The Roundup
Everything you missed this past week on Product Hunt: Top products, spicy community discourse, key trends on the site, and long-form pieces we’ve recently published.
The Clubhouse Collection
Last month we reviewed 10 new tools that can help level-up your Clubhouse experience.
This a trend that looks set to continue as more Makers are innovating on top of the latest audio social network.
Here are 6 new tools to add to your Clubhouse collection.
Direcon for Clubhouse launched today and serves as a moderation platform and audience insight tool.
Clubhouse App Invites will help anyone still waiting for an invite to get immediate access.
Clubhouse Bio Builder helps your bio standout with access to 70 fonts and easy to use text-editor.
Clubhouse Avatar Maker allows you to quickly add colorful rings to your avatar.
Clubhouse Bio Generator lets you create an influencer worthy bio with this satirical product.
Clubpad brings sound reactions to your show including applause, laughter, crickets and more.
This a trend that looks set to continue as more Makers are innovating on top of the latest audio social network.
Here are 6 new tools to add to your Clubhouse collection.
Direcon for Clubhouse launched today and serves as a moderation platform and audience insight tool.
Clubhouse App Invites will help anyone still waiting for an invite to get immediate access.
Clubhouse Bio Builder helps your bio standout with access to 70 fonts and easy to use text-editor.
Clubhouse Avatar Maker allows you to quickly add colorful rings to your avatar.
Clubhouse Bio Generator lets you create an influencer worthy bio with this satirical product.
Clubpad brings sound reactions to your show including applause, laughter, crickets and more.
The next Instagram?
Tech-Twitter was all about the new version of Dispo last week, David Dobrik's camera app that elicits nostalgic feelings associated with using a disposable camera.
The app launched on Product Hunt last year, originally called Disposable, with the latest version being released this weekend in beta and requiring an invite to access on Testflight.
So what is it? Dispo is a camera app for iPhone with a pretty bold design that's meant to mimic the delayed gratification of getting photos developed, while not actually needing to get anything printed out.
After taking your snaps, you have to wait for the rolls to develop before you can see them in the app. For anyone that remembers the thrill of getting your vacation photos developed IRL, you'll get the anticipation that builds here. Unlike getting your negatives back from the drugstore, however, on Dispo, the photos look great even if you’ve taken a crappy shot - meaning you don't need to be a photography student to share a cool-looking snap.
The biggest new addition to the latest drop is shared rolls. Think of it like a collaborative photo album that develops new pics every morning at 9 am. Nobody, even the photographer, can see the photos until then. This social element is interesting and draws comparisons to IG and other image-based social networks.
Could Dispo become the next Instagram? The jury's out for now but we're excited to test it out and join some of your rolls.
The app launched on Product Hunt last year, originally called Disposable, with the latest version being released this weekend in beta and requiring an invite to access on Testflight.
So what is it? Dispo is a camera app for iPhone with a pretty bold design that's meant to mimic the delayed gratification of getting photos developed, while not actually needing to get anything printed out.
After taking your snaps, you have to wait for the rolls to develop before you can see them in the app. For anyone that remembers the thrill of getting your vacation photos developed IRL, you'll get the anticipation that builds here. Unlike getting your negatives back from the drugstore, however, on Dispo, the photos look great even if you’ve taken a crappy shot - meaning you don't need to be a photography student to share a cool-looking snap.
The biggest new addition to the latest drop is shared rolls. Think of it like a collaborative photo album that develops new pics every morning at 9 am. Nobody, even the photographer, can see the photos until then. This social element is interesting and draws comparisons to IG and other image-based social networks.
Could Dispo become the next Instagram? The jury's out for now but we're excited to test it out and join some of your rolls.
10 tools for Clubhouse
We're seeing a wave of products emerge as makers build tools and products to elevate their Clubhouse experience, including these 10 recent launches:
ClubLink offers a free link shortener that creates social sharing images for Clubhouse events.
Clubhype is similar to ClubLink, creating short links with social image previews for events.
Host Notes for Clubhouse allows you to find upcoming Clubhouse events, RSVP, view the meeting agenda, review past events, see referenced articles, and get summaries.
