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beme — Share video, honestly. A new app by Casey Neistat.
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Andy P
It took me too long to figure out that you have to cover up the front facing camera to post haha.
Here's a code: Your beme unlock code is XRCF3-73HKY-UWTJJ-W6XSR. This code works only once. Tap here to get in
http://beme.codes/XRCF3-73HKY-UW...
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The proximity sensor as a trigger to record is very interesting. When you watch the video, you can tell Casey, @mhkt and team have thought about the reason for doing so, and not implementing it for shiggles because it's a novel and unique idea. Will be very interested to see if this interaction pattern takes off. Also FWIW, it took Snapchat 4 years to remove tap-and-hold-to-view and change it to tap-to-view. Maybe phone-to-chest/wall/surface will be the next big thing to add a new perspective on video.
The team looks well assembled and very driven! Going to beme and explore! Follow along: jeffsoo
Spent a few minutes "beme-ing" my coffee making experience this morning. It's the first time I've felt like I didn't know what I was doing with an app (but not in a bad way). Using the proximity sensor to record is super interesting and I'm sure they'll perfect it. Beme feels really unique, even in its infancy.
If nothing else, I greatly admire @caseyneistat AND his team for trying to bring authenticity, transparency, and imperfection to the social landscape. In a time where we all are guilty of taking 14 photos to find the right one to share, this is a refreshing change.
Also, happy to share unlock codes if people want to send me DMs on Twitter (same username there).
@iwearyourshirt replying to myself.... I'm apparently already out of unlock codes. Here's how you guys can easily find an unlock code:
1. Download the beme app
2. Click to add your unlock code
3. Open Twitter app
4. Search "beme" and view "Live" results
5. Lots of people tweeting unlock codes every 20 seconds or so
6. Copy + paste code into beme
BOOM!
@amphotostudio wish I'd seen that earlier, I could have found some great ones on Google to send to those idiots!
@iwearyourshirt this worked for me—Twitter Live wasn't quite fast enough, a TweetDeck search stream did the trick though.
Smooth invite flow overall, they're using Branch Metrics https://branch.io/ for code tracking and deep link handling.
@iwearyourshirt I took this to its natural conclusion and wrote a small web app that grabs only the latest shared codes and shares them with anyone connected to the app over websockets http://beme.herokuapp.com/
Any spare invites floating around from people who have gotten invited above? My username is fletcher! Will repost invites here if i get one :)
Couple more invite codes for the group:
http://beme.codes/DZXIJ-W68JR-KU...
http://beme.codes/2G3PN-QJRFJ-O4...
I've been following Casey Neistat since the HBO days. His Snapchat and Youtube have always been a ton of fun and I love his style. He's an awesome story teller! Haven't gotten access to Beme yet, but I'm excited to do so if one of my friends gets an invite before me :) Awesome work here, this is such a cool concept!
Just wanted to draw one similarity to this from the apple watch. When I used to visit a new city and needed to get somewhere, I'd open maps to navigate between places. Now, with the watch, I don't have to look at my phone the entire time I'm walking around. I think Beme is doing the same thing here. It keeps you more in touch with the real world while still allowing you to use technology without getting in the way. Very cool!
I'm so looking forward to trying this. @caseyneistat is so good at video, so I'm very excited to see what he and the beme team have done. Hope I can get an invite code soon!!
@emieljanson @bramk Any chance I can get a code as well? (username same as twitter)
@emieljanson @bramk Not to turn this into an invite train... but....may I please get on the invite train?
@emieljanson Would love to grab an invite, I've been wanting to play with this for months. (@hunter2d)
Sad no android version at launch. This isn't 2012 anymore, we expect both versions released near the same time. <3
I'm a huge fan of Casey/his films and have been really excited for this unveiling. The interaction of pressing the phone flat to your chest to record is innovative, but also a pretty major flaw if you're a woman aka your chest isn't flat. The whole gesture feels awkward as opposed to effortless. Hard to believe the creators didn't consider this, curious if they've addressed it anywhere?
@allany888 Yep, agree with Casey here. I can make it work, but it's a lot more annoying and the whole value prop of "sharing without having to think" is definitely knocked down a notch.
Been following @caseyneistat for awhile and anticipating this, he also inspired me to start vlogging. Being someone who has created a UGC tool for the masses (speak to animate), I think the gamble for Beme is how interesting RAW raw content will continue to be. It’s hard enough to create interesting content with effort and creativity, but like with anything, once people figure out how to make the format work in a way that IS interesting, they will rise above the rest. I feel like Vine learned that and really started to get interesting once they allowed access to the Camera Roll, and is certainly how they engaged brands.
I’m personally interested in trying this because so much of my own social media posts are geared specifically towards positivity and behavior change with polished content, which entails a lot of thought and work in how I post, versus turning the camera on myself. Vlogging was meant to turn the camera on myself, but requires so much time transferring and organizing footage, editing, and thinking about story arc. Using this will be nice to expose the opposite of polish and to be super quick and BTS of life.
Not sure of its features yet, since I’m still looking for an invite code, but I already know I’d love to replay the collection of my raw moments to relive, otherwise it’s just a blackhole and all I’m doing is hoping for people to validate my moments with whatever facial expression they send back. Vlogging is special because it reminds me of all of the little things, and I think this has that potential, same vein at 1 Second A Day.
All that said, anyone have an invite? :)
This thread reminds me of the Mailbox Mac OS X beta with the mad rush for codes. That being said I'm curious, will hunt down a code.
Looks promising! Would love to try this out. Anyone else with invite codes to share?
@michaxndr Here you go. Your beme unlock code is MR42P-R6B2D-SJ6YX-UWVX6. This code works only once. Tap here to get in
http://beme.codes/MR42P-R6B2D-SJ...
This looks great, the proximity sensor is so innovative . Now if I could only get an invite. :)
I love love love @caseyneistat's Snapchat feed, YouTube videos, and Vine videos. It's interesting to see him (a "new media celeb") move into product. I have yet to try the app but it's clear that it's focusing on participation (something @benrbn from Meerkat has talked a lot about and demonstrated with their launch of Cameo.
Here's another article about the app by @MikeIsaac in the NYT.
Here's another article about the app by @MikeIsaac in the NYT.
@rrhoover Thanks for capturing this! I wonder if they tried other interactions - the two-hand requirement is definitely a weak spot, and an accessibility woe. Perhaps something like the 'kudos' hover target on Svbtle? Though you need the ability to tap to get the rapid fire multi-reactions (I assume that's what we're seeing here).
@rrhoover just tried it out. You definitely have to watch the video above to figure out the basics. Not intuitive out of the box. I'm `mijustin` if anyone wants to hang out!