GridView - Revision history

ThePlaz: add stats

2012-02-05T00:54:11Z

add stats

ThePlaz: add more

2012-02-05T00:49:25Z

add more

ThePlaz: write more

2012-02-05T00:20:49Z

write more

ThePlaz: fix thumb

2012-02-01T04:14:32Z

fix thumb

ThePlaz: add pics

2012-02-01T04:12:49Z

add pics

ThePlaz: /* Mosaics */ smaller

2012-01-30T06:10:54Z

‎Mosaics: smaller

ThePlaz: /* Mosaics */ remove old images

2012-01-30T06:10:34Z

‎Mosaics: remove old images

ThePlaz: post placeholders

2012-01-30T06:10:01Z

post placeholders

ThePlaz: add other cats

2012-01-22T05:21:24Z

add other cats

ThePlaz: add summer cat

2012-01-22T05:20:35Z

add summer cat

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 [[File:GridView Mosaic Sept 2010.png|thumb|GridView Mosaic Maker (from before Aug 2008)]]
 During the summer of 2007 I tried to extend on the GridView concept by adding a photo mosaic feature.  Mosaics lets users create photo mosaics of their profile pictures using their friend's profile pictures as tiles.  I then added a feature to make each tile smaller, allowing more detail on the photo mosaic.
 [[Image:GridView Mosaic Source.png|100px]] >>>> [[Image:Plaz GridView Mosaic.png|100px]]
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 ==Stats==
-(Coming Soon)
+[[File:GridView Stats.png|800px]]

