I’ve recently been playing around with Rohan on a relatively new site called Gifyo. It’s such a simple idea it has the ‘why didn’t I think of that’ written all over it.
What it does: Gifyo is a social service that allows you to create animated gifs directly from your webcam. Simply capture, create, and share.
It’s like 3 seconds of filming, that makes an ‘Old School’ style gif. Which has a certain quaintness to it. It’s also very cool because it is so quick to do, and it makes people think about what might entertain other users. Just go to their home page and you can see how quickly this web service has caught on. Some other simple yet smart things it has done is create a live feed where every post gets a turn on the home page feed. Sure, this can only last while it is niche enough to feature everyone… but it sure is a good way of spreading the service – everyone loves a little bit of microfame.
We started a little #officedancing meme just for fun.
So for startup entrepreneurs it provides a couple of really cool lessons.
- Sometimes really small, in fact tiny ideas are the ones that catch on.
- People want to get attention, more than give it.
- Retro technology is big. It is fun and creates a sense of simplicity & nostalgia which is very human.
- If you love something, others might too. Don’t waste time thinking about it, build it and find out.
I can’t wait to hear my readers next fun, small and retro idea they have launched.
