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1. 31.▲
   by blader 13y ago

   Thank you! We did it the naive way at first. We iterated to the current the sign up flow to maximize the opt in rate, so not quite brilliant design, just lots of iterating! =)
2. 32.▲
   by blader 13y ago

   Thanks! To be clear, I didn't mean to imply that it's a side project. We've been working on it as a team of 2-9 for the past 18 or so months.
3. 33.▲
   by blader 13y ago

   Thanks so much for the feedback! I'd love to learn about what we can do better for you!
4. 34.▲
   by blader 13y ago

   I'm a fan of both of those products. I think different people are going to like different things. Heyday isn't the best product for very introspective people to write about their lives (we actually don't even let you write a
5. 35.▲
   by blader 13y ago

   It may be relevant to note here that Manuel joined our team through a Hacker News Who's Hiring thread. =)
6. 36.▲
   by blader 13y ago

   That's cool. I use Memoir too, and it's a great app. I think you'll find that Heyday does things a little differently and is good for other use cases, like traveling or keeping a journal.
7. 37.▲
   by blader 13y ago

   Thank you! We did raise a seed round from some investors. It was $2M and from a bunch of people: https://angel.co/hey
8. 38.▲
   by blader 13y ago

   Thank you, all credit goes to our amazing team: http://www.hey.co/about
9. 39.▲
   by blader 13y ago

   Thank you so much for the kind words. We're working on way better automatic photo beautifiers (scene/face detection + automatic cropping).
10. 40.▲
    by blader 13y ago

    This is literally our #2 most requested feature. We so want to build this. If we do get pulled from the App Store, it will still be on your phone, so as long as you don't delete it you'll be fine.
11. 41.▲
    by blader 13y ago

    This is exactly why we built Heyday! Please try it, I think you'll love it. =)
12. 42.▲
    by blader 13y ago

    I feel the same way. That's why we spent time building it so that all of your data lives fully on your device (it's synced to our servers for backup purposes, which you can switch off). So even if we run out of money, you can stil
13. 43.▲
    by blader 13y ago

    We do sync the data to our servers, which you can switch off. We've engineered it so that if you just want to keep the data on your phone, the app will still work fine, and you can rely on your iTunes/iCloud backups.
14. 44.▲
    by blader 13y ago

    Ha! That's basically what mine looks like too most of the time, but I've found that it makes me want to make my life more interesting.
15. 45.▲
    by blader 13y ago

    Thank you so much, that's such a nice compliment to our team. We're working on Android as soon as we can, but we're a very small team of 9 people.
16. 46.▲
    by blader 13y ago

    Fixed, thanks!
17. 47.▲
    by blader 13y ago

    Thanks Ryan! Appreciate the support.
18. 48.▲
    by blader 13y ago

    Freemium is how things like Dropbox and Evernote make money, and they seem to be doing okay. =)
19. 49.▲
    by blader 13y ago

    We're going to be a freemium product. Advertising would be a terrible business model given how sensitive the data we're going to have is.
20. 50.▲
    by blader 13y ago

    If you disable syncing it's as secure as your device is ... which is to say probably not that secure. =(
21. 51.▲
    Show HN: I've launched my iPhone journal app I've worked on for almost 2 years.(hey.co)

    139 points by blader 13y ago|116 comments
22. 52.▲
    by blader 13y ago

    Same way you do when you look at a jpg.
23. 53.▲
    by blader 13y ago

    I just want to know who the guy that can make the decision to fire you is at places like Github, Valve, and Medium. Either that person doesn't exist or that person is your manager.
24. 54.▲
    by blader 13y ago

    There are lots, but none in michaelochurch's life apparently.
25. 55.▲
    by blader 13y ago

    Maybe the good people would be a bit less likely to keep you at arm's length if you didn't come off as assuming by default that founders and VCs are out to get you, which is pretty annoying and self destructive.
26. 56.▲
    by blader 13y ago

    Thank you! We're still pre-launch so the site is still unfortunately vague. Best of luck to you as well sir.
27. 57.▲
    by blader 13y ago

    We're making a journal that writes itself, to help people remember their lives. It is most definitely a first world problem, but I also think those are fine to work on. =)
28. 58.▲
    by blader 13y ago

    Which is why you're working on stuff like that right? As opposed to third world problems like video games?
29. 59.▲
    by blader 14y ago

    ... and welcome to Hacker News, ladies and gentlemen.
30. 60.▲
    by blader 14y ago

    I'm not sure who you're responding to, because: Not entire: half. And not dumber: negative. But I rest my case.