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 ==Story==
-I came up with the idea on the last day of [[10th Grade]] (the summer of 2008).  I was thinking about Facebook's name: a book of faces.  Thinking about it made me realize that they  don't really have a place where you can see all of your friend's faces.  I used my new found free time to get to work.  I wrote GridView all that afternoon in about 5 hours.  I had to become familiar with Facebook's API, and APIs in general, because it was my first app using an API.  Facebook provides good tools for helping people get started.  GridView was basically 3 lines of code - an FQL request to get the photos of all of a user's friends, and then a for loop to display the images. GridView was originally called FaceView, but Facebook doesn't like apps which have the word "face" in the name.
+I came up with the idea on the last day of [[10th Grade]] (the summer of 2007).  I was thinking about Facebook's name: a book of faces.  Thinking about it made me realize that they  don't really have a place where you can see all of your friend's faces.  I used my new found free time to get to work.  I wrote GridView all that afternoon in about 5 hours.  I had to become familiar with Facebook's API, and APIs in general, because it was my first app using an API.  Facebook provides good tools for helping people get started.  GridView was basically 3 lines of code - an FQL request to get the photos of all of a user's friends, and then a for loop to display the images. GridView was originally called FaceView, but Facebook doesn't like apps which have the word "face" in the name.
 Very quickly the application became popular, with the number of users snowballing.  I think it became so successful because of the Facebook's Newsfeed which spread word about the application, as well as its viability on user's profiles.  I think the cleanness of the design attracted users to it.  I tried to keep it clean and usable, without all of the ads everywhere. (The square grid arrangement of photos was inspired by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/77179348@N00 Flickr])
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 ==Mosaics==
 [[File:GridView Mosaic Sept 2010.png|thumb|GridView Mosaic Maker (from before Aug 2008)]]
-During the summer of 2008 I tried to extend on the GridView concept by adding a photo mosaic feature.  Mosaics lets users create photo mosaics of their profile pictures using their friend's profile pictures as tiles.  I then added a feature to make each tile smaller, allowing more detail on the photo mosaic.
+During the summer of 2007 I tried to extend on the GridView concept by adding a photo mosaic feature.  Mosaics lets users create photo mosaics of their profile pictures using their friend's profile pictures as tiles.  I then added a feature to make each tile smaller, allowing more detail on the photo mosaic.
 [[Image:GridView Mosaic Source.png|100px]] >>>> [[Image:Plaz GridView Mosaic.png|100px]]
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 ===Angel Funding===
-I was also looking for additional help on the business side of things.  I went to a Facebook developers conference when I met my future business partner.  We negotiated a deal and I turned over equity in exchange for investment in the business.  Together we started building up GridView.
+I was also looking for additional help on the business side of things.  I went to a Facebook developers conference when I met my future business partner.  We negotiated a deal and I turned over equity in exchange for an investment (~$10,000) in the business.  We formed a holding company [[SocialView]] in January 2008.  Together we started building up GridView.
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 I designed a "rearrange" flash applet for GridView, we put it out for bid, and then I got up at 5AM every day before school to manage the overseas development team building the project.  This was a lot of fun.  I worked with them every day to refine the project.  I also hired and managed an independent domestic developer to work on some minor features.
-===Drop===
+==Drop==
 [[File:GridView on Profile Sept 2010.png|thumb|GridView on its own profile tab Sept 2010]]
 GridView grew to over 1,300,000 users.  Unfortunately in late 2008, Facebook changed the layout of the profile to have multiple tabs.  The usage of GridView fell precipitously; GridView was essentially profile artwork - when Facebook changed the profile the art work become hidden.  Very few people clicked over to the "Apps" tab.
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 The entire economic environment became a lot more challenging.  In addition, GridView's revenue was mostly from other app developers waving VC cash advertising their applications.  I think there was a bit of a Facebook bubble burst.
-===Second Act===
+==Second Act==
-We tried twice to build a second act, when we acquired my business partner's old firm [[ForumsPlace]] and building a petitions platform [[4Change]].  Unfortunately I did not have the time to dedicate to the projects and they never got any traction.  The ForumsPlace was a particular mistake.  I had no goal - my business partner just got his money back on selling one of his old assets to me.  The forums just added extra load to my servers.
+We tried twice to build a second act, when we acquired my business partner's old firm [[ForumsPlace]] and building a petitions platform [[4Change]].  Unfortunately I did not have the time to dedicate to the projects and they never got any traction.  The ForumsPlace was a particular mistake.  I had no goal - my business partner just got his money back on selling one of his old assets to me.  The forums just added extra load to my servers.  I set up ForumsPlace in December 2008 and shut it down in January 2010.  4Change was built October 2008 to March 2009.
-===Shutdown===
+==Shutdown==
-GridView fully shut down at the end of 2010, because Facebook is completely removing applications from the profile page at that time.  I personally made a profit from the venture, and I gained far more experience than other experiences high schoolers.
+SocialView was shut down at the end of 2009 - we were not making any money because all our users went away.  GridView continued to just run for another year.  GridView fully shut down at the end of 2010, because Facebook completely removed applications from the profile page at that time.
 ==Stats==

