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Re: Show HN: My weekend project, DailyPag.es

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I really like! 3 small suggestions: 1- At the top, "Curate your own group" -> Create 2- There's only 2 groups on the front page.. try to create a couple more (Even if they are fake) so you can generate traction. 3- The yellow background hurt me

I think the OP wants the person that creates the group to manage it, hence using curate.

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, DailyPag.es

#13
Interesting.

I did something similar this past summer that I called the Wisbit App (wisbit for wisdom-tidbit). The idea behind the project was to collect the most important passages (or wisbits) from books and present them as summaries. Users wanting to save time on reading books simply browse the curated passages and rank them. It was my first ROR app, so it leaves much to be desired, and I've only added my own readings to the collection of books thus far. Anyways, here it is in case anyone of you finds it useful: http://wisbit.akeelali.com/

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, DailyPag.es

#14

Cool idea. You should consider adding Kindle support-- Amazon makes it really easy to send out documents to a Kindle via email so it would not take much time to implement since you're already sending the texts through (inline) email.

Indeed! I find myself constantly forwarding longer articles to my kindle for causal reading later. This seems like a perfect fit.

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, DailyPag.es

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post #13

Interesting. I did something similar this past summer that I called the Wisbit App (wisbit for wisdom-tidbit). The idea behind the project was to collect the most important passages (or wisbits) from books and present them as summaries. Users wanting to save time on reading books simply browse the curated passages and rank them. It was my first ROR app, so it leaves much to be desired, and I've only added my own read…

How were you picking out the most important passages? If you don't already have an automated method, try taking a look at my own side project, http://bookshrink.com. (yes this is a shameless plug).
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