jbr

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by jbr 17y ago
I'm co-founder of http://www.stormweight.com/ -- realtime brainstorming and voting for small teams. I alternate between title of "technical co-founder" and "ceo," depending on audience.
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by jbr 17y ago
Maybe I'll finally get some closure.
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by jbr 17y ago
I'd like to respond to the last paragraph, which seems like the relevant point for a startup audience. "It was too easy for them; they were too successful raising money. If they'd had to grow the company gradually, by iterating through seve
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by jbr 17y ago
R is one of my favorite tools and I heartily recommend it to any hacker for data visualization alone. I've used R to make sense of high-n high dimensional data and it's a delight (even if the syntax takes a little getting used to). As Buck
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The Song of the PowerSquid(crunchgear.com)
1 points by jbr 17y ago|0 comments
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by jbr 17y ago
Wow, this is exactly the sort of advice I was looking for. Do you have a blog? Book references? I'm approaching this as a skill that I know I don't have, so I'm looking for learning resources. Thanks!
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by jbr 17y ago
I just found http://www.squidoo.com/tribebuilding which seems related, but very generic.
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Ask HN: Good tutorials on non-spammy PR/Marketing
8 points by jbr 17y ago|9 comments
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by jbr 17y ago
This is now a high-priority feature for us; I see the value in this. We usually have campfire open at the same time, but it really is tied to the brainstorming process.
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by jbr 17y ago
What's the motivation to remain an LLC? (My co-founder did all of the legal stuff and chose to go directly for a C-corp, so I don't know what the benefits of an LLC are)
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by jbr 17y ago
We have an iPhone app in the works and are working on beefing up the email integration so you can send commands and requests by email, since all smartphones have strong email clients. Right now you can add ideas to lists by email and reque
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by jbr 17y ago
We do have output to email; you can email new ideas and attachments in to your lists and receive customizable updates by email.
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by jbr 17y ago
We've looked at doing a host-it-yourself version a la github FI ( http://fi.github.com/ ) or the google search appliance. Although the pricing that tier allows is quite cushy, ( http://fi.github.com/pricing.html ), the company they used to
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by jbr 17y ago
The bug was that you ran into our free account limit and we didn't give you the proper messaging. Our pricing model only gives free accounts five members per list. I've upgraded your account to an unlimited beta account in thanks for find
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by jbr 17y ago
Having to click view source is so drag and drop doesn't accidentally highlight text. I'll make it so that only applies on the pages with drag and drop. I've gotten a number of replies about the email invitation. I am looking into that cur
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by jbr 17y ago
We're actually just marking them as deleted (acts_as_paranoid rails plugin) so we can later add an "archive" that lets you pull things out of the trash bin. We haven't figured out the UI for that yet, so it's in just an unranked idea in ou
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by jbr 17y ago
Demo is a good idea. Check out http://www.stormweight.com/lists/hn-demo -- a public list I just made (open access).
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by jbr 17y ago
The js is certainly processor-intensive; the client polls every 2 seconds for updates. Search is also done in the client, which can get kinda slow. We'll look into optimizing that code a bit more, but we are trying for "rich client," whic
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by jbr 17y ago
Good point. We'll make it so the dashboard lets you go back.
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by jbr 17y ago
You can invite people by email address and Stormweight will send them an invite. When they sign up, they'll go straight to your list.
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by jbr 17y ago
Try inviting jbr to your list and I'll come interact with you to show you live updating features.
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by jbr 17y ago
Thanks for the comments! Adding member allows them to interact with your list. Try adding jacob@stormweight.com or jbr and I'll come play with you to show you how group interaction can work.
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by jbr 17y ago
Thanks! Changed the title.
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by jbr 17y ago
The comment by ZachS pointed this out and a fix has been deployed. It should be working now. Please let me know if it's not.
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by jbr 17y ago
This is what comes from trying too hard to look like a Real Business -- we saw all of the other companies with Marketing Departments using phrases like "Deep Email Integration" and assumed it was a good place to start. We don't have much t
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by jbr 17y ago
Thanks! position: relative is now fixed on the screenshot. Sign up and learn more buttons are now clickable.
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by jbr 17y ago
We were looking for a way of saying "startup" without excluding non-tech small businesses that didn't consider themselves "startups." Changed to "small."
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by jbr 17y ago
Changed it to "small teams" -- we were trying to say "not big companies"
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by jbr 17y ago
Thanks for the reply! We're working on a screencast today, and /pages/tour is exactly where we plan to put it. I'm not a designer, so I'm particularly interested in feedback about the colors. Are they too dark? We want to look profession
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by jbr 17y ago
Hi! I've been working on this full time for the past three months and nights and weekends for three months before that, so your comments and honest criticism are deeply appreciated. We'll be giving away five premium accounts the people wit

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