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 ==Story==
-I came up with the idea on the last day of [[10th Grade]].  I was thinking about Facebook's name: a book of faces.  Thinking about it made me realize that they  don't really have a place where you can see all of your friend's faces.  I wrote GridView all that afternoon in about 5 hours.  I had to become familiar with Facebook's API, and APIs in general, because it was my first app using an API.  Facebook provides good tools for helping people get started.  GridView was originally called FaceView, but Facebook doesn't like apps which have the word "face" in the name.
+I came up with the idea on the last day of [[10th Grade]] (the summer of 2008).  I was thinking about Facebook's name: a book of faces.  Thinking about it made me realize that they  don't really have a place where you can see all of your friend's faces.  I used my new found free time to get to work.  I wrote GridView all that afternoon in about 5 hours.  I had to become familiar with Facebook's API, and APIs in general, because it was my first app using an API.  Facebook provides good tools for helping people get started.  GridView was basically 3 lines of code - an FQL request to get the photos of all of a user's friends, and then a for loop to display the images. GridView was originally called FaceView, but Facebook doesn't like apps which have the word "face" in the name.
-I used his new found free time to experiment with the newly announced Facebook platform.  Very quickly the application became popular, with the number of users snowballing.  I think it became so successful because of the Facebook's Newsfeed which spread word about the application, as well as its viability on user's profiles.  I think the cleanness of the design attracted users to it.  I tried to keep it clean and usable, without all of the ads everywhere. (The square grid arrangement of photos was inspired by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/77179348@N00 Flickr])
+Very quickly the application became popular, with the number of users snowballing.  I think it became so successful because of the Facebook's Newsfeed which spread word about the application, as well as its viability on user's profiles.  I think the cleanness of the design attracted users to it.  I tried to keep it clean and usable, without all of the ads everywhere. (The square grid arrangement of photos was inspired by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/77179348@N00 Flickr])
 ==Mosaics==
 [[File:GridView Mosaic Sept 2010.png|thumb|GridView Mosaic Maker (from before Aug 2008)]]
-GridView Mosaics are the logical extension to GridView.  Mosaics lets users create photo mosaics of their profile pictures using their friend's profile pictures as tiles.  Mosaics look best when you have a lot of friends and when you have a profile picture with a range of colors.  Recently, GridView added the option to create Mosaics with 4 times the detail, by reducing the size of each tile.
+During the summer of 2008 I tried to extend on the GridView concept by adding a photo mosaic feature.  Mosaics lets users create photo mosaics of their profile pictures using their friend's profile pictures as tiles.  I then added a feature to make each tile smaller, allowing more detail on the photo mosaic.
-−
 [[Image:GridView Mosaic Source.png|100px]] >>>> [[Image:Plaz GridView Mosaic.png|100px]]
 ==QOOP==
 [[File:QOOP GridView Aug 2008.png|thumb|QOOP GridView Selection Aug 2008]]
-(write)
+Also during the summer of 2008, I tried to capitalize on the success of GridView by selling GridView Mosaic products with a partnership with QOOP.  This was the first time I was entering in such an arrangement.  We never sold much of anything, so the option was soon dropped.
 ===Angel Funding===
-I then attracted some light angel funding for the project and a minority partner who brought years of experience in the industry.  Together we started building up GridView.  I designed a "rearrange" flash applet for GridView, we put it out for bid, and then I got up at 5AM every day before school to manage the overseas development team building the project.  I also hired and managed an independent domestic developer.
+I was also looking for additional help on the business side of things.  I went to a Facebook developers conference when I met my future business partner.  We negotiated a deal and I turned over equity in exchange for investment in the business.  Together we started building up GridView.
-−
-GridView grew to over 1,300,000 users.  Unfortunately in 2008, Facebook changed the layout of the profile and the usage of GridView fell precipitously.  GridView was essentially profile artwork - when Facebook changed the profile the art work become hidden.  We tried twice to build a second act, when we acquired my business partner's old firm ForumsPlace and building a petitions platform 4Change.  Unfortunately I did not have the time to dedicate to the projects and they never got any traction.  I think the timing of the economy had a lot to do with it, GridView's revenue was mostly from other app developers waving VC cash advertising their applications.  However the Facebook bubble burst and the entire economic environment became a lot more challenging.  Still, I personally made a profit from the venture, and I gained far more experience than other experiences high schoolers.
-−
 ==Arrange Feature==
 [[File:GridView Arrange June 2009.png|thumb|GridView Arrange Feature 2009]]
-(write about)
+I designed a "rearrange" flash applet for GridView, we put it out for bid, and then I got up at 5AM every day before school to manage the overseas development team building the project.  This was a lot of fun.  I worked with them every day to refine the project.  I also hired and managed an independent domestic developer to work on some minor features.
 ===Shutdown===
-GridView shut down at the end of 2010, because Facebook is completely removing applications from the profile page at that time.
+GridView fully shut down at the end of 2010, because Facebook is completely removing applications from the profile page at that time.  I personally made a profit from the venture, and I gained far more experience than other experiences high schoolers.
 ==Stats==

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 ==Mosaics==
-[[File:GridView Mosaic Sept 2010.png|GridView Mosaic Maker (from before Aug 2008)]]
+[[File:GridView Mosaic Sept 2010.png|thumb|GridView Mosaic Maker (from before Aug 2008)]]
 GridView Mosaics are the logical extension to GridView.  Mosaics lets users create photo mosaics of their profile pictures using their friend's profile pictures as tiles.  Mosaics look best when you have a lot of friends and when you have a profile picture with a range of colors.  Recently, GridView added the option to create Mosaics with 4 times the detail, by reducing the size of each tile.

