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As Obama signs the stimulus package in Denver today, I'm launching a preview release of a site I've been working on called PlopQuiz. The site makes it easier t
by babyshake 18y ago
As Obama signs the stimulus package in Denver today, I'm launching a preview release of a site I've been working on called PlopQuiz. The site makes it easier to show what you know about subjects of public interest, such as energy efficiency or the economic recovery effort.
You'll notice that we now have a handful of community sponsors, as well. While sponsorships don't amount to much more than a badge on your profile at the moment, I'm interested in how a site like PlopQuiz could eventually help students finance their educational careers and avoid crushing levels of debt.
Ultimately, this site needs to evolve to best serve the needs of people, HN users included.
So lay it on me - if you don't see any utility in PlopQuiz at this stage, how do you think it could be improved to help you?
- DTrejo 18y agoPlop makes me think of the toilet. EDIT: The loading took a very long time on google chrome. Is this built with GWT? If the clouds moved really really slowly then they wouldn't be so distracting.
- babyshake 18y agoThe site isn't built with GWT, but it is running on Google App Engine. So far, my hosting costs add up to $0.00, as I note in a blog post about PlopQuiz: http://blog.jamtoday.org/post/77146082/the-plopquiz-origin-story http://blog.jamtoday.org/post/77146082/the-plopquiz-origin-s...
- babyshake 18y agoRegarding the potty reference... "Plop" refers to how its easy to make and share quizzes. But when I told a very, very well known developer about PlopQuiz, the very first thing this person said was, "is this a site about going to the bathroom?"
- jasonkester 18y agoIndeed. Just going off the name, I assumed it would be one of those "rate my ..." sites. I'd suggest changing the name ASAP.