Dapper

Sam @harpastum , the CTO of Dapper reached out to me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/harpastum/st... The app makes answers the questions I posed clearly enough, and fwiw I quickly filled up a list of clothing I liked beyond the point where I could comfortably look through it all and make quick decisions (this is good I think, they purport to use that to give me even better recommendations)

@staringispolite Saw them at Launch today, wouldn't be surprised if they are getting quite a bit of interest. I contracted with a startup (now defunct) that was working on places recommendations. In theory it was any place you might check in on any social network, in practice it was bars and restaurants. The app essentially curated places you and your friends checked in—it was actually pretty simple to recommend places you might like based on that (and your current location and time of day and such)—it had potential but was never fully realized.

@willimholte that sounds really cool. I don't know how often I have that problem, but it's at least once or twice a month. And there's really no good solution out there for "where to go with these friends?" Reminds me of the "scheduling a meeting with these people" problem that somehow no calendar app has fixed.

The other problem I'd love to see solved is how to effectively deal with recommendations changing over time. (eg, most often I'm in the mood for a specific thing, which would mean I'm saying no to a lot of restaurants I'd say yes to another time)

I hate shopping for clothes and have the hardest time finding apparel that fits right. I'll check this out. cc @colbyh

@rrhoover I'm quite excited about how they are handling transactions: (1) https://twitter.com/daveambrose/... and (2) https://twitter.com/daveambrose/... Why? Especially in the travel segment, purchasing rooms or flights is amazingly difficult on mobile when not buying from someone like Expedia or Priceline - the "hand off" is terrible. It looks like Dapper (and a few others, like @Lyst, in the fashion segment, or @twotapbuy, as a new means of piping) is helping to make the buying experience suck 1000% less.

@daveambrose Bah. Why isn't that on their site? That's the sort of info I care about before signing up for another clothing store app. To that end, the site gives me no idea what sort of price/quality I should expect to get from it. Will I get super cheap low/medium quality clothing? Comparatively cheap medium/high quality clothing? Do I pay a premium for ease of use (comparatively expensive high quality clothing).