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Hahahaha. Stoned guy here. You just need to chill out and recognize the problem of the penis... man. It's giving the internet bad karma. Seriously, I was a li

Hahahaha. Stoned guy here. You just need to chill out and recognize the problem of the penis... man. It's giving the internet bad karma. Seriously, I was a little tired, but I was not stoned. Could I have made an awesome polished video? Sure. But they said talk spontaneously as I would to a friend, and I took their instructions literally. Any feedback on the concept?

citizenkeys 16y ago
oh man, you kick ass! thanks for being a good sport about it. For those just joining us, here's the video: http://livejake.posterous.com/application-video http://livejake.posterous.com/application-video My recommendation would have been to seem more enthusiastic and professional. The idea seemed kind of, umm, unique. But if you had presented it more professionally and with serious facts and data, I think it would have made a better impression Also, maybe some ideas about who you will market the idea and how it could make money. You could've offered specifics about maybe marketing it to parents somehow. Or connecting your idea to some sort of succesful product that involves internet safety.
- livejake 16y ago
  Yeah, you're right about being enthusiastic and professional. Thanks for the feedback. As for stats and data, I tend to buy Chris Dixon's argument that narratives are more important than numbers: http://cdixon.org/2010/04/03/size-markets-using-narratives-not-numbers/ http://cdixon.org/2010/04/03/size-markets-using-narratives-n... Nevertheless, some statistics are useful. I included additional details about potential users and what not in my application. An example use-case, which I didn't get into in the video, is an entrepreneurial designers and developers event. Here's how it works: 1) Designers and developers RSVP in advance for an online event that takes place at a set date and time. 2) Upon joining the event, each designer is presented with a list of developers in the event with basic bio info from their LinkedIn profile. Each designer can then check off who they want to chat with in the event. The same happens for developers. 3) Once the event starts, they are placed in a series of one-on-one chat with a designer (or developer) that they've previously indicated that they're interested in meeting. During the chats, each participant can view the other participants LinkedIn profile. These chats last for a set time, say three minutes, like speed dating. In the event, participants meet a lot of people that they're interested in meeting in short one-on-one chats. That's the general idea. There are a lot of flaws with this concept. And I've actually started working on a different idea shortly after I submitted my Ycombinator app, but I still think this idea has some limited potential.
  - citizenkeys 16y ago
    Do you have a working site or a demo or something to show off? If so, let me know.
    - livejake 16y ago
      What I submitted was this: rapidintro.com:8000 You need two people to really demo it. Oauth with LinkedIn and then you video chat. The video chat is still buggy. We didn't finish the event system. This is the first ChatRoulette configuration written in Erlang. The reason the design looks like it was designed by Slovakian college student for $50 is, well, because it was designed by a Slovakian college student for $50. As I said before, we are now working on a different application and we should be completing that shortly. I'm considering releasing this application, with some design tweaks, as is to Hacker News and other entrepreneurial communities and seeing what happens.

citizenkeys 16y ago

oh man, you kick ass! thanks for being a good sport about it. For those just joining us, here's the video: http://livejake.posterous.com/application-video http://livejake.posterous.com/application-video My recommendation would have been to seem more enthusiastic and professional. The idea seemed kind of, umm, unique. But if you had presented it more professionally and with serious facts and data, I think it would have made a better impression Also, maybe some ideas about who you will market the idea and how it could make money. You could've offered specifics about maybe marketing it to parents somehow. Or connecting your idea to some sort of succesful product that involves internet safety.

livejake 16y ago
Yeah, you're right about being enthusiastic and professional. Thanks for the feedback. As for stats and data, I tend to buy Chris Dixon's argument that narratives are more important than numbers: http://cdixon.org/2010/04/03/size-markets-using-narratives-not-numbers/ http://cdixon.org/2010/04/03/size-markets-using-narratives-n... Nevertheless, some statistics are useful. I included additional details about potential users and what not in my application. An example use-case, which I didn't get into in the video, is an entrepreneurial designers and developers event. Here's how it works: 1) Designers and developers RSVP in advance for an online event that takes place at a set date and time. 2) Upon joining the event, each designer is presented with a list of developers in the event with basic bio info from their LinkedIn profile. Each designer can then check off who they want to chat with in the event. The same happens for developers. 3) Once the event starts, they are placed in a series of one-on-one chat with a designer (or developer) that they've previously indicated that they're interested in meeting. During the chats, each participant can view the other participants LinkedIn profile. These chats last for a set time, say three minutes, like speed dating. In the event, participants meet a lot of people that they're interested in meeting in short one-on-one chats. That's the general idea. There are a lot of flaws with this concept. And I've actually started working on a different idea shortly after I submitted my Ycombinator app, but I still think this idea has some limited potential.
- citizenkeys 16y ago
  Do you have a working site or a demo or something to show off? If so, let me know.
  - livejake 16y ago
    What I submitted was this: rapidintro.com:8000 You need two people to really demo it. Oauth with LinkedIn and then you video chat. The video chat is still buggy. We didn't finish the event system. This is the first ChatRoulette configuration written in Erlang. The reason the design looks like it was designed by Slovakian college student for $50 is, well, because it was designed by a Slovakian college student for $50. As I said before, we are now working on a different application and we should be completing that shortly. I'm considering releasing this application, with some design tweaks, as is to Hacker News and other entrepreneurial communities and seeing what happens.