From Show HN to Funding In Less Than 3 Months

Re:From Show HN to Funding In Less Than 3 Months by retube on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @01:49PM (#5326476)

This is an interesting concept. I wonder what other physical processes could do with an API?

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Re:From Show HN to Funding In Less Than 3 Months by ajiang on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @04:38PM (#5327532)

Potentially, you could buy a digital printer and create an API for physical mail. It could effectively change the direct marketing industry.

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Re:From Show HN to Funding In Less Than 3 Months by coconutrandom on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @05:08PM (#5327719)

Do you mean a fax machine?

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Re:From Show HN to Funding In Less Than 3 Months by Natsu on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @05:57PM (#5328018)

I think he means where you send HTML (or a PDF) to a web service that does a mail merge, prints & bulk mails it for you. I had exactly the same thought as a logical next step when I saw this.

Think of a print on demand web service for sending physical mail. You might even be able to do things like print it near the destination to take advantage of lower shipping rates.

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Re:From Show HN to Funding In Less Than 3 Months by jstreebin on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @03:42PM (#5327202)

I agree, there's lots in the online/offline chasm that could be filled

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