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jgrall

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About jgrall

MIT & YC alum.

Created Just Landed (iOS) - a better way to pick people up from the airport http://getjustlanded.com

Created Patchmania (iOS) - an adorable puzzle game about bunny revenge http://getpatchmania.com

Created SimplyListed (iOS) - a better way to sell your used stuff http://www.simplylisted.com

First product lead at Dropbox. Early employee at Yammer. Once was a serf for EA Games.

Montclair, NJ https://jongrall.com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #44788458

    "You do not have a right to decide what people do with the content." Smh. Yes, laws be damned.

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    Comment #44788421

    If by "open and freely accessible" you mean there should be no rules of the road, then I suppose yes. Personally, I'm glad CF is pushing back on this naive mentality.

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    Comment #44788379

    Not affiliated with CF in any way. Respectfully disagree. Calling out bad actors is in the public interest.

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    Comment #44788370

    Ain't that the truth.

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    Comment #44788349

    This made me laugh. A form of malicious compliance.

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    Comment #42868975

    It’s not a good look when your technology is replicated for a fraction of the cost, and your response is to smear your competition with (probably) false accusations and cozy up to …

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    Comment #42779329

    Great article that is approachable enough to share with less technical folk. Thank you!

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    Comment #11178195

    I actually considered generalizing the app along these lines, for just about any in-person appointment that you have to keep.

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    Comment #11178159

    I have been approached by a number of companies over the years about selling Just Landed, including some household names. The trouble is, almost none of them wanted the app – they …

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    Comment #11178150

    Lots of people have asked me this, or suggested it. I have been approached by a number of companies over the years about selling Just Landed, including some household names. The tr…

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    Comment #11178136

    God no, but I'd like to see someone take on the incumbents.

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    Comment #11178121

    I wouldn't go as far as saying that Google and Apple are actively deceiving developers. However, they do have a strong incentive to keep things the way they are, and to keep the en…

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    Comment #11178053

    Correct. Features by Apple aren't a panacea – especially for paid apps. But without it, you're DOA.

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    Comment #11178003

    They're welcome to try, but you're correct.

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    Comment #11177991

    You got it. To profitably support commercial power users I would have had to change the business model to a pay-as-you-go subscription model. I considered doing this in a way that …

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    Comment #11177894

    Creator of Just Landed here. Actually, I have been approached by a number of companies over the years about selling Just Landed, including some household names. The trouble is, alm…

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    Comment #9500319

    Thanks for the clarification. I use PageSpeed via a couple of App Engine apps that have it enabled directly from App Engine's admin dashboard. I never had to change any DNS setting…

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    YC founder looking for tenant to sublet our 510sq ft. SF office for 4 mos

    About the unit: - On 3rd floor of historic building @ 222 Columbus Ave at intersection of highly desirable North Beach / Jackson Square / Chinatown neighborhoods. - Several other s…

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    Comment #9449862

    Yeah, I'll probably swap our download button for an App Store badge when we next update it. Sadly it's unlikely that I'll ever build an Android version – can't make the economics w…

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    Comment #9449856

    It's true that Just Landed hasn't been updated for a while. That will change later this year. We've been working on Patchmania ( http://getpatchmania.com ) for 2 years, which launc…

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    Comment #9440678

    Developer of @justlanded here :) Thanks for appreciating our landing page – @partlysean did a great job on it. We also recently released Patchmania which has a neat landing page yo…

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