paulus_magnus

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by paulus_magnus 11y ago
app-ing an industry won't allow you to charge more for the same service. Real innovation is supposed to bring costs down and productivity up which in turn increase demand for the service.
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by paulus_magnus 11y ago
The are only so many women in tech because 95% of jobs in tech suck balls. 1. entry level with zero career progression 2. agile-scrum micro management 3. task oriented, big picture is for business (grown ups) 4. pay is good, starts above ot
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by paulus_magnus 11y ago
Yeah, an intern did this in his spare 20% time. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/volkswagen-em... #enron #pinto #oilspill
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by paulus_magnus 11y ago
None of those ... Hope you got my point. The above are only meant as an example. Main idea is to cripple* the free tier enough to push a chunk of current users from free into pro. Some will leave but you don't want them anyway (they
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by paulus_magnus 11y ago
Why don't you "motivate" frequent users to start paying? ex. by making the free version (gradually) worse until you see revenue. ex. - non pro user pastebins last 5mins, 5 views etc - non pro users can post 1 pastebin per day
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by paulus_magnus 11y ago
at the risk of repeating myself... already send this here a couple of times Working on something similar. Currently supporting Android (draw/view) and HTML5 (view only, mouse zoom/pan). https://play.google.com/stor
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by paulus_magnus 11y ago
A crossover between Google docs with OneNote: - vector graphics/drawings created by freehand / writing http://write-live.com/d/dba21681-8d3f-4fbe-8b4b-e5c1983df934 - handles more complex drawings: (give it ti
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by paulus_magnus 11y ago
Even though typing normal text is faster, noting by hand doesn't use as much brain resources so it's possible to listen and note at the same time. Keying occupies abstract mind to the point you cannot process words with the same d
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by paulus_magnus 11y ago
"google docs" of handwriting / freehand with real-time collaboration. A bit like if google docs had a child with OneNote... - vector graphics/drawings created by freehand / writing http://write-live.com&#
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by paulus_magnus 11y ago
I'm working on something similar: - vector graphics/drawings created by freehand / writing http://write-live.com/d/dba21681-8d3f-4fbe-8b4b-e5c1983df934 http://write-live.com/d/8f9b7
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by paulus_magnus 11y ago
Thanks, didn't know about bigpicture.js. The whole idea isn't that super new. Not sure if I communicated it across: Writelive drawings are always updated in real time. Think shared whiteboard. Co-drawing / co-writing. Current
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by paulus_magnus 11y ago
True. I'm on the fence here. Keeping "real" thickness slows down rendering by a factor of 1.5-2 depending on browser used. Images look better though. I'm not sure what users want at this stage of the project. Perhaps a t
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by paulus_magnus 11y ago
Working on something kind of similar: - vector graphics/drawings created by freehand / writing http://write-live.com/d/dba21681-8d3f-4fbe-8b4b-e5c1983df934 http://write-live.com/d/8f9b78
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by paulus_magnus 11y ago
Having worked for big corporations in Europe, I'd like to see manager types spend 10% of time technical people spend on self-optimising themselves, their working environment, post-mortems, understanding antipatterns, productivity etc.
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by paulus_magnus 11y ago
My pet project Writelive offers a similar experience today: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.writelive write / draw on Android tablet & show via web, collaborate in real time & more
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by paulus_magnus 12y ago
Ping me with an email. Click contact on my website http://write-live.com
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by paulus_magnus 12y ago
I'm working on something similar. Not ready for a full "Show HN". sample: my GF is drawing at the moment and for another 30mins http://docs.write-live.com/WriteliveServer/webview.html?d=7e...
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by paulus_magnus 12y ago
Launched into beta my Android note taking / whiteboarding / vector draw & show. You draw on Android (multiple people can co-draw in real time) and also can view docs online (also with realtime updates) Here's a sample dra
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by paulus_magnus 12y ago
If you allow a little bit of shameless self-promotion/ I (co) made a related app (android + html5) - draw / handwrite (vector data format) - ability to synchronously co-draw in real-time - docs stored in the cloud we're not f