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flexterra··on The Blimp Tech Stack: Frontend
Plans and pricing here: http://bit.ly/VLzg3v
flexterra··on From Basecamp to Blimp in three clicks
Plans and pricing here: http://bit.ly/VLzg3v
flexterra··on From Basecamp to Blimp in three clicks
We are trying to come up with a new name for the "About" link. Any recommendations?
flexterra··on From Basecamp to Blimp in three clicks
We know and we are fixing it. In a few days we are launching a website re-design that includes the pricing information. For now here's a link to the pricing info we currently have on the site after you sign in.

Plans and pricing: http://bit.ly/VLzg3v

flexterra··on From Basecamp to Blimp in three clicks
(Co-founder here) on older projects use github issues to track bugs, so we are definitely looking for a good way to integrate without losing simplicity.

BTW: we have an API so maybe someone can try to integrate github before we do. http://blog.getblimp.com/2013/01/announcing-blimps-project-m...

flexterra··on Version Controlling Wordpress
I do version control on my themes. What I ended up doing is having a repo outside the web server and setup a post receive hook that checks out the latest version to the actual public folder.
flexterra··on Stripe Checkout
I'm going to use this to replace Paypal's "Buy now" button on my blog
flexterra··on Wireframing Tools Suck
I've been using OmniGraffle + elwebUI stencil for years now and I'm very happy. OmniGraffle allows me to draw very very fast. All wireframe a are vector based and look great as PDFs. You should give it a try.
flexterra··on My Top Sublime Text 2 Plugins
You might also want to try (my plugin) BrowserRefresh: Save the file you are working on and refresh your browser (or many browsers) with one keystroke.

http://gcollazo.github.com/BrowserRefresh-Sublime/

#ShamelessPlug

flexterra··on Announcing Blimp’s project management API
[Founder here] We are going to be giving away free 1yr subscriptions to developers that open source client libraries for the API and also folks that submit pull-requests that get merged
flexterra··on Blimp: project management for doers
We hear you. I would also like some kind of native client like Evernote or at least better integration in the OS level.
flexterra··on Blimp: project management for doers
It slipped our minds. Here are the plans:

- Free: $0 / 1 project / unlimited users / 10MB of file storage - Beta testers: $12 month / unlimited projects / unlimited users / 100MB of file storage / access to new features including Dropbox support (coming later this week) which will not count against you file storage allowance.

We have other plans available but they are not relevant right now since the beta testers plan is the best deal. You can see all plans after you sign up at https://app.getblimp.com/company/billing/

flexterra··on Blimp: project management for doers
Initially, our target is digital agencies, design shops and small development teams. Blimp won't replace Pivotal Tracker for a team of experienced developers using scrum or other formal agile methodology. But we are OK with that.

We are trying to fix problems for folks that need help with their PM methodology. The idea is "trick" them into using a somewhat formal process.

flexterra··on Blimp: project management for doers
Yes it does look a lot like Basecamp's. We had start with something. We are trying hard to make project history useful. Right now is just kind of a log in most PM apps (Blimp included). We feel it has potential to do more but haven't found how to make it happen. We'll keep at it.
flexterra··on Blimp: project management for doers
ups!
flexterra··on Blimp: project management for doers
We are on the same page here. One feature that we implement is the "non-sticky DOING state". Sorry for the name, we can't come up with anything for that one.

The feature works like this. When you mark a tasks as DOING that state will only last for 24hrs. After that the "worker" will be notified that the "Blimp robot" removed the DOING state. The idea is to approach the problem you are talking about. Many times projects become filled with stuff that nobody works on. I know this is a very simplistic approach but it's a start. We have a few cards up our sleeves.

flexterra··on Blimp: project management for doers
Thanks for the report, the issue with the photo upload seems to be the cache, being too agressive. We are fixing it right now.
flexterra··on Blimp: project management for doers
The app is free to sign up and use for as long as you want.

You can invite as many collaborators as you need. The only limitation is the number of projects that you can manage simultaneously, one for the free plan.

flexterra··on Startups of Puerto Rico's first hackathon
We are going to publish a blog post (elweb.co) after the event. I don't know about video streaming. Follow the twitter account (@startupsofpr), if we do video it will be posted there.
flexterra··on Prototyping iPhone apps on paper with POP
I do something similar on OSX with OmniGraffle. You can generate an HTML output that it's basically an image with links to other pages. It even works on PDFs.

Anywho, I like this for mobile

flexterra··on Use Jekyll To Keep Your Blog From Folding Under Traffic
I tried octopress and it turned into a nightmare, because I had to migrate hundreds of posts and wanted a custom theme. Making a custom theme proved to be harder than what I was able to tolerate.

Now I use Wordpress with WP Super Cache plugin which effectively turns my site into a bunch of static files. My site has gotten a lot of traffic from HN and reddit without ever going offline and I made a custom theme in a few hours.

http://elweb.co

flexterra··on Show HN: Business.txt - Standard Proposal
Why not just use http://ogp.me ? A lot of sites are already using it.
flexterra··on Ask HN: Which APIs flirttape is using for song search?
Hi, I'm part of the team that made flirttape and I can confirm that we are using YouTube as our source of media.
flexterra··on ShowHN: We built this so you can send a mixtape to someone you like
YouTube :\
flexterra··on Mark Zuckerberg sells 30.2 million shares of $FB common stock at $37.58
I think pretty soon the "Steve Jobs shaped hole" will be filled by Jack Dorsey
flexterra··on How To Build A Startup From A Beach
I bet you can get a cheaper ticket to Puerto Rico and take advantage of all the tax exceptions for startups. No passport needed if you are a US citizen.
flexterra··on Show HN: Meteor, a realtime JavaScript framework
Looks like the future
flexterra··on Mozilla's BrowserQuest - Massively Multiplayer HTML5 Experiment
Awesome! Thanks for the productivity kill mozilla. Looks great and it's a lot of fun. Now I want to learn how to do this stuff in the browser.
flexterra··on How our tribute to “The Hacker Way” pissed off a Facebook designer
We got it from them: http://store.informationarchitects.net/product/ia%C2%B3-temp...
flexterra··on The Hacker Way
We made posters http://hacker-gallery.goodsie.com/
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