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Couple of things I've observed - what is a "portfolio"? I think I know what you mean but it's a bit of a mouthful. Do you need a non shop-talk word to replace

Couple of things I've observed - what is a "portfolio"? I think I know what you mean but it's a bit of a mouthful. Do you need a non shop-talk word to replace it? - no controls on the playback sample I can't FF or see where in the stream I am. Do your playback mechanisms have controls like say YouTube? - really like the "Pythonesque" animation in the demo (got a chuckle) can you show "even" more styles as you discover them? - can you caption? If you can caption you can make comics. I'd say there is legs in this idea because it's making what "artists" want ~ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=129616 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=129616

seekely 19y ago
We chose 'Portfolio' because we think the analogy carries well -- Fuzzwich allows you to create a portfolio of animations. We also just like the sound of 'Portfolio' better than 'Account' :). You can do captions, and the comic world is one we are very much excited about trying to get into. Glad you like the styles. We will try to put a few more unique animations up in the near future.
- bootload 19y ago
  "... We also just like the sound of 'Portfolio' better than 'Account' :) ..." Point taken. Flickr has 'sets', 'groups', smugmug 'galleries'. Fuzzwich 'Portfolio'. Are your users used to the terminology? "... comic world is one we are very much excited about trying to get into ..." If you do go take the time to read "Scott McCleod"s "Re-inventing Comics". [0] Scott is a great writer/illustrator (read the book) and covers so much what is wrong in the comics world. There is a gaping hole at the moment being left by technology starved newspapers. [1] Plenty of room for improvement. [0] Scott McCloud, ISBN 978006095308 ~ http://www.scottmccloud.com/store/store.html http://www.scottmccloud.com/store/store.html [1] Marvell comes to Facebook ~ http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=13246 http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=13246
  - playing_with 19y ago
    I wouldn't expect Portfolio" to be the same as Account*. I'd think I'd need an account first before creating a portfolio (which would be a special-purpose collection of videos I've made).
  - far33d 19y ago
    How about "reel" instead of "portfolio"? Reel is a much more common word in the business for anything that moves (film, animation, etc), whereas portfolio implies static imagery.

seekely 19y ago

We chose 'Portfolio' because we think the analogy carries well -- Fuzzwich allows you to create a portfolio of animations. We also just like the sound of 'Portfolio' better than 'Account' :). You can do captions, and the comic world is one we are very much excited about trying to get into. Glad you like the styles. We will try to put a few more unique animations up in the near future.

bootload 19y ago
"... We also just like the sound of 'Portfolio' better than 'Account' :) ..." Point taken. Flickr has 'sets', 'groups', smugmug 'galleries'. Fuzzwich 'Portfolio'. Are your users used to the terminology? "... comic world is one we are very much excited about trying to get into ..." If you do go take the time to read "Scott McCleod"s "Re-inventing Comics". [0] Scott is a great writer/illustrator (read the book) and covers so much what is wrong in the comics world. There is a gaping hole at the moment being left by technology starved newspapers. [1] Plenty of room for improvement. [0] Scott McCloud, ISBN 978006095308 ~ http://www.scottmccloud.com/store/store.html http://www.scottmccloud.com/store/store.html [1] Marvell comes to Facebook ~ http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=13246 http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=13246
- playing_with 19y ago
  I wouldn't expect Portfolio" to be the same as Account*. I'd think I'd need an account first before creating a portfolio (which would be a special-purpose collection of videos I've made).
- far33d 19y ago
  How about "reel" instead of "portfolio"? Reel is a much more common word in the business for anything that moves (film, animation, etc), whereas portfolio implies static imagery.