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I started to build IndieLog (formerly Lonely Dev) since the lockdown to fix my own problem. The other project Backlogs is like a by-product while building Indie

I started to build IndieLog (formerly Lonely Dev) since the lockdown to fix my own problem. The other project Backlogs is like a by-product while building IndieLog. I never did something like this, putting myself in the public. It sounds scary. Indeed it was in the beginning, but it's an incredible journey so far!

lukevp 6y ago
Nice looking site and product! I watched your drag and drop demo for the kanban board. You may consider having a “best of” at the top, I wouldn’t watch a vlog because of the time involved, but I would definitely watch a couple of top rated videos from your journey where you talk about pivots, big feature demos, etc. you could manually curate the top ones for now and influence them with thumbs up and view as there are more user metrics. Good luck!
- damechen 6y ago
  This is such a great idea lukevp!!! I will consider to have those featured ones.
  - frsandstone 6y ago
    You might also take a look at how popular influencers use Instagram Stories to collect throughout-the-day updates into cohesive stories across days and weeks. IE: "My trip to Cabo" might include 1-2 stories out of 10 posted that day, but they are the user's favorite and tell a cohesive story. Another analogy is Youtube's "Playlist" feature.
    - damechen 6y ago
      Yes, we kinda have that feature, but in a different way. As most of our members are bootstrapping their own product. Any video if it is related to a particular product, it can be attached to the product. Like our member David creates a product called Remake, all related videos can be linked to Remake in this page https://indielog.com/product/remake https://indielog.com/product/remake
jfernandez 6y ago
I love the thought you covered in your first video about "why not YouTube?", so best of luck with building a more specific community. I think some will say that you'll lose a sense of discovery by not being on one of the largest video platforms, but you'll gain an opportunity to build something from scratch and see what you can cultivate. It really comes down to your goals/intent, and I think you did a great job of explaining your choice so far!
- damechen 6y ago
  Thank you Joseph! It feels amazing to build a niche community out of nothing. Also it's interesting to see most of our members never did vlog before. But they still love to share their updates on IndieLog. I think it's because people feel that there are like-minded people around. You can't get the feeling by posting a video on YT.
nicholascamera 6y ago
Congratulations Damon. I believe personal vlogging has a bright future. I am excited to see where your project goes.
- damechen 6y ago
  Hey Nicholas, thanks! Yes, the world is becoming more virtually. Video content definitely has lots of potentials to release.
cschep 6y ago
very cool, thanks for putting in the work to share!

lukevp 6y ago

Nice looking site and product! I watched your drag and drop demo for the kanban board. You may consider having a “best of” at the top, I wouldn’t watch a vlog because of the time involved, but I would definitely watch a couple of top rated videos from your journey where you talk about pivots, big feature demos, etc. you could manually curate the top ones for now and influence them with thumbs up and view as there are more user metrics. Good luck!

damechen 6y ago
This is such a great idea lukevp!!! I will consider to have those featured ones.
- frsandstone 6y ago
  You might also take a look at how popular influencers use Instagram Stories to collect throughout-the-day updates into cohesive stories across days and weeks. IE: "My trip to Cabo" might include 1-2 stories out of 10 posted that day, but they are the user's favorite and tell a cohesive story. Another analogy is Youtube's "Playlist" feature.
  - damechen 6y ago
    Yes, we kinda have that feature, but in a different way. As most of our members are bootstrapping their own product. Any video if it is related to a particular product, it can be attached to the product. Like our member David creates a product called Remake, all related videos can be linked to Remake in this page https://indielog.com/product/remake https://indielog.com/product/remake

jfernandez 6y ago

I love the thought you covered in your first video about "why not YouTube?", so best of luck with building a more specific community. I think some will say that you'll lose a sense of discovery by not being on one of the largest video platforms, but you'll gain an opportunity to build something from scratch and see what you can cultivate. It really comes down to your goals/intent, and I think you did a great job of explaining your choice so far!

damechen 6y ago
Thank you Joseph! It feels amazing to build a niche community out of nothing. Also it's interesting to see most of our members never did vlog before. But they still love to share their updates on IndieLog. I think it's because people feel that there are like-minded people around. You can't get the feeling by posting a video on YT.

nicholascamera 6y ago

Congratulations Damon. I believe personal vlogging has a bright future. I am excited to see where your project goes.

damechen 6y ago
Hey Nicholas, thanks! Yes, the world is becoming more virtually. Video content definitely has lots of potentials to release.

cschep 6y ago

very cool, thanks for putting in the work to share!