#also to be fair to enterprise. im basing this on the original version

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star trek themes ranked by how much i personally enjoy them

tng: its classy its brassy its exciting it makes me want to run around in circles and kick things and whenever i hear it i become an overenthusiastic middle school band conductor. top notch nothing can top it sorry.

tas: literally this fucks so hard? its so groovy im so into it. the only reason its not number one is i could never cry to it but i would cry to the tng theme under the right circumstances

lwd: YEAH BABY! its reminiscent enough of other star trek themes that you know immediately its star trek, but its unique enough that you also know immediately its lwd. it’s bright, its peppy, love it. 

tos: i mean its classic, the orchestrals are great, it evokes the sense of wonder and curiosity that star trek’s all about. but the vocal track from seasons 2&3 scared the shit out of me the first time i heard them

voy: this is a very good song, do not get me wrong on this, from a purely song perspective this might be my favorite one. it sounds like a movie soundtrack song that plays at the end of the movie and you recognize it from the start and it makes you emo about how much the characters have grown. but its not quite the kind of song that makes me go “oh fuck yeah its star trek time baby fuck yeah star trek!!!!!!!!” which is what a theme song should be

dsc: this one is also very pretty, and i consider it more of a /theme/ song than voyagers however its ranked lower bc its like. not unique. except for the little homages to the tos theme (which i actually do enjoy cause im a nostalgic bitch) it just sounds like the opening to every third bbc mystery show my mom watches

ds9: i’m gonna get crucified for this but its boring. they added a stronger backbeat in the later seasons which helped but like it’s the elevator music of star trek themes sorry. every single time it plays i zone out. 

pic: this is a lullaby and makes me think about the opposite of star trek

ent: oh my fucking god. 

(all themes hyperlinked to the show name for your convenience)

#i dare not main tag this bc i dont want to get real hate from the people i Know are out there #also to be fair to enterprise. im basing this on the original version #the later seasons remix belongs between voy and dsc #its SO much better with the backbeat

