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Show HN: Tyba - Personal Websites for Students & Young Professionals

76 points by eisokant 14y ago

ohgodthecat 14y ago
I think the masonry style (like pinterest) layout is the wrong way to do something like this. You want a CV kind of website to be easy to follow these just seem all over the place.
ElliotH 14y ago
I'm slap bang in your target audience, and at first the idea sounds great. Personally I wouldn't want a "get a site like this for free" ad on my page. I also kinda agree with ohgodthecat that it's a bit disordered. I love the animations and things on button presses though, and the idea of splitting down is very nice. The concept seems good so it'd be nice to see another iteration.
- eisokant 14y ago
  Hi Elliot, Thank you for your feedback. To also respond to: ohgodthecat (thank you too!), we've spent a lot of time putting the Tyba sites infront of people working in HR. So far we've mainly received positive feedback about the interface, since it gives them a very quick overview of a person (both the visual elements such as the images and the way we do the layout). However we will take this into account and keep on gathering more feedback. Thank you! That ad is there to incentivize users to upgrade to our premium plan which is when it disappears, you unlock themes and get yourname.com.
eisokant 14y ago
It is not on our website yet, but we are currently looking to hire another web developer to come and join our team in Madrid. If you are interested and from the EU (sorry, visa sponsoring is very expensive) please contact me at: eiso@tyba.com
jfc 14y ago
Love this idea and the site looks great. I checked out some of the member sites and they look very fresh and are well-designed. One thing: The member sites you included all have their own domains. If users can't get their name as a domain, what are their options?
- eisokant 14y ago
  The users can choose to stick with: tyba.com/theirname or what we see with users whose name is not available they often use a variation e.g. jsmith.com john-smith.com johndsmith.com etc. Also some users upgrade to a premium plan without a domain name to remove the ads and get access to the themes.
pimentel 14y ago
Definitely more interesting than about.me and more appealing than linkedin. But will the people I want actually bother seeing my profile on tyba (employers, investors, clients, etc)?
- eisokant 14y ago
  We make sure we follow sound SEO techniques. Most Tyba sites rank on the first page of Google for the users name within days and often go up to the first result within weeks (since they have more unique content then for instance an About.me page) We actively try to be more appealing than LinkedIn since our target user is overall younger. Students today are constantly saying "LinkedIn is borring" We also see users currently including their Tyba site (especially premium members) in their CV, email signature, and on their online profiles.
  - pimentel 14y ago
    I'm really liking this. I guess I'll make it my personal homepage. A quick feedback: I'm reading your profile right now, and I wish there were more links: I'm clicking in your favorite books to read more about them, or on "Founder of Twollars" to know more about it.
    - eisokant 14y ago
      Thank you for the kind words. I completely agree, we are constantly working on bringing new features out and one of the upcoming ones (end of next week) will be what we call the "expanded work module" where users upload more types of content for a work experience to go beyond text. There is still a LOT of work to be done, but we're working hard at it on our end. Thank you for the feedback!
      - matmann2001 14y ago
        For personal info, it would also be really great if we could have links to other personal websites (like my GitHub).
greenyoda 14y ago
I don't think it's a great idea to display people's birth dates on a public web page, since that's a piece of information that's frequently exploited in cases of identity theft. Showing just their age would convey pretty much the same information and be less dangerous.

76 points by eisokant 14y ago

I think the masonry style (like pinterest) layout is the wrong way to do something like this. You want a CV kind of website to be easy to follow these just seem all over the place.

ElliotH 14y ago

I'm slap bang in your target audience, and at first the idea sounds great. Personally I wouldn't want a "get a site like this for free" ad on my page. I also kinda agree with ohgodthecat that it's a bit disordered. I love the animations and things on button presses though, and the idea of splitting down is very nice. The concept seems good so it'd be nice to see another iteration.

eisokant 14y ago
Hi Elliot, Thank you for your feedback. To also respond to: ohgodthecat (thank you too!), we've spent a lot of time putting the Tyba sites infront of people working in HR. So far we've mainly received positive feedback about the interface, since it gives them a very quick overview of a person (both the visual elements such as the images and the way we do the layout). However we will take this into account and keep on gathering more feedback. Thank you! That ad is there to incentivize users to upgrade to our premium plan which is when it disappears, you unlock themes and get yourname.com.

eisokant 14y ago

It is not on our website yet, but we are currently looking to hire another web developer to come and join our team in Madrid. If you are interested and from the EU (sorry, visa sponsoring is very expensive) please contact me at: eiso@tyba.com

jfc 14y ago

Love this idea and the site looks great. I checked out some of the member sites and they look very fresh and are well-designed. One thing: The member sites you included all have their own domains. If users can't get their name as a domain, what are their options?

eisokant 14y ago
The users can choose to stick with: tyba.com/theirname or what we see with users whose name is not available they often use a variation e.g. jsmith.com john-smith.com johndsmith.com etc. Also some users upgrade to a premium plan without a domain name to remove the ads and get access to the themes.

pimentel 14y ago

Definitely more interesting than about.me and more appealing than linkedin. But will the people I want actually bother seeing my profile on tyba (employers, investors, clients, etc)?

eisokant 14y ago
We make sure we follow sound SEO techniques. Most Tyba sites rank on the first page of Google for the users name within days and often go up to the first result within weeks (since they have more unique content then for instance an About.me page) We actively try to be more appealing than LinkedIn since our target user is overall younger. Students today are constantly saying "LinkedIn is borring" We also see users currently including their Tyba site (especially premium members) in their CV, email signature, and on their online profiles.
- pimentel 14y ago
  I'm really liking this. I guess I'll make it my personal homepage. A quick feedback: I'm reading your profile right now, and I wish there were more links: I'm clicking in your favorite books to read more about them, or on "Founder of Twollars" to know more about it.
  - eisokant 14y ago
    Thank you for the kind words. I completely agree, we are constantly working on bringing new features out and one of the upcoming ones (end of next week) will be what we call the "expanded work module" where users upload more types of content for a work experience to go beyond text. There is still a LOT of work to be done, but we're working hard at it on our end. Thank you for the feedback!
    - matmann2001 14y ago
      For personal info, it would also be really great if we could have links to other personal websites (like my GitHub).

greenyoda 14y ago

I don't think it's a great idea to display people's birth dates on a public web page, since that's a piece of information that's frequently exploited in cases of identity theft. Showing just their age would convey pretty much the same information and be less dangerous.