What’s the difference between this and using...your email? I’m genuinely confused.
Show HN: Write a private diary using good old email
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#182On seeing this tweet I wondered who would be the first to do it, and how long it would take. Congratulations, from a fellow hacker - what's it been, 2 days? That's really impressive speed, especially considering it's nice looking. A lot of people would confidently assume they could knock this out in a couple of days no problem, but it'd actually take them a few weeks at minimum. I had a post on the front page a few w…
OP mentioned in a comment that this tool existed before the tweet: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22045528
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#183Earlier quoted context omitted.
> How do you solve the "won't read my emails" problem ? Encrypt it before sending.
How do your friends read it then?
How do your friends read it then?
Isn't the point of a diary that nobody can read it but you? That's why they have locks on them.
If you want a diary that other people can read, that's called a blog.
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#184Yesterday Paul Graham asked for an email diary service ( https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1216714155731890176 ): > Is there an easy way to build, or a startup that offers, something that will email you once a day asking "What's happening?" and then accumulate the replies? I did just that! Let me know what you think.
I was thinking -- this morning -- about this type of proactive system that asks questions to stakeholders in a project; especially about their expectations. This is a killer feature that I have never seen in my 18 years as a PM. PM tools still pose high barriers for adoption, in general, since you have to login, navigate, find elements you are related to, analyze them and then feedback. That's a long path if you are not fully allocated into the project. I think there is a lot of room for "feedback automation" via email in Pm tools.
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#185Re: Show HN: Write a private diary using good old email
#186Yesterday Paul Graham asked for an email diary service ( https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1216714155731890176 ): > Is there an easy way to build, or a startup that offers, something that will email you once a day asking "What's happening?" and then accumulate the replies? I did just that! Let me know what you think.
I was thinking -- this morning -- about this type of proactive system that asks questions to stakeholders in a project; especially about their expectations. This is a killer feature that I have never seen in my 18 years as a PM. PM tools still pose high barriers for adoption, in general, since you have to login, navigate, find elements you are related to, analyze them and then feedback. That's a long path if you are…
I've spent 3 years iterating on this idea and it was inspired by the product PG mentioned in his tweet.
Any feedback is appreciated!
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#187Earlier quoted context omitted.
He also wrote > Unfortunately, though, in this one case I can't promise that if you build it, I'll use it. Unless I know you, I can't trust that you won't read my emails. (I trusted the previous startup that did it because we'd funded them.) How do you solve the "won't read my emails" problem ? I've seen the statement in your website: > Your data stored and transferred securely. No one will ever read or process your…
> How do you solve the "won't read my emails" problem ? 99% of the people who tell you they wouldn’t use the product unless it can’t read your email wouldn’t actually use it regardless, and are just asking for things they don’t really have any intention of using. edit: I just wanted to add I think it's kind of a dick move on pg's part to ask someone to build this when there are like four different versions that alrea…
Working for a manufacturing company this is of my biggest pet peeves. Our Salesforce (and customers) insist that they _would/could_ sell (or buy) our product if only it had feature x. In my experience, most of those people aren’t really interested to sell (or buy) the product regardless of feature set.
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#188I just email myself ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ e: Also, I used to use https://750words.com which is quite similar.
>>> I just email myself Sometimes I don't even press "Send". Just keep pages of daily notes in the "Draft" folder ;)
I used to do this once, then I’ve lost a couple of days to IMAP. Now I keep a bunch of text files.
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#189Earlier quoted context omitted.
Isn’t that just an email hack?
No, it's a gmail-specific "feature". Other mail services may also implement it, I guess.
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc822
(viz. not a gmail-specific feature)
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#190Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, it's a gmail-specific "feature". Other mail services may also implement it, I guess.
It is supported by most mail servers, I guess, and at some time nerds all over the world were heavily promoting this scheme. I know someone who constantly complained that web site X or company Y are stupid, because they don't follow the RFCs, don't know the syntax of mail addresses, because mail validation in web forms often rejected anything with a plus sign. The correct answer would have been "don't do it then" or…
Companies don't follow RFCs, as a rule, bc the only mechanism or means of doing so is if the engineering team implementing the product is aware of the relevant RFCs, and can make a case for following them to the product team. (I.M.Exp.)
There's also a generational memory issue here, and I'm not aware of any C.S./C.E. programs that cover RFCs as part of the core curriculum.