Spork is a hyper-local platform that enables granular local services, deals, and gifts. The first app built on the platform is a food discovery tool that helps users find dishes, decide on menu items, and share with friends - it’s like a yelp for dishes.
Ask HN: What are ten HN startups I can give a free table to LAUNCH?
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#102Here we go: Connecting with more and more services is becoming do or die for new products. There's no point in creating the next big thing and then letting it starve to death in a locked closet. But the headaches involved with Facebook's documentation, LinkedIn's XML, and pretty much every part of Google's APIs are hobbling the progress of the social web. And then there's rate limits, constantly changing methods, and…
Are the API keys etc stored at your end or are they sent through the use of your API?
Re: Ask HN: What are ten HN startups I can give a free table to LAUNCH?
#103Hello Jason,
We are building a Social Ebook Reader for Tablets - http://www.Appitude.com. Applied for OAF at Seattle and had a chance to talk to Jason Krute. Launched private beta in november and have signed up interesting authors like Mark Victor Hansen (Chicken Soup for the soul), Jay Conrad Levinson (Guerrilla Marketing) etc.
Would love to attend Launch.
Thanks -Vj
Re: Ask HN: What are ten HN startups I can give a free table to LAUNCH?
#104Here we go: Connecting with more and more services is becoming do or die for new products. There's no point in creating the next big thing and then letting it starve to death in a locked closet. But the headaches involved with Facebook's documentation, LinkedIn's XML, and pretty much every part of Google's APIs are hobbling the progress of the social web. And then there's rate limits, constantly changing methods, and…
Are the API keys etc stored at your end or are they sent through the use of your API?
They're stored at our end at the moment, but I can see that there would be value in allowing both methods.
Re: Ask HN: What are ten HN startups I can give a free table to LAUNCH?
#105Spork is a hyper-local platform that enables granular local services, deals, and gifts. The first app built on the platform is a food discovery tool that helps users find dishes, decide on menu items, and share with friends - it’s like a yelp for dishes. http://www.sporkhub.com http://bit.ly/sporkforiphone
Sweet! The iPhone app is quite nice.
Re: Ask HN: What are ten HN startups I can give a free table to LAUNCH?
#106I'd love to get a table at LAUNCH. We are doing PR as a service to help startups be able to do pr effectively so that they can focus on building their core product. The site is http://socmetrics.com
I've used socmetrics. I'm a beta customer and being able to search and find influencers according to topic is awesome!
Re: Ask HN: What are ten HN startups I can give a free table to LAUNCH?
#107Spork is a hyper-local platform that enables granular local services, deals, and gifts. The first app built on the platform is a food discovery tool that helps users find dishes, decide on menu items, and share with friends - it’s like a yelp for dishes. http://www.sporkhub.com http://bit.ly/sporkforiphone
Been using the app. When are you rolling out deals? Will I be able to get deals on dishes I want?
Re: Ask HN: What are ten HN startups I can give a free table to LAUNCH?
#108Spork is a hyper-local platform that enables granular local services, deals, and gifts. The first app built on the platform is a food discovery tool that helps users find dishes, decide on menu items, and share with friends - it’s like a yelp for dishes. http://www.sporkhub.com http://bit.ly/sporkforiphone
I just moved to SF, and it has a ton of suggestions for dishes to try by where I live. I like how I can narrow down my search to walking or biking distance.
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#109Vidinotes (http://vidinotes.com) lets you learn from videos by making printable cheat sheets. Great for how-to and exercise videos. - Chris
Re: Ask HN: What are ten HN startups I can give a free table to LAUNCH?
#110Spork is a hyper-local platform that enables granular local services, deals, and gifts. The first app built on the platform is a food discovery tool that helps users find dishes, decide on menu items, and share with friends - it’s like a yelp for dishes. http://www.sporkhub.com http://bit.ly/sporkforiphone
This is a great app for finding food - like they say a "yelp for dishes"
I saw the pitch and the underlying platform is pretty amazing - lots of opportunities to build additional products on top and to integrate with other companies.