smalter

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   by smalter 15y ago

   I like the concept. I would work on improving the copy, especially because this is a writing-related startup. Fewer exclamation points and fewer words will help.
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   Startups: Host a Tumblelog on Tumblr(blog.idonethis.com)

   1 points by smalter 15y ago|0 comments
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   by smalter 15y ago

   Does anyone know if SendGrid plans on improving their incoming parse a la Mailgun and Postmark ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3475308 )? We use SendGrid but have been thinking of switching to Mailgun for awhile for their incoming par
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   by smalter 15y ago

   Like most things, choosing where to host your company blog is a strategic choice that can't be boiled down to a categorical. tumblr has a really amazing community. tumblr's downtime is a fact. The question is, does the community outweigh
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   Show Your Work(blog.idonethis.com)

   10 points by smalter 15y ago|0 comments
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   by smalter 15y ago

   Not sure why people are pooh poohing this story or making it out to be something it's not -- it's just a great, inspirational story. Especially vs. the Thiel 20 under 20 thread yesterday where there was a lot of discussion (and admitted jea
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   by smalter 15y ago

   To plug my own product: try http://iDoneThis.com We make it easy to know what everyone is getting done. Tracking and accountability are two of the biggest problems we've seen with remote teams. Often work with remote employees requires a
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   by smalter 15y ago

   As far as signups are concerned, of the 10,000+ visitors we received, 3,000+ clicked through to the site, and 1,000+ signed up. I wrote a little here, http://blog.idonethis.com/post/15619811026/write-your-own-st... , about how the traffic
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   by smalter 15y ago

   Thanks for this. We probably should've posted this as a "Show HN" to make it clear that it isn't exactly content, it's more of an invitation.
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    by smalter 15y ago

    Word. Recently read Gleick's excellent The Information ( http://www.amazon.com/Information-History-Theory-Flood/dp/03... ) which made a similar point. Moving from oral to writing as the primary units of information of communication allowed
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    by smalter 15y ago

    The main reason we love Buffer, that's surprising, is that it allows you to be more efficient on twitter. Rather than having to set aside 20 minute blocks throughout the day to find articles and tweet, you can do a week's worth in an hour'
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    by smalter 15y ago

    No offense taken. I've left out some important details.
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    by smalter 15y ago

    No, clarification in edit above. Premium features for businesses to administer teams and digest information.
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    by smalter 15y ago

    Thanks so much. Glad to hear that you've been liking our service. Don't hesitate to email me if you have some thoughts on how we can improve (walter at idonethis dot com).
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    by smalter 15y ago

    Thank you!
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    by smalter 15y ago

    thanks so much, Auston!
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    by smalter 15y ago

    Freemium Edit: All accounts right now are free forever. We're building premium features for the business use case which we'll charge for. Everything right now is free forever.
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    by smalter 15y ago

    hi Zuzz -- we were able to raise.
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    by smalter 15y ago

    Thank you!
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    Vision(blog.idonethis.com)

    19 points by smalter 15y ago|5 comments
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    Take This Lollipop(takethislollipop.com)

    5 points by smalter 15y ago|0 comments
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    by smalter 15y ago

    Hi HN! HN'ers rguzman, peng, and I built iDoneThis in January and we got our start by launching it on HN ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2064038 ). We got some fantastic feedback and enthusiasm for the product. We kept iterating on
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    From Launching on HN to Completing over 200,000 Dones(thenextweb.com)

    1 points by smalter 15y ago|1 comments
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    by smalter 15y ago

    Awhile back, HN users rguzman, peng, and I (met on HN and) built http://idonethis.com based on the Seinfeld productivity secret and launched it on HN. We got some great feedback and kept moving forward with it. We recently crossed 200,00
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    Poll: Would you work in the Mission, SF?

    2 points by smalter 15y ago|1 comments
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    by smalter 15y ago

    Enthusiastic yes
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    by smalter 15y ago

    For the right company, maybe
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    by smalter 15y ago

    Definite no
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    Hacking Product Positioning via Crowdsourcing(blog.idonethis.com)

    2 points by smalter 15y ago|0 comments
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    Anatomy of Three Press Writeups(blog.idonethis.com)

    6 points by smalter 15y ago|0 comments