I'll join the others in saying congratulations and good work. I'm interested in using OpenPhoto myself, but like a few others who commented I'm a little unsure of what I get out of it.
If you don't mind a bit of hopefully helpful criticism, perhaps change the three-item rotator at the top of http://theopenphotoproject.org/ to the following:
- A gorgeous web album to show off your photos (getting across that a Flickr-like interface to view photos comes with the product)
- Free mobile app for iOS and Android (getting across that a mobile app interface to view photos comes with the product)
- Take back your photos (change the long description here to state more clearly that you have full file-level access to your photos, hosted on a server you "own")
- Free, open and easy to use (perfect as it is)
- Flexible API & apps (perfect as it is)
That initial point-form section should get across everything you need to know, and I don't think it currently does. Lastly, I'd love an invite if you wouldn't mind sending one to sully AT yllus DOT com.
Will do! Actually was a bit egotistical of me to expect the reverse, hah.
It's a shame that you couldn't get empowered at Yahoo to turn Flickr into this. Maybe they'll buy you back (as talent) and give you the big chair to run things? ;)
Hahaha, I was asked so many times why I didn't stay at Yahoo with this idea. Upper management at Yahoo would have made sure to do whatever they could to get promotions while killing the product.
If you don't mind a bit of hopefully helpful criticism, perhaps change the three-item rotator at the top of http://theopenphotoproject.org/ to the following:
- A gorgeous web album to show off your photos (getting across that a Flickr-like interface to view photos comes with the product)
- Free mobile app for iOS and Android (getting across that a mobile app interface to view photos comes with the product)
- Take back your photos (change the long description here to state more clearly that you have full file-level access to your photos, hosted on a server you "own")
- Free, open and easy to use (perfect as it is)
- Flexible API & apps (perfect as it is)
That initial point-form section should get across everything you need to know, and I don't think it currently does. Lastly, I'd love an invite if you wouldn't mind sending one to sully AT yllus DOT com.