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Re: Show HN: SWYM - Share what you make

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Post by revorad »

jeffclark wrote: post #9

I start typing in what I used to build it, then you didn't have "Stripe" yet. OK, no problem. So I click "add a new one" and it takes me to a new page, deleting the stuff I've already entered. Come one, man! New window at the very least.

Sorry, that's a terrible first user experience. I'll fix it.

Edit: Btw, BoxRowSeat looks awesome! You should probably make the tagline - "Sell your stub to your own hub". It rhymes better.

Edit 2: Fixed! The tools link now opens in a window. I'll soon add a way to add new tools in the input box itself.

Re: Show HN: SWYM - Share what you make

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Post by revorad »

benjlang wrote: post #12

FYI have you checked out http://geekli.st ?

It's funny I found out about geeklist much after I first made Swym. I think it's an awesome site, but I have a slightly different take. Firstly, although the initial seed of my users is programmers, I want to keep open to all sorts of creative people. In fact, that's very important to me. I explain why in this article - http://swym.me/story

Also, I want to focus on the simple tagged browsing approach because it's fun and enables serendipity.

Plus, there's no private beta! You can join now.

Re: Show HN: SWYM - Share what you make

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Post by revorad »

rokhayakebe wrote: post #14

SWYD (Share what you do). My name is ___________, I am a ________, specialized in __, __, __. I worked at ____, ____, ____.

That's Linkedin, innit? :-) But I think Swym is a more fun way of saying the same things. The focus is on the process of making stuff.

Re: Show HN: SWYM - Share what you make

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Post by city41 »

It's a good little MVP and already seems to be gaining interest. There are other similar sites out there such as about.me, virtualrockstars.com, etc.

I'd love to see you take it "all the way": profile pics, markdown support, screenshots and embedded videos of the projects, etc.

Re: Show HN: SWYM - Share what you make

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Post by revorad »

city41 wrote: post #17

It's a good little MVP and already seems to be gaining interest. There are other similar sites out there such as about.me, virtualrockstars.com, etc. I'd love to see you take it "all the way": profile pics, markdown support, screenshots and embedded videos of the projects, etc.

Thanks for the encouragement. Sometimes I really get bogged down with self-doubt, so it's awesome to see people liking this.

Some simple things like profile pics, screenshots and videos are on my list to add. But at the same time, I want to find one simple aspect that people find really useful and focus on that. It might turn out to be discovery of apps, tools or people.

Do you think people would be interested in selling their apps or other projects on Swym?

Re: Show HN: SWYM - Share what you make

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Post by p3rs3us »

The idea is great but I think there are a few things that you should look into.

1. What if there are so many entries in the main page, that eventually it becomes just noise?

2. There should be some way that I could follow/know more about one who shared his/her work, so that in future if he creates something new I am notified.

3. Wouldn't be better to give some kind of rating system and a search box.

Re: Show HN: SWYM - Share what you make

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Post by aespinoza »

revorad wrote: post #8
aespinoza wrote: post #7

I think this is a really cool idea. But I do think it needs a description field. I saw that some of the people put the description of the application in the name field. It is difficult to know what the app is about. Really cool idea though... :D

You can add a description after adding a project. I just wanted to keep the first form as short as possible. But maybe I should make that clear.

Found it... :D Thanks.
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