erland;694799 Wrote: 
> What kind of information do you think people would like to see on it ?
> Would the guests like to interact with it somehow using their own smart
> phones ?

smart phone interaction I think would be strictly a controller
function, in so called party mode.  If a guest queues up a new track, a
notification could be put on the "now playing" screen.  Maybe the last
track added would persist on the screen.

As far as what should be on the screen, I would say:
- artwork
- track title
- track artist
- progress bar
- previously played track w/info
- upcoming track to be played w/info.

The previous/upcoming track info could included artwork, but be less
prominent on the screen since it's really just there as an fyi.

As far as smartphone interaction went, it would be cool (perhaps in a
geeky sort of way) for the guests to be able to vote "thumbs up/thumbs
down" on currently playing tracks.  These stats could be put up on the
screen in real time.  After the party, it would be interesting to
collect the data.  If the smart phone app required that the user
register with some sort of name, you could track stats based on the
user.  You could even envision a smart playlist that built the ongoing
playlist based on feedback from the users, much in a way that Pandora
does, but using music from your library.

I'm just thinking out loud with all of this...


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