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Show HN: my weekend project, Swapshot!

13 points by sahillavingia 16y ago

xpaulbettsx 16y ago
Your description is a bit lacking - what does this do?
- sahillavingia 16y ago
  You take a picture, and it returns you another picture taken by another Swapshot user. Just an MVP, if it gets a little bit of traction I'll see what I can add to it (e.g. "taken 5 miles away, 4 minutes ago"). :)
  - ansy 16y ago
    I had the same question. You should probably explain a little more in the app's description at the very least. Like other social media type products, I think people want to see that other people are using it before using it themselves. You don't have any signs of life when opening the app to let the user know if anyone's home. No counter of photos uploaded, no number of "online" users, no stream of incoming pictures. I guess further down the line it would be nice to know if the images you get are somehow more interesting than just randomly scraping images.google.com. Voting, being either close of far geographically, color similarity, temporal locality. Anything.
    - sahillavingia 16y ago
      Agreed, will add more stuff to it if it has some legs.
      - ansy 16y ago
        I would probably not give up if this version of your app fails to take off. Instead I would be looking for feedback and acting on it. It will probably take a few iterations to prove to users this is a real product that's worth taking seriously.
tshtf 16y ago
We are unable to find iTunes on your computer. Could someone post a summary for us Linux users?
- fuzzmeister 16y ago
  This link leads to a summary page if you don't have iTunes installed: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/swapshot/id432027349?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/swapshot/id432027349?mt=8
pavel_lishin 16y ago
So, it's an automated way of showing me strange men's penises?
- sahillavingia 16y ago
  No penises yet!
  - pavel_lishin 16y ago
    Sorry, I'm trying to take them as quick as I can, but the camera on my phone is slow. :) Anyway, me neither - mostly people that look like they're trying it out by taking a picture of whatever's nearest.
- cincinnatus 16y ago
  So far the MTBP is infinite, thankfully.
Herwig 16y ago
This is cooler than color. And im willing to bet it took 41 million dollars less...
scottchin 16y ago
Cool stuff. Will check it out. Did you do the graphics and icons yourself? What framework did you use to manage the backend exchanging of photos?
- sahillavingia 16y ago
  A little API on App Engine is the backend (Python). Yeah, did the graphics stuff myself.
JCB_K 16y ago
Wasn't Photoswap the next big thing in 2008? http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/09/photoswap-bring/ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/09/photoswap-bring/
- mdonahoe 16y ago
  I used to have that app. I had a couple fun interactions using the reply feature.
xuki 16y ago
I uploaded multiple photos but always get the same photo back. Is this a bug?
sahillavingia 16y ago
Check out pictures taken with Swapshot here: http://swapshotapp.appspot.com/random.png http://swapshotapp.appspot.com/random.png

13 points by sahillavingia 16y ago

xpaulbettsx 16y ago

Your description is a bit lacking - what does this do?

sahillavingia 16y ago
You take a picture, and it returns you another picture taken by another Swapshot user. Just an MVP, if it gets a little bit of traction I'll see what I can add to it (e.g. "taken 5 miles away, 4 minutes ago"). :)
- ansy 16y ago
  I had the same question. You should probably explain a little more in the app's description at the very least. Like other social media type products, I think people want to see that other people are using it before using it themselves. You don't have any signs of life when opening the app to let the user know if anyone's home. No counter of photos uploaded, no number of "online" users, no stream of incoming pictures. I guess further down the line it would be nice to know if the images you get are somehow more interesting than just randomly scraping images.google.com. Voting, being either close of far geographically, color similarity, temporal locality. Anything.
  - sahillavingia 16y ago
    Agreed, will add more stuff to it if it has some legs.
    - ansy 16y ago
      I would probably not give up if this version of your app fails to take off. Instead I would be looking for feedback and acting on it. It will probably take a few iterations to prove to users this is a real product that's worth taking seriously.

tshtf 16y ago

We are unable to find iTunes on your computer. Could someone post a summary for us Linux users?

fuzzmeister 16y ago
This link leads to a summary page if you don't have iTunes installed: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/swapshot/id432027349?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/swapshot/id432027349?mt=8

pavel_lishin 16y ago

So, it's an automated way of showing me strange men's penises?

sahillavingia 16y ago
No penises yet!
- pavel_lishin 16y ago
  Sorry, I'm trying to take them as quick as I can, but the camera on my phone is slow. :) Anyway, me neither - mostly people that look like they're trying it out by taking a picture of whatever's nearest.
cincinnatus 16y ago
So far the MTBP is infinite, thankfully.

Herwig 16y ago

This is cooler than color. And im willing to bet it took 41 million dollars less...

scottchin 16y ago

Cool stuff. Will check it out. Did you do the graphics and icons yourself? What framework did you use to manage the backend exchanging of photos?

sahillavingia 16y ago
A little API on App Engine is the backend (Python). Yeah, did the graphics stuff myself.

JCB_K 16y ago

Wasn't Photoswap the next big thing in 2008? http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/09/photoswap-bring/ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/09/photoswap-bring/

mdonahoe 16y ago
I used to have that app. I had a couple fun interactions using the reply feature.

xuki 16y ago

I uploaded multiple photos but always get the same photo back. Is this a bug?

sahillavingia 16y ago

Check out pictures taken with Swapshot here: http://swapshotapp.appspot.com/random.png http://swapshotapp.appspot.com/random.png