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Project Management site I can submit tasks via email? | michael_dorfman: Depending on what you consider to be "Project Management Software", Joel Spolsky's FogBugz (http://www.fogcreek.com/FogBUGZ/) will let you submit tasks via email. |
Project Management site I can submit tasks via email? | rantfoil: I'm not a very big fan of Remember of Milk (I think their UI is super over-complex) but someone very nontechnical was just mentioning to me that they support email. This is notable, because nontechnical people almost never talk to others about cool technology -- so it must work well enough to be notable.http://www.rememberthemilk.com/help/answers/sending/emailinb... |
International currency support on day one? | byrneseyeview: Probably not. New currencies give you 1) lots of new announcements to make, and 2) a chance to ration your traffic so you aren't swamped on day one.For transactions, it's different because of network effects. But if it's just individuals assigning currency values to time, there should be a more linear relationship between currency-users and app-users. Also, if they really need to they can convert the numbers. |
Project Management site I can submit tasks via email? | Hates_: http://lighthouseapp.com has an excellent email to task/bug feature. This is what I currently use.http://www.acunote.com also supports the creation of tasks via email, which is good if you're doing agile type stuff, but it's accepted format is a bit clunky. |
Your opinion on we heart places? Our startup from New Zealand. | wvl: Go visit http://www.lovelettertomontreal.com/ and then compare it to something like http://www.weheartplaces.com/places/54-copenhagen. Now, how can you make something as awesome as the first out of the latter? If you can succeed at that, you might have something great. |
Project Management site I can submit tasks via email? | ScottWhigham: Thanks, all :) Going to check them all out now |
Where can i download Chrome? | CaptainMorgan: Hmm... interesting... they must be having issues with the release. |
Where can i download Chrome? | byrneseyeview: Wikipedia says their main press conference is at 11:00 AM PDThttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_ChromeAnd now Wiki says: "But this was soon halted when a series of Microsoft networked computers were reported to have attempted and succeeded in a DOS (denial of service) attack on the website."Citation needed? |
Where can i download Chrome? | icco: It is online now. http://www.google.com/chrome |
Do you have a business plan? | tstegart: I write notes, which I generally consider my plan. It never ends up as a full fledged, fully written plan though. But I feel like I need to cover the basics, like who I would market to, how I would make money, some general estimates on how much money the idea could make, what the costs will be, how much capital it will require, that sort of thing.I found too many times I got excited about an idea only to later realize it was completely stupid and had no possible chance of making money. I have too many ideas in my head, so writing notes is part of the vetting process. If I can't figure out who would buy or, why and for how much, and if that will be enough in comparison to how much I would need to spend, then its not worth spending more of my time on.I think business plans or notes need to be written, because you come up with ideas and strategies and find problems you would never have thought of. I think its even more important when you're selling an actual physical product or service, because capital is so intensive.I think PG's advice is really for experimental entrepreneurship, where its labor intensive but not necessarily capital intensive, very much like many web 2.0 companies these days. If you're planning on building a widget that will cost $100 to make and sell for $200, you'd better be damned sure you know who might buy it, who would sell it, and when you'll start turning a profit. A good plan can be a process to tell you how those things will happen. |
Where can i download Chrome? | mooders: Hmmm. No Mac (or, I assume, Linux) version yet. Windows only. No official word on a release date... |
Do you have a business plan? | gscott: The problem with a "business plan" is that some people would see such a thing as the only roadmap and follow it into oblivion instead of making the subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) course corrections as business conditions and customer requirements change.But the other extreme is to have no plan. So some sort of "Stage 1" plan is a good idea, with an ideal "Stage 2" roadmap that is open to change based upon what happens with user adoption of Stage 1. Getting to Stage 1 would need to be a good accomplishment preferably with an alpha/beta version so you can find out if you are on-track. |
Serious crashes in chrome? | furiouslol: Yes. i'm having serious problems with flash videos.Chrome constantly crash at YoutubeI'm running XP SP2. |
What Is Chrome Written In? | yan: Chrome uses WebKit as their engine, which is written in C++. In terms of UI and the remainder of their internals, I believe it is custom-done, also in C++. I haven't looked too in-depth into their code, but you can get a lot more information about the source tree here: http://dev.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/getting-around-th... |
What Is Chrome Written In? | lacker: The Google Web Toolkit doesn't really make sense for a browser, it's designed to make websites.Chrome is written in C++. Since it's open source you can even check out the code:http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/ |
