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Maybe it's just that I lack follow through, but I disagree. I have a horrible habit of buying domain names thinking that I have this great idea, I play with it

by azdle 10y ago

Maybe it's just that I lack follow through, but I disagree. I have a horrible habit of buying domain names thinking that I have this great idea, I play with it for a day or two and then abandon it. Actually, in the spirit of this article, if anyone here is interested in any of these, let me know: addressauth.com -- Was going to be a physical address verification service using lob.com's postcard sending API. atomicthings.com -- something vaguely iot related http://blankpage.press http://blankpage.press -- a news site that only posted things that were important (but I realized that would mean I'd need to read all the news and figure out what was important). http://commn.co http://commn.co -- an inventory tracking system for DIY entheusists that allowed you to track your crap, but also see other peoples crap and trade/sell to others if you don't need it anymore. http://difftos.com http://difftos.com -- a tool to watch service's ToS for changes and easily see what actually changed. hydramatic.net -- ifttt, but for programmers (it's the name of the first automatic transmission) http://shit.land http://shit.land / http://shit.foundation http://shit.foundation -- "The Society for a Homogenous Internet of Things Foundation", an obviously dumb name for a website that I was going to setup a wiki to track IoT stuff, mostly protocols and maybe eventually something with security vulns. virga.link / http://virga.space http://virga.space -- My plans for a fully decentralized IoT 'protocol', there's actually a couple blog posts on here that lay out what I was thinking. If you have an existing project that's not in risk of dying that one of these would fit, I'll gladly give it to for free. (I just ask that if the project does die you'd give it back to me and not sell it.) Also, slightly unrelated, but since I'm listing domain names, https://knock.ninja https://knock.ninja was another one of these, but I've actually gotten myself to keep working on that on, if a bit slowly. I actually am pretty proud of coming up with that name. (Although the content on that site it pretty shit, btw. I need to come up with better ways of describing it with fewer words.)

eightturn 10y ago
I've found, the more I invest into a domain name, the more focused & serious I am to develop it. I tend to only buy dotCOM, as that's what the general public is most comfortable with. I've found that if you buy any gTLD, you immediately create a headwind that you're fighting against out of the gate..
- azdle 10y ago
  I'm curious what you mean by how much you "invest". Do you mean how much you pay for it? Isn't .com $13 in most places? Or do you mean to say you spend a couple k from a broker? If it's the latter, I'd hope you're prepared to be serious and focus on developing it. I refuse to buy domain names from speculators. I think it's one of the scummyest (legal) things you can in relation to the internet. You're buying cheap resources on the hope that someone is desperate enough to give you more money for it later. They're middle men that provide no service and add zero value to the world. They're just selfish.
  - eightturn 10y ago
    invest=what I spend to acquire the domain name. The renewal rates per year are around your $13 estimate, yes.. I mean to say that I buy domains from auction when an original owner abandons a domain. And don't be so put off from buying a domain from a speculator or broker.. If someone owned a piece of mountain-view property, would you consider them scummy? There was no guarantee these domains would appreciate in price.. These domain investors took a huge risk in the early days. And it happened to pay off for them.
OJFord 10y ago
> I need to come up with better ways of describing it with fewer words. How about: knock.ninja automates your building's phone-based access system. It omits some detail, but to be honest I didn't get it until I read the features anyway. Depending who you want to appeal to, I think it might be better to call it a 'smart' phone-based access system instead of 'automated'. Sounds great, by the way. Unfortunately my building's access is just fob-based.
- azdle 10y ago
  Yeah, I think I need to get away from the term 'access system' everyone I've asked didn't get it and I think that was the main part of the confusion. I'm thinking something more along the lines of "Can your front door call you? Let the ninja get it instead. Knock.Ninja can open the door for guests and deliveries automatically in any building that uses phone-based entry request systems." That still gets too technical at the end, but I think more people would understand. Edit: It also now occurs to me that that's actually more word, ah well.
  - Cpoll 10y ago
    I've always heard it being called a "buzzer" (unless I'm misunderstanding the service). I also think the hook should be short, followed by a bullet-point of features. Knock.ninja handles your building buzzer for you. * Works for any building with a phone-based lobby buzzer. * Manages automatic-unlock codes. * Starts the coffee machine as soon as your guests buzz up. * Whispers to you in your sleep.
    - azdle 10y ago
      You're getting it right. The problem with terms like "buzzer", IMO, is that they're super generic and very regional. But I suppose it might be more generally understandable than what I've got, I guess I should try it on a few people.
      - Cpoll 10y ago
        > The problem with terms like "buzzer", IMO, is that they're super generic and very regional. Yeah, I was thinking that too. If you want to get really cute, you could localize it based on IP Address :)
wan23 10y ago
You probably don't want to name anything virga as it has a vulgar homophone in Spanish. http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/verga http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/verga Though then again, if shit.foundation is a good idea then maybe it doesn't matter.
- azdle 10y ago
  Huh... Well, good to know.
dotancohen 10y ago
I once wrote a python tool to diff terms of service, and I had a domain name though I honestly don't remember what it was. If you would like to discuss collaborating, my email address at gmail is the same username that I have here.
rookietect 10y ago
contact me for rooki.es / limaa.com :)
jlgaddis 10y ago
I'm picturing this on a business card: John Q. Public Executive Director, SHIT Foundation
seirim 10y ago
Your Internet of Things domain names are quite... catchy, so to speak! I started a blog recently on Internet of Things that I think I chose a unique name and url for: http://iot.salon/ http://iot.salon/ let me know what you think if you have a chance.

