Since this seems tailored for remembering content, it might be nice if you published some content in this format rather than just having it be a blank note-taking tool. For ex, let people explore a world that represents a biology textbook, or drivers-ed manual, or something else that commonly needs to be studied & memorized.
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#32First thought: "what the flying fuck"
Second thought: "wait, this actually makes perfect sense. I want it"
Kudos for the great idea!
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#33Hey, it's a Unix system! I know this!
...and everything old is new again, apparently.
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#34Hey, it's a Unix system! I know this! ...and everything old is new again, apparently.
I need help understanding the analogy!
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think the threshold for downloading a native app vs a web app is when you have to start putting your person data in the application. what you are creating is something that will be filled with peoples personal data. Many of us, are required by employers, law, or a sense of owning the data, are going to prevent people from storing the data on your server. you could look at a native app, if your rending is done clien…
"Many of us, are required by employers, law, or a sense of owning the data" Ahh, interesting. I've never thought about this when it comes to web vs native. It is surely one of my blind spots. Thank you for pointing that out! We will definitely work towards that, however, at this moment we are quite limited by our development speed. So it is unclear how long it will be until our #1 prioritization becomes creating a na…
You're doing great work. This is a fantastic product. Keep it up. Good luck keeping it running.
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#36So what happens when I fill up an island and I want to capture an idea in the proper place RIGHT NOW? Especially if I've got it surrounded by other islands. Aw shit, I just lost my fragile new idea while getting distracted by landscaping. Also holy crap the body type in these notes is microscopic.
Great point! The idea of running out of real estate is something that we thought quite a bit about in the beginning. So, we used to have somewhat like a tag system that we thought would lower the friction required to make a note. Where you can open up a notebook anywhere and we'll put it on the correct island for you after #tag it. But it kinda defeated the purpose of this app, for people to place their notes down li…
Definitely need that font size option! ... or, better, just good dynamic autoscaling based on f(text_length, box_size, zoom_level) and maybe a font size override option for static association.
Also need a drag feature for increasing island size, not just click. I would like to be able to create a large island quickly, like using a paintbrush almost. Even if I don't have notes to populate it with anytime soon.
Really love all this though.
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#37Hey, it's a Unix system! I know this! ...and everything old is new again, apparently.
I need help understanding the analogy!
It's a quote from the first "Jurassic Park" movie; one of the characters sees a graphical representation of a directory tree, and says the, "Hey, it's a Unix system! I know this!" line.
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#38Hey, it's a Unix system! I know this! ...and everything old is new again, apparently.
I need help understanding the analogy!
Movie reference from Jurasic Park (1993). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4kBRC2co7Y [perhaps a spoiler...]
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#39Hey! I'm actually one of the makers of Nototo. I'm quite surprised to find my own project trending on HackerNews! If anyone has questions feel free to ask me here! or at chen@nototo.app
Could you share some of the most interesting and unexpected uses of Nototo that you have encountered thus far?
Since we only publically launched yesterday, we haven't gotten the chance to chat with the users yet!
I'll keep u posted :)
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#40Their pricing page really bothers me:
> We are just three engineering students in an apartment living room, eating lentils everyday, and spending every waking moment of our lives trying to make Nototo into something that people love.
> Therefore, we really can't afford to spend time and figure out the best way to take money from you.
I really dislike this trend of "formulating a business plan for our business isn't important for us". It's supposed to come off as "we care so much about delivering a great product that we don't care about money" but once you remove the stigma about making money (you're a for profit business, you should be making money. It's a good thing. There's no shame in that) it just comes off lazy. Designing a pricing system and monetizing strategy is just as much a part of making a product as designing the frontend or the tech, and all that directly affects me as a user.
It doesn't really inspire me to try it if I have no idea if their pricing will be something I'm ok with or if their product won't exist because they didnt think coming up with a business plan was important.