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by joepestro 17y ago
Jetpack is an additional extension install for users. This framework looks like it builds native extensions without an extension needing to be preinstalled - at least until jetpack is shipped with ff.
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by joepestro 17y ago
I'm looking forward to this series. So, am I reading this right? TicketStumbler has become a maintenance project for a summer intern?
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by joepestro 17y ago
1. Awesome visual design 2. I really like the screenshots and large sign up button. They're all the same screenshot, though, so I can't get a better idea of what is inside. 3. I'm not the target audience since I'm not a professor. I wish th
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by joepestro 17y ago
This could be made into an iPhone app for email/sms. It wouldn't replace the native keyboard on the iPhone, but would allow users to compose their message using this triangular keyboard and forward the text to the appropriate application.
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by joepestro 17y ago
For sure, and we agree. We're not looking to convert on this audience (HN/techcrunch/digg/reddit etc) - we just launched and we think feedback like this from really smart people is super useful. We're still gathering information before we f
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by joepestro 17y ago
It's awesome how much you understand our situation when this is the first time you've seen what we're working on. This was exactly what we've been struggling with, and having another perspective on it is extremely helpful. And, you went thr
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by joepestro 17y ago
Point taken. It's actually more similar than might appear at first glance. Google Wave is real time, and when someone types/edits the wave you're looking at, you see that. On Browseology, when someone types in a search or any other text, yo
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by joepestro 17y ago
We tried this recently with Browseology. It backfired.
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by joepestro 17y ago
We agree with Google. This is the same idea behind our newly launched startup, http://www.browseology.com If you don't want to wait for Google Wave to see updates from everyone in real time, check it out.
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by joepestro 17y ago
Thanks Google! This totally validates our collaborative browsing startup, http://www.browseology.com If you don't want to wait for Google Wave to see updates from everyone in real time, check it out.
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by joepestro 17y ago
Browseology is available now! Developed by myself and kineticac. You can browse together in real time with Amazon support, but more coming very soon.
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Don't want to wait for Google Wave? Try Browseology, see updates in real time(browseology.com)
3 points by joepestro 17y ago|2 comments
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by joepestro 17y ago
congrats!
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by joepestro 17y ago
Yep, this is basically bittorrent that tries to guess what you want based on keywords. The web-based version of this is FriendFeed. Pick what you want to see (subscribe to friends/groups) and get a feed of articles, videos, pictures, etc.
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by joepestro 17y ago
Thanks for taking the time to show what you had in mind. We're very quickly iterating over new homepage designs and will be sure to highlight the main interaction.
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by joepestro 17y ago
Thanks for the great feedback. You're right - Browseology isn't obvious at first glance. That's the biggest area that we're tackling right now, since as kineticac mentioned, it's a new concept to be browsing together without installation. E
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by joepestro 17y ago
I don't think you're dense, that's a good point. We're actually thinking of taking out this URL on the homepage. You can copy/paste your URL at any time to invite a friend - still working on making that as clear as possible.
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by joepestro 17y ago
Totally agree. Gaining initial traction is magnitudes harder as a first time entrepreneur. Would Twitter be at its current level if Evan Williams didn't have the credibility that came from founding Blogger?
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by joepestro 17y ago
Great design - a favicon.ico would be a nice touch and make your site easier to find with multiple tabs open. I submitted http://www.browseology.com and we'd love a review!
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by joepestro 17y ago
ING direct for savings. I'm in California too, and use Mechanics Bank ( http://www.mechbank.com ) for checking. They have great service, and they pay your ATM fees no matter which bank's ATM you use.
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Ask PG: Generating press for YC startups
7 points by joepestro 17y ago|4 comments
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by joepestro 17y ago
I wrote exactly this 4 years ago :) It was called AwayGrabber (www.awaygrabber.com). I wrote a overly complex crawler in C to grab away messages from IM networks as fast as rate limiting would allow. Then created a web frontend for viewing
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by joepestro 17y ago
Thanks! That's exactly our reasoning behind it.
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by joepestro 17y ago
Yes, since only the expert needs to be signed in, you could technically take your own recommendations. It's more useful to browse together with someone else, though :)
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Ask HN: Review our startup, Browseology
12 points by joepestro 17y ago|16 comments
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by joepestro 17y ago
Good point. I did an experiment a few weeks ago to see how this was handled on posterous by sending an email to a friend and cc'ing post@posterous.com. It was handled well on their end with a solid line on the left side of the reply. So it
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by joepestro 17y ago
Posterous is great. I'm interested to know - was this something that you've had planned for a while, or did it come as a natural evolution of the product / feedback from users?
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Lightbox Gone Really Wild(joe.posterous.com)
1 points by joepestro 17y ago|0 comments
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by joepestro 17y ago
The idea of real time communication is similar to IRC, but remember that it's just a protocol. The big difference here is what you can do with how that data is presented to users. There are some really neat things you can do with HTTP and a
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by joepestro 17y ago
I understand the TextMate mention since it's only available on OSX, but the web based / cross platform software listed has nothing to do with what operating system you're using. "When software engineering teams work in multiple group chats,

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