nealrs
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Neal Shyam | nealrs @ gmail
nealshyam.com
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Comment · 7 years ago
If you'd like to do something similar, but for your blog (or any website really) -- I wrote an app that produces segmented videos in both Instagram Story / square aspect ratios. It's called StoryScroll => https://neal.rs/app
Here's a demo video => https://youtu.be/u1k1JZtDzuU
Comment · 7 years ago
Tangentially related => I used ffmpeg + puppeteer to build StoryScroll https://neal.rs/app, which turns blog posts into scrolling videos for social media.
I also used to build a desktop app that my team uses to download Alexa Flash Briefing metrics (because there's no API for that)
Puppeteer's full-screen screenshots & DOM manipulation abilities are clutch!!
Comment · 7 years ago
Nothing other than anecdata. My audience has reacted positively to StoryScrolls. I've made a some app sales. People have asked me to share the app with them.
IMO, it's a lot easier to like & follow a video that plays without interaction than to like something you have to clickthrough to learn more about.
Comment · 7 years ago
I built this because i wanted to make my career advice blog https://nealshyam.com/advice more engaging on social and realized, why even both with clicks?
You can't post links on Instagram unless you're verified or have 10,000 followers. And even then, every link is a roadblock.
Frankly, long form content is at disadvantage on social media, because these platforms prioritize video and advertisements. So, I decided to turn my blog posts into videos. No clicks, no distracting sound, no friction. Just a clean, lean-back, and engaging experience.
It has a few limitations - infinite scroll is hard. It might not work well on a super JS heavy site like CNN. But for static site or square space / word press blog, you should be fine.
And yes, I know the icon is dumb. I'll change it :)