Are you sure it's a good idea to use this name, when an established company like Storify exists?<p>I like your project, but if this catches on, it's better to change the name sooner rather than later.
This is not "storifying" because the output is not a story. It's metadata and visualization attached to an album.<p>I make the distinction because story is important. I'd suggest reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wired-Story-Writers-Science-Sentence/dp/1607742454/" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Wired-Story-Writers-Science-Sentence/d...</a> if you haven't already.<p>A storified album will only be a story if the user curates the album that way. There is a kernel of story in the demo but there will not be in every album. Questions to ask about a story: Who are the characters? What do they want? How are they changing? What is the dramatic tension? If you can't answer these questions, I submit that it's not a story.<p>So, you can't automate storytelling (at least not now.) Encompassing photos in metadata about their context IS valuable. Context is important. So you're on to something.<p>But storytelling is very very powerful. I'm sure you have a laundry list of features to implement but I think you should consider if there are ways to refocus on making it easier for album owners to author real stories around their photos. These are the types of narrative that compel us and resonate with us biologically.<p>Put another way: Where, when, what and how help us understand but why pulls us in. If you can focus less on automation and more on empowerment to enable authors to weave in the why, then I think you will really be on to something. Your site will also not be about travel and instead be about life. Because we are all living a story every moment, not just when we get on a plane.
Looks pretty great so far, and I really like the pages you're creating.<p>Just a handful of things:<p>1. I don't like logging in with my Google Account. I can see that you're using my Google pictures so you're going to need that. I don't like it anyway.<p>2. I completely don't understand the graph at the left hand side of your pages. Perhaps it's number of photos (but then that info appears twice, right?). Or is it text written? Or is it distance covered? Or is it coolness of the segment? Some information would be nice.<p>3. Or even better, how about customizing that area? I know you're quite early in development, but I'd expect to see some interaction there.<p>4. The location was a little off when I loaded my non-geotagged pictures. It placed them somewhere in Slovakia for some reason. After placing one of my segments into Africa, the overall location marker moved to Germany.<p>5. These little info boxes are cool. Can I do them myself, please?<p>6. The time line is interesting, but I'd like to customize that a bit better. In my case, there's lots of empty space at the top and the bottom because I arrived on Saturday and left on Tuesday, causing empty weeks there.<p>Ok, that was a bit of stuff. Don't take is as criticism, I really like the concept, but I'd also like to see it developed a bit more.
First off, I think we need a more interesting way of compiling photos-especially focusing on trips-so this is a very interesting idea.<p>Two things:<p>1. I feel like collaborative album creation is one of the most compelling features you offer yet it is premium only. Would all collaborators need premium accounts or just the one setting up the shared album? Regardless, this is a very important feature which allows people that go on a life-changing trip together to share their collective memories. I want to be able to see the great photos my friend took in Venice after my iPhone died. I was there when he took them so they are as much a part of my memory as they are his and this means they deserve to be part of "our storify"<p>I think collaboration could be the key feature of the entire site.<p>2. Beaten to death already but you must change the name. You cannot just add two letters in front of a popular site name and claim it as your own. Also, I don't feel "mystorify" tells me much about what your site does. You can do better or find someone else to help.<p>These two (rather important) issues aside I really like the idea and am excited to see where it goes.
Looks great, but just a quick one: don't charge $5 for premium product, it just doesn't like premium. Either give all features for free for launch period or charge more.
Hey, looks great! There's a slight bug that's kind of annoying though. When I click on picture to enlarge it (on <a href="http://mystorify.com/a/BjYb08qE" rel="nofollow">http://mystorify.com/a/BjYb08qE</a>) and use the back button, it scrolls down to Monaco, whatever the photo. I don't know if it's specific to the demo album or to me, but it makes the process of going through the trip's photos a lot less enjoyable!
Any thought to something like facial recognition to find photos of myself posted online without me being tagged or otherwise made aware? (Mostly thining posted to friends' facebooks, here)<p>What about the problem of other poeople taking photos and not sharing them? Anything we can do about that?
This is nearly identical to a feature in the newest version of iPhoto that lets you break up albums into sections with maps and weather information. Just thought you should be aware! (Disclaimer: I am working on a dead-simple storytelling app called Backspaces.)
Interesting app.<p>I noticed some components were displaying the weather - is that current conditions, or are you showing what the weather was at the time the photo was taken (which would be more interesting).
looks great - have been looking for a new home for all my public photos now posterous is not being further developed
- have settled on g+ albums but not that happy with it<p>couple of things:<p>1 - Can you 'storify' all albums by defaults<p>2 - Can you change the sort order of the albums to Newest to Oldest<p>3 - What about videos - can i add youtube embed to a story ?<p>4 - Custom domains would be good<p>5 - Custom story/album url / slug would be good
I was really impressed by your app.<p>I have travelled a lot in the past and this would have been great for keeping people up to date (especially facebookless elderly relatives).<p>With this in mind, I think you should do away with the free option and up your premium price.<p>Edit: younger backpackers go travelling for long periods of time, their parents would think nothing of shelling out $5 /month to be kept in the loop!