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In about 1.5 months I would love to show HN some actual innovation to the fashion space. I'm getting things buttoned up (pun intended) on a startup we're devel
by Ryel 13y ago
In about 1.5 months I would love to show HN some actual innovation to the fashion space.
I'm getting things buttoned up (pun intended) on a startup we're developing in NYC working a full range of bleeding API's and we've done some heavy surgery on the Youtube API in order to add some pretty cool new UI features. Simply put, we are focused on content creation and curation in a simple, tumblr-esque way.
As we sit now in a closed 'alpha' stage we have a slick new html5 WYSIWG and hopefully we'll be launching with an interesting feature thats inspired by some older, commonly used html tricks using "hotspots" or "Image Mapping". Essentially we wrap up that under-used html trick and make it easy for the user to do on their own, in their browser or device. And without spoiling the fun of the surprise, we'll be using that feature to monetize content for our content creators (and we've also implemented it directly on videos).
- appledapple 13y agoSounds like you're saying that Youtube content creators will be able to tag items in their videos and this could directly link to say an Amazon affiliate link to buy the product in the video. If so, this sounds like a really profitable idea. How far off am I?
- Ryel 13y ago;) You have the right state-of-mind. But step back a little and see the bigger picture. Real world implementation of the old affiliate system is high-quality spam in exchange for pennies on the dollar.
- dbalatero 13y agoI'd love to see this. Any way you can put me on a mailing list? (My username) at gmail.com.
- Ryel 13y agoYes, absolutely. Coincidentally I'm working on mailers today but I noticed your email on Github so I'll set a reminder for myself and let you know when I have a mailing list up.
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