schapirama

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Helping the Sandy Hook Community through the power of words(for-sandy-hook.fromabirdie.com)
1 points by schapirama 14y ago|0 comments
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A world wide web of ideas(schapirama.tumblr.com)
1 points by schapirama 14y ago|0 comments
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by schapirama 17y ago
Good comments re:spam bots. BTW, the creator can write something personal, both for the recipient, and for the friends who come to write their letters. It's a customization option in the album admin page. Thanks a lot.
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by schapirama 17y ago
Thanks qeorge. Yes, indeed, lots of work needed on the front-end design.
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by schapirama 17y ago
Embarrassing. Thanks --I've fixed it.
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by schapirama 17y ago
Excellent comments, mnemonik. Thanks a lot. * Performance is no doubt an issue (as you can see from everybody else's comments ;-) Will fix that asap. * Good point about not having to re-enter name & email when writing a letter after you
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by schapirama 17y ago
I'll certainly write to them. Thanks for the suggestion!
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by schapirama 17y ago
I originally built this as a b-day present for my wife, and she liked it so much that I decided to turn it into a public service. And I'll be happy if it's just that. But we do have a model to generate (modest) revenue, which hopefully will
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by schapirama 17y ago
You worked there? Interesting. They're still up, right? Our goal when we started the project was to be, in a way, the opposite of groupcard. Whereas they (and their format, and their examples, etc) encourage quick, short messages ("Happy b-
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by schapirama 17y ago
Hey, thanks a lot for taking the trouble to create a JPG! I am aware of the problem with the images (300KB each! ;-) I used png because I need the transparency, but my very first task now is to fix this problem. Thanks
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by schapirama 17y ago
Great comments, 'there' and Jeremy. Yes, performance is poor. I mainly need to fix the background images, which are huge. It's at the very top of my ToDo list. Thanks for the tips on Passenger. I'll take a look at it... Your comments are
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by schapirama 17y ago
It would be great, yes. Our concern has been that the price of the book depends on the # of pages, and we don't know how many there will be in advance. More importantly, we don't know if enough people will write, to make a physical book wor
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by schapirama 17y ago
Thanks for the comments, robryan. Yes, I agree with you, nothing beats a real object --that's why the idea is that the recipient of the letters can buy a real book (printed on demand) to keep all the letters. We've shipped a few, and people
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Ask HN: Please review my app(fromabirdie.com)
35 points by schapirama 17y ago|33 comments
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by schapirama 18y ago
Agreed. Technical solutions are important to enforce security, but "the human factor" is essential too.
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by schapirama 18y ago
Yes, it's true: their service is so good that one doesn't feel the need to abuse their security. Still, they need to make sure that, for example: - you don't give your credentials to all your friends (so that they too can watch movies, with
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Reverse-engineering the security model behind Netflix's 'Watch Instantly' service(blog.pomelollc.com)
23 points by schapirama 18y ago|6 comments