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The idea is cute and it seems nicely executed, but I'm a bit turned off by the, err, narcissistic aspect. Me and Brian haven't met yet, I'm not sure I want to i
by ForrestN 15y ago
The idea is cute and it seems nicely executed, but I'm a bit turned off by the, err, narcissistic aspect. Me and Brian haven't met yet, I'm not sure I want to invite him into my daily life. Could just be me.
Edit: if the feedback isn't straightforward enough, I'll say it more plainly. I feel like the use of your image and name throughout adds a somewhat strange flavor to the tool that some people, like me, won't respond positively to.
I end up wondering why putting yourself everywhere improves the service, I fail to come up with an answer, and assume its vanity. Not saying that's necessarily true in this case. Rather that in passing that would be my thought process and that at best it distracts from the charm of the service.
- indrax 15y agoI'd say don't be turned off by that. It used to be quite common to name a company after the founders (though usually last name. Sometimes this is the result of the natural evolution of the product. (craigslist) Add in namespace collision (beautifulday.com was taken) and it doesn't take any weird level of narcissism to tack on your name as an arbitrary modifier. Edit: Ah, clicked the link, giant picture of himself.
- intenex 15y agoI think Brian's better than a large impersonal nothing, and I assume that was Brian's reasoning as well. On that note though, I agree that it would be cuter if Brian was a personified animal like a groundhog, or something along those lines. Removes the possibility of vanity perception.
- skroth 15y agoI don't think it's vanity. I think the point of that was to make it more personal, and not serious.
- Swifty 15y agoWhen I looked at the page i didn't think it was narcissistic, I got the feeling it was trying to give you a more personal approach, over just a faceless site sending you an email.