We’re moving quickly here to make the world’s best learning videos accessible and discoverable, so we’re using the best open source technology available.
Recently at the Chicago Python Group, ChiPy, our Director of Engineering, Chris Coté, gave a talk about our tech stack.
Check it out and let us know what you think!
Hi, we’re the Curiosity team!
Since this is one of our first blog posts, we’d like to introduce ourselves.
We’re an e-learning startup that collects and organizes the web’s best learning content, all in one place. Our goal is to create a powerful, intuitive platform that helps you find the coolest videos about things you love learning about. We want to be part of your morning routine: alarm, pants, coffee and a daily dose of discovering stuff you had no idea your brain was hungry for. Ultimately, we’re about lifelong learning—and guiding you along the journey.
Curiosity.com was born inside Discovery Communications in downtown Chicago. In January 2014, the website launched in beta after our team laid the groundwork over the course of about a year. During one of Chicago’s coldest, most unforgiving winters in decades, the launch was a sweet, sweet glimmer of hope. And, finally, after months and months of improving the experience, we’re growing and learning every day.
With so many opportunities and ideas that come along with a new business, focus is one of our biggest challenges. Dealing with the overwhelming but amazing potential for a product we’re all so passionate about feels a bit like a kid hiding out in the mall after-hours: There’s SO MUCH COOL STUFF to do and make. It’ll be a rollercoaster of exciting wins and frustrating missteps as Curiosity.com evolves, but we’ve got the team and passion to handle the ride. We hope you’re ready too, because we know you’ll love what we’re becoming. Let’s learn and grow together. Whaddya say?
Cheers to a new adventure.
Curiosity has the power to inspire; it’s the desire that drives our innate inquisitiveness. It’s what drives us to learn, to innovate and to grow our understanding of the world around us.
The web is full of amazing content that has the potential to both ignite and satisfy our curiosity, but the content is fragmented across countless sites and varies greatly in terms of purpose, quality and consistency. Curiosity.com aims to aggregate and organize the best content from across the web that was specifically developed to exchange knowledge. We’re collecting all forms of content including long form, short form, academic, amazing talks, user generated, professionally produced, paid, free, etc. We’re building a dedicated learning platform that will make it easier to find, filter and engage with all forms of content that has the potential to inspire and educate.
Whether you’re looking to develop new skills, brush up on areas of interest or simply looking for an online experience that can feed your wonder-hunger; Curiosity.com was built for you. We hope to play match maker between knowledge owners who have shared their expertise and wisdom across the web with knowledge seekers looking to expand their understanding of the world around them.
We believe learning is a life-long journey and we hope curiosity.com can help guide your path.
Never stop learning.
-Gabe Vehovsky, founder of Curiosity.com
