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Seems like the start of a great project! Would love to see somebody add in support for mobile browsers too :)

Cool. How would you compare that to keymaster.js?

Of course, that's been the #1 use case for Dropbox since they launched.

The point is that they are looking to create 'dropboxes' across the open web, so that you don't have to actually download stuff at your end first. So you could have a folder which you chose to NOT sync with your computer, but instead only used as a web-stuff repo in the cloud, for example. That use case doesn't exist today.

Not yet. But apparently that's the big 2012 feature Dropbox has been working on.

lol! instant vote up.

but yeah, we need more than just bk-style :)

This looks promising. Trying to figure out how to benchmark this to test the "insanely fast" claim though. Any ideas? Maybe even add a tiny infographic on there?

Really digging your attitude - Awesome! This could be one of the coolest implementations of the freemium model I have seen yet.

So far we have

3 chairs 3 desks (regular or standing) 3 extra monitors (all on laptops) 1 printer/scanner/photocopy all-in-one 1 large tv screen for dashboard/stats 1 whiteboard 1 full size fridge 1 couch Broadband connection + wifi router Tons of ramen/chips/soda/juices/Tea/Coffee/Tea Pot/Cookies Music Cleaning service Clean bathrooms Insurance (renters) Quiet/Do Not Disturb sign for each desk A sound policy for meetings & phone calls Quiet fans Plants

Whiteboard +1

Couldn't agree more.

We got a 'bar fridge' to store stuff we are hoping to score from sympathetic friends/family + any deliveries. Also, planning on putting up a 'pantry budget' for everything from ramen to soda to instant_meals etc.

boom! done :)

I agree with youssefs, too. It makes sense that he would use something that everybody is using and testing the latest experiments on top of the public build.

I agree. Been using Hetzner for over 2 years & loving it. Great value for money IF you know what you are doing.

Yup, vote up on the Metric Units for me too

Really cool of you to say that. It's interesting as well cause there have been a number of topics on HN recently about the increasingly negative trend in general feedback.

I certainly hope that people like myself and FredBrach can think of engaging on here without being 'laughed off'.

LOL! Here we go again. Now I can't even comment to praise somebody. Flame away guys :)

This is one of those ideas that you see and go 'wasn't this done already?' But in fact it wasn't!

Love the idea and the intro. Instant User!

Tons of questions about the syncing features with different services etc.

lol serious hustle! Love this execution!!

This helper + the PhoneGap network event monitoring would make this indispensable for a bunch of projects. I know I would love it. Anyway I can 'tip' your work?

Thank you, I was about to ask for the same!

I know of them, but don't know the founders personally. I had done some research on such distribution/marketing channels & they were on my list.

I think you are referring to www.AppGratuites.com

Really interesting story and thanks for sharing! It sounds like quite a journey for him to go from a review blog to become a meaningful marketing channel. Respect!

Wow, great job! Surprisingly addictive.

Just went through your site - instant bookmark!

Great work collecting it. I would do some user-tests on the landing page though. It needs a tiny bit more content and a clearer 'best path' call-to-action.

Thank you for sharing! I should have mentioned 'midway' or 'undecided' to the list as well. Duhh.

Its kinda topical what you are trying to do. If you see the Summify exit and the News.me uptake afterwards, it seems you are in a hotish space.

I would think that your landing page needs a UX/IA review. The onboarding process should be super easy in this case and instead of giving me a form to start with, you would be better off pre-loading relevant/contextual content.

Hope that makes sense.

ps - I hope you didn't mind my $0.02

Thanks for the votes folks :)

Would love to get some discussion going here.

The two that really stuck out for me personally -

They underestimate everything apart of one thing: Themselves. They don’t get that a low burnrate and being prelaunch doesn’t mean you have more time to waste.

I agree! Some of the things are even contradictory from what you hear in the Lean Startup echo chamber now. They would make a ton more sense if they carried examples or some sort of 'war story'.

I started a new thread just last night for this - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3498421 - Bootstrapped Consumer Web Startup Stories? #Win and #Fail.

I am not sure how to get this conversation started, but I really would love to hear from the community on HN.

Thanks for sharing this. Interesting thing to note - you prototype/create_mockups in Keynote :)

I agree with your point. IMO its all about communication. Currently, I am building a product with somebody and between the both of us the wireframe is more than sufficient. But, after 2 weeks of coding we started showing it to our friends and instantly we could see the ranges of communication errors - some got it despite the 'bad ui', some just could Not look beyond the ui fails, some were kinda sorta struggling.