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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:42:07 -0400</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Nitasha Tiku</dc:creator>
				
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_12556" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 200px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-12556 " title="ipad" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/ipad.jpg?w=272&h=300" alt="" width="190" height="210" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Help me help you.</p></div></p>
<p>Betabeat has already documented the phenomenon of VCs forgoing the usual pitch process and urging you <a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2011/06/30/steal-this-start-up-no-longer-content-to-write-checks-vcs-are-giving-away-their-best-ideas/">to steal their ideas instead</a>. Spark Capital's Bijan Sabet didn't go that far. But wantrepreneurs with innovator's block might want to take note of a post on <a href="http://bijansabet.com/post/7841609819/do-we-want-multi-user-profiles-on-our-devices">his Tumblr</a> this morning where he suggested that the proliferation of consumer electronics devices, the "multiple floating iPads" around Mr. Sabet's home, could really use a way to distinguish between multiple users.<!--more--></p>
<blockquote><p>Take our beloved Sonos for example.</p>
<p>I now have Twitter and Spotify connected to our Sonos system. It’s very cool.</p>
<p>But our entire family uses Sonos--not just me. So any songs that are  starred in Spotify on Sonos will show up in my profile. And if someone  wants to tweet a song, that will come from my @bijan account. So if you  happen to see a “listening to Rihanna” tweet from my account, just know  that it wasn’t me ! :)</p>
<p>As more and more of our devices are able to tweet and offer  personalization, we need some sort of way to do multi-user profiles.  Sounds straightforward enough but the challenge will be making it  beautiful, fast and simple.</p></blockquote>
<p>If you follow Mr. Sabet's Tumblr, you'd know just how badly the indie rock fiend would hate for anyone to think he's bopping along to Rihanna.</p>
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<p>Betabeat has already documented the phenomenon of VCs forgoing the usual pitch process and urging you <a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2011/06/30/steal-this-start-up-no-longer-content-to-write-checks-vcs-are-giving-away-their-best-ideas/">to steal their ideas instead</a>. Spark Capital's Bijan Sabet didn't go that far. But wantrepreneurs with innovator's block might want to take note of a post on <a href="http://bijansabet.com/post/7841609819/do-we-want-multi-user-profiles-on-our-devices">his Tumblr</a> this morning where he suggested that the proliferation of consumer electronics devices, the "multiple floating iPads" around Mr. Sabet's home, could really use a way to distinguish between multiple users.<!--more--></p>
<blockquote><p>Take our beloved Sonos for example.</p>
<p>I now have Twitter and Spotify connected to our Sonos system. It’s very cool.</p>
<p>But our entire family uses Sonos--not just me. So any songs that are  starred in Spotify on Sonos will show up in my profile. And if someone  wants to tweet a song, that will come from my @bijan account. So if you  happen to see a “listening to Rihanna” tweet from my account, just know  that it wasn’t me ! :)</p>
<p>As more and more of our devices are able to tweet and offer  personalization, we need some sort of way to do multi-user profiles.  Sounds straightforward enough but the challenge will be making it  beautiful, fast and simple.</p></blockquote>
<p>If you follow Mr. Sabet's Tumblr, you'd know just how badly the indie rock fiend would hate for anyone to think he's bopping along to Rihanna.</p>
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