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shuleatt

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About shuleatt

My name is Sam Huleatt. I write the blog LeveragingIdeas.com. I co-founded Workstreamer. I like to question things.

Side project: http://eat.ly

sam.huleatt@googlemail

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    Comment #1693452

    Well version 1 was really not meant to be about the quality of photos (i.e. food porn), but if we do move in this direction it's a great suggestion

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    Comment #1693436

    End of the day, probably users and a self-sustaining business model. This was/is a side project among friends so we're not expecting anything too crazy

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    Comment #1693435

    We're definitely aware that site is uuuber slow. Because we're 100% bootstrapped (and not generating revenue) we recently scaled down from Engine Yard to a small instance on Sliceh…

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    Comment #1693426

    excellent point

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    Comment #1693425

    It's possible. One thing we looked at was working with personal trainers, or programs like weight watchers. Another variation was to use mechanical turk to 'guesstimate' calorie co…

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    Comment #1693420

    We didn't have an app initially due to resources and an early belief that we could be device agnostic by leveraging email

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    Comment #1693418

    Awesome! That was great fun night. We've tried to hold true to our roots with quantified self/personal tracking. However, most feedback (here and from friends) suggests we pivot aw…

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    Comment #1693413

    Agree with the iPhone app. We do have a basic Facebook integration that allows users to post to their feed. Also agree with deemphasizing the calorie/health aspects, though overtim…

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    Comment #1683797

    I'm currently based in NYC, but thinking of moving to SF. I'm looking to join or start something though I could care less about the title I'm given. I don't code per se, but have a…

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    Comment #1418969

    how does one get in touch with you?

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    Comment #1412997

    It would be cool if you integrated with Open Graph to allow links posted to Facebook to be cross-posted to howl. Feel free to ping for clarification

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    Comment #1098294

    i believe that when mahalo launched it was meant to be a competitor (alternative to google). However, they have now revised their model and leverage google to drive traffic. So whe…

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    Comment #1098280

    yea it's going to be tough to compete with crunchbase and/or tracked.com

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    Asking YC: How does USocial Work?

    I want to write a post on the black market for buying Facebook Fans, etc. Does anyone have an idea how sites like uSocial.com work? #askYC

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