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Fast and loose race at a slow and steady pace!

The story of Bopgig is a long one –  and not without hiccups. 

(updated: 2 May 2022)

(note: additional information about BopGig in Israel Tech Scene 2006-2011 and GrooveGuide)

2000: The name comes to mind.

GrooveTip in its inception was about tipping artists in the same way people tip street buskers. FairTunes.com (2000) worked on that concept, which had a WinAmp plugin. I took an interest in media metadata at the time as that should’ve contained the information for any funds to travel back to content creators.

I had thought… “once people have downloaded songs from Napster… then what?” … ideally, a voluntary tip by the listener/viewer to the creator!

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2001: Final-year undergrad student enters MBA competition.

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2003: Multiple PHP apps cobbled together. Later GrooveGuide (more info here) is added – a free street-press magazine. 500 copies were printed and distributed around Melbourne. Problem: lack of app integration and hence automated signups.

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2009: Rethinking the business model and user experience. BopGig or GigPop?

2010: A working prototype launches. A Y-Combinator application occurs.


John on the left, Sup on the right.

Bopgig from Adrian on Vimeo.

2011: Development moves from USA to Israel.

 

2012: Public launch and then a pivot into indefinite hibernation!

 

2020: Hibernation continues!

2022: Thinking about it again!

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note: With GrooveTip 2000 in mind, I would instead look at making it easier for listeners to give rather than own. Maybe both.
✓ 2 years ago

Final Notes v1.1

Idris is a clone replacement of the original Agency Head who was deliberately replaced by Rippy (from planet Keedomu.) Idris is thus supervised by Rippy, with Rippy in turn influenced covertly (as countless others are) by Skrim. [pic 1]

Heartcarve – The Movie should come after OK5 as OK6. The current OK5 sees a major correction, especially the purging of Amalek, but Idris is not human so is not killed in that correction. And, the new timeline doesn’t let Earth escape Rippy. On the other hand, it’d also be possible to place this story as OK5 (not 6) – so long as the urgency for a new planet to populate exists due to new population pressures from longer lives.

In the first case, Rippy+Idris are the final die-hard remnants of the evil Negative Alien Agenda on Earth as influenced by Skrim. Rippy only has a couple of clone agents on Earth, with Rippy being his most valuable one.

Rippy commands Idris to commit suicide once he is caught so as to not give away any information.

Idris once captured:

Rippy: I had such plans for you.
Idris: So what? Your expectations are too high.
Rippy: We were supposed to target the Indigo children with a powerful airborne poison.
Idris: I know, I’m sorry. But let’s move on.
Rippy: Impossible. Just take that little white pill I gave you asap.
Idris: I am just a clone for fuck’s sake. And here goes nothing [takes it and drops the phone dead]

On Keedomu, Rippy then stares at the original Idris in suspension similar to the clones in The Prestige.

 

Rippy ultimately drops unconscious by the unstoppable fire in OK7 as it sweeps through Keedomu. It is unknown whether he dies or not. He could also disintegrate.

When Danny, Brigitte and the racers are dropped back off to Earth after the Big Race they are also left with a stack of gold [pic 2] (as well as the recon clones and the jar of seeds from Steezgro.)

This is to help them setup the new division of the Intelligence Agency (ILBA) in addition to helping them along their way, including hiring additional security if they need it. Also, Danny and Brigitte feel it is their duty to carry on with their relationship with Bazzu, especially to ease population pressures on Earth.

An interesting idea would be to have the recon doubles from Bazzu trap the assassins by firing a potent glue like substance on them, whilst also obtaining footage of the whole incident. The substance would have a neurotoxin within it to paralyze them.

The advantage of this story is that for OK7, people on Earth could proceed to Bazzu via ILBA portal forests at the end rather than depend on instant interstellar teleportation to various planets as currently outlined for the end of OK7 – that should be an ability only acquired much later into the messianic era by only some people. Boron, Jai Shimon and his squad get it instantly however.

Finally, Danny is also a computer geek [pic 4] working for a startup in Salt Lake City, Bopgig, as run by his friend Prez [pic 3.] Brigitte [pic 3] plans to help expand its presence in China at the end of the story.
✓ 4 years ago