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by peterlai 16y ago
I hope to see these changes incorporated within Google's official implementation. As of right now, deserialization of json and xml are way faster in Python: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/499593/whats-the-best-ser...
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by peterlai 16y ago
How about homepagehotness.com? Even though it's a bit long, the name makes me smile, and it seems like it may be memorable.
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Ask HN: Fun side project - what should I name it?
18 points by peterlai 16y ago|28 comments
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by peterlai 16y ago
Here's an example of what we mean by document collaboration: http://crocodoc.com/O3Za0 . This is a link a snapshot of our newest homepage. What do you guys think of it? Critics welcomed.
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by peterlai 16y ago
This has been done out of convenience. We're moving the blog to a crocodoc.com subdomain soon.
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by peterlai 17y ago
Thanks for this idea! My Thesis adviser helped a few professors at MIT review chapters of their textbooks before they were set for publication. I'm going to email him asking if any of his peers are still in the review process. Do you have a
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by peterlai 17y ago
Even though I'm young, I'll occasionally wear reading glasses with a 1.00 prescription. I most need my glasses when working with CSS and pixel perfect layouts. For me, the use of reading glasses significantly reduces eye strain by the end o
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by peterlai 17y ago
At MIT's Startup Bootcamp, Kyle noted a similar squatter on http://justintv.com/ .
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Finally, A Web Annotation Product That Makes Sense: WebNotes PR(techcrunch.com)
2 points by peterlai 17y ago|0 comments
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by peterlai 17y ago
Great screencast, but did anyone else zone out after 30 seconds because the music was so good? I had to play the screencast a second time to actually watch it.</digression>
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Phelps Rebounds as Suit Controversy Roils Swimming(nytimes.com)
1 points by peterlai 17y ago|0 comments
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by peterlai 17y ago
Why are such a high percentage of your users using Internet Explorer? And Playstation? What?
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by peterlai 17y ago
With fair use, this service could become as interesting as 20 questions. Some feedback: Perhaps hunch could handle the browser history more elegantly. After completing this questionnaire, my browser history becomes usable. (I had to click t
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From the Collapse of the Auto Industry Shall Rise the Electric Car(gm-volt.com)
1 points by peterlai 17y ago|0 comments
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by peterlai 17y ago
I don't think this name will troublesome at all in Mandarin-speaking countries. Bing also refers to bread http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_(Chinese_flatbread) or pastry http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Jian-Bing-Chinese-Crepes/Detail... or
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by peterlai 17y ago
"The Pre runs the brand spanking new webOS. Big IT shops want stability and compatibility, but Palm changes operating systems like underwear." This author doesn't seem to understand the implications of having a web-based operating system of
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by peterlai 17y ago
Thanks for the complements. Unfortunately, I don't know what tool/utility we used for the screencast. I do enjoy Jing though.
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by peterlai 17y ago
Your critique of the organizer was very useful. We're looking into improvements for the next iteration. Also, we've added this tutorial: http://www.webnotes.net/tutorial/tutorial.aspx . We hope you find it useful.
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by peterlai 17y ago
We are looking into making the next step more obvious, and we do agree that the homepage has a lot on it. Thanks for the feedback.
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by peterlai 17y ago
Wow, great questions, great feedback. 1. Design: We start with designs from 99designs.com. Then, we have Ryan (CEO and great with photoshop) heavily refine our selections. Afterwards, we convert the designs to html using psd2html services.
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by peterlai 17y ago
Shout out to Tracy Wemett and Alex King for the great marketing. Alex has been with WebNotes since September of last year and has helped with the refining our our messaging. Our previous tag line was "Annotate, Organize, Share" and was so g
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by peterlai 17y ago
Several people have requested tags and other related improvements to the notes organizer. These requests are of high priority in the next few iterations. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Ask HN: Review our startup - www.webnotes.net
38 points by peterlai 17y ago|27 comments
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by peterlai 17y ago
Is something like this available for PyDev (Eclipse)? Supposedly, PyDev already has autocompletion, but it doesn't seem very effective. Because of my experience with PyDev's autocompletion, I am also skeptical of PySmell's effectiveness. I'
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by peterlai 18y ago
WebNotes’ first founder worked part-time on WebNotes for about a year after graduating before raising enough investor money to go full time. After going full-time, he gave everyone else an ultimatum to jump ship as well, and now, we’re a fi
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by peterlai 18y ago
Whoa! My Master's thesis is devoted to solving several of the organizational limitations you've been voicing. Please check out: http://facette.csail.mit.edu/ . It's a tool augments tag-based organization by adding facet-based categorizatio
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by peterlai 18y ago
Whenever I start with a new language, I read an O'Reilly book from cover to cover. For Python, this is the one I chose: "Learning Python" by Mark Lutz.
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by peterlai 18y ago
Related link: http://lifehacker.com/5154283/facette-adds-real-organization... I've been working on this for my Master's Thesis for the past year. With hope, this tool will gain some traction after LifeHacker's post.
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by peterlai 18y ago
I think the general maturing of your service is all that's necessary. Checkout 99designs.com if you're looking for web design help.
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by peterlai 18y ago
We targeted much smaller blogs for several weeks before developing the credibility necessary to approach the larger ones. Also, when approaching the larger blogs, we approached as a company launching a product. Perhaps you should try maturi

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