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Ask HN: I'm trying to find a demo video of a text editor on a tablet

I saw a demo video not that long ago (within six months?), probably on HN. Someone (the developer?) was demoing, on a tablet I am pretty sure, an interface for document editing where you could highlight quotes, drag them around, insert annotations, and do a bunch of sorting of these things.<p>I remember it being interesting and can't find it anywhere.

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I've got an idea, prototype and some great results- but no business plan.

I'm in scientific higher education. I've created a web-based lab guide for students, that walks them through lab procedures, but where they can record their data and responses to lab questions. The instructor can review these things easily.I was able to test this out with over 500 students, and got some great responses-- Over 90% of the students wanted to use this system in the future. On...

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Ask HN: communicating a set of positive responses to a user survey?

I just tested out a prototype of a web application I'd been working on with about 500 users, and got some very positive survey feedback-- something like 90% of responders want to use this in the future, and I got a lot of enthusiastic and very encouraging comments. Most of the 10% who responded neutrally-to-negatively sited a fixable technical issue with the application.I'm looking for a...

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Ask HN: Are there any tools to help me visualize my research?

I spend a lot of time reading research papers and writing summaries-- I currently just have a growing text file of these mini-reviews.I'm looking for a way to better visually organize my work-- mostly by topic, but since many of these papers reference each other I'd like to be able to easily see these connections as well.Any recommendations?

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Ask HN: What if I think I've made something worthwhile?

I've been working on a project for a few months that has actually turned into something that I think might be userul to other people. It's a niche market, but one that I work in and I see the need for this sort of software in my own work. My application is nowhere near finished, but it's in a decent prototype state. My secret fantasy is to turn this into a business-- but I'm a noob,...

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