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I did. My thing is Streem: http://streem.us http://streem.us I'm pretty confident in the idea but from what I know about YC I can see a few reasons why they'd

by izaidi 19y ago

I did. My thing is Streem: http://streem.us http://streem.us I'm pretty confident in the idea but from what I know about YC I can see a few reasons why they'd be reluctant to select me -- I'm the sole founder, I'm more of a designer than a coder, and the amount of work I've done already makes it unclear what I need another three months to accomplish. I had a lot of fun filling out the application though.

hooande 19y ago
I checked out Streem, I like the design style. I think your home page is great, but then again I am partial to highlighting =) Have you thought about a browser button or bookmarklet?
- izaidi 19y ago
  Glad you like the design. Yeah, bookmarklets are a popular request. A few other missing features are more important right now (post editing, account deletion), but it's definitely on the list. Awesome Highlighter is a cool idea.
lhenriquez 19y ago
@izaidi: We should talk. I'm more of a developer than a designer, with a little marketing mixed in. A recent project is www.searchartgalleries.com I'm working on an idea that has some commonality with streem. I was wondering if you'd like to talk to see if we could combine forces. Email logan \@\ henriquez.net
mikeryan 19y ago
WTF does your site do?
- izaidi 19y ago
  It's a new microblogging/lifestreaming service. Competitor to Tumblr, Pownce, FriendFeed, Jaiku, etc. I thought the existing tools were all deficient in certain crucial ways so I made one I'd actually want to use myself.
  - PeterOliver 19y ago
    Have you thought over if you want to build it into a system with any community aspects? I'm working on something that has very similar base level functions.
    - izaidi 19y ago
      I think it has a strong community aspect already -- that's part of the point of it, to draw microblogging into this emerging "campfire" style of social networking. You don't really get a sense of it until you have a real social circle on it, though; currently it's not super easy to add friends or import lots of friends at once, so your crowdspace isn't immediately useful. The global "universe" feed is kind of cool but not everyone wants to talk to strangers. I'm going to work on making it easier to bring in friends. I'd like to hear more about what you're working on.
      - iamwil 19y ago
        I took a look around, and despite you saying you're more of a designer than coder, it works pretty well for what you have to do. Less words on front page might help. I was curious about how you were going to have a different style of conversation, but after looking around for a bit, it seems like, as you said, a tumblelog and friend feed. As an aside, I liked the parens in the menus, as it gives it a different look.
kuldeep_kap 19y ago
Hey its cool! I liked it. The design is also clean and usability is awesome. Keep it up bro!
- izaidi 19y ago
  Thanks!

by izaidi 19y ago

hooande 19y ago

I checked out Streem, I like the design style. I think your home page is great, but then again I am partial to highlighting =) Have you thought about a browser button or bookmarklet?

izaidi 19y ago
Glad you like the design. Yeah, bookmarklets are a popular request. A few other missing features are more important right now (post editing, account deletion), but it's definitely on the list. Awesome Highlighter is a cool idea.

lhenriquez 19y ago

@izaidi: We should talk. I'm more of a developer than a designer, with a little marketing mixed in. A recent project is www.searchartgalleries.com I'm working on an idea that has some commonality with streem. I was wondering if you'd like to talk to see if we could combine forces. Email logan \@\ henriquez.net

mikeryan 19y ago

WTF does your site do?

izaidi 19y ago
It's a new microblogging/lifestreaming service. Competitor to Tumblr, Pownce, FriendFeed, Jaiku, etc. I thought the existing tools were all deficient in certain crucial ways so I made one I'd actually want to use myself.
- PeterOliver 19y ago
  Have you thought over if you want to build it into a system with any community aspects? I'm working on something that has very similar base level functions.
  - izaidi 19y ago
    I think it has a strong community aspect already -- that's part of the point of it, to draw microblogging into this emerging "campfire" style of social networking. You don't really get a sense of it until you have a real social circle on it, though; currently it's not super easy to add friends or import lots of friends at once, so your crowdspace isn't immediately useful. The global "universe" feed is kind of cool but not everyone wants to talk to strangers. I'm going to work on making it easier to bring in friends. I'd like to hear more about what you're working on.
    - iamwil 19y ago
      I took a look around, and despite you saying you're more of a designer than coder, it works pretty well for what you have to do. Less words on front page might help. I was curious about how you were going to have a different style of conversation, but after looking around for a bit, it seems like, as you said, a tumblelog and friend feed. As an aside, I liked the parens in the menus, as it gives it a different look.

kuldeep_kap 19y ago

Hey its cool! I liked it. The design is also clean and usability is awesome. Keep it up bro!

izaidi 19y ago
Thanks!