Shorten.Club lets you keep all of your links and notes in one place to easily share them with your Clubhouse community.
Chpic lets you create a colorful ring for your profile picture on Clubhouse.
Comet Events for Clubhouse offers similar functionality to Host Notes. Create an event landing page and calendar for your Clubhouse community to RSVP and share notes.
Clubhouse Bio Editor lets you edit your Clubhouse bio comfortably from your browser.
YoYo helps moderators take their audience from 1 room to the next with scheduling features.
AskClubhouse allows your Clubhouse audience to ask written questions for those who don't want to get up on stage.
Rooms of Clubhouse lets you search all open rooms on Clubhouse.
As the Clubhouse community continues to grow, it will be interesting to see if the functionality from any of these independent tools gets added natively into the product.
We'll be watching along with curiosity. 👀
ClubLink offers a free link shortener that creates social sharing images for Clubhouse events.
Clubhype is similar to ClubLink, creating short links with social image previews for events.
Host Notes for Clubhouse allows you to find upcoming Clubhouse events, RSVP, view the meeting agenda, review past events, see referenced articles, and get summaries.
Shorten.Club lets you keep all of your links and notes in one place to easily share them with your Clubhouse community.
Chpic lets you create a colorful ring for your profile picture on Clubhouse.
Comet Events for Clubhouse offers similar functionality to Host Notes. Create an event landing page and calendar for your Clubhouse community to RSVP and share notes.
Clubhouse Bio Editor lets you edit your Clubhouse bio comfortably from your browser.
YoYo helps moderators take their audience from 1 room to the next with scheduling features.
AskClubhouse allows your Clubhouse audience to ask written questions for those who don't want to get up on stage.
Rooms of Clubhouse lets you search all open rooms on Clubhouse.
As the Clubhouse community continues to grow, it will be interesting to see if the functionality from any of these independent tools gets added natively into the product.
We'll be watching along with curiosity. 👀
OnlyFans for X
OnlyFans for X is the new Uber for X. Whether you're into building bespoke spreadsheets, tweets, niche communities, or investing, there's an OnlyFans model for you.
Monetizing side projects and passion plays, has been amplified by our largely socially distant new world, prompting people to explore alternative ways to safely make a living from home.
The rise of paid newsletters through products like Substack and Ghost, and more recently with Twitter's acquisition of Revue, are other examples of how content creators can monetise their audience.
Of course there are many more tools to help creators monetize their passion. Check these out:
Current pays you to stream your favorite content.
Buy Me A Coffee gives your audience a way to thank you for creating content.
Cent is a network for Universal Creative Income featuring lots of amazing artists to support.
LiveKlass is an on-demand virtual classroom platform.
Glow offers a no-code way for indie podcasts to make $ through memberships.
Drip is a Patreon competitor by Kickstarter built to back creators.
Curious Fictions is a Patreon for professional authors and writers.
Flattr is an automatic way for creators to make money from their online content.
Supercast makes podcast monetization simple by adding a paid membership to your podcast.
Monetizing side projects and passion plays, has been amplified by our largely socially distant new world, prompting people to explore alternative ways to safely make a living from home.
The rise of paid newsletters through products like Substack and Ghost, and more recently with Twitter's acquisition of Revue, are other examples of how content creators can monetise their audience.
Of course there are many more tools to help creators monetize their passion. Check these out:
Current pays you to stream your favorite content.
Buy Me A Coffee gives your audience a way to thank you for creating content.
Cent is a network for Universal Creative Income featuring lots of amazing artists to support.
LiveKlass is an on-demand virtual classroom platform.
Glow offers a no-code way for indie podcasts to make $ through memberships.
Drip is a Patreon competitor by Kickstarter built to back creators.
Curious Fictions is a Patreon for professional authors and writers.
Flattr is an automatic way for creators to make money from their online content.
Supercast makes podcast monetization simple by adding a paid membership to your podcast.
GOLDEN KITTY WINNERS
The 6th annual Golden Kitty Awards have come to an end. You nominated thousands of products and makers across 23 categories, casting tens of thousands of upvotes to select the winners.
