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Flavors.me - automatic personal web sites

64 points by aohtsab 17y ago

marciovm123 17y ago
To add my twitter stream, the site wants read/write access: #Fail. I don't want flavors.me (or any other aggregating service) pitching itself on twitter under my name without my control. The default should be read, not read/write.
- gmurphy 17y ago
  I failed to notice this and it did end up posting a Twitter message under my name (I'd like to think I missed a checkbox somewhere), so I deleted my account :\
  - jpcx01 17y ago
    Big mistake by the developers. Also a reason I tend to try sites like this with my disposable twitter / gmail accounts. All in all, I do like the site and the idea. Very similar to hi.im, but a tad more stylish.
mooism2 17y ago
Is this yours? There seem to be two blue buttons at the bottom, but they are hidden by the footer bar. (Firefox/3.5.8)
timmorgan 17y ago
This looks pretty cool. I like the simplicity of the design choices. I haven't signed up yet -- wondering if you can add just plain ol' links to stuff. (edit: nope.)
- rlm 17y ago
  Not in the "services" area, but in the description you can.
klaut 17y ago
Uhm, they might want to reconsider the background and tone it down a little bit. Like this it is just too loud, imho.
- boucher 17y ago
  I think it's lovely. Used to have a site background just like it.
- dabeeeenster 17y ago
  you can completely control your own background...
arnorhs 17y ago
I really like the front page's simplicity I signed up about two months ago. I was pretty disappointed because I thought the purpose was to list all your online activities, tweets, facebook updates, blog entries, flickr photos, youtube favorites in one stream. But instead it allows you to create a button to each one and customize the layout a little bit... Anyways, it was a bit of a disappointment. But here's my flavors.me: http://flavors.me/arnorhs http://flavors.me/arnorhs
- boucher 17y ago
  Oh, yeah, that's what I thought it was too. I really want that site. I've almost built it for myself a few times now, but I haven't quite decided how to normalize for frequency. I don't want my twitter updates drowning out all the less frequent but far more interesting content I might have out there.
  - endtime 17y ago
    Why not just calculate a score for each item that is the item's age multiplied by some function (e.g. square root) of the total number of items from that item's source?
grk 17y ago
Funny how even Helvetica needs to be rendered by flash. Signed up, saw that and deleted the account.
- jpcx01 17y ago
  really?
  - grk 17y ago
    Yes. Try visiting any page with flashblock on.
    - jonathanmarcus 17y ago
      Helvetica requires a license, and the license stipulates a Flash implementation. Perhaps the foundry will release an embeddable @font-face font soon, in which case we would likely make a switch.
pvg 17y ago
There are few effective business models where the initial customer choices are 'register' or 'wait for a video to download'. Especially if the latter boils down to a slower version of the former with a catchy tune.
- sabat 17y ago
  This idea has (roughly) occurred to me, too, and it's cool to see someone implement it. Its simplicity is well-done. Suggestion: make it even simpler. Don't require a login. Just let someone start connecting and designing, and then they'll want to have a username etc.
  - alttab 17y ago
    I think the original commenter was saying that "sign up" and "a video for sign up" are not good options. At least that is the way I understood "There are few business models" vs "there are a few business models." The site is well done. It takes all of the technical aspects out of making a personal website, and I thought about something similar myself (including .com domains at a premium). However, the comments about it hijacking your twitter account and a complete lack of a privacy statement are a little scary.
PStamatiou 17y ago
I had chatted with one of the guys at HiiDef a few weeks ago, apparently they are in hire mode and prefer east coasters: http://jobs.hiidef.com/ http://jobs.hiidef.com/
edw519 17y ago
Gorgeous. Now how do I find out what it is without watching a video or giving out my email address? <continues listening to ipod in office>
- boucher 17y ago
  I'm willing to watch a good video, but this one in particular is quite long, and with no narration. A much shorter narrated tour would be both more interesting and more personal.
- Frazzydee 17y ago
  Completely agree. I'm on a bit of a slow connection and didn't have patience for the video to load. They should have a link to view an example web site.
DanBlake 17y ago
Very similar to a service I did a while back ( card.ly ) but in the opposite direction- Big vs small- I love it :) Its amazing how easy they make it for your pages to feel sexy. Not sure why they want read/write for twitter access. We do all the stream stuff without the need for any of that.
steveklabnik 17y ago
I really like my flavors.me page; so much so that I redirected steveklabnik.com to it. I had gone through several iterations of designs before, but I'm not a desiger, so they always looked like crap. The ten minutes I spent on my flavors.me page looked approximately 10000 times better than anything I'd made previously.
jonathanmarcus 17y ago
For those who can't stand Flash, we will soon be switching to exclusively licensed @font-face web embeddable fonts, which use HTML5 instead of Flash on compatible browsers. Also, we use OAuth where possible not for the write access, but to reduce user confusion that arises from trying to figure out usernames/passwords for authentication, particularly Flickr and other Yahoo properties.
jfager 17y ago
That demo video needs to get to the point much more quickly.
nbrochu 17y ago
I think they should focus on showcasing the directory more than the video itself since it really does a better job at showing you the possibilities. http://flavors.me/directory http://flavors.me/directory I really like the looks of these pages, although it seems to me it all boils down to how clever you are designing your background image.
100k 17y ago
I really like some of the pages they show at the end of the video. They reminded me of thesixtyone's new design.

