The year was 2007. MySpace was the number one social network in America. Hannah Montana was emerging as one of Disney’s most commercially successful franchises. Incredibly, the top ranked Google result for “MySpace Hannah Montana” was my own CoolChaser. That brought in thousands of users a day to my site, which made well over $100,000/month in advertising.
Such a great story Chao. I love the idea that it's ok to start with the trendy or shiny thing if i gets you excited but important to just start! Nice work.
This is so cool! I always say if someone told me that coding was what I was doing on my MySpace page, I would've become an engineer. I really enjoyed this look back in time and your lessons from CoolChaser.
hey hey heyyyyyy not all of us are mimetic lemmings, Chao!!!!
Also, I'm obsessed with those images of the MySpace layouts lol
Sunday Candy is as close as I can get to the MySpace vibes -- boy do I miss that personalization
Such a great story Chao. I love the idea that it's ok to start with the trendy or shiny thing if i gets you excited but important to just start! Nice work.
Nice one Chao! This is an amazing story and packed with detail
This is so cool! I always say if someone told me that coding was what I was doing on my MySpace page, I would've become an engineer. I really enjoyed this look back in time and your lessons from CoolChaser.
"when what you build collides with reality, be open" - wohoo, great story and such an important message Chao!
Wow, what a great story. I learned a bit of internet history today. Great lessons, as well 👍