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How much press did you manage to get for SkyChalk?

Yeah, huffing and puffing about this would get them some short-term buzz. This move, in my mind, earns them long-term respect.

Move on, and focus on the product—not the logo.

Love it.

Does anyone know (or have any educated guesses) if Google Drive will have an installed state like DropBox, or will it be entirely web-based?

It's funny, but I didn't think I'd like the fact that I had to install DropBox. Now, I can't imagine any other way it could work. Then again, I'm not paid to solve these problems.

I'm rooting for Blekko and DDG and pretty much anything that will uproot or disturb Google's stronghold.

For one, I miss the days when Google search felt fresh, magical, and honest. Search Plus Your World just irks me, because, as many have pointed out, it isn't providing relevant results and its shoving G+ down my throat.

As an aside, I'm interested to see which major search engine will partner with Tumblr. I'm not smart enough to figure out the details of the relationship, but I think have access to their stream of data could be pretty cool.

"Too many talented people are on the sidelines waiting for the perfect idea. Jump in! You can make a very goood living with a good idea, and that positions you well to find a better idea."

Well said. Good ideas can very easily morph into great ones if you're focusing on the right metrics and getting user-feedback. But inaction is always inaction, and inaction can't grow.

I wish someone would have documented Imus's creation of this map. It would be interesting to see what circumstances perplex and excite a map maker.

Junk Charts is addicting. I laugh. I cry.

Seriously awesome. You are a hero to us all!

I was thinking the exact same thing!

Definitely wasn't a scheme or evil plan, just my roommate who happens to be my loving girlfriend. Even so, I understand your frustration, and I'm sorry about that, Paul. Lesson learned.

It might be because I asked my 3 roommates to vote up on the link for me. That was clearly a very stupid and selfish idea, and I'm sorry for doing so. Like I said to BigCanofTuna, I'll learn (fast) to be a better community member. I apologize.

You shouldn't get down votes. I totally get where you're coming from, BigCanOfTuna. I'm not perfect, and maybe I shouldn't have linked to Quipol at all. When I said I'll get you the $79 ASAP, I thought it would make people laugh. I meant it, but I also thought it would be funny. Also, I didn't know that open letters were notoriously rude. I just thought they were open to everyone instead of on a one-to-one basis (the openness was my way of giving back to Peldi by giving him a glowing, deserved review). Anyhow, you're good. I appreciate you explaining your rationale, and I'll try to do better in the future. If I violated any written or unwritten codes of conduct on HN, please accept my apologies. Thanks, BigCanofTuna.

:) Good luck!

I clearly didn't do a great job writing my post—my apologies. I was simply saying that Peldi and Balsamiq helped me get the ball rolling on a positive note. Who knows what would have happened had I waited to act on Quipol—there's a real possibility that I wouldn't have ever done so. Sometimes, inspiration and ideas pass, and, for better or worse, they never come back.

Hey Paul, that's harsh. What gives?

Agreed. It helped me get Quipol pared down to just the must-haves in a very short time.

Thank you!

:) He has a long-term vision, which is a trait that you don't see a ton of in a quarter-by-quarter society. I think that's changing, though.

Fair enough!

Oh, forgot one important thing: thank you for the kind words!

I've never heard the sinister meaning! Truth be told, we originally had the buttons reversed, but our customer development group consistently said it should be on the left. I have two theories for why:

My far out theory: Microsoft's dialog boxes always had the OK button on the left and Cancel on the right.

My sane theory: People read left to right, and they think "Yes or No." You rarely hear people say, "No or Yes."

Yeah, I think that's the coolest thing about starting a tech business: you get the opportunity to support other people through both software and jobs. Peldi gets to go home at night and know that people are eating well because of a little idea that he turned into a great product.

He sure is! Thank you for taking the time to read the story!

Thank you! The early design of it can be found here: http://blog.quipol.com/post/9624246432/prototyping

My how things change!

Thank you for the kind words about Quipol and the great story. I think we're seeing a trend here: if you give, people don't forget (and they pay it forward). Thank you, August!

Hey all: I'm shocked by (and so appreciative of) the responses to this. Thanks for directing the much-deserved love toward Peldi, too! He's seriously my entrepreneurial hero.

Yeah, the Do-Gooder notion was the thing that gave the the guts to even consider asking for something free. I think every company should have a Do-Gooder policy!

Agreed all the way. The fact that you can email him and expect to hear back is too cool.

I've used Balsamiq for design projects, too. It just feels authentic.

Oh man, that's hard to hear. I'm sorry that it comes off that way. While building Quipol, I was more of an onlooker. Maybe I should have been more active earlier.

@tptacek nailed it on the head. It wasn't a rational thing. It was emotional. All I'm trying to say is that Peldi's generosity affected me in a huge way. It was a tonic—a positive starting point that I've cherished ever since.