mildavw

(But I couldn't help busting you on the "you're going to crush your kid!!!" line!)

Parents who consider these choices carefully are modeling decision-making skills that will be passed along and benefit their kids much more than the actual result of the decisions.

Yes. As a co-sleeper I also agree that you want to find a way to get as much sleep as possible, and make feeding as convenient as possible (breast feeding, for us).

Having sleep deprived, frustrated parents is worse than co-sleeping or not, and breast-feeding or not.

I sleep with my kids and enjoy the bonding benefit as well as others (like I know instantly when one is developing a fever). Regarding the arguments/justifications above, consider this:

Sleeping in a bed may very well mean that you don't sleep as well because you'll be paranoid that you'll roll off onto the floor. Or worse, you'll roll over onto the floor!

Unless you regularly fall out of bed, are so obese you can't track what all that skin is touching, or have some serious sleep disorder, you're not going to crush your kid.

When we had our first child, I couldn't find an online registry that I liked, so I scripted a rudimentary one up one night. It worked really well. My wife loved that she could register for intangibles like "Bring us dinner", or any gift from any store. When the baby was born, I took a lengthy paternity leave and, like you, thought I'd build a web app for others to use the registry. I actually took the idea to a local startup bootcamp and it was torn apart by the instructors/angels and left to die on the boardroom floor. Too hard to generate sufficient revenue. Here are a couple of tidbits from my experience for you:

1. One angel had invested in a universal registry and said it took them three years to find any revenue at all. What they did was pivot into a wedding registry that enabled guests to contribute to the couple's honeymoon fund. They made money on travel agent referrals to the couple.

2. This is a crowded market.

A lot of the comments in this thread (like mine!) note how great your site looks. When I showed my site to the bootcamp people, I emphasized my slick design. They essentially said, "No one gives a crap! What problem does it solve that isn't already solved by someone else!"

I thought, "But, but, but... everyone is like me right? Tech savvy and appreciative of good design and UX?"

Check out http://wishpot.com. They are a universal registry. All web 2.0 with social integration. They've got some funding (http://www.centernetworks.com/vc-funding-docstoc-wishpot-kaa...). Been around a few years now.

Here's a competitor: http://www.findgift.com/Services/Gift-Registry/. It was founded in 1997 by a couple from Georgia.

And another: http://myregistry.com. Second spot on Google for "gift registry".

Now check it out:

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/findgift.com+wishpot.com+my...

Good luck!

Phones will replace credit cards.

I have a friend who works in IT for a fast food chain. They are gearing up for the iPhone5 among others. Drivers will be able to place their order on the highway for the next franchise location. When they arrive, they waive their phone at the proximity payment box and collect their food. The phone acts as both a payment method and a loyalty card with user history data down to the 'no mayo on the fish sandwich.'

Someone can then invent QwertyType: an actual keyboard on the screen. This will be faster for these users because they won't have to guess where the software thinks they think the keys are.

Also, Jason, for an app (padpressed) that promises increased usability, the text on the homepage is awfully hard to read. Here's how it renders in Chrome for OS X:

http://pimen.to/difficult-to-read-text.png

Employed: aunt

Wow. I never tallied it up before! None of these I would consider especially entrepreneurial, but rather they make a living doing things they're interested in: photographer, horse trainer, marriage counselor, graphic artist, automated machinery manufacturer owner (builds big robots). I like to design and build software and that's what I employ myself doing. In my family, self-reliance and keeping yourself happy/engaged in your work are the guiding principles.

I accidentally traveled without ID last year. My drivers license is the only picture ID I carry. I'd given it over to test drive a baby seat at a store, and forgot to get it back. Left for vacation the next day.

My stops were Portland, San Jose, and Austin. At all three airports I explained my situation, showed them my YMCA card (or library or credit card or something) and they marked my boarding pass for special security. The processes were not draconian, just a pat down, and actually faster than the regular security line. I skipped the line and went to some designated place on the side, zipped through the pat down, and then had to wait for my properly ID'd wife every time.

YMMV, but based on my experience, I highly recommend traveling without an ID!

http://event-master.com/regis.html

Simon was the guy who gave me the tour.

Interesting that the word "addiction" isn't used with alcohol, which is physically addictive, but is used with pot, which isn't physically addictive. Seems like a better writer would've gone with the simple and straightforward "... as destructive as alcoholism." Adding the "say," in there, and using the more detached "abuse of alcohol", seems like an intentional weighting of the comparison.

Also, I had lunch with a marketing contractor regarding a "green" tinted startup I was considering. She recommended I offer blog/facebook badges so that people could "brand" themselves as users of the service. She used the Prius and how its instantly identifiable shape/look helps sales as an example of this benefit. One of the important factors for potential customers is that others know they're green.

giftofile.com

presentsfor.us

knotlist.com

giftquake.com

registrylist.info

showerlist.com

wishalistic.com

myregistryspace.com

Rails is faster than PHP. Interesting. I wonder how Rails compares to Python, or Java, or... Ruby?

I'm gonna assume that was a misquote.

How do make money with such a low rate?