FlipFrames launches! Congrats to Dave, Josh, Aaron and Mia!

A few of my friends and former colleagues launched their startup today, at FlipFrames.com!

It is a slideshow and photosharing site with some cool user interaction design. You can add different backgrounds in the frame, and anyone can comment on any photo if logged in, even in the distributed slideshow on MySpace or a blog. Their FAQ mentions something about a label, but I don’t see where that is.

Here’s a quick slideshow I made with photos of my recent trip to Paris.

They have an “Add to MySpace” functionality too so you don’t have to even look at the embed codes if that isn’t your thing. DISCLAIMER: Before you go there and make fun of me, you should know that my MySpace page is horribly horribly awful.

Their differentiating factor appears to be that they are building a reputational element to the slideshows (Frames), such that some frame styles are locked until you have a certain amount of interaction on your current slideshows. One of their FAQs states:

What are check$?
Each check is like a penny, so 100 check$ are like a dollar. When people view or “flip” your FlipFrame, you earn check$. Check$ can be used to purchase exclusive locked frames or in the check store to buy prizes.

It also looks like they will soon be launching a handful of other verticalized services.

The site has been live for just a few hours, so I’m sure they’ll be firefighting bugs and such all weekend. But check it out and play around with it. If you have feedback, it looks like they’ll take it here. Congrats again guys! Pretty sweet! I know it was a lot of hard work.

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