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ardakaraon BufferBox: We're Joining Google

Congrats guys!

ardakaraon Show HN: Voice feedback widget to hear from your users

And yes, you can easily get a public link to any voice feedback you receive, and post it on your testimonials page. But I would check with the sender first obviously.

ardakaraon Show HN: Voice feedback widget to hear from your users

Thanks for the feedback, just changed the header link so it takes you to VoiceGem.

The permission remembering has to be set by the user, and we found the simple Allow screen to be more friendly than the one with the remember box. Thanks for the feedback!

ardakaraon Show HN: HubChilla - Asynchronously Chat With Similar People Using SMS

Good stuff man, just signed up. Congrats!

My first conversation: - "Show me your .vimrc and I'll show you mine" - "Ah, I can't I'm married to emacs"

Sounds promising :)

ardakaraon VoiceGem (YC S12) Brings Communication Back To The Future

Certainly, and it really depends on the context.

For example, being far from family and friends, I love putting on my earphones, laying down and listening to my friends' messages.

The nice thing is that I can listen to these messages anytime my hands are busy but my brain isn't. Running, driving, biking, cooking are all more fun with a story from an old-friend in the background.

ardakaraon VoiceGem (YC S12) Brings Communication Back To The Future

Yes, there are already apps that let you send shorter voice messages, but you have to have your friends install it first. VoiceGem lets you send as long a message as you want to anyone. They can also listen and reply without signing up, or installing anything.

ardakaraon VoiceGem (YC S12) Brings Communication Back To The Future

The thing is no one seems to like voicemail, including us. You're trying to reach someone, and end up having to leave a voicemail. The listener usually just listens to see if she needs to call you back or not. It's all out of necessity.

VoiceGem is for times you have a story to tell, but you don't need the other person on the line right that moment. You can send or reply to one whenever you want. I have received many great jokes or stories from folks in my VoiceGem inbox over the last couple days. That hasn't happened with voicemail before.

ardakaraon Stanford Offers 13 classes, including AI, for free

I'm sorry for that. We had to build it in Silverlight at the time since Microsoft was a significant contributor to Stanford Center for Professional Development. However, you can also find the same original material on YouTube, iTunes or BitTorrent.