We were thrilled to share the award ceremony yesterday with so many of the winners and finalists. Thank you to everyone who attended and made it a truly special event.
So without further ado, here are the 2020 Golden Kitty winners in each of the 23 categories
⛱ Remote Work tool of the year: Vowel
👀 Side Project of the year: One Word Domains
🛠 Hardware product of the year: Rqaspberry Pi 400
🙀 WTF product of the year: How Bad Is Your Spotify?
🛍 Ecommerce product of the year: RetentionX
🎨 Design tool of the year: Spline
🗣 Audio and Voice product of the year: Phone Call Translator
🙅♀️ No-code tool of the year: V.One
📱 Mobile App of the year: EduDo
🔐 Privacy Focussed tool of the year: SecureFrame
💸 Fintech product of the year: Finmark
⛓ Crypto product of the year: Cent
🌈 Diversity and Inclusion product of the year: Noun Project Photos
💯 Productivity tool of the year: Fastdok
🏋️♂️ Health and Wellness product of the year: Plum Village
🌏 Community and social product of the year: Onlyfams
🌎 Social Impact product of the year: Campaign With
🤖 AI and Machine Learning product of the year: Almanac
😎 Augmented Realisty product of the year: ClipDrop
🖥 Developer tool of the year: Markup
🏆 Product of the year: Clubhouse
Check out the winners, runner ups and honorable mentions in all 23 categories here.
We also gave out two non-voting awards. Congrats to our Maker of the Lucy Guo, and Community Member of the Year, Chris Messina.
And a big thank you to our partners, Welcome, Zendesk for Startups and Capsule.
Congrats to all makers for building awesome things in 2020. 😺
We were thrilled to share the award ceremony yesterday with so many of the winners and finalists. Thank you to everyone who attended and made it a truly special event.
So without further ado, here are the 2020 Golden Kitty winners in each of the 23 categories
⛱ Remote Work tool of the year: Vowel
👀 Side Project of the year: One Word Domains
🛠 Hardware product of the year: Rqaspberry Pi 400
🙀 WTF product of the year: How Bad Is Your Spotify?
🛍 Ecommerce product of the year: RetentionX
🎨 Design tool of the year: Spline
🗣 Audio and Voice product of the year: Phone Call Translator
🙅♀️ No-code tool of the year: V.One
📱 Mobile App of the year: EduDo
🔐 Privacy Focussed tool of the year: SecureFrame
💸 Fintech product of the year: Finmark
⛓ Crypto product of the year: Cent
🌈 Diversity and Inclusion product of the year: Noun Project Photos
💯 Productivity tool of the year: Fastdok
🏋️♂️ Health and Wellness product of the year: Plum Village
🌏 Community and social product of the year: Onlyfams
🌎 Social Impact product of the year: Campaign With
🤖 AI and Machine Learning product of the year: Almanac
😎 Augmented Realisty product of the year: ClipDrop
🖥 Developer tool of the year: Markup
🏆 Product of the year: Clubhouse
Check out the winners, runner ups and honorable mentions in all 23 categories here.
We also gave out two non-voting awards. Congrats to our Maker of the Lucy Guo, and Community Member of the Year, Chris Messina.
And a big thank you to our partners, Welcome, Zendesk for Startups and Capsule.
Congrats to all makers for building awesome things in 2020. 😺
Makers Festival to $7.5M
Today, the folks over at Yelling At Cubicles (aka YAC) announced a $7.5M round of funding led by GGV Capital and a return investment from the Slack Fund.
You might remember the team from their Maker Story where cofounder Justin Mitchell unpacks how 1 tweet led them to raise $400K. That $400K is now $7.5M. Pretty impressive stuff.
Fun Fact: YAC started as a project during our first ever Makers Festival in 2018 where they went on to win a Silver Kitty Trophy. 🏆
YAC is a voice messaging app for remote teams allowing you to leave a voice note for your team in Slack, in a group, or in public. A kind of Slack-meets-Clubhouse scenario.
