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Re:Ask HN: App review. http://letsphotobooth.com on Friday June 11, 2010 @05:36PM (#1424832)

Ask HN: App review. http://letsphotobooth.com

Hey guys,Just launched looking for some feedback.Photobooth hosts weekly webcam challenges. We've launched this week w/ a "killer shades" challenge, so please show your support and snap some pics rockin yours.The premise is we host "fun" weekly challenges and users snap pics right on the website w/ their webcam. Facebook Connect is preferred registration method as we post your photos to your...

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Re:Ask HN: Review my app - Photobooth Webcam Contests on Thursday June 10, 2010 @03:07PM (#1421250)

Ask HN: Review my app - Photobooth Webcam Contests

Hey guys,Just launched our app http://letsphotobooth.com. It's a contest site for themed webcam photos. A new theme is presented every week. At the end of each week, a winner is announced.You rack up points, take pics and have fun.Feedback appreciated.Thanks!

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Re:Improving WebKit's Web Inspector on Thursday October 29, 2009 @01:21PM (#910393)
I've always used the latest WebKit nightlies to get the latest Inspector updates.

I've moved over to Chrome for OSX last week and haven't looked back. Whats nice about updates to the Inspector is that they'll be in Chrome as well.

IMO, Chrome now has the best of both worlds: Faster/better browsing (I like the tabs on top) experience and superb inspector.

Re:Google Wave: too complicated for its own good on Wednesday October 14, 2009 @10:22PM (#882607)
I think Google Wave will succeed...eventually. I'm not sure if they are aiming it as a replacement for GMail. Most non-technical people I talk to have no clue what Google Wave is and when I explain it to them, they usually could care less.

The concept is a big change from what we people are familiar with today and I think the only way for Google to try to make it a household name like GMail is to slowly merge the features into GMail. Once they get a large enough population raving about it, these people will usually make their friends/family/colleagues try it out, and from there adoption will gradually increase. But if Wave is not a replacement for GMail, I'm not sure people will go out of their way to use another service that most of the time their email program will do just fine.

Now, if you like the Google Wave concept, I ask you to give MooGroups (http://moogroups.com) a try. You get the power of centralized discussions directly in your inbox, without ever having to leave your inbox, without having to create an account, and while using any email program. Plus a polls gadget based on free-form text.

Re:Ask YC/HN/PG: Startup School on Friday October 09, 2009 @03:22AM (#870795)
Thanks guys! Really looking forward to the event!
Re:Geeks Try Google Wave, Have Mixed Feelings on Saturday October 03, 2009 @12:41AM (#858523)
"Mailing lists 2.0" is an interesting term. It's kind of the principle we have used in building MooGroups http://moogroups.com. Instead of setting up a mailing list only for a specific group of people you email often, we make it so that essentially each group email is its own mailing list, so people who are part of that group email can email each other in an organized fashion or opt-out as needed.

Unlike Google Wave, MooGroups is available now, being improved upon everyday, doesn't require any signup, and allows you to use any email system.

Re:Ask HN: Review my email collaboration app - MooGroups on Friday September 18, 2009 @03:08PM (#830917)
Yes. That is the trickiest part of getting started. However that step negates the user from needing to signup with another service. Normally, you would have to signup with a service, create your list, then invite your users, then send your message. This simplifies all of that with the cost of 1 initial email.

I've thought about this a lot and there just isn't any other option. One way to get around this is to build my own web/iphone/etc client which would know exactly how to handle the Cc's. But that is out of the current scope.

Putting the recipients in the body is not really an option since there is no auto-completion for email address in the body.

I'm left with trying to hammer that concept into anyone that uses the service with clear/concise/clever instructions.

Re:Never mind the language, the programmer is what matters on Friday September 18, 2009 @01:56PM (#830738)
Then that good programmer would leave to go work on a good language.
Re:Ask HN: Review my email collaboration app - MooGroups on Friday September 18, 2009 @12:37PM (#830576)
I was actually just going to use gmail screenshots, but I thought the Mac screenshots looked better. I tried to make it generic enough so that it could be just about any email program (minus the title bar buttons I guess).

Appreciate the feedback!

Ask HN: Review my email collaboration app - MooGroups

I first posted here a couple weeks ago and since have gotten some good feedback and have revamped the UI to make it easier to understand and more inviting.MooGroups is a group email collaboration tool that gives you an instant mailing group for each conversation. It provides embedding polls, archived attachments, all directly in your email and without having to signup. It's built for group...

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Re:Michael Jordan "Failure" Nike Commercial on Tuesday September 15, 2009 @05:31PM (#824810)
I have a MJ poster with those words. Love it.
Re:Stop the Madness Called Email on Sunday September 13, 2009 @03:13PM (#820418)
To help reduce the clutter of group emails you try MooGroups. http://moogroups.com

We are in the early stages. Let me know if you have any questions.

-Steel

Thanks!
Thanks!

Good Wave is definitely some exciting technology. I feel that MooGroups and Google Wave have some similar functionality but not a complete overlap. Perhaps even integrate with Google Wave in the future.

Ask HN: Review my app: http://moogroups.com - Instant mailing groups

MooGroups is a service that gives you an instant mailing group. It aims to ease the headache of conversing in a large email thread where people are added and/or removed.The idea was born while interacting with my intramural basketball team. We needed a poll of who was going to be at the game each week. One member created a "group" at one of the many group management sites just so we could send...

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Re:Bing Means Disease In Chinese on Friday May 29, 2009 @02:19PM (#632502)
Tone 1: Ice

Tone 3: Cake/pie

Tone 4: Illness/disease

Re:Why We Need Audiophiles on Friday April 24, 2009 @09:16PM (#578453)
Bose and Audiophile do not belong in the same sentence :)

Check http://audiogon.com/ for equipment.

My friends basement looks just like his basement. However I would trade his solid state amps for otl.

Re:Ask HN: Good Java development tools? on Wednesday April 01, 2009 @09:47PM (#542796)
IntelliJ IDEA
Pivotal Tracker
Re:Young people prefer the sound of MP3s to uncompressed music on Wednesday March 11, 2009 @12:16PM (#511946)
I'd take a OTL amp + a good turn table any day.
Ofcourse that's extremes to everything. If you develop while trashed I doubt its gonna turn out well.

However, I do find myself programming better with some beer. I actually feel a little more relaxed and focus better. Strange I know.

Skinned? By skinned you mean uploaded a logo and changed the background color. That is how all UserVoice sites look like.
Re:Apple may use Carbon Fiber in Next Macbook on Tuesday November 11, 2008 @07:20PM (#361182)
For a 3 lb MacBook Air, I seriosuly doubt they'll need to reinforce it with anything. A six layer carbon fiber bottom will be more than adequate.
I tried Java ME dev a couple years ago and discovered that it was a complete waste of time. Different manufacturers can choose to support different parts of the spec so your apps are never guaranteed to work on all Java ME supported phones.

It was a real disappointment.

Re:Ask HN: Suggestions for Mac Laptop on Sunday November 02, 2008 @06:00PM (#351718)
Mr. Clean Magic Eraser will return the yellow to white. My MB of 2 yrs still looks brand new.

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