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benblodgett

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About benblodgett

Non profit tech, working on hopsie.com & nkoso.org currently portland, maine.

ben.blodgett@gmail.com

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    Tone immediately changes post funding, brash excitement early customer phase -> pr.

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    Comment #8844700

    https://hopsie.com I wrote a site creator for non-profits that allows them to create customized fundraising sites.

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    Comment #8823263

    SEEKING WORK - Remote - Rails/Sinatra Working on hopsie.com a fundraising platform for non profits, looking to split time between this and interesting freelance projects. https://h…

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    Ask HN: What browser do you develop in?

    I have used Chrome for the last couple years, mainly because Firefox's developer tools were a bit behind when I made the switch. This was fine for awhile, but now Chrome is blockin…

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    Ask HN: Can we have a YC Application sandbox?

    I think it'd be beneficial for the fund and founders in general if you could fill out the latest version of the YC app anytime. It seems you already have draft functionality, why n…

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    Comment #7426687

    Why wouldn't you just use imap in an email client? I don't see any benefit to using a cloud email service when you can just host email easily on a cloud server..

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    Comment #6745996

    This is really cool, I've never been to London so I have no reference for how busy the places he photographs typically are. I would love to see a similar project for NYC.

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    Comment #6618116

    http://www.nkoso.org / http://www.hopsie.com - a crowdfunding api for non profits.

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    Comment #6535154

    This is a perfect example of HN acting productively. Identifies a serious problem that effects the audience and pushes the solution to the top.

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    I agree it shouldn't change conversions, but I would also like to see some data supporting that. I run a lot of ecommerce sites and couldn't imagine the number of transactions not …

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    Comment #6442315

    Let me start by saying I like the sentiment here. The hardest thing about living in NYC is knowing too many people. They distract you and give a false sense of comfort towards your…

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    Comment #6380159

    I am the founder of nKoso.org a sponsorship program for children in rural Ghana. We focus on at risk rural children and place them in one of our partner private schools. We're new,…

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    I think DDG would be a much more viable option if they owned ddg.com. The reason I still use google is because it flows naturally on the keyboard. I use search as a navigation meth…

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    Comment #6000231

    Can we take a peak at the campaign?

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    Comment #5975848

    I can imagine the user base for this is a tiny yet interesting bunch.