I made http://tarbackup.com for encrypted off-site backups using existing open-source tools.
I hope it will make it to your list of "recommended services" by the end of 2013.
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#82There's also this newer Planning and Project Management tool, that was just released: https://zingproject.com/ -- not the best name but none ever are. The interesting thing about this is that it's built around a streaming so that you can see everyone else's edits as they occur.
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#83Timelogger (https://github.com/minhajuddin/timelogger). A command line tool which allows you to maintain a log of your time spent on various activities/projects/tasks, with decent reporting.
Re: Ask HN: Tools of the trade, 2013 edition
#84http://webmon.com external website & network monitoring
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#85I've been assembling a list of these lately for a book that I'm working on. ( http://startingandsustaining.com ) Some of the categories are fairly loose as some apps don't fit nicely into categorical buckets, but hopefully this is a helpful list. --Browser/Email Testing BrowserStack ( http://www.browserstack.com ) Litmus ( http://litmus.com ) --Bug/Issue Tracking BugHerd ( http://bugherd.com ) Lighthouse ( http://lig…
You might want to trim that down a bit. As it stands it's more an incomplete list of services for each category than a list of favorites.
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#86I've been assembling a list of these lately for a book that I'm working on. ( http://startingandsustaining.com ) Some of the categories are fairly loose as some apps don't fit nicely into categorical buckets, but hopefully this is a helpful list. --Browser/Email Testing BrowserStack ( http://www.browserstack.com ) Litmus ( http://litmus.com ) --Bug/Issue Tracking BugHerd ( http://bugherd.com ) Lighthouse ( http://lig…
You're missing a pretty important category tools used to communicate automatically with users. Mixpanel and KISS have some features like this, but there's others more focused on it. Customer.io, Intercom.io, etc.
Yup, totally agreed. Automated customer communication is crucial to improve conversion rates. I built an open source tool called UserBee that helps setting up automated emails to users based on some conditions being met. For example, using UserBee you can track users' last login time and send out an automated email when a user doesn't login for X days.
https://github.com/jasonbosco/user-bee
Would love to hear feedback.
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#87--Helpdesk
Freshdesk (http://www.freshdesk.com)
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#88I was just doing some research on this recently and found this amazing article by Vccafe - http://www.vccafe.com/startup-resources/
The links are all in the article.
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#89I STRONGLY recommend Asana: http://www.asana.com It's like using a smart piece of paper that just gets out of your way and let's you create, assign, toggle, set dates, etc really intuitively. I'm a freelancer - and for my usage I typically have a Workspace called Freelance Projects. In that workspace I have many projects, each for each freelance gig I land. I then invite my client (YOU CAN INVITE UP TO 30 PEOPLE PER…
Very interesting. How is it pronounced? Asana like in Yoga?
The company pronounces it as-AH-nuh rather than AS-uh-nuh.
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#90I've been assembling a list of these lately for a book that I'm working on. ( http://startingandsustaining.com ) Some of the categories are fairly loose as some apps don't fit nicely into categorical buckets, but hopefully this is a helpful list. --Browser/Email Testing BrowserStack ( http://www.browserstack.com ) Litmus ( http://litmus.com ) --Bug/Issue Tracking BugHerd ( http://bugherd.com ) Lighthouse ( http://lig…
How does FogBugz (http://www.fogcreek.com/fogbugz/) compare to bugherd or lighthouse?