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Show HN: Our weekend project – Daily doses of inspiration

31 points by jebarnes88 14y ago

talmir 14y ago
It is a nice idea But reading text that subtly moves towards you on a full-screen browser makes me a bit seasick, and the maximized images make things feel a little wonky to me.
goldfeld 14y ago
Quite similar to changemakrs.com in layout and intention. I like it.
- jebarnes88 14y ago
  Cool, thanks. Never seen this site - will check it out.
maccard 14y ago
I like it. Could we get it emailed to us every day?
- jebarnes88 14y ago
  Cool, thanks! Yes so we were thinking of having that feature - where you could get it mailed each day/each week depending on your preference. We will look to build that in. thanks!
hipsters_unite 14y ago
How are all of the pages generated? Are they all curated user submissions?
- jebarnes88 14y ago
  So my friend and I have added 365 bits of inspiration - one for each day. We then have a separate part of the site where a user can press 'submit' (bottom right corner) and submit their own inspiration. This can then be viewed by clicking 'shared inspiration' - again bottom right. So the site has two parts to it - a social type of part and then a daily dose part.
darxius 14y ago
Nice site/idea. I would try to get some better images (the low resolution when stretched to my screen isn't too nice). Overall though, very cool.
- jebarnes88 14y ago
  Will have a look, thanks. Any pictures in particular or is it the majority?
destraynor 14y ago
This is really nice. How can I make sure I check it every day?
- jebarnes88 14y ago
  The million dollar question! It's a good point - so we thought about asking people if they wanted daily reminders via email? If we offered that type of option would that be of interest? We also wondered if we could make it easy for you to change your homepage to our site. Any other ways/ideas you can think of? Thanks
  - wikwocket 14y ago
    A daily email newsletter would be a great easy place to start. Lots of people would sign up if you made it frictionless. Bear in mind that, with a daily email, lots of people will ignore it or delete it unread if they are busy (as opposed to unsubscribing), so don't trust your subscription numbers, but lots of people will get value out of it too. The other option that comes to mind would be a background app that changes your wallpaper to your image (with quotation) daily. Or maybe a browser extension that changes your homepage/speed dial background to this periodically. If you want to try mobile, you could make an app that changes the phone's lock screen each day. But promoting the app would be difficult.
gregPC 14y ago
What did you use, stomachFlip.js?
spking 14y ago
Great execution. This had roughly been my plan for Motivately.com but I moved on to other projects. Nice work!
rokhayakebe 14y ago
Thank you. You've made the world a little bit better.
porter 14y ago
Where's the email signup? Kinda cool, but I'm not going to check this site every day unless you email me.
jofo25 14y ago
Despite the poignant quote, seeing Abraham Lincoln's face slowly coming towards me was uncomfortable.
- 27182818284 14y ago
  Ken Burns shot done creepily? I agree. It was kinda weird.
- jebarnes88 14y ago
  That was a little touch we put in at the end but can quite easily remove if people don't like it..
  - baak 14y ago
    I thought the same. Still cool site though.
  - jofo25 14y ago
    Sorry for my joke. It's a great site.
- Justen 14y ago
  I kind of liked the slight movement, but maybe it'd be more well recepted if it was a nicer picture to look at.
- duncanmcdowell 14y ago
  It made me feel slightly dizzy, and the image stretch was off putting as well.
desireco42 14y ago
Yeah, this is not working for me. I have far better inspiration sources online. Notes from Universe or something is pretty awesome, there are others. http://www.tut.com/ http://www.tut.com/
cwharland 14y ago
Pretty cool. Once tiny design hitch would be the flash that accompanies scrolling through the quotes. Each time the screen flashes a few times which is off putting. A side note on that: There are people from non-profit photosensitive epilepsy foundations that scour the net for that kind of stuff. I've gotten emails about it before...it was an interesting discussion about such design features.
gruseom 14y ago
I'm afraid that quote is bogus. Abraham Lincoln didn't say things that sound like Hallmark Cards, because no one in the 19th century did. http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/07/14/life-years-count/ http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/07/14/life-years-count/
- jebarnes88 14y ago
  Give one of the other quotes a go...
  - gruseom 14y ago
    Edit: this was pointless and is better deleted.
    - jebarnes88 14y ago
      If the quotes are winding you up, give the videos a go..
run4yourlives 14y ago
I think this would be much better as an email newsletter. (You could also place adds on it that way)
mikekij 14y ago
Pretty cool. I like the video-as-background. Good front end UI. I agree with the email every day idea.

