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ah yeah http://quill.org http://quill.org HN, we're an open source nonprofit, and we'd like to collaborate with other developers. Check out our code here: http
by gault8121 13y ago
ah yeah http://quill.org http://quill.org
HN, we're an open source nonprofit, and we'd like to collaborate with other developers. Check out our code here: https://github.com/empirical-org/quill https://github.com/empirical-org/quill
And if you'd like to contribute, we've got a few interesting projects in the works, including building a free writing section with NLP! You can reach me at peter (at) quill (dot) org
- swatkat7 13y agoLove the concept! Keep at it :)
- gault8121 13y agoThanks! The YC bump would be nice, but it doesn't really make a difference. Focus on the experience you're creating for your users, and the rest is marginal.
- sarhus 13y agowhy the email is "optional"? you should try to get emails instead, and build a mailing list of people interested in your product!
- gault8121 13y agoIt is optional for students, required for teachers. Our focus is on 6th-8th grade, and students at that age often don't have school emails.
- sarhus 13y agoEnglish is not my first language, and I also find it useful. Maybe it could be worth having a look at other 'segments'( students learning english?)
- shravvmehtaa 13y agoWow, this is really cool!
- jakejake 13y agoThis is actually nice looking and has a great purpose. Maybe they didn't select you because there's no billion-dollar exit strategies for education services..? I think it could make a really great product though.
- gault8121 13y agoWe are a nonprofit. We are a commercial nonprofit, and intend to make a sustainable revenue, so we really don't fit into the nonprofit mold. We probably would have had a better chance as a for profit. The nonprofit app was surprisingly sparse.
- jakejake 13y agoAh. Well, as they say on YC they are being extremely selective with non-profits and considering them to be "charity" (their own words). I personally wouldn't take it to heart at all if YC didn't select your company.
- jtcchan 13y agoWow - I could use this. Great demo on the home page.
- gault8121 13y agoThanks - we're open source, and we'd love to work with other developers interested in contributing.
- tekkanphan 13y agothis is cool
- sorich87 13y agoThis is interesting! Why didn't you put simple words correction (as in the homepage) instead of the user having to retype the whole sentence in the exercises?
- gault8121 13y agoThe core idea here is that by writing out a complete sentence you learn the context in which a word is being used. For example, if you're learning "There are elephants at the zoo", you need to learn not only the word "There", but also the context "There" + "are elephants at the zoo". Writing out a complete sentence helps bind the concept to the context.
- motocycle 13y agonice homepage. i love the text on the mission page actually. why nonprofit? can you try selling this to schools? my team also embrace the "learn by writing" concept and recently launched www.dailythem.es -- we are reaching out to English as a Second Language students and schools in Asia to develop something more classroom specific because teachers just don't have time to grade enough students' essays
- gault8121 13y agoWe are a commercial nonprofit, and we do intend to sell to schools. We're a nonprofit because we're looking to build a sustainable revenue, but we are not looking for an exit. Our main focus is on collaboratively building educational resources, and being a nonprofit encourages people to volunteer their time to contribute. We're open source, and if you're interested, you can pull out code here - https://github.com/empirical-org/quill https://github.com/empirical-org/quill