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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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Post by DigitalSea »

Another startup being prominently featured on Techcrunch started by "ex-Googlers" I swear every startup that gets Techcrunch coverage was started by ex-Googlers. That all side, I don't see what makes Everyday.me so special (I don't mean to sound so cynical) but what makes this application different in comparison to all of the other available services and mobile applications that do the same thing? Evernote is one of those applications that comes to mind.

It looks to me Everyday.me borrows heavily from the Facebook timeline except it's private. I don't see how Everyday.me is different to Facebook Timeline and Path especially. Am I missing something big here that makes Everyday.me a "killer startup" please kindly put me in my place if I am. To add to the confusion further, what do YC see in Everyday.me to make it worthy of being funded?

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

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Post by essayist »

yukuan wrote: post #20
dendory wrote: 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 ;)

Promising -- and delivering, asap -- a friendly export format would be more convincing at this point.

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

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Post by howradical »

As an introvert who is in the process of deleting their facebook account for privacy reasons, I see real value in this. I'd like to keep a private journal more in line path/instagram/twitter - just for me. That being said I have a couple pieces of advice:

Make sure I can export ALL of the data, anytime. Make sure you securely backup all of my data. CHARGE ME for this service, so I know you won't sell my data. Only way I'll do this is if you address my privacy concerns.

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

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Post by ninetax »

yukuan wrote: post #20
dendory wrote: 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 ;)

Will the data be exportable?

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

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Post by yukuan »

howradical wrote: post #23

As an introvert who is in the process of deleting their facebook account for privacy reasons, I see real value in this. I'd like to keep a private journal more in line path/instagram/twitter - just for me. That being said I have a couple pieces of advice: Make sure I can export ALL of the data, anytime. Make sure you securely backup all of my data. CHARGE ME for this service, so I know you won't sell my data. Only wa…

Got it, we hear you and definitely feel the same way. Working hard toward meeting all of them.

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

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Post by yukuan »

phillmv wrote: post #17
yukuan wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

A few different ways, I think Path is amazing for what it does, btw. A real inspiration for all of us. It seems to really promote you to share with your friends. We don't share at all. We also import your activities from other networks. You can post to it by email, view it on the web...please give it a try and let us know what you think.

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

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Post by dbul »

DigitalSea wrote: post #21

Another startup being prominently featured on Techcrunch started by "ex-Googlers" I swear every startup that gets Techcrunch coverage was started by ex-Googlers. That all side, I don't see what makes Everyday.me so special (I don't mean to sound so cynical) but what makes this application different in comparison to all of the other available services and mobile applications that do the same thing? Evernote is one of…

what do YC see in Everyday.me to make it worthy of being funded?

That they are "ex-Googlers."

It may be disingenuous to say that other applications do the same thing; it's as if you were saying ConnectU and Thefacebook do the same thing. In any case, they are simply launching their product. It's the first step in a long journey.

It's sometimes difficult to notice a great startup unless you've launched. For example, Groupon was a much more modest "tipping point for change" type of startup before they realized they could apply the same concept to small business commerce.

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

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Post by webwright »

Sunlis wrote: 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."

Have you ever been in a 2-3 person startup? You have to make a choice and do something exclusively. iPhone is the right choice if you want to get to market and start talking to users sooner. It's also the right choice if you want to raise money and get tech press in the Valley (it turns out virtually no investors or bloggers have anything but an iPhone).

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

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Post by SHOwnsYou »

I like the idea. Though I don't like social anything, would a smart long game here be, after many users, to turn this into a social network where users can opt to change their content from private to public ?

Millions of profiles could go live on the same day? All individual content as well as types of content (tweets, images, posts, etc) could have public/private flag, giving you ultimate control but also free to have all tweets or images display instantly from twitter or instagram?

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