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by pxlpshr 14y ago
Yes, that's our standalone app. We also offer developers a SDK so an app can have the full functionality in a small SOS button with 3 lines of code. Developers don't pay for data storage, sms, or ivr fees. For customers, it's free to use wi
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
After Apple gave us the run around and rejected us using In-App Payment for our premium insurance services, we tried switching to PayPal. After countless headaches with PayPal, we switched to Stripe in 1 working day. Huge fan of their servi
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
37signals is catching flack for yet-another-blog-post not applying to larger institutions, but this mirrors Facebook's culture in which every employee is "QA" by serving them the latest trunk if I'm not mistaken. Sometimes people overanalyz
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
I understand, simply stating an ideology.
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
This type of defensive purchase by Microsoft just perpetuates the problem with software patents. Maybe Bill should return from philanthropy, reinstate his position as CEO, burn these patents for the betterment of entrepreneurism, and resign
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
Most of those posts are almost 4 years old, get over it. I've been publishing to AppStore since 2007 and it was rough at the start. Apple wasn't anticipating the volume of submissions. It's a much different story now.
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
This what Notifo was trying to do but ran into quite a few challenges with adoption. You should talk with them more to see how you differentiate and solve the problem they had...
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
That's not the moral of the story; techies are great early-adopters and end users for that reason. The moral is to treat customers privacy with utmost respect.
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
Your argument doesn't compute. You're comparing content (photo gallery) with a design structure. The "two column" grid includes photos, locations, new friends, comments, etc.
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
<rant> Four-hour work week? Work smarter, not harder? I just don't buy those kind of ideologies if you really believe your idea will change the world. If you want a lifestyle business that provides for you and your next of kin, more
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
In all fairness, that was written in August of 2009... 2 years is quite a long time for browsers to improve their script engines. I'm certain you're also running the latest Safari/Chrome/FF whereas many of my friends and family still are no
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
Required? No. But there are benefits to being available on said platforms such as free distribution and eye balls. But there are also drawbacks, more specifically with Apple, if you have to spend a lot of time in the black hole review proce
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
Awesome news topped with even more awesomeness that Heroku is continuing to truck along post-acquisition. We're now looking into +/-'s of moving from RAX Cloud Servers to Heroku.
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
I would buy it at $4.99 with the mouse acceleration disable feature. Right now I use USB Overdrive but it's 32-bit and I'm not sure if it's working properly in Lion. I have Logitech software for my MX1000 to control everything else, it just
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
Perhaps, if you were expecting to sell one copy @ $16. But your argument is invalid at internet scale. $.99 games sell millions of volume. I'm not going to spend $14.99 on it because there are alternative products for cheaper or free. Deman
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
15.99 is too expensive, IMO, but I guess you can make that decision based on sales data. I would experiment with 4.99. Something else a lot of people don't realize is that mouse acceleration is turned on in OSX and it's 'impossible' to disa
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
rooting for yardsale. i had similar concept/name reserved on iTunes a few years ago, but couldn't run with it at the time. do it big!
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
We've been working on a product very similar to this for a long time. Traction is difficult, and few people respond well to fear mongering and/or premeditative thoughts that their life may be in danger. In addition, top of mind is also a ch
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
chron.com is Houston's major newspaper. We're cheering for more NASA funding. :) I love this comment: The Bible didn’t say anything about god creating life on Mars.
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
Unimpressive portfolio. All too common of an attitude in both creative and engineering oriented industries. The greatest things are built through collaboration, and the most brilliant people are generally the most humble — their work speaks
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
Reminds me of the hacker's manifesto, but a lot less eloquent.
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
Great list, we use a lot of these. Does anyone know if there is a project that makes it easier to white label your app's services?
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
Congrats to Michael and Tan on all the recent success. They've been building Gendai for a long time starting in Austin. Lots of sweat, blood, and tears went into this product. Great team, dedicated and innovative.
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
The app is viewable here: http://wheelsofsteel.net/
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by pxlpshr 15y ago
When are you guys going to wake up and use newsgroups? BitTorrent is a huge liability if you ask me. If you're caught and sued, it's for distribution — not downloading.
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by pxlpshr 16y ago
I'm waiting for Apple to unload some of their cash reserves for Dropbox. Could they build it themselves? Maybe but I'm not very optimistic based on iDisk. However, I haven't had many issues with .Me syncing my mail/calendars/address book.
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by pxlpshr 16y ago
Basecamp can be used in replace of redmine while the development team is small, but redmine is generally better suited for bug/issue tracking as the engineering team grows. As far as processes are concerned at the start, I try to keep it to
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by pxlpshr 16y ago
Slick plugin, I could see this being used to help non-technical marketing people better contribute to a website. Hope you're able to make it compatible with http://wpml.org as we use this plugin extensively.
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by pxlpshr 16y ago
Once a year it often feels like your business is about to fail until it truly reaches the point of a sustainable business. I think what separates real entrepreneurs from wantrepreneurs is how they handle the barriers and low periods that ar
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by pxlpshr 16y ago
I've been a member here for awhile. I guess you can't use "Tell HN:" tags anymore. Here's our story of a product built by a 3 man team: Our previous product, Plerts, was released almost a year ago. http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/13/plerts-b

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