With Clubhouse itself now reportedly valued at $1B, and Twitter audio spaces gaining momentum, the social audio space is increasingly interesting to watch. Many products dropped in this space last year, we covered a number of them in this newsletter. We're excited to see how this space develops, and what launches to look out for in 2021
We are joined by the YAC team today for an AMA to discover how they went from Product Hunt Makers Festival to raising $7.5M. Join us and ask them a question.
You might remember the team from their Maker Story where cofounder Justin Mitchell unpacks how 1 tweet led them to raise $400K. That $400K is now $7.5M. Pretty impressive stuff.
Fun Fact: YAC started as a project during our first ever Makers Festival in 2018 where they went on to win a Silver Kitty Trophy. 🏆
YAC is a voice messaging app for remote teams allowing you to leave a voice note for your team in Slack, in a group, or in public. A kind of Slack-meets-Clubhouse scenario.
With Clubhouse itself now reportedly valued at $1B, and Twitter audio spaces gaining momentum, the social audio space is increasingly interesting to watch. Many products dropped in this space last year, we covered a number of them in this newsletter. We're excited to see how this space develops, and what launches to look out for in 2021
We are joined by the YAC team today for an AMA to discover how they went from Product Hunt Makers Festival to raising $7.5M. Join us and ask them a question.
Golden Kitty Voting Announcement 🚨
All last week, you nominated your favorite products of 2020 across 21 CATegories. We tallied up thousands of nominations and have narrowed down the finalists.
Below are the first five categories open for voting (keep an eye out in your inbox every day this week as we announce more finalists).
⛱ Remote Work Tools
👀 Side Projects
🛠 Hardware
🙀 WTF
🛍 E-commerce
Voting starts today and closes Friday, January 22 at 11:59pm PT. Upvote your favorites here.
Look out for tomorrow’s newsletter where we’ll be sharing the finalists for the next batch of categories (Design-Tools, Audio and Voice, No-Code, Mobile-App and Privacy). In addition to lots of love from the PH community, winners will receive a prize package with custom swag and a golden kitty trophy. 😸
ICYMI we are also hosting our first-ever virtual awards ceremony on January 28, where host Casey Newton will be announcing this year's Golden Kitty winners live. Spaces are limited so reserve your spot now. Register here. 👈
This year's Golden Kitty Awards is brought in partnership with our friends at Welcome, Zendesk for Startups and Capsule.
Below are the first five categories open for voting (keep an eye out in your inbox every day this week as we announce more finalists).
⛱ Remote Work Tools
👀 Side Projects
🛠 Hardware
🙀 WTF
🛍 E-commerce
Voting starts today and closes Friday, January 22 at 11:59pm PT. Upvote your favorites here.
Look out for tomorrow’s newsletter where we’ll be sharing the finalists for the next batch of categories (Design-Tools, Audio and Voice, No-Code, Mobile-App and Privacy). In addition to lots of love from the PH community, winners will receive a prize package with custom swag and a golden kitty trophy. 😸
ICYMI we are also hosting our first-ever virtual awards ceremony on January 28, where host Casey Newton will be announcing this year's Golden Kitty winners live. Spaces are limited so reserve your spot now. Register here. 👈
This year's Golden Kitty Awards is brought in partnership with our friends at Welcome, Zendesk for Startups and Capsule.
The Annual Golden Kitty Awards are back
It's January, and that means it's time for the Annual Golden Kitty Awards!
The Golden Kitty Awards is an annual celebration of products, makers, and community members. This year we have 23 categories up for grabs, with winners of each receiving a coveted Golden Kitty trophy.
How it works: Pick your fav products across each category (the full list of categories is listed here). You can pick from any upvoted product in 2020.
You can nominate products starting TODAY until Friday, January 15th at 11:59 a.m. PT. Voting will open on Monday, January 18, as we announce the finalists in daily category drops throughout the week.
This is our 6th year running the Golden Kitty Awards, and for the first time ever, on January 28 we're hosting a live virtual awards ceremony, hosted by tech royalty, Casey Newton.
Join us for the live winner announcements, networking opportunities, special guests, and more. The first 100 to register will be able to claim an official Golden Kitty 2020 T-shirt. 🏆
Who should be a finalist? Nominate your favorites.
The Golden Kitties are brought in partnership with our friends at Welcome, Zendesk for Startups and Capsule.
