westy92

I have wondered many times, "I wonder what holiday(s) are occurring today?"I created http://checkiday.com just for that purpose!It daily lists what holidays are happening, and you may also subscribe to daily updates via twitter, facebook, RSS, etc.

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Checkiday.com | Check what holiday is today

Posted by westy92 on Saturday February 26, 2011 @06:55PM
from the checkiday.com dept.

http://checkiday.com/?sms_ss=hackernews&at_xt=4d699304aec9d4f8%2C0

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Re:Ask HN: How to gain traction with projects? on Monday February 14, 2011 @10:06PM (#2219956)

Seen The Social Network? Mark created something almost identical to http://leftright.me/

Re:Ask HN: How to gain traction with projects? on Monday February 14, 2011 @10:03PM (#2219945)

Similar to what I asked here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2219418

Ask HN: The trouble of promoting an online startup

Posted by westy92 on Monday February 14, 2011 @07:23PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am working on TaggedBack.com, which allows for an easy way to catalog your belongings in case you lose them.I have tried all the ways I can think of to promote it: Google AdWords, Facebook Ads, StumbleUpon, AddThis links, Live Twitter stream on the homepage, Android App, HackerNews, Reddit.I am still having trouble grasping a constant stream of visitors. Any ideas on how to promote it? Any...

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Re:Google Axis on Sunday February 13, 2011 @11:23PM (#2215251)

Very interesting. Could either be very cool or very aggravating, depending on your perspective. :P

Re:TaggedBack.com - Document your belongings for easier return when lost on Sunday February 13, 2011 @10:47PM (#2215158)

Wow, great idea! I will add a sample Tag tomorrow if I have time. I will probably alter the facebook login system soon as well. Thanks for the pointers!

Re:TaggedBack.com - Document your belongings for easier return when lost on Sunday February 13, 2011 @10:37PM (#2215127)

I have it set up to create an account with your facebook credentials so you may also login with your email address. That is why you need to supply a password, because you may login more than one way.

Not necessarily high sensitivity, but if someone would happen to get into your account, they may delete all of your Tags.

The email confirmation is important because the entire service runs on email - when someone finds your Tagged item, TaggedBack sends a email to the owner. If that email is incorrect, they will never be notified. I am unsure how else to do it.

According to my analytics, very few people go to the registration page, but when they do, very few leave without registering.

Thanks for the questions and suggestions, they are much appreciated!

TaggedBack.com - Document your belongings for easier return when lost

Posted by westy92 on Sunday February 13, 2011 @09:53PM
from the taggedback.com dept.

http://www.taggedback.com/

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Re:Ask HN:Confused About Contest Rules on Sunday August 29, 2010 @06:24PM (#1644721)

Yes, they require me to upload the complete source code.

Re:Ask HN:Confused About Contest Rules on Sunday August 29, 2010 @06:23PM (#1644720)

Sorry about the links, as I am new to this site... Thanks for adding them.

Ask HN:Confused About Contest Rules

Posted by westy92 on Sunday August 29, 2010 @01:31PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I have been working on an Application (http://www.taggedback.com/) since Mid December. I recently entered it in a contest (https://microsoft.promo.eprize.com/myappisbetter/) Before uploading my work, I read through the rules again, and came to a confusing part. Here is the link to the full rules: https://microsoft.promo.eprize.com/myappisbetter/public/fulfillment/rules.pdfThe part I am confused...

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