carlotapia

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   by carlotapia 7y ago

   Start with the problem you are going to solve: What is the problem? Who experiences this problem and how often do they experience it? Is the problem painful enough that people will pay for it? How many of those people are able to pay, and h
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   by carlotapia 7y ago

   Some unsolicited feedback: 1) I typed "Hello" and pressed play, and was expecting it to play "Hello". Instead, it played, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." What happened? Either the product didn&#x
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   by carlotapia 7y ago

   Building: Vested Yeti - app.vestedyeti.com Stage: Bootstrapped, Pre-revenue, Public Beta We make: A new home for your web pages. We help people organize and share web pages. We also have a Chrome extension to bookmark and comment from the s
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   by carlotapia 7y ago

   For Chrome users: www.vestedyeti.com/download We took inspiration from SideWiki and Hypothes.is, and paired it with bookmarking features. Disclaimer: This is my app/extension.
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   by carlotapia 8y ago

   Pocket is great, and definitely a leader in bookmarking. It's easy, fast, and seamless. They got acquired by Mozilla, so it will be interesting to see how the integration with Firefox will evolve and affect their roadmap. Although I re
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   by carlotapia 8y ago

   Thanks for checking it out. Yes, there are certain tools that will block the Chrome extension from working. Not sure I understand your question about tags - what would you want tagged / what would you want to be able to tag?
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   by carlotapia 8y ago

   In September, I left my job in San Francisco and moved to Sacramento to work on a social bookmarking app called Vested Yeti. A user described it as "Pinterest without the Uggs". Website: www.vestedyeti.com Users can create flows w
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   Show HN: Vested Yeti – Social bookmarking app for busy people(vestedyeti.com)

   14 points by carlotapia 8y ago|3 comments
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   by carlotapia 8y ago

   Pinterest made early inroads with women looking for fashion, home, and cooking inspiration that they could "pin". That legacy still heavily influences the type of content that appears on Pinterest and the audience they appeal to.
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    by carlotapia 8y ago

    Thanks! What type of stuff do you email to yourself usually?
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    by carlotapia 8y ago

    Thanks! So am I :)
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    by carlotapia 8y ago

    Thanks, bro.
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    by carlotapia 8y ago

    Thanks! Looking forward to it. No, it doesn't right now. You can link to just about anything (e.g., Google Doc or hosted PDF), but no way to upload a document.
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    by carlotapia 8y ago

    In September, I left my job at Dropbox and moved to Sacramento to work on my social bookmarking app full time. It's called Vested Yeti, and a user described it as "Pinterest without the Uggs." It helps you organize and share
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    Show HN: Left my job to start a “Pinterest without the Uggs”(vestedyeti.com)

    19 points by carlotapia 8y ago|14 comments