Author Topic: Yuri goes personal in a new blog post! (Read 12530 times)

eyecandy · « **on:** June 06, 2012, 08:36 »

This looks like a new kind of post from Yuri....

Much more personal than the previous ones.

http://arcurs.com/2012/05/www-peopleimages-com-has-launched-a-post-about-how-it-got-there/

ProImage · « **Reply #1 on:** June 06, 2012, 08:51 »

Actually worth reading

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #2 on:** June 06, 2012, 12:02 »

Yes, good reading. I've wondered about the steps one takes to get there in the past.

I think the importance of forcing the launch early was overestimated. I can't imagine the world would end if people found a dead end for a day ( although we did poke at it here

).

Newsfocus1 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 06, 2012, 12:05 »

An interesting and honest account of how the new site was created (set backs and all). The overnight race to get the site live after news leaked out actually made for gripping reading. Thanks for posting the link! Regards, David.

ShadySue · « **Reply #4 on:** June 06, 2012, 12:27 »

Thanks for the link.
I've always liked reading Yuri's articles, even though generally irrelevant to me - always interesting.

cthoman · « **Reply #5 on:** June 06, 2012, 12:51 »

Hopefully those programmers got a nice long vacation.

click_click · « **Reply #6 on:** June 06, 2012, 12:57 »

Quote from: cthoman on June 06, 2012, 12:51

Hopefully those programmers got a nice long vacation.

Don't think so (probably a bonus though). They had to get this thing out of Beta asap as well.

Yuri showed some good stamina there. It must be a true nightmare to figure it all out by yourself - I wish I could do everything by myself but sometime you have to let go of some responsibilities and that to (hopefully) competent people.

The site looks great. And I think over time it will improve even more. Now he has the 100% cash flow option in his own hands - must be a good feeling.

Yuri_Arcurs · « **Reply #7 on:** June 06, 2012, 13:19 »

Well yes. Sales are few still, but regular and increasing. More than I expected. peopleimages.com will not be able to compete against the big buys in the marketplace. We are too specialized.
For the right kind of client we are perfect however. And we are starting to see that, because our customers are absolutely crazy about us. One actually sent me a pair of socks to my private adress, thanking me for finally giving them a "proper" workplace. There must be a pretty big built up pressure inside some of these designers.
Socks... Can you believe that!

click_click · « **Reply #8 on:** June 06, 2012, 13:30 »

Quote from: Yuri_Arcurs on June 06, 2012, 13:19

Well yes. Sales are few still, but regular and increasing. More than I expected. peopleimages.com will not be able to compete against the big buys in the marketplace. We are too specialized.
For the right kind of client we are perfect however. And we are starting to see that, because our customers are absolutely crazy about us. One actually sent me a pair of socks to my private adress, thanking me for finally giving them a "proper" workplace. There must be a pretty big built up pressure inside some of these designers.
Socks... Can you believe that!

Socks, that's one of those gifts you can't really go wrong

jamesbenet · « **Reply #9 on:** June 06, 2012, 13:32 »

Quote from: sjlocke on June 06, 2012, 12:02

Yes, good reading. I've wondered about the steps one takes to get there in the past.

I think the importance of forcing the launch early was overestimated. I can't imagine the world would end if people found a dead end for a day ( although we did poke at it here ).

I find that to be the case in web-land. For some reason site launches are decided in the first week of operation, if it fails most start-ups are declared non viable so the importance of launching quick was probably warranted. This is a Silicon valley thing but it could translate anywhere. The paranoid survive is the motto.

However as a site that will grow and offer a unique set of products Yuri probably has less to worry about and surely not about timing of a few days.

Yuri, the post is great thanks for taking the time to blog about it all. Would like to hear more about the story in the future.

cthoman · « **Reply #10 on:** June 06, 2012, 14:25 »

Quote from: jamesbenet on June 06, 2012, 13:32

I find that to be the case in web-land. For some reason site launches are decided in the first week of operation, if it fails most start-ups are declared non viable so the importance of launching quick was probably warranted. This is a Silicon valley thing but it could translate anywhere. The paranoid survive is the motto.

I like the slow and steady approach myself. It's way too easy to waste money on the internet.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 06, 2012, 23:20 »

Quote from: Yuri_Arcurs on June 06, 2012, 13:19

Well yes. Sales are few still, but regular and increasing. More than I expected. peopleimages.com will not be able to compete against the big buys in the marketplace. We are too specialized.
For the right kind of client we are perfect however. And we are starting to see that, because our customers are absolutely crazy about us. One actually sent me a pair of socks to my private adress, thanking me for finally giving them a "proper" workplace. There must be a pretty big built up pressure inside some of these designers.
Socks... Can you believe that!

I seriously believe you should keep that to yourself, if I was a buyer, even a very weird one I would like to have my privacy, but hey sure you won´t be fired because of this post

Sheridan · « **Reply #12 on:** June 07, 2012, 02:07 »

Quote from: click_click on June 06, 2012, 13:30

Quote from: Yuri_Arcurs on June 06, 2012, 13:19
Well yes. Sales are few still, but regular and increasing. More than I expected. peopleimages.com will not be able to compete against the big buys in the marketplace. We are too specialized.
For the right kind of client we are perfect however. And we are starting to see that, because our customers are absolutely crazy about us. One actually sent me a pair of socks to my private adress, thanking me for finally giving them a "proper" workplace. There must be a pretty big built up pressure inside some of these designers.
Socks... Can you believe that!
Socks, that's one of those gifts you can't really go wrong

You'd think so - but I got two left-footed ones once!

spike · « **Reply #13 on:** June 07, 2012, 02:37 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on June 06, 2012, 23:20

Quote from: Yuri_Arcurs on June 06, 2012, 13:19
Well yes. Sales are few still, but regular and increasing. More than I expected. peopleimages.com will not be able to compete against the big buys in the marketplace. We are too specialized.
For the right kind of client we are perfect however. And we are starting to see that, because our customers are absolutely crazy about us. One actually sent me a pair of socks to my private adress, thanking me for finally giving them a "proper" workplace. There must be a pretty big built up pressure inside some of these designers.
Socks... Can you believe that!

