Show HN: My first side project, CuratedDaily

http://www.curateddaily.com

by marvinkennis • 14 years ago

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bmelton• 14 years ago

It looks very nice, and I quite like the layout, but the main thing I would fix first is to provide product descriptions.

Type of description can range from "Woot-hilarious" to "Uncrate-minimal", but SOME kind of text to describe why that particular object was curated, and perhaps why it was chosen against some competitors would be great.

It's a similar idea to Uncrate (though they do more than one thing daily), but I'd look around at their site to see what you do and don't like.

marvinkennis3• 14 years ago

Thanks! You are right, I should add some kind of description. A title and an image don't quite cut it when trying to give a good impression of the product. And more importantly for this kind of site, explain why the product has been curated.

Uncrate is a great site. I'm trying to differentiate by keeping it to one product a day. I hope I can keep the quality of products that I curate high that way. I'll also try to keep it at products that are more or less affordable.

frankdenbow• 14 years ago

Looks clean! I used to subscribe to something that sent out a digest of cool/crazy items (wish I could remember the name for you, but can't find it) and liked it. They made money off of Amazon's affiliate program.

tonbil• 14 years ago

It seems curateddaily is promoting buying stuff. It's a common thing to do, but not necessarily a good thing to do if you start something new. I value the world of less stuff, of lagging behind with new stuff, of giving attention to people and suffering, in stead of to shiny stuff and "ineedthat". The visual and interaction design are really good, though. I challenge you to come up with another sideproject that combines the best of both worlds.

bravoyankee• 14 years ago

Man, what you said is a breath of fresh air. Nicely stated.

marvinkennis3• 14 years ago

Well said. It does indeed promote buying, but only of products that are well designed (both in form and function), products that hopefully delight their purchasers and make their lifes a little easier.

There's something to be said for both sides, although giving attention to people and suffering is more important. I will definitely try to do more of both in another sideproject.

ewolf• 14 years ago

Very nice, clean overview! Please add an RSS/Atom feed so I can add you to my Google Reader :)

Dramatize• 14 years ago

The top third of my screen (15" MacBook) is devoted to your navigation.

Is there a way to rethink the nav? Maybe have a look at how Medium does it: https://medium.com/obvious/83effd466520

mkarttic• 14 years ago

"This website is offline" Can you look into this so that more people can check it out? :)

marvinkennis3• 14 years ago

Thanks for mentioning. Should be back up now.

Show HN: My first side project, CuratedDaily

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