Absolutely. We have a few ideas we're looking into at the minute though we're concentrating on getting it off the ground and growing the user base first, as is a necessity with this type of site.
Wow, that name alone is amazing. Simple, easy to remember and clever. Combined with the simple design, and novelty you're off to a great start! This will be really interesting to follow.
Good idea. We used to automatically use the last.fm image (if they registered that way) but found most of them weren't really photos of the users themselves. We're looking at more of a complete post-sign-up wizard now where we could give the option of using your facebook profile photo straight away.
The design is top-notch, one of the best looking sites, let alone startups I've seen in a while. One thing, to me the male/female symbols were not intuitive. I see that they're labeled and they do look cool but I feel they take a way from an almost perfect interface.
Unfortunately once I fill out the basic info I'm having trouble getting it to load. The page comes up but then immediately goes blank. Chrome in Windows XP...
I'll keep checking it, you made it on to my favorites list.
It doesn't seem to care, just tried again with other random bands. My work computer is kind of iffy, I'll try again when I get home and let you know...
Since you're actually reading this, just FYI, if I enter a one character username, I et an error saying usernames must be at least 2 characters long, but if I enter a 2 character username, I get an error saying usernames can only contain regular characters plus _, and can't start with with a _. Three character usernames seem fine, though.
It takes about 2 minutes worth of queries to discover there are no girls on this site.
There are 3 girls there who match ["Rammstein", "Johnny Cash", "Radiohead"] as well as ["Lady Gaga", "Britney Spears", "Justin Bieber"]. If I type in my zip code, all 9 girls are identical.
You're right, it is a nice concept. You're wrong, however, that there are "no girls on the site". I have gotten 9 results (at least) that appear to be completely different than yours.
This is incredible. I put my username in and was immediately prompted with nearly 10 females from around.
I may be getting ahead of myself here, but if I marry one of these girls, I shall invite you to our wedding which will have both our last.fm personal radio stations as music.
I honestly can't remember, I've only seen the movie once, like 6 years ago, when a girl I was dating showed it to me primarily because she liked this quote. Other than this, I don't recall much of the movie.
Great concept, and so far it looks like the execution is really good as well. However, I agree with rnernento about the gender icons. I see how they're based on the standard male and female symbols, but it's still a bit confusing, and not even slightly intuitive to someone who's never seen them before. I'm not sure what a better clever idea would be, but perhaps it would be best to switch to a basic M and F until another idea presents itself. Confusing symbols could potentially drive people away for no good reason.
Our drummer (both founders play in a band together) did most of the initial work: http://milomarsei.com/. My friend Tim did the logo - timkeeling.com. And we've added to it as we went along, though we're both developers mostly.
The only thing that caught my eye was a vertical scrollbar that only scrolls about 20 pixels worth shows up on the homepage on a 13-inch macbook running chrome.
Amazing idea well executed! Congratulations! My only observation is that the age sliders do not respond to the iPad touch screen. A very minor complaint, but I hope you put it on the task list.
Just amazing user flow. I immediately sent this to my designer and said 'THIS is what we need to do'. Really great instant gratification and user acquisition flow.
Agree with other comments about the gender icons. I had to pause for a second and think about which I was :)
This is really slick! The low barrier of entry is totally key. I love the design and I think the concept will work well. Sadly, only 2 girls turned up, so I sent the more attractive one a parodic message. Maybe I'll make a friend.
Anyway, tastebuds is great. Though there are no matches in my country yet, a cute girl from some other country did favorite me. What I miss is search in all matches regardless of country.
offtopic, but guitaryst looks pretty sweet. You guys should compile a list of other cool apps built on top of last.fm
great job on the UX for tastebuds. It's not only pretty, but the barrier to entry was low and really draws you in to try it. The artist autocomplete was a perfect example of this.
A quick search of the United States with the artist filter off, shows 116 pages with 9 pictures each, so it seems to have about 1044 females. Not bad for starting out, if it catches on it can be a good business.Congrats! Great idea and amazing design.
Thank you for not putting a useless subject line when messaging a user.
I love the setup flow. I really appreciate the time taken to request for more Facebook permissions as you need them. Facebook photo import just works.
Consider having your initial pre-signup matches to be somewhat closer to the user based on their location. (IP address, Geolocation API upsell while showing initial matches, etc.) I saw lots of folks in New York show up initially but after putting in my ZIP code there were plenty of local matches.
EDIT: The empty inbox picture made me laugh! Nice one.
That's a fair point about the initial search using the location. We launched showing country matches initially to give you more chance of results with a low user base but ideally you would use the location.
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[ 4.9 ms ] story [ 116 ms ] threadI'd be interested in how effective the matches are from a non-musical perspective (are they successful long term).
I can't imagine this not succeeding if you add features and additional accessibility.
ALSO: Submit it to Last.Fm's API build library: http://build.last.fm/
The name is really really good.
The design is top-notch, one of the best looking sites, let alone startups I've seen in a while. One thing, to me the male/female symbols were not intuitive. I see that they're labeled and they do look cool but I feel they take a way from an almost perfect interface.
Unfortunately once I fill out the basic info I'm having trouble getting it to load. The page comes up but then immediately goes blank. Chrome in Windows XP...
I'll keep checking it, you made it on to my favorites list.
I agree we could perhaps improve on those gender icons.
It doesn't seem to care, just tried again with other random bands. My work computer is kind of iffy, I'll try again when I get home and let you know...
There are 3 girls there who match ["Rammstein", "Johnny Cash", "Radiohead"] as well as ["Lady Gaga", "Britney Spears", "Justin Bieber"]. If I type in my zip code, all 9 girls are identical.
Nice concept, however.
I may be getting ahead of myself here, but if I marry one of these girls, I shall invite you to our wedding which will have both our last.fm personal radio stations as music.
--Rob (John Cusack) in High Fidelity
However didn't he come to the realization later in the book that perhaps those things aren't so important?
(I hope to come to that realization some day as well, soldiering on until then.)
As an aside, if you enjoyed the movie and have not read the book, please do. It's a very easy and thoroughly enjoyable read.
I watch the movie often.
My inner socialite is upset, but the hipster part of me is pleased. :)
As has already been mentioned, amazing name and a-mazing design.
I look forward to checking into the site when the user base is bigger, so I'll find me some like-minded hipsters.
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The only thing that caught my eye was a vertical scrollbar that only scrolls about 20 pixels worth shows up on the homepage on a 13-inch macbook running chrome.
Very well done. I will you tons of success!
Anyway, tastebuds is great. Though there are no matches in my country yet, a cute girl from some other country did favorite me. What I miss is search in all matches regardless of country.
You can search regardless of country by choosing 'Worldwide' on search results page.
By the way I liked your new guitar tab app.
great job on the UX for tastebuds. It's not only pretty, but the barrier to entry was low and really draws you in to try it. The artist autocomplete was a perfect example of this.
EDIT: I guess our musical tastes differ by too much. Maybe it's better to show bad matches then no matches at all?
I love the setup flow. I really appreciate the time taken to request for more Facebook permissions as you need them. Facebook photo import just works.
Consider having your initial pre-signup matches to be somewhat closer to the user based on their location. (IP address, Geolocation API upsell while showing initial matches, etc.) I saw lots of folks in New York show up initially but after putting in my ZIP code there were plenty of local matches.
EDIT: The empty inbox picture made me laugh! Nice one.
Glad you liked the empty inbox reference!