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A while ago, when these guys told me about their idea, I thought it was completely stupid. Another photo sharing service? But I went along with their beta and a

by dcurtis 16y ago

A while ago, when these guys told me about their idea, I thought it was completely stupid. Another photo sharing service? But I went along with their beta and after using it for a few days with a group of friends, it started to become addictive. I realized a couple weeks later that it was changing the way I was communicating with friends. Whenever I was doing something interesting, I'd snap a photo, add a witty title, and send it to Treehouse. Because it's a private group, it feels very different than using Twitter or Facebook. And because it requires a photo, it's a richer experience. I'm not sure exactly what it is, but something about this app is really cool. Especially if a group of your close friends are also using it.

mikeryan 16y ago
<i>Especially if a group of your close friends are also using it.</i> I think a lot of the value is there. Unfortunately only a small subset of my friends use iPhones. All of them use Facebook however.
- chrysb 16y ago
  Mike, this is definitely true. You have to start somewhere, and we chose iPhone. You'll find Treehouse on every platform eventually, and we hope to see you there :)
  - enneff 16y ago
    Please make "eventually" mean "really soon" in the case of Android. I know it's a big time sink to develop for another platform, but I found the Android API pretty straightforward to program for. I'm really into the concept behind this app, and would love to get my friends and colleagues on board, but about half of us use Android handsets. (nb: I work for Google.)
tedunangst 16y ago
What happens when everybody you know joins Treehouse and you have as many tree buddies as facebook friends?
- revorad 16y ago
  Then Treehouse goes from promoting private networking to the "open social graph". </tongue-in-cheek>
csmeder 16y ago
I wish the article talked about the business model. Does the app have a cost? Is there a recurring cost? Is it Ad based? If its not free I could see it being hard to get friends to join and thus not be useful.
revorad 16y ago
That sounds interesting. Are you still using it?

by dcurtis 16y ago

mikeryan 16y ago

<i>Especially if a group of your close friends are also using it.</i> I think a lot of the value is there. Unfortunately only a small subset of my friends use iPhones. All of them use Facebook however.

chrysb 16y ago
Mike, this is definitely true. You have to start somewhere, and we chose iPhone. You'll find Treehouse on every platform eventually, and we hope to see you there :)
- enneff 16y ago
  Please make "eventually" mean "really soon" in the case of Android. I know it's a big time sink to develop for another platform, but I found the Android API pretty straightforward to program for. I'm really into the concept behind this app, and would love to get my friends and colleagues on board, but about half of us use Android handsets. (nb: I work for Google.)

tedunangst 16y ago

What happens when everybody you know joins Treehouse and you have as many tree buddies as facebook friends?

revorad 16y ago
Then Treehouse goes from promoting private networking to the "open social graph". </tongue-in-cheek>

csmeder 16y ago

I wish the article talked about the business model. Does the app have a cost? Is there a recurring cost? Is it Ad based? If its not free I could see it being hard to get friends to join and thus not be useful.

revorad 16y ago

That sounds interesting. Are you still using it?