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Good to know I'm not the only one, I actually read "idiotwork" the first time I skimmed the title.
Agreed. Name bad. Not just the "first time" for me, either. It continues to look like "idiotwork". Notice that a 'd' is basically an o and a t jammed together.
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I'm the other cofounder. That's something we're working to alleviate concerns for - we've added hackersafe and verisign (and truste's on the roadmap) so the data is secure and the session is encrypted. It's definitely something we want our users to be comfortable with, and something we're working on.
You probably want to be careful about how you word "we've added HackerSafe" to corporate customers. I will say the following things: * "Off-the-shelf" scanner-based certifications are not held in uniformly high esteem by companies with IT security groups. * HackerSafe just won the Pwnie award at Black Hat for "Lamest Vendor Response". * Talking about how you have a security SDLC, code reviews, and secure architecture…
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1- No need to login to use. Add Twitter support >. Add SMS support >. 2- Although being focused is good, it can be open to anyone as anyone can find a "use model" for it. eg students who want to track their progress throughout the semester (while using twitter).
1. We're looking to use other methods of input (im, email, etc) - not sure about using twitter since it's out in the public (whereas companies probably don't want that) 2. Yep. We're first focusing on companies because that's the one we're most familiar with. That being said, there's no reason a student couldn't use it the way it stands now ...
It should just be a matter of synching things to an RSS feed, no? I can imagine that having other applications.
Don't focus too much on the manager-review aspect, imho. This could be very useful as a simple communication tool, without any management reviews.
- I don't want to watch video at work, so I can not see the demo video. There is no other information on the website on how it works.
- I can not sign up instantly either, because I can not access my home email address from work. I don't want to sign up with my work email address.
Bottom line: my instant curiosity can not be satisfied. If it wasn't an YC company, I would have forgotten all about it by the time I got home. Since it is YC, there is a faint chance I might remember it and actually check it out in the evening.
I really expceted this to be a "what are you doing" kinda app rather than a "what have you done" one. To me (I'm sure people will disagree, np) it's easier to write down a task when you start it, or when you are in the middle of it, than when you end it. And that way it's easier to track interruptions, etc.
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1- No need to login to use. Add Twitter support >. Add SMS support >. 2- Although being focused is good, it can be open to anyone as anyone can find a "use model" for it. eg students who want to track their progress throughout the semester (while using twitter).
1. We're looking to use other methods of input (im, email, etc) - not sure about using twitter since it's out in the public (whereas companies probably don't want that) 2. Yep. We're first focusing on companies because that's the one we're most familiar with. That being said, there's no reason a student couldn't use it the way it stands now ...
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Right. But my actual concern was not that a middleman is snooping, but the concern of giving the data to ididwork.com. Its not that data is not secure, but I think companies might be just simply paranoid(for no reason maybe). A hosted solution within thier control might be one of the solutions. Again, might be people are ok with that and its just my thought.
"A hosted solution within thier control" Having the customer host a complex web application is likely going to be less secure then a hosted solution. Consider the customer has to manage the code, applications that support the code (mysql, apache), manage the web server, and manage the physical security of the web server. Your data is safer hosted.
I'm Shawn, one of the ididwork.com founders. We'd like to know what you think about the service. Please leave any feedback here or email us at feedback [at] ididwork (dot) com.