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Avatars.io serving 500K avatars a day, 10MM served in first month(blog.getchute.com)
35 points by gregarious 14y ago|18 comments
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by gregarious 14y ago
So the main tool we've seen that can handle this is offered by Aviary.
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by gregarious 14y ago
Hi Scott, Actually if you sign up for a full Chute API account here: http://bit.ly/chute-signup You can customize your credentials immediately! Greg
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by gregarious 14y ago
We've looked into Web Intents but haven't quite taken the complete leap towards implementation. We're definitely huge fans and think that it is an area we should aim for. Native browser support would be ideal but the shim looks really prom
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by gregarious 14y ago
Great question. The window itself can be styled using a custom CSS which you pass into the chooser. We definitely want to extend the functionality further to enable other features like cropping, filters and more.
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by gregarious 14y ago
For pricing, we will ultimately charge for API interactions with Chute. The first 100k per month will be free. We will also provide some free, permanent storage for all developers. We haven't finalized the amounts but right now there's no
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by gregarious 14y ago
OK, updated here: https://github.com/chute/media-chooser/#browser-compatabilit...
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by gregarious 14y ago
We are already testing video actually and URL-based imports will be added even sooner.
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by gregarious 14y ago
Ahh, that's definitely an oversight on our part. Adding in a list!
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Chute releases jQuery lib to collect photos from users with 1 LOC(chute.github.com)
34 points by gregarious 14y ago|19 comments
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by gregarious 14y ago
Yeah Daniel, I agree. I think Ash's post goes even further actually. Your product is not your business either. The concept of the MVP is becoming a proxy for both of these important aspects of the business.
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MVP: The Features Are Silent(gregario.us)
19 points by gregarious 14y ago|2 comments
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by gregarious 14y ago
Perfect :)
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by gregarious 14y ago
Would be really cool if I could get something like my JackThreads of Gilt Group email but with stuff from my friends
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by gregarious 14y ago
We definitely don't employ any tricks here. Facebook will return some data based on a username and we're able to use that public info to resolve the username. Of course, Facebook seems to ease their privacy settings to the more lax version
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by gregarious 14y ago
That's an interesting, though a little beyond the core of what we do. Sounds like a good opportunity to build something though.
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by gregarious 14y ago
The JS file doesn't expose a UI at the moment, it provides a method for directly uploading to us. On the mobile side, we have screenshots at the specific repos. Here's how the mobile implementations look: [ios] https://github.com/chute/av
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by gregarious 14y ago
Monetizing is always a challenge for any service. We definitely take to heart much of the advice the Gravatar folks have passed along. It's not as simple as it might seem from the surface. Managing connections to social services adds an e
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by gregarious 14y ago
As part of this release, we added a number of features requested from developers: * SSL Support for all avatars * Auth-search method for avatars across multiple services (/auto) * Pure Javascript Avatar Picker for Web Apps Details can be fo
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by gregarious 14y ago
We have two primary audiences today: brands/publishers and developers. While there's a great deal of support for developers already, we know that there's a lot more that we can do and will be rolling out a great deal of new content soon.
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by gregarious 14y ago
This is definitely a great look into all the things we are working on and trying to manage. Thanks for sharing your insights, definitely a great help in understanding why user-generated media has been very difficult for brands and agencies
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by gregarious 14y ago
This is a great question Kevin. I think it comes down to a couple of things. 1. File Requirements 2. Workflow If you're looking to simply capture any binary data, Chute is not the ideal option. While we will offer access to even more sourc
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by gregarious 14y ago
Always happy to hear that and would love to learn more about how we can make it better and simpler.
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by gregarious 14y ago
Hi, one of the Chute founders. It's definitely not how we describe ourselves, but I think the analogy they're gunning for is simply around exposing an infrastructure for a specific media. User-generated is definitely a broad use of Chute bu
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by gregarious 14y ago
Ha, it's an interesting point actually. I'm pretty amazed at the wonderful job Twillio has done establishing itself as the "normal" definition of API and platform. Obviously, they're not synonymous, but seems a convenient enough of a hook
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Chute (YC W12) Nabs $2.7M To Become The Twilio For Media Content(techcrunch.com)
67 points by gregarious 14y ago|19 comments
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by gregarious 14y ago
While it's always best to get the video - and hopefully that will be available soon - I still think there's plenty to be gleaned from the slides. Also, I have a few extra notes on the slides in the downloaded version. Hopefully, I will get
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by gregarious 14y ago
That's a really useful trick Andrew. We often get the benefit of that while sitting next to each other - the whole "let's go to the whiteboard" idea. I still carry paper with me almost all the time and then take a photo of the page on my ph
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by gregarious 14y ago
It was recorded, but waiting for them to publish the video. If you download the file, however, my notes are in there too.
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Building and Managing Remote Teams (presentation)(gregario.us)
32 points by gregarious 14y ago|7 comments

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