CrackpotGonzo

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by CrackpotGonzo 10y ago
no phones
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
What are some examples of well maintaned/upgraded software, if any, that you know of?
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
That's awesome. I had a similar one back in the day. Yeah, the phablet trend is a bit silly, but I guess to each his own, right? What would your ideal feature phone be if you could redesign it?
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
I do miss it sometimes, but after that initial FOMO the urge quickly disappears. For me, it helps to know that i'm simply unable to endlessly scroll through Twitter or whatever else. I do still use social media while on my computer a
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
Yeah that's a tough one being on-call. Think you need a smartphone. Or setup some IFTTT triggers to notify you via SMS for emergencies. Sorry I don't have a better suggestion!
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
What kid of phone do you own?
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
Which features would a dumb phone need for you to consider to switch?
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
Honestly, the easiest way for me is to just use a "dumb" phone. I switched to an old Nokia and love it. I also use the SMS search engine Text Engine ( http://www.textengine.info/ ) if I ever need to look up an addre
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Welcome to the divergence(theverge.com)
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
T9 cellphone + voice dictated mapping + anything else?
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
Love low bandwidth versions of sites. I use http://thin.npr.org most of the time and it's great.
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
Anyone know the status of the smart feature phone os they were talking about a few months back? I can't find anything on it but am interested in the project.
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
It's not about the money. It's the access to some of the smartest people on the planet. I think (from what I can tell) that YC is invaluable to any stage startup.
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
That's amazing. Love that you practice what you preach with respect to keeping spend low. Have you shared more details about where your money goes?
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
Hi from Chicago @sama! You guys have been talking about your investments in HW startups. What are the top 3 things that you look for in a hardware startup application at YC?
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
Still early, but it's being worked on: http://minium.co/
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
Which phone are you currently using? Did you find the terrible texting support on the F3 to be a problem?
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
Am I missing a joke here? (honest question)
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
Completely agree with this and I think the model of an application that accesses data is the only one I will trust going forward. Great example of this is Scrivener. I can have my files locally stored or in the cloud, but Scrivener just acc
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
And they royally fucked up Mailbox after buying it.
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
Agreed. The best part is in the experience. I love finding old records that used to be my grandpa's. Seeing his handwriting on the records on liner notes makes me feel like i'm sharing the experience with him. Digital can never re
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
Ben wrote about Kickstarter traction != product-market fit. What're your thoughts on this? What would you want to see from a startup that has a somewhat successful crowdfund campaign before you would invest?
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
Tl;dr We have a lot of guns
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
Exactly. Non-Android. So either bring up an RTOS or something else on the chip or simply customize their UX layer to make it seem like a different OS. No worries! Thanks for responding :)
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
Thanks for this. Really interesting. Might be a longshot, but you seem like a person that might know :) Do you know of anyone that has taken a MediaTek chip and customized the OS for a simple phone implementation?
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
Very sad. May they rest in peace.
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
Exactly this. I always felt that this was just another doomed startup that couldn't possibly survive. Curious how we'll revise our views on the company and Adora. I guess this is the playbook, right? Doesn't matter if you bui
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
Shocking really. Curious to hear rationale from someone that knew about the odds before moving to the PNW.
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
how are you liking it? are you missing any features? do you still feel that smartphones are more bad than good?
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by CrackpotGonzo 11y ago
Go Amy! Turtles all the way down.

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