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Nice. That's what I like to hear! Please let us know what you think after a few days of using it.
I think if I use it for a week I'll be hooked. Some sort of game mechanism to get people to use it for that initial crucial time frame might be helpful.
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Thanks, hope you like it :)
Also, I have no idea how this is a business, but I've resigned myself to being thoroughly confused by Valley business sense. I imagine you will be no more or less economically successful than simplenote.
1) You get a lot for free. 2) If you need even more (or just love us) you can pay us (My hunch is we'll also have an easy to find "I need a lot of space but am poor." option) 3) You can always earn more space by promoting us
Also, once we have collaboration this could be a pretty powerful enterprise tool, and businesses pay lots of money for software.
Is this a good space to compete in? There are zillions of sites like it, it's really easy to duplicate, and hard to make money off of? Nevertheless, best of luck to you.
My app Noodles (see: makeramen.com) was just another todo list on the Android market, and somehow -to my surprise- gained some very solid traction.
The amazing thing about the productivity software space is that everyone wants their app to do something different. It's also much more of a designer's space. I've seen countless apps that have all the "features," but the actual interface and interaction is so awkward you end up spending more time fighting the system than using it.
As many people have noted about 37signals, people realize the benefits of software like this almost immediately, and will easily spend money on it. Contrast that with other social sites where people are just not culturally incline to pay for services that connect you with friends. But you start talking about productivity, and helping people work faster, better, and more efficiently, and they see benefits immediately, which means they'll reach for their wallets immediately as well.
For those that don't want to "Sign Up" here's what happens when you do: NOTHING
I never got ANYTHING in my inbox. They just use your email for a username, which I very much appreciate over any other method (creating usernames you forget, Facebook connect, OpenID, etc, etc)
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I thought about that, but given its potential for me I set it as my homepage. I'll give it a few days to see if it has money for me.
But this is because you saw it on HN and it's a YC company so you want to give it a chance. Most people wouldn't care or even know what YC is.
Is this a good space to compete in? There are zillions of sites like it, it's really easy to duplicate, and hard to make money off of? Nevertheless, best of luck to you.
I don't mean to be cynical but honestly to me this space is an analog to self-help books. Todo/notes/productivity apps probably can hook people for a few weeks but beyond that I imagine most people won't put forth the effort to keep up with it.
Most importantly, when your life changes, change systems. I constantly switch between different combinations of apps to keep my life in order based on what's going on in my life at the time.
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> I used to use backpack from 37signals, but ended up favoring my Moleskine. Would you be interested in doing a video testimonial for 73primenumbers.com ? :-)
Did you make that site? Thank you, thank you, thank you. For anyone who hasn't seen it yet, please do yourself a favour - http://73primenumbers.com .