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Ask HN: Anyone interested in sharing a PnP (Sunnyvale) cubicle?
4 points by zhyder 18y ago|2 comments
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by zhyder 18y ago
Congrats Peldi! I'm surprised how dominant the desktop version is over the other web-platform versions. I think I read in one of your blog posts that you were too.
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by zhyder 18y ago
Update: just redesigned the page as you suggested. Also changed the flow so that it goes to "Sign Up" rather than "Log in" after you pick a plan.
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by zhyder 18y ago
Update: I've clarified this (together with redesigning the page). Let me know if it's clear now.
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by zhyder 18y ago
Just updated the webpage ( http://www.dabbleboard.com/pro ). Looks better than before, but will refine it further. If you still get to read this, do let me know what you think of it now. Thanks!
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by zhyder 18y ago
SVG download is important as a Pro feature coz it enables data portability, which I expect businesses to care a lot about. The document-format limitation you can work-around by printing to PDF first. But hey, you've been a supporter from th
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by zhyder 18y ago
I should definitely clear this up on the webpage (and I'll be putting a video up as well), but you could certainly manage with even an Individual Pro account.
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by zhyder 18y ago
Ah, so we can maybe expect a Y2.1K problem then
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by zhyder 18y ago
The correct way to do this is to define a quadyear=365*4+1, and then just use mods & divides (quadyear -> year-within-quad -> day) with no loop, right?
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by zhyder 18y ago
Thanks, agreed on both points, will improve it. (It's currently sufficient just for the existing users we'll be emailing now.)
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by zhyder 18y ago
Yep, I don't expect you (and other HNers) to be the right customers, but you're the best feedback-ers!
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by zhyder 18y ago
One of Dabbleboard's unique features is the personal library. We want to encourage users to save stuff to reuse later, and charging per drawing would go against that.
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by zhyder 18y ago
I know you're not criticizing, and I appreciate the feedback :). I'm hoping these would help with reducing the risk: 1. (Uncrippled) Free version 2. Ease of upgrade/downgrade/cancellation 3. 30-day-free-trial (not yet available) on the Pro
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by zhyder 18y ago
A price per drawing (or even a price per minute, since we encourage unlimited drawings) might make things more complicated for people too tho. As a user, I think I'd go mad constantly doing the math for how many cents the next few minutes a
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by zhyder 18y ago
We don't have the payment system setup for discount codes yet, but send me an email if you're interested, and I'll send you an HN-only promo code when the system can accept it.
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Dabbleboard Pro now available
22 points by zhyder 18y ago|29 comments
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by zhyder 18y ago
I'm venturing into dreaded downvote territory here... Consider it anecdotal evidence, but I've known several Indians who've done that, and I've seen it while reviewing resumes for interviewees as well. I'm not sure about Pakistanis (they're
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by zhyder 18y ago
I think it's simply because Indians are more willing to pad their resumes, in an attempt to beat the system.
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Elevator Pitch Friday: Duck Duck GO, The Hybrid Search Engine(techcrunch.com)
3 points by zhyder 18y ago|1 comments
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by zhyder 18y ago
Cool. Just curious, which non-YC startups are there? Is it just as social? We (Dabbleboard) are a non-YC shop that could benefit from moving there.
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by zhyder 18y ago
And the MBA/med schools are also more expensive
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by zhyder 18y ago
But kids can be a hobby too
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by zhyder 18y ago
I'd guess on average grad school funding (in EE/CS) is still easier to get than making money from a startup. How hard did you really try?
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by zhyder 18y ago
Where is the new YScraper these days? (I thought the original one evicted YCers after a justin.tv incident.)
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by zhyder 18y ago
Agree with your conclusion tho not with your argument. Grad school is free (and "profitable" with stipends) if you get fellow/TA/RAships.
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Dabbleboard now supports multi-page drawings, embedded documents(blog.dabbleboard.com)
1 points by zhyder 18y ago|0 comments
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by zhyder 18y ago
Agree it's standard procedure (and that it is a useful hint to all readers), but I thought the original purpose of the site was to engage potential YC applicants so you could better evaluate them.
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by zhyder 18y ago
Cool stuff! How's Adpinion going btw? I had really liked your idea, and still hope for the day when I'm delivered just the (display) ads that I want/need to see. (I don't block ads.)
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by zhyder 18y ago
Agreed. Though I like how the demo (incl music) is modeled after the iPhone ads; don't change that!
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by zhyder 18y ago
Hopefully the mechanism they chose is amenable to cross-user undo. (Though it's currently missing, I'm assuming single-user undo can be added easily enough.)

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