31 points by jebarnes88 14y ago

It is a nice idea But reading text that subtly moves towards you on a full-screen browser makes me a bit seasick, and the maximized images make things feel a little wonky to me.

goldfeld 14y ago

Quite similar to changemakrs.com in layout and intention. I like it.

jebarnes88 14y ago
Cool, thanks. Never seen this site - will check it out.

maccard 14y ago

I like it. Could we get it emailed to us every day?

jebarnes88 14y ago
Cool, thanks! Yes so we were thinking of having that feature - where you could get it mailed each day/each week depending on your preference. We will look to build that in. thanks!

hipsters_unite 14y ago

How are all of the pages generated? Are they all curated user submissions?

jebarnes88 14y ago
So my friend and I have added 365 bits of inspiration - one for each day. We then have a separate part of the site where a user can press 'submit' (bottom right corner) and submit their own inspiration. This can then be viewed by clicking 'shared inspiration' - again bottom right. So the site has two parts to it - a social type of part and then a daily dose part.

darxius 14y ago

Nice site/idea. I would try to get some better images (the low resolution when stretched to my screen isn't too nice). Overall though, very cool.

jebarnes88 14y ago
Will have a look, thanks. Any pictures in particular or is it the majority?

destraynor 14y ago

This is really nice. How can I make sure I check it every day?

jebarnes88 14y ago
The million dollar question! It's a good point - so we thought about asking people if they wanted daily reminders via email? If we offered that type of option would that be of interest? We also wondered if we could make it easy for you to change your homepage to our site. Any other ways/ideas you can think of? Thanks
- wikwocket 14y ago
  A daily email newsletter would be a great easy place to start. Lots of people would sign up if you made it frictionless. Bear in mind that, with a daily email, lots of people will ignore it or delete it unread if they are busy (as opposed to unsubscribing), so don't trust your subscription numbers, but lots of people will get value out of it too. The other option that comes to mind would be a background app that changes your wallpaper to your image (with quotation) daily. Or maybe a browser extension that changes your homepage/speed dial background to this periodically. If you want to try mobile, you could make an app that changes the phone's lock screen each day. But promoting the app would be difficult.

gregPC 14y ago

What did you use, stomachFlip.js?

spking 14y ago

Great execution. This had roughly been my plan for Motivately.com but I moved on to other projects. Nice work!

rokhayakebe 14y ago

Thank you. You've made the world a little bit better.

porter 14y ago

Where's the email signup? Kinda cool, but I'm not going to check this site every day unless you email me.

jofo25 14y ago

Despite the poignant quote, seeing Abraham Lincoln's face slowly coming towards me was uncomfortable.

27182818284 14y ago
Ken Burns shot done creepily? I agree. It was kinda weird.
jebarnes88 14y ago
That was a little touch we put in at the end but can quite easily remove if people don't like it..
- baak 14y ago
  I thought the same. Still cool site though.
- jofo25 14y ago
  Sorry for my joke. It's a great site.
Justen 14y ago
I kind of liked the slight movement, but maybe it'd be more well recepted if it was a nicer picture to look at.
duncanmcdowell 14y ago
It made me feel slightly dizzy, and the image stretch was off putting as well.

desireco42 14y ago

Yeah, this is not working for me. I have far better inspiration sources online. Notes from Universe or something is pretty awesome, there are others. http://www.tut.com/ http://www.tut.com/

cwharland 14y ago

Pretty cool. Once tiny design hitch would be the flash that accompanies scrolling through the quotes. Each time the screen flashes a few times which is off putting. A side note on that: There are people from non-profit photosensitive epilepsy foundations that scour the net for that kind of stuff. I've gotten emails about it before...it was an interesting discussion about such design features.

gruseom 14y ago

I'm afraid that quote is bogus. Abraham Lincoln didn't say things that sound like Hallmark Cards, because no one in the 19th century did. http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/07/14/life-years-count/ http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/07/14/life-years-count/

jebarnes88 14y ago
Give one of the other quotes a go...
- gruseom 14y ago
  Edit: this was pointless and is better deleted.
  - jebarnes88 14y ago
    If the quotes are winding you up, give the videos a go..

run4yourlives 14y ago

I think this would be much better as an email newsletter. (You could also place adds on it that way)

mikekij 14y ago

Pretty cool. I like the video-as-background. Good front end UI. I agree with the email every day idea.