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freshlog
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About freshlog
http://alvinlai.com
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Comment #7951308
Here's a hotkey-focused screenshot+annotation Mac app I made that uploads to imgur: http://alvinlai.com/nanotate/
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Comment #6905585
Nice work! It'll be great if the textarea for commenting grew in height as you typed more.
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Comment #6661285
Here's a game that looks EXACTLY like yours, but for Japanese kana: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/japanese-frenzy/pp...
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Comment #6597176
Yep, it works for all sites. Recap saves a snapshot of the page and hosts it, to make sure that your saved selection will be available even after the webpage has changed.
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Comment #5290411
Check out my other app Screendocs! http://screendocs.com/ It lets you capture step-by-step screenshots, formats them nicely with HTML in a public Dropbox folder, where you can shar…
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[Show HN] Nanotate - Gain super speed with intuitive hotkeys
Today I'm introducing Nanotate, the app that grants you super speed snap, annotation and uploading to imgur. All with intuitive hotkeys. http://alvinlai.com/nanotate/ While apps li…
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Comment #4204756
Sweet! I can now non-metaphorically dare someone to build a better Mousetrap.
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Comment #4137887
When I first saw the logo, I heard: "Winamp… It really whips the llama's ass!"
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Comment #4040680
Stripe's suspiciously missing from this list. I think there should be at least one YC company using Stripe at least?
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Comment #3823476
In my opinion, to be truly confident that your data will be forever exclusive to yourself and people you choose is to pay for the service, to keep it running in the long run. Other…
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Comment #3715258
Good point. I think it helps to learn more about the people behind the app and their motivations. I made Handpick ( http://handpick.me ) as a side project and have not taken any ou…
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Comment #3715202
Would you feel more confident that the app is going to be around in the long haul if they charged you money for using it? See my other comment about charging users money too.
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Comment #3715191
A simple way to show that your app is going to be around for the long haul is to charge users money for it, the founder of Pinboard, a paid bookmarking web app says it best: http:/…
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Comment #3614741
Well, your recipients should be friends, family or colleagues you care about, so you'd be sharing very specific things that you know they will like. Bundling all the links into a d…
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Comment #3613440
To understand why the social web is so noisy, simply follow the money. Salespeople need marketers to sell products, marketers rely on Facebook and Google to buy targeted advertisin…
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Comment #3559439
Wow. Just 12 days ago? How did you get people to engage with the site? Tried looking for inspiration at your Fandalism blog ( http://blog.fandalism.com/ ) but it seems to be passwo…
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Comment #3559401
A quick Google search reveals that pud created Fandalism in 2006 as a site for "uploading and sharing your tunes": http://hemiolesque.blogspot.com/2006/10/fandalism-youtube-fo... N…
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Comment #3549206
You have your password/session salt checked into github, you might want to remove that :)