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Everyday.me (YC S12) - an "Evernote for Your Life"

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Re: Everyday.me (YC S12) - an "Evernote for Your Life"

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> An iPhone and web app called Everyday.me

Right, so I get into the "private beta" and go to the link in the email. It gives me a popup saying, "Please use an iPhone to install this app."

Meanwhile, on their homepage: > Access from anywhere - on mobile, email, or the web

If having an iPhone is a requirement of using your website (which I assume functions perfectly well on its own), you're doing it wrong. If the website is merely a way to view (but not edit) your content, then you're REALLY doing it wrong.

Also, why are people still developing exclusively for iPhone? Last quarter there were four times as many Android phones sold as iPhones.

Re: Everyday.me (YC S12) - an "Evernote for Your Life"

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post #12

> An iPhone and web app called Everyday.me Right, so I get into the "private beta" and go to the link in the email. It gives me a popup saying, "Please use an iPhone to install this app." Meanwhile, on their homepage: > Access from anywhere - on mobile, email, or the web If having an iPhone is a requirement of using your website (which I assume functions perfectly well on its own), you're doing it wrong. If the websi…

>> Also, why are people still developing exclusively for iPhone? Last quarter there were four times as many Android phones sold as iPhones.

I can only speak for myself, but developing for Android is a nightmare compared to developing software for iOS. Different behaviour amongst different Android devices makes it really hard to provide a consistent user experience.

Re: Everyday.me (YC S12) - an "Evernote for Your Life"

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post #12

> An iPhone and web app called Everyday.me Right, so I get into the "private beta" and go to the link in the email. It gives me a popup saying, "Please use an iPhone to install this app." Meanwhile, on their homepage: > Access from anywhere - on mobile, email, or the web If having an iPhone is a requirement of using your website (which I assume functions perfectly well on its own), you're doing it wrong. If the websi…

You're not going to develop for both platforms simultaneously because that is a recipe for headaches and higher costs - especially if you're still figuring out your product-market fit.

Let's not even talk about Android device fragmentation, which I can only imagine is a serious problem. The difference lies in that while Androids may dwarf iOS installs in terms of units sold, the iOS platform dwarfs the Android in terms of the size of the market of people willing to buy apps.

Re: Everyday.me (YC S12) - an "Evernote for Your Life"

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post #12

> An iPhone and web app called Everyday.me Right, so I get into the "private beta" and go to the link in the email. It gives me a popup saying, "Please use an iPhone to install this app." Meanwhile, on their homepage: > Access from anywhere - on mobile, email, or the web If having an iPhone is a requirement of using your website (which I assume functions perfectly well on its own), you're doing it wrong. If the websi…

We do want to develop for Android, just didn't have enough time and resources to do them both at the same time. Sorry for that, we'll bring it to Android soon!

Re: Everyday.me (YC S12) - an "Evernote for Your Life"

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post #6

After reading this, I still don't know what this is. Other than being like facebook, a notebook, twitter, blogs, a private journal, and Evernote, not that I've ever heard of Evernote before. How can something be like a facebook timeline and private at the same time? Why is it so difficult for people to describe their new service? Alternatively, why am I so bad at understanding?

Hi, we're sorry the description is confusing. It's similar to Facebook's Timeline in the sense that we list things chronologically, but it's completely private. I think the easiest way to think of it is a mobile journal that not only lets you input things, but also automatically collects your social activities across the web for you. Does that help?

Serious, non snarky question - how are you different than Path, then?

Re: Everyday.me (YC S12) - an "Evernote for Your Life"

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post #3

I'm not sure if I would feel comfortable having my private journals on someone else's server.

Agreed. I love the Feltron Reports and the stuff Wolfram Alpha does with his own personal data, but I can't really get down with this. ThinkUp (for social media) and Day One / Daytum (for personal data) is all I need. You can't really reproduce Feltron Reports on scale.

Re: Everyday.me (YC S12) - an "Evernote for Your Life"

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post #10

So when they shut the service down in 18 months and kill all access to our data, will they be quick to point out that "indefinitely" = for as long as they are profitable? Now I'm not saying this is what's going to happen, but you would have to be foolish not to consider this the most likely outcome.

Well hopefully with your support we wouldn't have to shut down ;)
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