Comments on “Giphy Keys
Jillian Fisher@merkinspurlock · Mobile Product Manager, Designer @ Giphy
Hey all-- Product manager and designer on Keys here, hanging for a bit. AMA!
Yosub Kim@yosub_kim
@merkinspurlock what's your favorite part of the keyboard?
Yosub Kim@yosub_kim
@merkinspurlock also will you go on a date with me?
Jillian Fisher@merkinspurlock · Mobile Product Manager, Designer @ Giphy
@yosub_kim I thought you'd never ask!
Jared Halpern@jaredehalpern · Mobile Tech @ Giphy
@merkinspurlock A life goal of mine is to replace all my verbal exchanges between friends, with gifs instead of words. Is GIPHY Keys a good way to do this? Please respond quickly - people are texting me and I don't know what to do.
Jillian Fisher@merkinspurlock · Mobile Product Manager, Designer @ Giphy
@jaredehalpern The answer is yes.
Jillian Fisher@merkinspurlock · Mobile Product Manager, Designer @ Giphy
@yosub_kim Probably #echo and the other # commands
⚡️@thejulielogan · dir. of brand strategy – giphy
@merkinspurlock if you could echo anyone an echo what would you echo to who(m)?
Jillian Fisher@merkinspurlock · Mobile Product Manager, Designer @ Giphy
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Annie Streater@streatstyle · product manager, frockadvisor
@merkinspurlock How did you transition from designer to also being a PM? How do these roles interplay in your current role?
Pierre-Marie Galite@tsunaze · entrepreneur, mobile developer/advisor
@merkinspurlock simple question: how do you guys pronounce it? "Gif" or "Jif" :D?
Jillian Fisher@merkinspurlock · Mobile Product Manager, Designer @ Giphy
@tsunaze HARD G.
Jillian Fisher@merkinspurlock · Mobile Product Manager, Designer @ Giphy
@streatstyle Short answer: someone had to do it. But really I feel like everyone who touched this product (design to dev and otherwise) had a strong say in how it turned out, so the transition didn't feel all that unnatural. GIPHY is still pretty small, relatively speaking, so everyone is constantly taking on new positions and challenges that they may have n… See more
Niv Dror@nivo0o0 · Writer/Social Editor @ProductHunt
@merkinspurlock hey Jillian! Love 🔑s. Thank you to @thejulielogan for letting me beta test 😀
Jillian Fisher@merkinspurlock · Mobile Product Manager, Designer @ Giphy
@nivo0o0 @thejulielogan Thanks, Niv! Glad you're digging it.
Niv Dror@nivo0o0 · Writer/Social Editor @ProductHunt
@merkinspurlock how did you make this? 😮
Jillian Fisher@merkinspurlock · Mobile Product Manager, Designer @ Giphy
@nivo0o0 With a ton of help from some very talented devs!
Jared Halpern@jaredehalpern · Mobile Tech @ Giphy
@merkinspurlock I'm here for the snacks.
saarim zaman@poolnoodle93 · integrity analyst @ kickstarter
@merkinspurlock are you guys going to introduce autocorrect soon? i feel like most third party keyboard apps have problems matching the accuracy of apple keyboard's autocorrect
Annie Streater@streatstyle · product manager, frockadvisor
@merkinspurlock Awesome! I am a PM at a 15-person company and I often end up being acting Designer, Content Strategist, and many other roles, and everyone is heavily involved in other areas too. It's kind of the same thing -- someone has to do it, but it's also fun and it means we're all more attuned to what we're all working on and what we're building as a … See more
Jillian Fisher@merkinspurlock · Mobile Product Manager, Designer @ Giphy
@poolnoodle93 We are definitely working on that!