64 points by aohtsab 17y ago

To add my twitter stream, the site wants read/write access: #Fail. I don't want flavors.me (or any other aggregating service) pitching itself on twitter under my name without my control. The default should be read, not read/write.

gmurphy 17y ago
I failed to notice this and it did end up posting a Twitter message under my name (I'd like to think I missed a checkbox somewhere), so I deleted my account :\
- jpcx01 17y ago
  Big mistake by the developers. Also a reason I tend to try sites like this with my disposable twitter / gmail accounts. All in all, I do like the site and the idea. Very similar to hi.im, but a tad more stylish.

mooism2 17y ago

Is this yours? There seem to be two blue buttons at the bottom, but they are hidden by the footer bar. (Firefox/3.5.8)

timmorgan 17y ago

This looks pretty cool. I like the simplicity of the design choices. I haven't signed up yet -- wondering if you can add just plain ol' links to stuff. (edit: nope.)

rlm 17y ago
Not in the "services" area, but in the description you can.

klaut 17y ago

Uhm, they might want to reconsider the background and tone it down a little bit. Like this it is just too loud, imho.

boucher 17y ago
I think it's lovely. Used to have a site background just like it.
dabeeeenster 17y ago
you can completely control your own background...

arnorhs 17y ago

I really like the front page's simplicity I signed up about two months ago. I was pretty disappointed because I thought the purpose was to list all your online activities, tweets, facebook updates, blog entries, flickr photos, youtube favorites in one stream. But instead it allows you to create a button to each one and customize the layout a little bit... Anyways, it was a bit of a disappointment. But here's my flavors.me: http://flavors.me/arnorhs http://flavors.me/arnorhs

boucher 17y ago
Oh, yeah, that's what I thought it was too. I really want that site. I've almost built it for myself a few times now, but I haven't quite decided how to normalize for frequency. I don't want my twitter updates drowning out all the less frequent but far more interesting content I might have out there.
- endtime 17y ago
  Why not just calculate a score for each item that is the item's age multiplied by some function (e.g. square root) of the total number of items from that item's source?

grk 17y ago

Funny how even Helvetica needs to be rendered by flash. Signed up, saw that and deleted the account.

jpcx01 17y ago
really?
- grk 17y ago
  Yes. Try visiting any page with flashblock on.
  - jonathanmarcus 17y ago
    Helvetica requires a license, and the license stipulates a Flash implementation. Perhaps the foundry will release an embeddable @font-face font soon, in which case we would likely make a switch.

pvg 17y ago

There are few effective business models where the initial customer choices are 'register' or 'wait for a video to download'. Especially if the latter boils down to a slower version of the former with a catchy tune.

sabat 17y ago
This idea has (roughly) occurred to me, too, and it's cool to see someone implement it. Its simplicity is well-done. Suggestion: make it even simpler. Don't require a login. Just let someone start connecting and designing, and then they'll want to have a username etc.
- alttab 17y ago
  I think the original commenter was saying that "sign up" and "a video for sign up" are not good options. At least that is the way I understood "There are few business models" vs "there are a few business models." The site is well done. It takes all of the technical aspects out of making a personal website, and I thought about something similar myself (including .com domains at a premium). However, the comments about it hijacking your twitter account and a complete lack of a privacy statement are a little scary.

PStamatiou 17y ago

I had chatted with one of the guys at HiiDef a few weeks ago, apparently they are in hire mode and prefer east coasters: http://jobs.hiidef.com/ http://jobs.hiidef.com/

edw519 17y ago

Gorgeous. Now how do I find out what it is without watching a video or giving out my email address? <continues listening to ipod in office>

boucher 17y ago
I'm willing to watch a good video, but this one in particular is quite long, and with no narration. A much shorter narrated tour would be both more interesting and more personal.
Frazzydee 17y ago
Completely agree. I'm on a bit of a slow connection and didn't have patience for the video to load. They should have a link to view an example web site.

DanBlake 17y ago

Very similar to a service I did a while back ( card.ly ) but in the opposite direction- Big vs small- I love it :) Its amazing how easy they make it for your pages to feel sexy. Not sure why they want read/write for twitter access. We do all the stream stuff without the need for any of that.

steveklabnik 17y ago

I really like my flavors.me page; so much so that I redirected steveklabnik.com to it. I had gone through several iterations of designs before, but I'm not a desiger, so they always looked like crap. The ten minutes I spent on my flavors.me page looked approximately 10000 times better than anything I'd made previously.

jonathanmarcus 17y ago

For those who can't stand Flash, we will soon be switching to exclusively licensed @font-face web embeddable fonts, which use HTML5 instead of Flash on compatible browsers. Also, we use OAuth where possible not for the write access, but to reduce user confusion that arises from trying to figure out usernames/passwords for authentication, particularly Flickr and other Yahoo properties.

jfager 17y ago

That demo video needs to get to the point much more quickly.

nbrochu 17y ago

I think they should focus on showcasing the directory more than the video itself since it really does a better job at showing you the possibilities. http://flavors.me/directory http://flavors.me/directory I really like the looks of these pages, although it seems to me it all boils down to how clever you are designing your background image.

100k 17y ago

I really like some of the pages they show at the end of the video. They reminded me of thesixtyone's new design.