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doublesprout

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    Comment #3136321

    Why hasn't Dropbox extended its main service with something like this yet? Incredibly simple apps like puu.sh and Skitch have taken off as separate apps and there has been a scatte…

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    Comment #2981768

    Also to build up credibility as a developer. My concern as a student is that there isn't a huge community of other open source developers around - so by working on these projects, …

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    Comment #2981755

    I understand why they wouldn't want to serve ads on Wikipedia, but isn't it a bit hypocritical to say the choice is so they can maintain editorial independence? Because for someone…

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    Comment #2944597

    It's not immediately obvious from the label what the button does, but it is from experimentation. And unlike the multistep 'cut' or 'paste' buttons or 'move to' (which pops up a di…

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    Comment #2909746

    Summaries are not necessarily crap and people need some way to tell if what they're going to read is worth their time. In reality, all this script does is make it easier for people…

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    Comment #2904997

    There really isn't a way to learn hotkeys other than searching for them and practicing, and people expect computers to be intuitive so much that they never do that. I wonder how ma…

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    Ask HN: How did you name your last startup/app?

    Just curious how people are finding good names now that For people who keep a bunch of domains on hand 'just in case' - did you use one of those? or is having names on hand a way t…

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    Comment #2898163

    Every time someone makes a 'society thinks' post, I mentally replace those words with 'you think'. And then I make mental self-corrections. I didn't find much to correct for, thoug…

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    Comment #2898145

    I'm guessing you're still in Nepal. Focus on a market you know well and look for provable business models - it'll be easy to narrow down your ideas. Also, I wouldn't be ashamed of …

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    Comment #2898124

    Dreamweaver required you to know quite a bit about HTML. Muse is like InDesign/Photoshop, which people use to do mockups of designs (not UIs/wireframes) today. It cuts translation …

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    Comment #2820434

    "don't know how to start putting them together to make something that works"...try a Github search? Design patterns is a great next step, but it sounds like you're not quite there …

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    Comment #2820413

    Not to hijack the post, but this sounds like something I'm interested in. If OP is swamped, would you mind dropping a line? dblsprout@gmail.com

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    Comment #2820386

    Why not commit yourself to a project instead? It might be possible to learn work ethic from, say, the military, but college is unstructured enough that you have to push yourself th…