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Show HN: I made a simple webapp to store your ideas.

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Post by alex_g »

It's dead simple. There's no fancy interface. Basic features are gone. That's all on purpose.

If you're like me, you're always writing down ideas on pieces of paper. My webapp is like that, but for the internet. Let me know if you find it useful.

Show HN: I made a simple webapp to store your ideas.
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Post by lowglow »

ra3don92 wrote: post #3

"IdeaBin was designed and developed by Alex Greene, a 16 yr. old student at The Bronx High School of Science." Keep up the good work, you've got some real talent for your age. Congratulations on releasing!

S/He'll be chasing the release dragon for years now. :|

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#5

Post by alex_g »

ra3don92 wrote: post #3

"IdeaBin was designed and developed by Alex Greene, a 16 yr. old student at The Bronx High School of Science." Keep up the good work, you've got some real talent for your age. Congratulations on releasing!

Thanks, I really appreciate it. However, I'd rather receive criticism as if my age were not there. If I changed the 16 to a '35', would you still say the same thing?

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#6

Post by alex_g »

dlf wrote: post #2

I like the idea, but I don't see any reason why I should have to register before playing around with the app a bit. Let the user submit ideas and only require registration when they want to create their own private "bin".

The point of the app is to list your ideas. The user must register in order for the app to know which ideas belong to them.

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#7

Post by ra3don92 »

I'll go ahead and make some suggestions: like dlf said, it would be nice to be able to play with it before registering. Furthermore, you should allow the user to login with OpenID services such as Google or Facebook, anything you can do to reduce the time it takes for a user to get started.

You should add an easy way to edit the idea once it has been made. I frequently want to revise or add some resources that go along with an idea I may have.

It's a good start, but lacking some features that would prevent me from using it as a way to store my ideas primarily. I'd be interested in hearing about your progress, it's going to make for a great learning experience.

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#8

Post by ra3don92 »

alex_g wrote: post #5
ra3don92 wrote: post #3

"IdeaBin was designed and developed by Alex Greene, a 16 yr. old student at The Bronx High School of Science." Keep up the good work, you've got some real talent for your age. Congratulations on releasing!

Thanks, I really appreciate it. However, I'd rather receive criticism as if my age were not there. If I changed the 16 to a '35', would you still say the same thing?

Send me an email ra3don92[at]gmail.com I've got some more in-depth criticism i'll pass along.

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Post by alex_g »

ra3don92 wrote: post #7

I'll go ahead and make some suggestions: like dlf said, it would be nice to be able to play with it before registering. Furthermore, you should allow the user to login with OpenID services such as Google or Facebook, anything you can do to reduce the time it takes for a user to get started. You should add an easy way to edit the idea once it has been made. I frequently want to revise or add some resources that go alo…

Thanks for the feedback! I chose to do a standard registration/login solely because it's my first php project- I want to learn how to handle forms and interact with databases.

As per the editing, it seems that is something I should really implement.

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