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 [[Image:GridView Logo.png|thumb]]
-(screenshot)
+[[File:GridView Aug 2008.png|thumb|GridView App Page Aug 2008]]
 '''GridView''' was an app I wrote for [[Facebook]], a social networking site.  GridView let you add the profile pictures of all of your friends to your Facebook profile, so everyone could see them.  GridView ultimately grew to 1.3 million installs, and was one of the top 100 apps on Facebook.  It was popular when Facebook had a single page profile.  Use fell off a cliff when Facebook switched to a multi-tabbed profile.  GridView was shut down when Facebook removed apps from profiles at the end of 2010.
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 I used his new found free time to experiment with the newly announced Facebook platform.  Very quickly the application became popular, with the number of users snowballing.  I think it became so successful because of the Facebook's Newsfeed which spread word about the application, as well as its viability on user's profiles.  I think the cleanness of the design attracted users to it.  I tried to keep it clean and usable, without all of the ads everywhere. (The square grid arrangement of photos was inspired by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/77179348@N00 Flickr])
 ===Angel Funding===
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 GridView grew to over 1,300,000 users.  Unfortunately in 2008, Facebook changed the layout of the profile and the usage of GridView fell precipitously.  GridView was essentially profile artwork - when Facebook changed the profile the art work become hidden.  We tried twice to build a second act, when we acquired my business partner's old firm ForumsPlace and building a petitions platform 4Change.  Unfortunately I did not have the time to dedicate to the projects and they never got any traction.  I think the timing of the economy had a lot to do with it, GridView's revenue was mostly from other app developers waving VC cash advertising their applications.  However the Facebook bubble burst and the entire economic environment became a lot more challenging.  Still, I personally made a profit from the venture, and I gained far more experience than other experiences high schoolers.
-===Shutdown===
-GridView shut down at the end of 2010, because Facebook is completely removing applications from the profile page at that time.
 ==Arrange Feature==
-(place spec/screenshots here)
+[[File:GridView Arrange June 2009.png|thumb|GridView Arrange Feature 2009]]
-[[Image:GridView Mosaic Source.png|100px]] >>>> [[Image:Plaz GridView Mosaic.png|100px]]
+[[File:GridView on Profile Sept 2010.png|thumb|GridView on its own profile tab Sept 2010]]
 ==Stats==

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:10, 30 January 2012
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	==Mosaics==		==Mosaics==
−	~~[[Image:GridView Mosaic Source.png\|thumb\|100px\|Source Image]]~~
−	~~[[Image:Plaz GridView Mosaic.png\|thumb\|200px\|My GridView Mosaic (now 4 times the detail!)]]~~
	GridView Mosaics are the logical extension to GridView. Mosaics lets users create photo mosaics of their profile pictures using their friend's profile pictures as tiles. Mosaics look best when you have a lot of friends and when you have a profile picture with a range of colors. Recently, GridView added the option to create Mosaics with 4 times the detail, by reducing the size of each tile.		GridView Mosaics are the logical extension to GridView. Mosaics lets users create photo mosaics of their profile pictures using their friend's profile pictures as tiles. Mosaics look best when you have a lot of friends and when you have a profile picture with a range of colors. Recently, GridView added the option to create Mosaics with 4 times the detail, by reducing the size of each tile.

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	[[Category:Summer]]		[[Category:Summer]]
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		+	[[Category:Sites]]

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	==Shutdown==		==Shutdown==
	GridView will close down at the end of 2010, because Facebook is completly removing applications from the profile papge at that time. I just don't see any reason to continue the application.		GridView will close down at the end of 2010, because Facebook is completly removing applications from the profile papge at that time. I just don't see any reason to continue the application.
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		+	[[Category:Summer]]