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Re: Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images

#41

Post by sergiotapia » Thu, Jan 03, 2013, 9:02 PM UTC

This is simple enough to catch on with the tweeny Facebook crowd. Make is more SOCIAL NETWORK and with luck it may go viral.

Re: Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images

#42

Post by chezmo » Thu, Jan 03, 2013, 9:04 PM UTC

julien_c wrote: post #14

dfgonzalez wrote: post #9

Why don't you create a facebook app for this? It could be quite viral if you give it a shot...

You could even pull your user's pics (or their friends'?). I'd use that...

i actually thought about this but wanted to keep it simple in the beginning. i reconsider it right now.

Re: Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images

#43

Post by MasterScrat » Thu, Jan 03, 2013, 9:04 PM UTC

sergiotapia wrote: post #41

This is simple enough to catch on with the tweeny Facebook crowd. Make is more SOCIAL NETWORK and with luck it may go viral.

You should add the ability to modify an existing phrase'd picture. That would make it easier for trends to emerge.

Re: Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images

#44

Post by chezmo » Thu, Jan 03, 2013, 9:04 PM UTC

sushantsharma wrote: post #2

It can fetch images that may not be safe for work. I had to immediately close the window. Will check out in the evening after work.

removed the NSFW image. Sorry for that!

Re: Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images

#45

Post by marquis » Thu, Jan 03, 2013, 9:07 PM UTC

chezmo wrote: post #37

kevincennis wrote: post #16

This loaded a fairly NSFW random image when I tried it. Sort of uncool.

I just removed the NSFW image as i can not edit the title any more. Sorry for that! Did not think that far when posting.

There are safe places to get random images for testing, like placekitten, perhaps others have more recommendations. Personally, I didn't get an unsafe image and found your site easy to use and effective.

Re: Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images

#46

Post by chezmo » Thu, Jan 03, 2013, 9:07 PM UTC

fastball wrote: post #15

I've tried it 10 times, and have only been given two different images to work with. I suggest- A: more images B: a faster, more intuitive way to skip an image, rather than forcing the user to "cancel" and then start a new caption.

Good point about the cancel button! Once i find more pictures i can put to the stock i'll definitively add a "next image" button.

Re: Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images

#47

Post by chezmo » Thu, Jan 03, 2013, 9:14 PM UTC

bharad wrote: post #6

Good work. What did you use to build it?

On the client mostly jQueryUI, qq-upload and some little jQuery plugins. On the server my usual PHP setup (Smarty, phpThumb) and the awesome instagraph library for the filters (https://github.com/webarto/instagraph)

Re: Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images

#48

Post by chezmo » Thu, Jan 03, 2013, 9:15 PM UTC

julien_c wrote: post #7

Pretty cool. How did you implement filters?

instagraph library (https://github.com/webarto/instagraph)

Re: Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images

#49

Post by thedangler » Thu, Jan 03, 2013, 9:20 PM UTC

Just wondering how you render the final image?

Re: Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images

#50

Post by kitcar » Thu, Jan 03, 2013, 9:20 PM UTC

Some useless weekend projects are worth big money!

There was a company called bubbleshare built around this feature a few years back. It was acquired by a company called Kaboose for ~$2 mil, and then Kaboose was acquired a few years later by Disney. (http://venturebeatprofiles.com/company/profile/bubbleshare)