http://moviegalaxies.com We're working on visualizing the social network within movies. :)
Awesome! The social network analysis course taught by Lada Adamic on Coursera used your site as a case study.
Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?
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#632Earlier quoted context omitted.
On a very off topic, how much do you have to pay for a four letter domain like yours and whats the process like. Did you use something like sedo/godaddy? I've always wondered how difficult is it to acquire one.
I forget exactly what we paid, but it was ~$7500, I think. Expensive, but we figured that it would build some trust and wouldn't be an embarrassing domain to have in your blog title (sett.com/alec vs superblog9000.com/alec). I think we bought it through Sedo, where prices vary wildly. In searching, we also found this seller on ebay (no affiliation) that had a bunch pretty cheaply. I sort of liked omot.com, but not en…
Thank you for your answer. For sedo, is there some strategy or did you just pay what they asked for?
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?
#633Jumpshare ( https://jumpshare.com ) - Real-time file sharing service that allows you to view over 200 file formats right inside the browser. It's cool because: * People can now share and view the contents of the files online without having to download and view them using 3rd party desktop apps. * People can collaborate around content while on the go. * No need to sign up for multiple services to upload multiple file…
That sounds like a brilliant idea. Also, if you bake in 'previewing' capabilities (like thumbnails for images, bpm/quality descriptions and waveform sketches for audio files, or whatever the equivalent would be for each type of media), you could potentially lease the technology to social media sites that typically already do this for popular image formats.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?
#634I'm working on http://www.liberwriter.com - and it's not cool. But it makes money. It's cool to work on something that's both cool and makes money, but I'm at a point in my life where I'm happy to work on something that makes money even if it's not cool. But getting paid regularly is pretty cool in its own way. LiberWriter is a product/service to help authors, primarily by converting Word files to eBooks, as well as…
You know what's cool about working on something that makes money? Eventually it allows you to work on something that's cool.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?
#635SilverAir - An athletic shirt that doesn't smell and designed to be worn at the gym and for everyday wear. demo@ http://www.yathletics.com It's cool because: It's made using pure silver which kills the odor-causing bacteria in your sweat, so you can -wear this shirt for your entire day and feel fresh, -reuse the shirt more often (i do). The fabric is completely new and something I made with my manufacturers from scra…
You should market the environmental factor also. I saw a youtube thing a while back that pointed out the majority of energy usage in clothing is from washing, not from manufaturing. If this shirt neds washed half as often, that should be a major bonus.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?
#636http://www.reportsfortrello.com - Why it is cool: It is only two months old, but it is cool because of I made it to be free and private like no app. I did not want to be responsible for other people's data. Because reports are just a glimpse at a moment of time, I thought it would be best for both speed and privacy to store Trello activity temporarily. So I get off the hook for security and reliability and you get your data destroyed off the internet.
What does it do? It reports time from 3 different actions using Trello. When I first used the Trello api I was amazed at what you can see. Today I can move one card and inform my clients and track time at the same time. One bird...
I also don't require any signup. You use your Trello account to sign in. So I guess another thing that I think is cool is that you can use my application with little friction. In 3 clicks you can see a report of your Trello activity the first time you use my app. I am proud of flow.
I also think it is cool that I can get sub 100ms responses off my tiny vps using ruby/redis/apache/modrails/oj gem/jquery/bootstrap. I love the stack, sure it's not the fastest/latest, but it was fun to code.
The tool is currently used by people in 88 countries. I did not expect this at all and it is a happy surprise.
Best of luck to all!
Timers and pie charts are for bakers!
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?
#637Pitch Me (http://www.pitchme.org) -- we're building a marketplace for buying and selling quality journalism.
We vet our writers and we have hundreds of stories from them from all over the world. If you're an (aspiring?) editor, you could commission a magazine full of original stories, edit them and pay the writers in one place. Get in touch at hello@pitchme.org if you're interested.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?
#638http://xoxo.gl (hugs and kisses, good luck) - a web app to play family-friendly, traditional board games. Still prototyping for now. My goal is wide in scope: to build a site that allows you to take a few minutes to have a positive social interaction with friends and strangers. An anti-Zynga, if you like. I still have a lot to do. With a goal of universal accessibility, I am working on progressive enhancement - makin…
I like the sound of this, but there's nothing much on that site yet. Where can I subscribe for updates?
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?
#639I'm working on http://algorithmic.ly -- algorithms as a service. It's cool because I get to help startups who don't always have the resources to hire someone like me who specialized in implementing and scaling certain kinds of algorithmic features. These startups need help with everything from geospatial search up to anomaly detection and predictive analytics. It's bootstrapped, so while I'd love it if it was a publi…
I can build lots of specialised algorithms, I would love a market place to sell them securely
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#640Positronic Net, a Scala toolkit for Android programmers, with UI and data-management helpers.