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by ashamedlion 15y ago
Oh boy, this is sorely needed on the iPhone. My address book is in pretty crappy condition and I've been setting up all of these facebook sync options that haven't panned out very well. Hopefully is aggregates contact information nicely.
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by ashamedlion 15y ago
The tech IPO floodgate truly has opened. This is like the 5th high profile IPO within the past few weeks.
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by ashamedlion 15y ago
They have a "dense" theme, too that's more like regular Gmail.
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Why An Invite System is the Best Approach Google Could Have Taken For Plus(smartlyedu.com)
3 points by ashamedlion 15y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: A list of server optimizations and setup tricks/tips?
1 points by ashamedlion 15y ago|0 comments
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by ashamedlion 16y ago
I'm impressed with the deals that they've gotten mayors/repeat checkin-ers. I live in Switzerland, and on day 1 of 3.0, they had 5 deals in my area. Generally deal firms have poor support for everyone outside of the major places (US, German
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by ashamedlion 16y ago
There are some pretty nice icons there. My favorite are the credit card ones: http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset%3AThemeShock-cre...
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by ashamedlion 16y ago
They've done a remarkable job making the UI on the iPhone version not be sluggish as crap like other camera-centric apps. Kudos to them. Also, I like the unlimited file size and length; it somehow makes sharing less stressful in a way?
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by ashamedlion 16y ago
Apple always say what the stats are of the machines in the footnotes: http://grab.by/98Pq
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by ashamedlion 16y ago
Their HTML5 viewer currently only works on their website, not embeddable on your own site. They embed a flash app.
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What Youth Know About Education Software That Blackboard Doesn't [Interview](highereducationmanagement.wordpress.com)
3 points by ashamedlion 16y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: What kind of statistics do you track and what do you use to track them?
6 points by ashamedlion 16y ago|2 comments
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by ashamedlion 16y ago
Upon further research, Twitter and the FB News Feed came out within 2 months of each other, Twitter coming first. However, the News Feed was the first truly successful version of it. I wouldn't say that a news feed and RSS are synonymous. R
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by ashamedlion 16y ago
Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. When I say it overwhelms the user, I meant that in a positive way. People go on Facebook because it's always updating, it's always giving new information to users. I didn't mean to paint a picture of peop
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by ashamedlion 16y ago
I agree that we can learn from this, but then again Twitter doesn't really have a defensible business model, yet it is a wonderful product. I do find the technology to be potentially compelling, as there are many audio-favoring learners in
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Entrepreneurs, you shouldn't hate Qwiki and Mahalo. Here's why.(smartlyedu.com)
7 points by ashamedlion 16y ago|2 comments
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A Disturbing Trend in Online Education: News Feeds(smartlyedu.com)
21 points by ashamedlion 16y ago|4 comments
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by ashamedlion 16y ago
Hey, could you contact alain@smartlyedu.com please? This sounds very interesting :) We were thinking of pursuing something similar.
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Ask HN: What's the typical range of equity a VC will request for seed funding?
7 points by ashamedlion 16y ago|2 comments
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Ugly Software (like Blackboard) Gives Education a Bad Name(smartlyedu.com)
65 points by ashamedlion 16y ago|54 comments
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Should you use HTML5/CSS3 on your new web app?(smartlyedu.com)
3 points by ashamedlion 16y ago|0 comments
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by ashamedlion 16y ago
Ah yes, those are good ones to use. I say screw it and use stuff like that. Just make sure that on your marketing page you explicitly say which browsers are supported so that you don't get a bunch of angry customers :)
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by ashamedlion 16y ago
Definitely, it's very fine to use HTML5/CSS3. However, I think that it is still a good idea to make it fall back nicely. Stuff like rounded corners aren't too tragic to lose when viewing something from IE6-8, but I think it's in your best i
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Students love to hate school(smartlyedu.com)
3 points by ashamedlion 16y ago|0 comments