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Show HN: Trailer Swift

by ptk921 on 3/27/13, 3:31 PM with 14 comments

  • by ptk921 on 3/27/13, 3:37 PM

    Built on the road from Seattle to SXSW. Rails, heroku, backbone, bootstrap. Location data from Google Latitude.

    TODO: incorporate some lightweight analytics so we can work on new Trailer Swift records.

  • by tunesmith on 3/27/13, 5:03 PM

    I just listened to Looking Back (http://heymarseilles.com/media/) - Just curious - does anyone know if there's actually a name for that kind of vocal styling and where/when it came from?

    I don't think I ever hear people talking like that - it seems to be a specific affectation only for singing. I think the first time I heard it was Michael Stipe in REM? But it's spread since then - the Decemberists, Alanis Morissette, and a bunch of indies since then. It's like a specific sort of dipthong.

    Has anyone written about it?

  • by ISL on 3/27/13, 3:47 PM

    Upvoted for the name alone. Good luck!
  • by pstinnett on 3/27/13, 3:52 PM

    Neat - I built something similar that uses the Songkick API and LeafletJS. Not quite as polished as yours though!

    http://bandroute.cc/

  • by theory11 on 3/27/13, 4:21 PM

    Very cool. Several months ago, there was an AMAZING tour tracking site posted here that showed the tour journey of a specific band I'm forgetting. Does anyone remember what that was?
  • by afarrell on 3/27/13, 4:07 PM

    Your pin for Northampton is mislocated. Northampton is on the Connecticut River in western MA, not north of Boston. Here: https://maps.google.com/maps?42.31912,-72.63175
  • by dewey on 3/27/13, 5:24 PM

    As someone already pointed out, the links "Get the record", "Facebook",... are broken:

    Uncaught TypeError: Cannot call method 'get' of undefined application-8130dec2a6ff8caaab43fef0b7232c61.js

  • by romainberger on 3/27/13, 4:05 PM

    Nice, but there are js errors (tested Chrome Canary) when clicking on the links in the bottom left corner
  • by seefoma on 3/27/13, 5:07 PM

    Cool. I do find myself wishing the map didn't scroll with the info on the left though.
  • by themstheones on 3/27/13, 4:47 PM

    Why did you go through Houston instead of DFW? The latter is way cooler.
  • by geuis on 3/27/13, 5:04 PM

    Need to include some information about what this is for. I just see the map with check marks and a truck pulling a wagon.