Looking for Rails tutor, will pay | yan: Why not just join a rails irc channel and ask there? People are usually friendly and will help you free of charge. |
Looking for Rails tutor, will pay | geebee: Have you checked out peepcode.com? There are a bunch of screencasts about doing various things in rails (there is a charge for most of them, but it's pretty low).This isn't exactly what you're looking for, but it might help. |
Any HN members around Charlottesville,VA? | symbiotic: My family lives in Charlottesville but I'm actually in Madison WI. If you get something going let me know and maybe I can check it out whenever I visit. I think it would be a great idea to get something started in the area. Email: aero4x [at] gmail [dot] com |
What Hackers do for Programming Contests? | davidw: Why don't you create a product instead of frittering away time with (IMO) meaningless contests? It can be open source if you just want to learn. Or help out with some existing open source product. |
What Hackers do for Programming Contests? | rsa: try topcoder.com |
How many of you have read The Art of Programming ? | yan: I haven't read it, but it sits on my bookshelf as a reference. |
How many of you have read The Art of Programming ? | michael_dorfman: I agree with your Prof (for strong values of "CS".)It's not a work of Software Engineering, and it's certainly not "must-read" for programmers who stick to writing simple apps in existing frameworks or high level languages.However, if you are interested in the discipline of Computer Science, it's essential.(And don't limit yourself to the first 3 volumes-- there's about 500 pages of Volume 4 out now, which contains some great stuff.)If you're on the fence, I'd strongly recommend watching some of Knuth's "Computer Musings" videos (which are available on iTunes, or via the Stanford web site.) I especially liked the one on "Sideways Heaps"... |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | qhoxie: Perhaps when there is a stable linux client. |
Any HN members around Charlottesville,VA? | ZachPruckowski: I'm a UVAer. I wouldn't mind a meetup night. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | baha_man: 'I always thought IE and Firefox could be slimmed down'Have you tried Opera? I use Windows and FreeBSD, so as Chrome isn't availble on FreeBSD yet I'll probably run Chrome on Windows and Opera on FreeBSD. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | spydez: Not until Chrome gets extensions/addons. I absolutely cannot live without ad blocking, better tab management, NoScript and my check-multiple-gmail-accounts addons. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | spencerfry: I won't be switching as long as the new FF coming out is faster than Chrome (as they say it is). It also has to come out on the Mac first. ;) |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | Protophore: Chrome certainly looks very promising. However it is still lacking many features. Until they get it all put together I doubt that I will be switching.I've also read that IE8 has some nice features that Chrome does not have or doesn't do as well. I'd prefer to avoid IE8, but you never know, maybe MS got something right this time around?? |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | rg: Switched yesterday. I transferred 8 tabs from FF3 and 8 tabs from IE (formerly ran both, for different sites), and started using Chrome exclusively. So far, 100% perfection, 100% stability. All the financial sites, news sites, Amazon, ..., everything works perfectly. Great performance. Very slick developer tools built-in. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | froo: Not right now, the Chrome on my machine is constantly crashing :(I'd like too though. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | blender: Haven't tried it yet since I use Linux at work and Mac at home.If nothing else I think Chrome sets the bar higher for the incumbents - process isolation in a browser is a nice innovation.Cheers |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | STHayden: yep... I set it as my default. Now FF is just for development until Chrome has extensions and firebug comes over. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | ibsulon: I'm currently using it, but I'm switching back to firefox on single core machines -- the multiple process method doesn't work too well on an older machine. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | fiaz: Chrome will not interest me until there is some ad-blocking available. Yes, it is superior to anything else out there, but my killer app for the web is still being able to surf the web sans irritating advertising. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | pavelludiq: If it sucks less than firefox, when the linux version comes out. Im to lazy to reboot to windows to try it out right now, and i usually switch a few weeks after something new comes out. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | lux: No real choice but Firefox as my main browser since my main web activity is development. Chrome, Safari, IE all can't compete with Firebug, YSlow, etc for web development, so for expediency I have to develop in Firefox first and test in the others afterwards. I think that's a big part of what makes Firefox such a compelling browser, it's developer heaven compared to the others.It looks like Opera is starting to recognize this too, which should help increase support for their browser eventually too. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | drhowarddrfine: I don't really need the addons I use in Firefox except the developer tools, but I use FreeBSD and Linux so Chrome isn't available, unfortunately. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | vaksel: yeah until they get ad block I'm not switching, that is the killer feature for me and a lot of people. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | alex_c: I'm kind of using both right now. I like Chrome, I might gradually migrate to it... it reminds me of Opera's sleekness.The biggest irritations so far are the lack of "View Selection Source", and of course, no Firebug (though the built-in element inspector in Chrome is very impressive, but I haven't played enough with it to be convinced it can do everything Firebug can). |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | cdr: I have used Opera for years because of its speed compared to Firefox.However, every Opera 9.5X release has had at least one major, show-stopping problem for me. I'm pretty sick of it, so as soon as Chrome gets AdBlock, I'll seriously consider switching. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | rw: PPC GNU/Linux please. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | misterbwong: Once they include a way to password protect stored logins, I'll probably use it more heavily. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | Allocator2008: Chrome is a good app. I played around with it yesterday. Sad that they are doing it "open source". They should license it, then they could get the revenue they need to be a serious competitor to IE. As it is, nor matter how good technically Chrome is, it will be a curiousity. Without revenue from licensing you can't play with the big boys. "Open source"/free software sounds good in a college sociology paper, but sucks as a business model. It's like flying a 4-engine aeroplane with two engines off. It's stupid. But on the technical side, it is good, and so I'll probably use it. I just feel bad for google's shareholders. They could really be doing a lot better off. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | dmpayton: I use Mac at work and Linux at home, so I'm SOL for the time being. Chrome looks nice, though, and I'll probably end up switching when they port to the platforms I use. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | cooldude127: need a mac version first. then i'll see. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | kalid: Yes -- I'm already using chrome for my everyday browsing. The speed is just too good to ignore. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | sjs382: I wont be switching. Firefox is perfect for my use case and has features I want/need.Portable Firefox: I use workstations at three different locations during the course of my day. Using Portable Firefox to keep my settings, bookmarks and saved passwords consistent on each machine is a MUST for me.Adblock: Not necessary, but definitely nice to have.So yeah, while my use case is pretty specific, Firefox fits it to a T. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | utnick: Not until Chrome has been out for a while and has proven its security and stability.Firefox has gone through many years of trial by fire and I am reasonably sure that I am not going to get pwned by browsing to a malicious site with firefox. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | pragmatic: Yes. I've already done so on all 3 computers. I'll see how long it lasts. So far so good. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | shawndrost: I'm using it as my primary browser, but I'm seeing several errors (or at least inconsistencies). Sometimes, paste+undo when composing in gmail gets me the sad tab. Three downloads have resulted in all of chrome (not just one tab) crashing and burning. Alt-d (which acts as ctrl-l in ff and ie) works properly but boops at me; I feel scolded and when I'm feeling emotionally fragile it's really hurtful. Webkit's developer functionality does most of what I need firebug for, although I haven't used it extensively. The speed, clean ui, and novelty are keeping me happy for the time being, although I do wish they had a handy feedback system so I could bitch right back when alt-d bitches at me. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | ardit33: I want but it is not ready yet.I love the "incognito mode", but while playing youpr0n flash movies it will freeze once and a while, and especially if you scrolled up and down.Not industrial grade yet. :P |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | Sunny90: Touchpad scrolling doesnt work. So I have uninstalled it. Shall be using Opera n FF |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | icco: I won't be switching, at least not yet. I think as a technical innovation, Chrome is amazing. But in terms of user friendly features (who doesn't prompt to close a window with tabs?) it has a long way to go. Google has a history of this write strong powerful utilities and make them shiny later. I have nothing wrong with this, as long as they realize they are doing it. It is the Unix way after all, and we all know the Unix way is the right way :p |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | qaexl: I'm using it as soon as I get a Linux version, stable or not. If the core is solid, then crashes will be confined to tabs. Of the three extensions I use, one is already built into Chrome (incognito mode), one is a proxy extension, and one is NoScript. I use NoScript to keep my browser from crashing all the time, but hey, if it has the process isolation, then I'm not going to worry about it. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | timtrueman: Delicious support would really help make up my mind... |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | dejb: I think I already have. It's not really intentional. I just keep using it. Wish it had some of the extensions I'm used to though. I'm just keeping a FF window open as well at the moment. |
