JonLim

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by JonLim 15y ago
A bit misleading - I figured that it was going to somehow achieve the tilt-shift effect on images using CSS. I understand that that may have been a stupid thing to think, but I still feel a bit disappointed. Still cool though.
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by JonLim 15y ago
Hopefully I'm understanding this correctly: you're creating a service that lets you send emails securely using your hosted SMTP, from anywhere in the world? Useful for traveling on business, I would assume!
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by JonLim 15y ago
Very interesting site - poor design. I think if you clean it up and not use such curvy, written-looking fonts, you will come off as a little less Geocities. However, that said, it would be a decent idea IF you get people actually giving goo
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by JonLim 15y ago
I'd love to hear more about the outgoing SMTP service for people network hopping - I'm not sure I completely understand it and my curiosity is just getting the best of me. :) Tell us more!
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by JonLim 15y ago
I'm the Product Manager for PostageApp (www.postageapp.com) and we built our email delivery engine from the ground up (rather than using existing solutions like Port25) and we learned a huge deal about getting emails into inboxes. This arti
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by JonLim 15y ago
Can't wait until this is possible in real-time.
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by JonLim 15y ago
Curious: after the year of service was up, did the company decide to go with one of the other tools you guys found, or did they keep dropping stupid money?
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by JonLim 15y ago
I know people are complaining about not being available in Canada and/or Europe, but the fact that you have Canada in your near future plans gives me hope. I've added my email to the Canada list, and I look forward to the day you arrive. Be
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by JonLim 15y ago
Don't feel pressured to, but I think you would make your page much more pleasing to the eye if you placed your ads on the side rather than embedded into your posts. They will still give you some advertising exposure for AdSense, but they wo
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by JonLim 15y ago
I'm with blhack on this one - I initially thought it was $23 a month for a couple of shirts a month, which would have been great, but no way would I pay $23 a month for a single shirt.
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by JonLim 15y ago
Don't mean to nitpick, but you mean "keeping customer acquisition COSTS low" right? A low customer acquisition rate might be a bad thing. ;)
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by JonLim 15y ago
It's all about building report with users: make them feel like your web app is an actual person, and they tend to trust you and want to use you more. What's better: a cold, formal tone that is very professional, or one that is casual and ma
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by JonLim 15y ago
You are a gentleman and a scholar - I have shared it with my office and I have made my developers happy. Bless you, good sir.
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by JonLim 15y ago
Kind of a weak article, but the TL;DR of it is: Professional gamers can now earn a decent living from streaming their play, even if they don't win tournaments and what not. You just need to play the game and gain a viewership.
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by JonLim 15y ago
Not to mention that it is beautifully designed and very intuitive, making it very accessible for almost any dumb-dumb (like me!)
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by JonLim 15y ago
I'm an avid reader and I'd love to know how you would incentivize me to read, share, and promote on my social channels. Reading your Digital Reader preview article, it seems like the more I read and share, the more content I have access to?
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by JonLim 15y ago
Great cause - apologies on being a bit late. Your concept art looks amazing and would definitely love to give that game a go and maybe a bit of my support. Other than donations, do you guys need help with any infrastructure at all? I'm the
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by JonLim 15y ago
My mom got an LG Optimus cause she wanted a smartphone with wifi without having to shell out the cash for an iPhone or Android phone. It has a terrible screen, is hardly responsive, and is only useful as a phone. And barely, considering how
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by JonLim 15y ago
They looks interesting - if they can be snappy and responsive and work well, I would give it a shot. My only reservation is that it would be proprietary Sony everything that it would work with, which means that it probably sucks when trying
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by JonLim 15y ago
Neat! Thanks for answering. Definitely something I'm going to pass along to a few friends who are in this space or are constantly starting something. :) As for the mail, no worries! Let me know if you have any questions about us, or if you
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by JonLim 15y ago
This looks really great! A couple questions: - What language/framework do you guys use? - How secure are the transactions? - What do you guys use for transactional emails (welcome, password recovery, donation receipts, etc) I'm the Product
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by JonLim 15y ago
This was my reservation as well. I'm pretty stingy about who I give Facebook access to.
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by JonLim 15y ago
Why not? They're continuing to create really great products that scratch their own itches and are allowing the company to grow. Seems like they have the resources for it and the drive and ambition.
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by JonLim 15y ago
Looks great! Here's some of my thoughts: - Sign-ups might feel a bit lengthy for non-technically savvy people, maybe just allow them to put in their Restaurant Name, their name, and an email, and give them a pre-made page where they could a
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by JonLim 15y ago
Great so far! Very minimalistic and easy to navigate. Notice that you're using Google App Engine to send your welcome emails, and I'd love to offer you PostageApp ( http://postageapp.com ) while you're in beta. We'd be happy to help you out
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by JonLim 15y ago
And add that to the landing page as well, it wouldn't help anyone who discovered this without HN.
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by JonLim 15y ago
If they're anything like the web dev shop I work in, absolutely not. We're free to grab drinks after work and we're free to go home, there's never any pressure to join. I assume GitHub is all that and a bag of cookies - you can join and cha
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by JonLim 15y ago
Why wouldn't something in the cloud work for you? I personally have a Google Apps account that I connected to my iPhone as an Exchange account, and it syncs my Contacts and Calendars plenty well, and gives me my mail at the same time. I pre
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by JonLim 15y ago
Done. I'm a bit concerned with your product value proposition based on the questions you asked at the end, but I'm sure you guys will shape it based on what we give back to you. Good luck!
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by JonLim 15y ago
I know this article is supposed to be centered around Tim Ferriss but the meat of it, to me, was about how Amazon was walking right into the turf of book publishers and setting up shop. Hey book publishers, you shouldn't be concerned at all

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