The Golden Kitty Awards is an annual celebration of products, makers, and community members. This year we have 23 categories up for grabs, with winners of each receiving a coveted Golden Kitty trophy.
How it works: Pick your fav products across each category (the full list of categories is listed here). You can pick from any upvoted product in 2020.
You can nominate products starting TODAY until Friday, January 15th at 11:59 a.m. PT. Voting will open on Monday, January 18, as we announce the finalists in daily category drops throughout the week.
This is our 6th year running the Golden Kitty Awards, and for the first time ever, on January 28 we're hosting a live virtual awards ceremony, hosted by tech royalty, Casey Newton.
Join us for the live winner announcements, networking opportunities, special guests, and more. The first 100 to register will be able to claim an official Golden Kitty 2020 T-shirt. 🏆
Who should be a finalist? Nominate your favorites.
The Golden Kitties are brought in partnership with our friends at Welcome, Zendesk for Startups and Capsule.
New year, who dis?
New year, new kitty? This year, we’re starting off the year golden. ✨
Probably the most anticipated awards show of the year (Oscars who?), we’re bringing back the Golden Kitty Awards. The Golden Kitty Awards is an annual celebration of products, makers, and community members. Every year we highlight the most interesting products and prolific makers. You can see last year's winners here.
This year we’re hosting a virtual awards ceremony with more deets around nominations and even a tease on who the host is coming soon. 👀
Sign up to keep in the know.
Probably the most anticipated awards show of the year (Oscars who?), we’re bringing back the Golden Kitty Awards. The Golden Kitty Awards is an annual celebration of products, makers, and community members. Every year we highlight the most interesting products and prolific makers. You can see last year's winners here.
This year we’re hosting a virtual awards ceremony with more deets around nominations and even a tease on who the host is coming soon. 👀
Sign up to keep in the know.
Do the loco-Notion 🕺
We've seen lots of interesting products built on top of, or alongside, Notion this year. It could almost become its own standalone topic at this point.
Curious to see what's been popular? Check out these trending community-created solutions that use Notion:
1. Notion Pack - freelance documents and templates, which users can customize to their clients' brand.
2. Reports for Notion - interactive charts and tables embedded into Notion.so pages.
3. Notion Automations - automate your Notion workflows with Zapier.
4. Notion Charts - quickly generate interactive charts that are tailored for Notion's Embed blocks.
5. Bulletproof Notion Workspace - use the Bulletproof methodology in your workspace.
6. Apption for Notion - find and learn Notion friendly embeddable mini apps.
7. Notion Growth Workspace - templates for project management, SEO, fundraising, marketing, and sales.
8. Notion TrackerSuite - offers 12 productivity templates and a 10-Part Notion training course.
9. Notion E-Commerce UI Kit - a toolkit consisting of 70+ custom designed components, style guide, and more.
10. NotionMetrics - pulls important metrics from Stripe, Rescuetime, Mailchimp, Convertkit, Plaid, and Google Analytics.
And of course, Notion had its own official product launch just last month. ICYMI 👇🏻
Curious to see what's been popular? Check out these trending community-created solutions that use Notion:
1. Notion Pack - freelance documents and templates, which users can customize to their clients' brand.
2. Reports for Notion - interactive charts and tables embedded into Notion.so pages.
3. Notion Automations - automate your Notion workflows with Zapier.
4. Notion Charts - quickly generate interactive charts that are tailored for Notion's Embed blocks.
5. Bulletproof Notion Workspace - use the Bulletproof methodology in your workspace.
6. Apption for Notion - find and learn Notion friendly embeddable mini apps.
7. Notion Growth Workspace - templates for project management, SEO, fundraising, marketing, and sales.
8. Notion TrackerSuite - offers 12 productivity templates and a 10-Part Notion training course.
9. Notion E-Commerce UI Kit - a toolkit consisting of 70+ custom designed components, style guide, and more.
10. NotionMetrics - pulls important metrics from Stripe, Rescuetime, Mailchimp, Convertkit, Plaid, and Google Analytics.
And of course, Notion had its own official product launch just last month. ICYMI 👇🏻