Do you think there is room for mobile startups that neglect the Iphone? | qhoxie: Of course there is. Not building for the iphone does not mean a product is bound for failure by any means. Whether it is an intelligent decision is another matter, but there will definitely be success stories for mobile platforms not related to the iphone. |
Do you think there is room for mobile startups that neglect the Iphone? | tstegart: Considering that the mobile space was a billion dollar industry before the iPhone ever existed, I'm going to say yes. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | iuguy: Don't see a reason to switch from FF and IE.For lightweight browsing, K-Meleon or Epiphany do the job fine.For lighterweight browsing, Dillo, lynx, w3m.I don't see the problem Chrome is trying to solve. |
Do you think there is room for mobile startups that neglect the Iphone? | iuguy: Yes. Don't neglect Symbian, Windows Mobile or Blackberry though. |
Do you think there is room for mobile startups that neglect the Iphone? | zacharye: I work with many companies that make a killing in mobile and haven't touched the iPhone yet. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | jamongkad: Need an Ubuntu version. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | timae: Yes, already made the switch on my work laptop (PC). Waiting for a mac version for home. |
Do you think there is room for mobile startups that neglect the Iphone? | benjamincanfly: If you're focusing on Anroid, yeah. If you're betting on SMS-based services lasting very long, that'll be a losing bet. |
Do you think there is room for mobile startups that neglect the Iphone? | nolanbrown23: The iPhone is a test platform to prove to yourself/investors that your products have merit and can sell. You can do without it but the iPhone means press which means users which means money. Android would be a good platform because of the App Market and so will Windows Mobile and Blackberry but it will be a lot easier on those platforms once a store comes to the OS.There is a lot of room in the mobile space but my biggest fear is that instead of developing substantive companies, businesses pander on the spam/one-hit-wonder line. Don't be one of those companies, spend the time to develop an idea that has value and meaning. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | iamah: I would, but there are FF extensions I can't go without. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | DanielBMarkham: I'm writing apps for people with browsers. Right now that means I have IE and FF on my machine.If Chrome gets a big following, I'll download it. But I don't have a particular problem that I need fixing. If the JS performance is as slick as they say, then perhaps a killer web site will come along and cause me to download and use Chrome more. So far, that ain't happening. |
Do you think there is room for mobile startups that neglect the Iphone? | mattmaroon: That's like saying "Do you think there is room for web startups that neglect Facebook." Except maybe Facebook has a larger portion of the web audience than the iPhone does in mobile. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | ashleyw: Not sure yet, I need a Mac version and extensions (with a very active community building cool stuff) before I switch (or try even, don't have a Windows machine!) |
Do you think there is room for mobile startups that neglect the Iphone? | raganwald: Yes, especially because "iPhone" the platform is only partially about "mobile." How many iPhone apps are really "mobile" apps? How many are really PDA apps? Or tablet apps?a "mobile" startup is a company concentrating on "mobility." There's a lot of opportunity there. And also, the fact that most phones suck is an opportunity. Apple is cashing in on that by making a better phone. You can cash in on that by making the existing phones suck less with your app.By definition, making an existing phone suck less is a mobile startup opportunity that involves neglecting the iphone. |
Do you think there is room for mobile startups that neglect the Iphone? | DenisM: I'm a die-hard iPhone proponent, and here's my take:iPhone is a medicore phone and a sub-par email device.It's an ok line-of-business platform, but subpar to competition.It's a beatuful web device, a great multimedia platform and decent entry-level gaimng platofrm that grownups can carry around unashamed (a "suit" will not carry PSP, but iPhone is Ok). It's also a fashion gadget and a status symbol, especially aborad.So, depending on who your customers are... |
Do you think there is room for mobile startups that neglect the Iphone? | kylec: I'm going to disagree with people here and say that if you're just starting now, it would be unwise to ignore the high-profile iPhone. Though the device may be new and may not have significant market share, there is inimitable hype surrounding the device and the corresponding App Store. If you're looking to sell applications, you may find the iPhone to be quite a lucrative platform given the seamless integration and ease of purchase that users enjoy. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | bd: Not yet. I wanted, but it's still too beta: - I got hard crash, real BSOD, not just browser
- constant disk trashing (comes from "Phishing and malware protection" feature)
- Flash is actually much slower than FF/Opera/Explorer
- no way for me to import Firefox bookmarks (it doesn't appear in menu)
