Rate my startup: coookin.com
coookin.com
Rate my startup: coookin.com
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Re: Rate my startup: coookin.com
#2Very pretty, but doesn't do anything I find useful. And I cook, a lot.
What's the long-term vision here?
Also: couldn't hate the name more.
Re: Rate my startup: coookin.com
#3Very pretty, but doesn't do anything I find useful. And I cook, a lot. What's the long-term vision here? Also: couldn't hate the name more.
I couldn't agree more. Pictures of food are really not very useful. If the pages contained actual information, maybe the recipe (some pages do) then this might be useful. Also, I think some type of search is absolutely necessary.
Re: Rate my startup: coookin.com
#4Any site around pictures of food gets my vote :) However, the tag line "beautiful food photos" isn't right: the pictures aren't all that pretty.
- When you "zoom" into a photo, ie. go to the photo detail page, the actual picture is not much larger than the thumbnail. If this is about photos of food, the photo should be larger.
- All the emphasis on "beautiful photos": I think you have the wrong angle here. Amateur food photos are not pretty, making good food photos is one of the hardest things to do, even for professional photographers.
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Re: Rate my startup: coookin.com
#5Very pretty, but doesn't do anything I find useful. And I cook, a lot. What's the long-term vision here? Also: couldn't hate the name more.
It's a place to share photos of what you have cooked. I enjoy food photography, and I wanted a place like this to share my photos. It's not about recipes, there are plenty of sites for that.
Seems like it is just not for you, too bad. Your comment would be more useful if you could elaborate on what it is that you find useful, though.
Re: Rate my startup: coookin.com
#6Very pretty, but doesn't do anything I find useful. And I cook, a lot. What's the long-term vision here? Also: couldn't hate the name more.
I couldn't agree more. Pictures of food are really not very useful. If the pages contained actual information, maybe the recipe (some pages do) then this might be useful. Also, I think some type of search is absolutely necessary.
You are right about searching, definitely on the todo list. Thanks.
Re: Rate my startup: coookin.com
#7Any site around pictures of food gets my vote :) However, the tag line "beautiful food photos" isn't right: the pictures aren't all that pretty. - When you "zoom" into a photo, ie. go to the photo detail page, the actual picture is not much larger than the thumbnail. If this is about photos of food, the photo should be larger. - All the emphasis on "beautiful photos": I think you have the wrong angle here. Amateur fo…
Thanks for the feedback, good points! I think you are right about the wording, I'm gonna rework that.
Re: Rate my startup: coookin.com
#8I found a recipe I liked within the first two minutes, precisely because of the photos. However, after that, I realized it just wasn't my kind of site. I like looking for new recipes and the emphasis on photos would be a great thing for me, but there's no way to filter or categorize stuff.
Re: Rate my startup: coookin.com
#9Did not sign up for all the reasons listed in this thread -
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1665498
Nice idea otherwise, but I would move "It's all about photos" to the front page. Otherwise it is very easy to assume that it's a Dribbble for the recipes.
Re: Rate my startup: coookin.com
#10Very pretty, but doesn't do anything I find useful. And I cook, a lot. What's the long-term vision here? Also: couldn't hate the name more.
If I had to guess, it looks like it's a competition for dish presentation? So, it'd get its energy from the ego and competitiveness of the people who participate. No idea what they're looking for for a revenue model, unless they're trying to serve as a cooks' competitive photo-portfolio.