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.
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.
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 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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
You could also make a LinkedIn app that lets people hire based on applicants' musical taste.
Maybe you will say that's crass, unprofessional, or inaccurate -- but I think musical taste is a better metric than many we use today in hiring. And it could just be treated as a "fun sort" instead of randomizing whom you talk to first.
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 great.. the only thing I don't like is how you have to register to view someone's profile. Seems like you should need to register to message them.. how am I supposed to be interested enough to sign up without seeing any profiles?
I wrote this down in my idea book a month ago, but I figured eventually someone else would do it. And this is sweet.
One feature request: could you somehow weigh the different artists in my history according to what I've been listening to lately? I've got 7 years of audioscrobbler history, and my musical tastes have been everywhere in that time. Today they're pretty far out there as far as people my age go. The matches it shows me line up much better with a five-years-younger me. I'm sure you've already thought of this and lots of data needs to be there before the matching can get complex. Just wanted to throw in my pennies.
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.
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.
After registering through my facebook account and picking my photos, I kind of got lost. Instead of leaving the user off at the photo edit page (http://tastebuds.fm/users/current/edit#load_images) maybe direct them to artists or profile tab>
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 :)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I'm generally against dating sites for the same reason I am against dating (short version: I think it's a broken paradigm). But I'm impressed with this idea. Kudos for finding some connection to start out with other than "we both are hoping to get hooked up". I hope you do very well.
I'm generally against dating sites for the same reason I am against dating
You're against dating? Two consenting adults courting each other to better know each other .. seems like a very sensible thing to me. Without dating what do we have left? arranged marriage and kidnapping?
Some of the articles posted here from OK Cupid indicate that an awful lot of deception goes on there. Average reported heights are two inches taller than reality. Average reported income is higher than real averages. The most attractive photos are older on average than other photos on the site and were typically older at the time they went up. Most people who list themselves as "bisexual" don't actually chat up members of both sexes. Genuine, intimate relationships require a certain degree of honesty that dating seems to actively discourage.
I read once that people are generally more honest online than in person. I don't know if that applies to dating sites or not but I've heard plenty of stories that indicate people are not terribly honest when going the normal dating route either. People who get to know each other socially (through work, hobbies, etc) before getting romantically involved seem to typically have better relationships. Hopefully this site will offer something in common to base a personal connection on and give people a good place for starting a meaningful conversation. The fact that both parties are looking for someone else is usually not much of a conversation starter.
EDIT: All of which is beside the point. My only point was that I am not a fan of dating sites and even I think this is a good idea. I added a little bit of why I think it's a good idea in hopes that it is useful information for the site owners. I don't see why that merits a downvote or reactionary comment.
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.
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.