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NewsBlur - http://www.newsblur.com http://www.newsblur.com - a visual RSS feed reader with intelligence. I have a few hundred paying users and a few thousands f
by conesus 15y ago
NewsBlur - http://www.newsblur.com http://www.newsblur.com - a visual RSS feed reader with intelligence. I have a few hundred paying users and a few thousands free users. I develop it almost entirely on the train, which I'm on for almost an hour and a half everyday.
It's a ton of work and is profitable in the sense that the hundreds of dollars a month in server costs are just a bit more than covered by the premium users. But otherwise, it did help land me a number of great connections, both in NYC and SF, where I just moved.
I code in the open. NewsBlur is entirely on GitHub: http://github.com/samuelclay http://github.com/samuelclay. The iPhone app I'm working on is also there, so some folks use it as a way to send me issues, others go so far as to add their own pet features. It's kind of neat to see a community spring up around the code itself.
- mpwh 15y agoI just wanna say: This is an awesome site! Love the idea, design and execution. It's also open on GitHub, couldn't ask for more. Great Job...
- lucian1900 15y agoAwesome UI on that website. Also, your dog.
- conesus 15y agoYeah, Shiloh pulls her weight.
- mathursuhas 15y agoVery cool UI. May I ask what laptop you use for coding on the train? I spend ~2 hrs on the train everyday and have been trying to figure out what would be a good laptop to code on. I realize personal preferences play a role, but it seems like large laptop is a hassle to hold, and a small one is difficult to code on because of the smaller screen space.
- conesus 15y agoA 15" MacBook Pro. So I bike 4 miles with this thing strapped to my back, then hop on the train (Caltrain, where bikes are treated like kings). I think I just got used to schlepping 5.5 lbs. around. I recently came from NYC where I would use the same laptop on the A train. 15" is exactly the width of my legs and the seat, so I would comfortably take up my area, but no larger. I can't work on a dinky 13" screen, so 15" or bust for me.
- iSloth 15y agohttp://whatportis.com http://whatportis.com - fairly simple little project, need to remove some of the Ajax and add content to get it more search engine friendly, however makes $xxx/pm as it is.