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Cool, very useful! Do you have plans to make it so that it remembers which pages I have images turned off on?
Re:Show HN: Auto-rsvp tool for sxsw on Sunday February 24, 2013 @07:15PM (#5276604)
I would suggest creating a new email or using a Gmail disposable email address (ex: [email protected]). The amount of emails that I still get from all these events after attending SXSW last year is ridiculous.
Re:Show HN: Chime - A Notification Center for the Web on Wednesday February 06, 2013 @10:08AM (#5176692)
Congrats on the initial success!

If you are completely client side, how are you tracking the total number of notifications served? I would assume you would have to send some data back to the server to keep track?

Re:Ask HN: How do you find time for pet projects? on Monday October 22, 2012 @11:14AM (#4683474)
A "zillion" is probably too many. Focus on one, ship that, then move on to the next one if anything. Focus is really important (especially since you want to start your own startup one day based on these projects).

Also, keep in mind that context switching is expensive -- switching from one project to another requires a change in your mindset and maybe even the technologies/syntax you're working with. It's very easy to burn out just switching between projects.

Here's a schedule that I follow: - Wake up at 5:30am. Hit the gym, eat breakfast, go to work. - Work from 10am - 6pm. - Be back home by 7pm, eat dinner. - Work on pet projects from 7:30 - 10:30pm. Go to sleep so I can wake up early again.

I've realized that consistency is really important. 3 hours may not seem a lot every day but if I do this everyday for 2-3 weeks, that adds up to a lot of time spent towards one project.

I am wondering the same thing.

Another thing to consider is the scenario that copyright holders start going after Put.io like they did for Megaupload. If they were to get their hands on the database, they will have a record of exactly what each user has downloaded/shared. I wonder what that would mean for the user in terms of legalities and may be even penalties?

Re:Show HN: Lumatic - a new kind of city map on Thursday September 20, 2012 @03:05PM (#4550143)
Hey,

Really cool app (and great timing!). I have some feedback though about the website (haven't used the product):

* I can't find anyway to contact you guys directly. Checked the Twitter page for an email address (no luck). Checked the blog for an email (no luck). Couldn't even find anything in the WHOIS (no luck, privacy protection enabled). You should add for a way to people to contact you (if not an email address, then at least a contact form)

* The Developer features look awesome! I am interested but I don't see any way to get more information.

* Seems like there's a lot of demand for more cities (while you're at it, add Toronto and Ottawa please :)). I think you should capitalize on the demand and add a form on the website for people to sign-up for notifications. So, something like "Not yet in your city? Enter your email and select your city and we will notify you as soon as it's available". This should help a lot with marketing once the cities are available.

* Little design nitpick: The text under "A new kind of city map" is hard to read because of the white-font. It might make it better if you make the background image a bit darker.

Otherwise, the app looks amazing and I can't wait until it's launched in Canada!

Re:Startup idea list on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @10:43AM (#4538277)
Have you checked out Priceonomics? They're a YC startup that gives you analytics on the market price of a product and send you notifications when the item is available for a good price.
Re:Sortfolio: Going once, going twice... on Monday May 07, 2012 @08:51PM (#3941670)
Is there a reason you are not going with a domain marketplace to sell this (eg: Sedo, Flippa)? I feel like posting on such sites would get it the exposure it needs to be sold.
ICracked doesn't seem like the typical internet startup: an app/platform. Instead, they're solving a problem that a lot of people face by having a more local solution/presence.

I find it interesting how YCombinator is diversifying the type of companies in their portfolio. Kudos to YC for doing this -- I think it definitely opens up more opportunities for people.

Re:Show HN: Tunebox, Dropbox + iPhone = cloud music service on Wednesday November 16, 2011 @02:46PM (#3244717)
Great app! Does the app cache songs? (ie. can I listen to them once and then listen to them offline?)
Re:Google +1 Chrome extension tracks https traffic on Thursday November 03, 2011 @05:22PM (#3193746)
Would love to use Ghostery or something similar for Chrome. Any suggestions?
Re:Show HN: My table of tools for startups [Google Docs] on Thursday October 06, 2011 @04:50PM (#3081596)
Thanks, this list looks awesome!

I've been looking for a finance/expense tracking app for a while but haven't found something that fits my requirements. I hope this list helps

Thanks!

We're planning to add more features such as more charts/statistics, etc.

We will also be working on a Chrome add-on soon

Show HN: SurfControl - helps you be more productive online (made at a hackathon)

Hi HN,We participated at the Mozilla WSOH (http://wsoh.eventbrite.com/) over the summer. It was a hackathon organized by Mozilla for interns all over Silicon Valley with an attendance of over 300+ interns from Facebook, Google, etc.A friend and I made SurfControl and were the winners of the hackathon. We just pushed our product live and would love to get feedback!-------------About SurfControl:...

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Re:Does the Google Bot index css hidden divs? yes. on Wednesday September 28, 2011 @11:28AM (#3048328)
I don't see why Google wouldn't index hidden it. As long as there is static text on the page, Googlebot will see it and index it.

Has anyone seen any scenarios where there was static content on the page and Google didn't index it?

Re:A git plugin for Sublime Text 2 on Tuesday September 27, 2011 @11:24PM (#3046317)
Sublime Package Control is really kick-ass as well.

http://wbond.net/sublime_packages/package_control

It allows you to install, remove and manage packages from within Sublime itself

Re:Ask HN: Feedback on project on Sunday August 07, 2011 @01:47PM (#2857191)
Nice tool. I would love access to the API once its public to write a bash script that allows you to search from terminal.

Suggestion: - statistics: top 5 ports show only 2 distinct ports. it would be better IMO to show 5 distinct ports

Re:Mobjectify - Prototype your mobile website or webapp on Thursday May 26, 2011 @02:17PM (#2588825)
Great app. I agree with maushu, it would be neat to have it auto-refresh. Was this a weekend project?
Re:Show HN: Publ.ca - Instant and Beautiful Web Publishing on Thursday February 03, 2011 @12:56PM (#2175765)
Another advantage of having accounts: users can "link" stories together to make a book. So if I post story1, story2, story3, I can log in to my account and order them as story1 -> "Chapter 1", "Chapter 2", etc. You can have other cool features too: table of contents, "Save a PDF of your book"