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ryanspahn

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About ryanspahn

http://Sleep.fm "Don't wait to hear Happy Birthday, wake up to it!" - Sleep.FM

Recent public activity

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    Comment #7840118

    HA this guy. For years he went on and on and on about my first start-up idea and not in a positive way. In 2007 I created The Social Alarm Clock (was my 1st idea on the web) and as…

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    Comment #2800338

    What's even worse that it automatically connected to Picasso which I must have used 5 or more years ago for some very private photos. When I signed up to google plus I was shocked …

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    Comment #1684453

    Anyone know what is being taught regarding technolgy and the Internet in the us elementary and high school systems? Is Internet 101 a mandatory class that teaches these basics and …

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    Comment #865930

    Not so amazing as Skype nor Vonage match the phone experience as neither take control of your dialer nor run in the background. If Skype is closed your phone won't ring and your ca…

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    Comment #859650

    Feel free to elaborate the whom you are speaking of. I guess I could start a list... 1. Navy seals 2. High level CIA/FBI agents 3. Airline pilots; any person whose work deals with …

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    Comment #859593

    What? "You keep it hidden because for every 1 person who takes your advice and helps you out there are 5 who will write you off as a serious person for the rest of your life. Edit:…

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    Comment #814056

    How about news sites charging say $12 bucks a yr. for iPhone centric versions of their site? Reading Hacker News & other news sites on the iPhone is not the greatest experience! A …

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    Comment #759776

    Thanks everyone!

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    Comment #755712

    Currently - http://sleep.fm and some other things too, soon to be released.

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    Comment #742288

    We ( http://sleep.fm ) redirect IE6 users to an older version of the site that has less features. Not sure, if that's suffice for this campaign or not?

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    Comment #669778

    So you don't use an alarm clock that uses noise to wake you? We have made the noise extremely short and it repeats til you stop it. This weekend I was gonna go on a hike that was 2…

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    Comment #669721

    I've never had trouble sleeping but in my start-up journey the alarm clock and working to improve it has become part of my life. Most people just want to hear a noise, like an mp3;…

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    Comment #554310

    A Social Alarm Clock :)

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    Comment #549569

    http://browsershots.org/ may prove helpful to see how others using all the various web browsers are viewing Tapinko.

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    Comment #537934

    thanks for all the comments and helpful resources! I wish HN had a section devoted to testing new features & UI! That would be great, as Im not asking feedback on my app(graciously…

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    Comment #526346

    Since we do not have access to IE6 and know our latest version is messed up in it we are forwarding IE6 users to our old version( /ie6Index). The site is functional but asks them t…

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    Comment #515308

    Sure this awesome & amazing to see for us! The data compete is stating is the number times people searched Twittered for Sleep.fm and not the amount of Twitters. We do have a somew…

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    Comment #419536

    Every youtube video I watch and scroll to bottom of page i see the chrome ad.

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    Comment #380107

    Nice job! I saw a similar service called umbrellatoday too. A month or so ago we ( http://sleep.fm ) launched wake up to ur weather report. We speak the weather to you upon zip cod…

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    Comment #351843

    Agreed ... though I say the title of your email is most important, rather then it's contents. Be short, sweet & descriptive in your title and in the email. Press and bloggers get a…

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    Comment #351154

    Does it let me claim my name and auto register said name to each site? A new form of Open ID! Visual and lazy!

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    Comment #349729

    Its an amazing simple idea and tool! So much data on there for us start-uppers to use for research, marketing, as well as building innovating services using the data. One could cre…

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    Comment #331597

    I never wanted to type Japanese but if I ever needed to... now there is a handy web service - good idea and work! How about adding Chinese too?

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    Comment #328560

    Was going to type that site too, as I have used it many times! Also, searching stumbleupon ... search graphic designer ... have come across some great folks!