I'm teaching a course on data visualization, which is something of a side project for me.
Check it out here: http://nsrivast.github.io/data-viz-nairobi/
I'll be posting the student projects tomorrow after the presentations!
Ask HN: What project are you currently working on?
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#52Currently picking back up a side project I started a few months back called The Daily Drop (http://www.thedailydrop.co). It aggregates EDM songs from around the web into a single location with the usual playback/music controls.
Originally created it because I just wanted a way to not have to manually go to different sites, forums, and blogs looking for new stuff, so I automated it. I 'launched' it thinking others might find it useful. Pending an approval from Apple, a native iOS app should be out in the next few days or so.
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#53I'm working on a dual pane note taking website/app, the right pane is a text editor for markdown markup and the left pane shows the renderer html. It looks like this currently: http://i.imgur.com/9iUucc7.png The HTML is rendered on the client side, changes in the editor instantly show up in the rendered html and are automatically saved on the server. Tech stack: React, Material-UI, Python+Flask, Redis
Might just be me, but I immediately thought the order should be switched. I'll be reading in the editor 90% (left to right) of the time so the editor should come first.
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#54Mine helps travelers find hostels where there are lots of other people staying ( https://hostelhawk.com ). It's been a side project since I started working as a digital nomad over 1.5 years ago and has helped me find sociable hostels to stay in so I never get lonely. Uses Ionic framework + Angular.js. Still very much a work in progress, so any feedback is appreciated!
How does this work? The about button isn't working for me.
Right now the About button just shows the same Hostel Hawk popup from when the site loads; clicking it while it's already displayed does nothing. But I'll add more info about the site soon and fix that.
Basically you can explore the map and see what cities are most popular with travelers right now. You can zoom in and check out how many travelers are staying (approximately) at the tops hostels. The app also displays ratings weighed by number of reviews, so a hostel with only one review and a high rating won't outrank another one with thousands of reviews but a slightly lower rating.
My ultimate goal is to make finding popular sociable hostels super easy and ultra quick.
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#55One ongoing project I have is http://simplesharingbuttons.com.
I've been meaning to do a complete rewrite, but I was at least able to do the most important, functional updates incrementally.
Lately I've been playing with (chat) bots. One fun experiment I made is https://twitter.com/bartleby_scrvnr/ .
I don't particularly care for many of the Twitter bots that are out there, but I found some interesting projects, like @congressedits, @YesYoureRacist or even @TheRiddlerBot or @mothgenerator. I'd like to explore more ideas in this area.
My next big project (in a very early stage) though is a forum -- with a _twist_ :-)
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#56https://numbers.today
A quantified-self platform that allows you to track your daily routine and change your behaviour based on data. There's an API available.
At the moment, trying to push some features and get more traction. Is getting worse and I'm feeling quite lost.
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#57I am working on an educational project designed to help developers to learn more about customers, marketing, monetization and business strategy.
The end goal of the project is to increase their chances of bootstrapping a tech company, launching a successful side project or a "lifestyle business" while minimizing risks.
My strong belief is that most developers are stuck in a local optima. Depth-first search of professional decisions space is usually limited to software engineering/CS/coding. However there may be many better algorithms to achieve desired personal profits and professional satisfaction. I am trying to uncover such algorithms and communicate required business/marketing/entrepreneurship concepts using language and metaphors from CS/programming.
I have also started writing a book about ethical (minimal negative externalities) marketing for independent open source projects.
If anyone is interested in this and would like some free consulting in exchange for feedback and insights, drop me a note vitalii.daniuk@gmail.com
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#58Working on a Bluetooth-enabled, 8 button, one-hand chording keyboard. It appears as a keyboard for typing and a wireless serial port for updating the mappings between chords and keys. Apps for Android and Windows make it easier to update the settings. I'm just planning to use it with my tablet (stuck onto the back) to make typing easier. I also love using it for EagleCAD shortcuts when making PCBs on my Surface (the pen input is nice enough when making pcbs to not opt for a laptop). Here's a picture of it: http://i.imgur.com/91nsGba.jpg
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#59Modding one of these bebs for that sweet sound of tubey goodness: http://www.head-fi.org/t/671688/bravo-v2-review-tube-rolling...
Super good headphone amp even before mods, keeps me nice and distracted from this thing http://engertlab.fas.harvard.edu/Z-Brain/, a website you can look through the spiffiest images of zebrafish brains, you know.. for whenever you're bored beyond human understanding.
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#60Working on a Bluetooth-enabled, 8 button, one-hand chording keyboard. It appears as a keyboard for typing and a wireless serial port for updating the mappings between chords and keys. Apps for Android and Windows make it easier to update the settings. I'm just planning to use it with my tablet (stuck onto the back) to make typing easier. I also love using it for EagleCAD shortcuts when making PCBs on my Surface (the…
That's very cool. I think I would love to have something like that to go on to the back of a gamepad sort of deal. Working in VR is difficult when you have to change input devices. The gamepad is best for navigation, the keyboard is best for text input, the mouse is overall bad.