- don't try "about:%" |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | william42: Already have. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | pkrumins: I will be moving to chrome when it gets extensions! |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | cmars232: No. The competition will be good for all though. I'm anticipating a similar performance boost in Firefox. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | kevinl: I have switched to Chrome mostly. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | s3graham: Nope, not yet at least. I don't honestly find FF "fat" and requiring slimming/speeding up. Of course, faster JS is a good thing, maybe I'll switch when some app more or less needs the performance to be usable.It's also too obsessed with tabs, which I find dumb (I already have a taskbar in my OS, thanks), and a few UI bugs are stopping me.I'd prefer to have Flashblock/Adblock Plus too.[edit] Oh, and from a tech point of view separate "process" pages I find interesting, but I'm not sure that it's solving a problem I currently have. |
Do you think there is room for mobile startups that neglect the Iphone? | jonmc12: Of course, but the answer should be based on your marketing plan, not technology platforms. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | abijlani: I use gmail and google docs quite a bit and chrome they work a lot faster. But for the rest of my browsing needs it's Firefox all the way. I stopped using IE longtime ago. |
How do you share screenshots? | RomanZolotarev: I use evernote.com |
How do you share screenshots? | defann: I use:
Printscreen + Adobe Photoshop + Gmail :) |
How do you share screenshots? | ivankuznetsov: I'm use PrintScreen on Mac and Apple Mail |
How do you share screenshots? | ned: Skitch ! |
How do you share screenshots? | ivank: Alt+Print Screen, paste to public Dropbox folder (Directory Opus supports screenshot paste), right click->copy public link |
How do you share screenshots? | pacificleo: i use kam studio and SnagIT . will try your tool too |
How do you share screenshots? | swombat: Either skitch, or just Shift-Ctrl-Cmd-4 and paste into an iChat window. |
How do you share screenshots? | DabAsteroid: It looks like the Wikipedia article about your company was taken down already.http://www.google.com/search?q=floomby+wikiSep 4, 2008 ... Floomby - internet service for sharing screenshots and files on the web. It was developed by Alexander Katasonov and Andrey Ivanichenko.Do you have any relation to the individual posting in this thread as ivankuznetsov? |
How do you share screenshots? | asmosoinio: I use Jing: http://www.jingproject.com/The way it works is really nice, it is easy to capture and share. Unfortunately the application is a bit too heavy for my laptop (1 gig memory etc). Starts really slow and takes up too much of memory. |
How do you share screenshots? | adilsaleem: It would be good if the application shows a preview of screen capture before uploadingI am currently using Snagit |
How do you share screenshots? | robhu: Definitely Skitch. Skitch is amazing. |
Best way to send MMS | swombat: Accept it's messy. As long as big carriers are involved, you're going to see locked down monopolistic behaviours.Basically:- expect it to cost far more than you'd think- don't count on any "big wholesale rebate" - it'll be insignificant even if you hit a respectable scale- don't even bother talking to the carriers until you have a huge volume; as long as you're a small fry, you'll have to go through gateway providersMMS is a still-born technology, imho, in large part because of the telco's involvement. First of all, it doesn't work half the time, secondly, it costs way more than it should, thirdly, it's almost impossible to make a viable business sending MMS's other than by being a gateway. |
Will you be switching to Chrome? | mattjung: I might use it for Google Apps. For those, Crome is and probably alway will be the fastest browser and for those they got all my private data already. I hesitate to allow them to store my complete browse and search history. I kind of beginning to feel watched by Google. |
How do you share screenshots? | meqif: I use scrot and then upload the resulting screenshot to my slice. |
Best way to send MMS | felipe: > Basically, the impression I'm getting is that most carriers do not want 'small fish' like us to send MMS messages on their network without approval.EXACTLY!The way we circumvented the system a few years ago (2006) was to get a plain unlimited SMS plan, and then programatically send and receive SMSs through a real phone connected to the server via USB (not sure about MMS, but it is probably similar). This is very slow (12 seconds per message), and most carriers tell you "unlimited" but there is an actual limit in the fine-print.I would recommend this solution only so you can bootstrap it. If you really take off, the carrier will block you immediately, so a business model that can sustain the MMS costs is a must (as swombat pointed out).Feel free to email me if you need more info on this SMS hack. |
How do you share screenshots? | DanielBMarkham: SnagIt -- best tool out there for Windows |
How do you share screenshots? | floozyspeak: Skitch, ScreenSteps, and another one I forget that starts with P, and its a whole page capture tool on the mac. |
How do you share screenshots? | j0ncc: I use GrabUp (http://grabup.com). It's much quicker than skitch but it has a stripped down feature set. |
How do you share screenshots? | scottw: I have a little bash script I use on OS X:screencapture -x screen.png && scp screen.png myserver:www |
Tech Start-up for people with families? | zacharye: Here's a thread to get you started:http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=288901 |
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