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So im about half way through working on this side project of mine and want to get some (more) feedback on the feasibility of the idea/business.A little bit about me first, I'm a software engineer from Australia, and am currently doing all the development my self (which saves some money but costs a fair chunk of my time). I've built some stuff in the past (subscription tracker, conference talks website etc.) but have a tendancy of running into a business before fully scoping out the idea and whether or not there is actually a product-market fit. This time I have tried to do more on the planning side and market research, before diving in but want to get some feedback now I have it more refined and started working on it.A lot of people get a bit funky about sharing their idea's publicly on the internet, especially on reddit in a startup community, but as everyone says, ideas aren't as important as execution. Also if someone did steal this idea and do it better then me I wouldn't really be angry, because as I'm about to go into, this solves a problem for me, so I would just be stoked that there's a tool out there that does this! Also this might just plain and simple be a bad idea and something I should discard, so really I have nothing to lose.I feel like a lot of the time i focus on features of products i build, rather then the problems they solve. So with this (longish post) I'm first going to go through what the problem is, then how I will attempt to solve it followed by the problems/issues I think I will face and feedback i'm looking forIDEA:So the idea comes from something I strongly believe in - that everyone should always be trying to continuously work on improving some part of their life. For me this is typically improving my development skills, but also extends to working on my soft/interpersonal skills. For others it might be improving their sales skills or even working on their technique at the gym. You see this sentiment reflected a lot in the startup/entrpereneur community with people always posting about the latest books they've read, podcasts they've listened to and ted talks they've watched, so clearly I'm not alone.However, there are three problems I have run into with how I approach my self learning:I never know what I should be reading/watching next in order to improve a skill or achieve a goal.I don't really keep track of what I do read or watch and reflect on what I have learn't from these as well track what I want to read next.Staying motivated to come home after a long day and pick up a book rather then a controller.So the solution I came up with to solve my problem is this.A platform where you are easily able to track all the resources you've consumed (still trying to come up with better terminology - any ideas?) as well as not only know what you should be consuming next, but also what industry leaders, friends and family are consuming to help keep you stay motivated.So basically, it's like a platform based around skills and learning with learning resources being shared between people trying to achieve similar goals.To give you an example of how it works, let's say you just finished reading a book on leadership, (If you are looking for a book on leadership, i just finished Extreme Ownership and can't recommend it enough). You would login to the platform and add this as a book you've read. Once you've added it, you will be asked 3 questions:What did you learn from this book? (A section to jot down notes, highlighted passages, links etc). Idea here being that it helps you consolidate your knowledge and improve understanding/retention.Out of 5, how much did this help you achieve your goal/skill?Who would you like to recommend this book to? (email, twitter handle, name etc.)This would then get stored away in your learning history, where you can view all the resources you've used to help you achieve your skills. For me, and other's i've talked to, seeing all the resources they've read/watched etc. really helps with the motivation to continue to do more learning. Sort of like when you are trying to lose weight and actually start to notice a difference - you're resolve becomes focused and you become more motivated. It also helps with the consolidation of knowledge as over time you are able to go back over the notes.This would also be posted to your timeline where everyone who follows you/visits your profile will be able to see all the resources you've consumed to help you achieve your goals and what you rated the resources. Obviously, you would be able to hold discussions around this with people commenting etc. on these posts. If you follow someone with similar interests as you and see something they have read, you will also be able to add this to an 'up next' list of resources you want to read next.So the general idea here is that overtime, this would build up the network of learning resources on the platform allowing someone to easily come on and see what the best resources are for the skill's they want to work on. E.g. let's say you are entrepreneurial and want to work on your marketing skills. You might search the platform for all the best resources related to marketing based on what other users have added and how they ranked them. For me personnaly, I see this as a way to avoid all the endless hours trawling through amazon reviews, goodreads, reddit and youtube trying to find something new to read or watch.Everything will aggregated into a single platform (bit of an exaggeration but you get the idea) making it super simple to know what to read next. EDIT: Even on the front page of /r/entrepreneur i just saw a post asking what the best marketing books areOther features include:Learning tracks: So say you wanted to self teach marketing. You would be able to view a learning track that shows you a path of resources you need to consume in order to improve your skills in that area. E.g. read x -> watch y -> do online course z -> read article gWeb clipper to easily clip articles/blog posts you read (in order to increase active use of the app + motivation)Recommended Resources: On each profile you can have your top x resources you recommend. This is mainly to attract users to the site as the idea is to attempt to get industry leaders to post their top resources.Follow up emails. Every week get a summary of all the things you read a long with some of your notes to help you really consolidate that knowledge. This draws from that whole staggered repetition learning pattern.RevenueNow in order to actually turn this in to a business, I am thinking about a few different strategies along with an enterprise version.Sponsered resources: Allowing companies to provide targeted advertisments to a niche section of people. e.g. 'Advertise my book to people who want to improve their javascript skills' etc.Plain and simple affiliate links for resources posted on the websiteEnterpriseSo after traction picks up I am looking at building out an enterprise version (which was actually my original idea). This uses a lot of the same features from the free public version but also has a few extra.The general idea is the same (e.g. promoting self improvement to employee's within your company) but also restricting the timeline to only others in the company as well as grouping employees into sections/teams. It also has the ability for employers to designate a learning budget per employee, e.g. you have $500 per year learning budget with employee's being able to submit resources to be bought on their behalf by the company. This would also extend to allowing employers to suggest resources to employees as well as create their own learning tracks for getting up to speed with parts of their business. For example, as a developer at work we use certain technologies and adopt certain patterns, and currently in order to get new employees up to speed it involves slacking them a heap of links and pointing them to different parts of the code base. Have a tool which outlined resources they can use to get up to speed quickly I think would help immensly.Issues/Possible problemsIs this something people would actually use? I've asked a few people and did an online survey (with a whole 15 responses) and from what I can tell, people are interested but due to my past failures (learning experiences ;)) I am a bit hesitant to get my hopes up.Should I ditch the free version and rather solely focus on the enterprise version?Would just the employee onboarding flow software be a better idea?Not every company offers learning budgets/struggle with tracking employee learning budgets.So basically that's it! I would love to hear your feedback on this idea and whether or not i should continue or try my hand at something else. Thanks for reading and any feedback I get, I really appreicate it!

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