienation into connection:
Example: imposter syndrome. Turn isolation into a basis of solidarity.