by azdle 10y ago

eightturn 10y ago

I've found, the more I invest into a domain name, the more focused & serious I am to develop it. I tend to only buy dotCOM, as that's what the general public is most comfortable with. I've found that if you buy any gTLD, you immediately create a headwind that you're fighting against out of the gate..

azdle 10y ago
I'm curious what you mean by how much you "invest". Do you mean how much you pay for it? Isn't .com $13 in most places? Or do you mean to say you spend a couple k from a broker? If it's the latter, I'd hope you're prepared to be serious and focus on developing it. I refuse to buy domain names from speculators. I think it's one of the scummyest (legal) things you can in relation to the internet. You're buying cheap resources on the hope that someone is desperate enough to give you more money for it later. They're middle men that provide no service and add zero value to the world. They're just selfish.
- eightturn 10y ago
  invest=what I spend to acquire the domain name. The renewal rates per year are around your $13 estimate, yes.. I mean to say that I buy domains from auction when an original owner abandons a domain. And don't be so put off from buying a domain from a speculator or broker.. If someone owned a piece of mountain-view property, would you consider them scummy? There was no guarantee these domains would appreciate in price.. These domain investors took a huge risk in the early days. And it happened to pay off for them.

OJFord 10y ago

> I need to come up with better ways of describing it with fewer words. How about: knock.ninja automates your building's phone-based access system. It omits some detail, but to be honest I didn't get it until I read the features anyway. Depending who you want to appeal to, I think it might be better to call it a 'smart' phone-based access system instead of 'automated'. Sounds great, by the way. Unfortunately my building's access is just fob-based.

azdle 10y ago
Yeah, I think I need to get away from the term 'access system' everyone I've asked didn't get it and I think that was the main part of the confusion. I'm thinking something more along the lines of "Can your front door call you? Let the ninja get it instead. Knock.Ninja can open the door for guests and deliveries automatically in any building that uses phone-based entry request systems." That still gets too technical at the end, but I think more people would understand. Edit: It also now occurs to me that that's actually more word, ah well.
- Cpoll 10y ago
  I've always heard it being called a "buzzer" (unless I'm misunderstanding the service). I also think the hook should be short, followed by a bullet-point of features. Knock.ninja handles your building buzzer for you. * Works for any building with a phone-based lobby buzzer. * Manages automatic-unlock codes. * Starts the coffee machine as soon as your guests buzz up. * Whispers to you in your sleep.
  - azdle 10y ago
    You're getting it right. The problem with terms like "buzzer", IMO, is that they're super generic and very regional. But I suppose it might be more generally understandable than what I've got, I guess I should try it on a few people.
    - Cpoll 10y ago
      > The problem with terms like "buzzer", IMO, is that they're super generic and very regional. Yeah, I was thinking that too. If you want to get really cute, you could localize it based on IP Address :)

wan23 10y ago

You probably don't want to name anything virga as it has a vulgar homophone in Spanish. http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/verga http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/verga Though then again, if shit.foundation is a good idea then maybe it doesn't matter.

azdle 10y ago
Huh... Well, good to know.

dotancohen 10y ago

I once wrote a python tool to diff terms of service, and I had a domain name though I honestly don't remember what it was. If you would like to discuss collaborating, my email address at gmail is the same username that I have here.

rookietect 10y ago

contact me for rooki.es / limaa.com :)

jlgaddis 10y ago

I'm picturing this on a business card: John Q. Public Executive Director, SHIT Foundation

seirim 10y ago

Your Internet of Things domain names are quite... catchy, so to speak! I started a blog recently on Internet of Things that I think I chose a unique name and url for: http://iot.salon/ http://iot.salon/ let me know what you think if you have a chance.