I seriously believe you should keep that to yourself, if I was a buyer, even a very weird one I would like to have my privacy, but hey sure you won´t be fired because of this post

And how exactly did he violate the buyer's privacy? By saying "one customer"? Ya, that's enough to get his name, address, facebook profile, credit card nubmer, pin. And we all know which customers he's reffering to. Ah.

Yuri_Arcurs · « **Reply #14 on:** June 07, 2012, 05:30 »

I sent the person a personal thank you letter and treated him with the highest degree of respect. It's still a funny story and I am 100% sure that he does not mind me sharing it here. After all, sending socks are done in a humorous attempt, in the very same was as it was used in my post here. So harm done for sure.

ProImage · « **Reply #15 on:** June 07, 2012, 05:32 »

Quote from: spike on June 07, 2012, 02:37

Quote from: luissantos84 on June 06, 2012, 23:20
Quote from: Yuri_Arcurs on June 06, 2012, 13:19
Well yes. Sales are few still, but regular and increasing. More than I expected. peopleimages.com will not be able to compete against the big buys in the marketplace. We are too specialized.
For the right kind of client we are perfect however. And we are starting to see that, because our customers are absolutely crazy about us. One actually sent me a pair of socks to my private adress, thanking me for finally giving them a "proper" workplace. There must be a pretty big built up pressure inside some of these designers.
Socks... Can you believe that!

I seriously believe you should keep that to yourself, if I was a buyer, even a very weird one I would like to have my privacy, but hey sure you won´t be fired because of this post

And how exactly did he violate the buyer's privacy? By saying "one customer"? Ya, that's enough to get his name, address, facebook profile, credit card nubmer, pin. And we all know which customers he's reffering to. Ah.

Hilarious Spike

From a blog post to socks and a privacy talk again.

Burning question is. What color Socks?

antistock · « **Reply #16 on:** June 07, 2012, 11:45 »

very nice article Yuri !

you did the right move fending off from the RoR guys ... and others would have come up offering to rewrite the whole site in ASP or Python.

unfortunately there's this tendency in engineering to perpetually reinvent the wheel over and over again, they're sometimes called "scratchers" as they love to start from scratch, my experience instead was that once they finish the job they're the only ones who are able to put their hands in the code base and this will cost you a lot of money in case of future upgrades and fixes.

a quicker option would have been to buy one of the many expensive CMS used by other photo archives and agencies but they're not gonna come cheap and they're not at all easy to use and customize especially if the client is a perfectionist ...

my best wishes for PeopleImages, i really like your site it's fresh and with nice colors and i like the grouping in the popup thumbnails.

donding · « **Reply #17 on:** June 09, 2012, 10:18 »

Hey I went to read it and it said page not found...did he take it down?

luissantos84 · « **Reply #18 on:** June 09, 2012, 10:22 »

Quote from: donding on June 09, 2012, 10:18

Hey I went to read it and it said page not found...did he take it down?

sure you have the right link? check Yuri signature

I have registered on PI just to see how things work and got a few emails already regarding FREE images, most are from NASA found it quite curious..

http://peopleimages.com/search#types:Free/sort-order:new

drugal · « **Reply #19 on:** June 09, 2012, 15:47 »

Quote from: spike on June 07, 2012, 02:37

Quote from: luissantos84 on June 06, 2012, 23:20
Quote from: Yuri_Arcurs on June 06, 2012, 13:19
Well yes. Sales are few still, but regular and increasing. More than I expected. peopleimages.com will not be able to compete against the big buys in the marketplace. We are too specialized.
For the right kind of client we are perfect however. And we are starting to see that, because our customers are absolutely crazy about us. One actually sent me a pair of socks to my private adress, thanking me for finally giving them a "proper" workplace. There must be a pretty big built up pressure inside some of these designers.
Socks... Can you believe that!

I seriously believe you should keep that to yourself, if I was a buyer, even a very weird one I would like to have my privacy, but hey sure you won´t be fired because of this post

And how exactly did he violate the buyer's privacy? By saying "one customer"? Ya, that's enough to get his name, address, facebook profile, credit card nubmer, pin. And we all know which customers he's reffering to. Ah.

Maybe he is called One Actually. A son to mr. and mrs. Actually.

Mantis · « **Reply #20 on:** June 09, 2012, 17:36 »

Quote from: Yuri_Arcurs on June 07, 2012, 05:30

I sent the person a personal thank you letter and treated him with the highest degree of respect. It's still a funny story and I am 100% sure that he does not mind me sharing it here. After all, sending socks are done in a humorous attempt, in the very same was as it was used in my post here. So harm done for sure.

Ignore the rest of these jealous souls, please.

OM · « **Reply #21 on:** June 09, 2012, 19:34 »

Quote from: donding on June 09, 2012, 10:18

Hey I went to read it and it said page not found...did he take it down?

Same here. Try this: http://arcurs.com/
and click the top/first article.

Excellent. Congrats, all the best to you Yuri............but it's not for me........prefer a quieter life.

aluxum · « **Reply #22 on:** June 10, 2012, 05:52 »

Great article. The titanic effort was well worth it. A great and easy to navigate site that for sure will have a strong audience.

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