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Personally: http://pentacular.com - Draw/paint a song. I think it's fun to play with.

Professionally: https://tailorbrands.com - Algorithmically designed logos and branding assets. It's great for side projects, inspiration, or any other situation where you want something quick and usable.

Hey there. I work for Tailor. We don't have currently have a portfolio, but we are working on something akin to this. For anyone interested, you can email me at nate@tailorbrands.com, and I'll send a coupon code your way so you can give it a try.

NYC - Full Time - Full Stack Engineer

Tailor Brands is combining combining design and technology to make the world a better-looking place. We've helped hundreds of thousands of people create their own logos and brands through our automated process.

We're looking for someone to join us with 2+ years of experience shipping production-level code (ideally having some experience with Ruby, Rails, Ember). Our office is located in New York, NY (23rd and 3rd). Drop us a line if you're interested or need a new logo ;)

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This is great and is certainly something I'll use as I'm exploring summer travel options. One thing I would love to see though, is a simple "yes" or "no" at the front of the sentence. I had to read "US citizens do not require a visa to visit Argentina." a couple of times to make sure I had it right.

It is. And holy crap, 6 years, wow... time flies! I'm keeping track of both of you now. I know that collaboration on projects like these is almost impossible. Do you guys live near e/o? heh

I like it. I see that it scales down nicely, but I wish that it used media queries so that it would be more appropriately sized on a mobile device. As is, it looks like a promising alternative to something like Pulse.

That does look like it could be really interesting

All in all, I like it. It's simple, useful, and the app gets out of the way to let me do what I want.

Some points of feedback:

- The tagging functionality is kind of buried and isn't labeled at all. I'm not sure how prominent you want to make it, but here are two thoughts: you could allow for dragging of an entry to a tag on the left (this would be even more useful if there was a way to add a new tag on the left) or you could add tagging functionality before the edit page (like above or below the preview panel on the right)

- I put in the wrong pw on the delicious importer but didn't see any error message.

- Again, I'm not sure if this is a direction you want to go, but it seems like there might be some interesting collaborative elements you could incorporate; like logged-in users being able to leave notes on public items

- Mobile would be nice, as would a browser plugin or desktop app that allows me to dump in content easily.

Most of my feedback would put you on a path to be more of a bookmarking service and maybe you want to leave things more open than that. Either way, congrats for making a great app and good luck going forward!

This might also impact sales to more novice Photoshop users; being able to see how to get great results from the product you're selling could be a big draw.

From the screenshot of the form you got after solving the equation, it looks like you need to have a U.S. address to receive the Cr-48, and it would appears poor you're located in Paris/Luxembourg. You need someone to forward it on to you? ;)

It's hard for me to feel inadequate when looking at this test—regardless of whether it's real or not—because tests are typically dependent on your retention of what you are taught. If you're an 8th grader whose teacher doesn't explain what elementary sounds are, it would have no impact on whether or not you could pass the 8th grade.

So...this is something like Heroku for Django?

I have some connections to the folks that run BoomStartup, Launch Up, and the Web Startup Group and would be happy to help if needed.

This video may have inspired by James Houston's version of Radiohead's Nude:

http://vimeo.com/1109226

Both are wonderful, but I'm partial to the artistic craft in Houston's video.

"but doing it in the manner of the Taliban is sick"

I'm not sure if you were referring to the method of execution used, but Mr. Gardner was the one who requested that his execution be by firing squad. Subsequently, that method of execution has been outlawed.

I used to hear a lot more about "smart" appliances than I do now. I know there have been some companies that have worked on developing outlet adapters that allow you to control some basic functionality over a network, but the smart appliance craze seems to have died down as of late.

I think that's an interesting idea. I know that quarterly filings are an SEC requirement, but it's at least in part to help shareholders keep abreast of the goings on of the company in which they are part owners. It seems like completely realtime would overwhelm casual investors, but could provide for much more accurate trade decisions than those made on speculation and the current system of quarterly conference calls.

Definitely. Technical innovation threatens their long-term positions at the top of the food chain. Innovation seems to means typically come through increased competition and a general opening of the market.

I've actually been thinking about law recently. It seems that, because it is a field that is based on rules, it would lend itself well to a more programmatic solution. Obviously not all law could be serviced programmatically, but there are certainly areas that could be.

Yeah, I would say especially secondary education. It seems like that's an industry in need of a serious overhaul.

Ahhhhh, that's true, but I guess I was thinking less philosophically.

I remember reading about SnapTalent when they got into YC. While it's (almost) never fun seeing a company go to the deadpool, I am glad to see the concept is still around. I've felt like HR could use a major overhaul for some time now. I hate having to go to places like Monster, CareerBuilder, and Craigslist to look for job opportunities.

We're free as in beer, but we'd be happy to open up our code for some improvements!

This couldn't have come at a better time. I've been trying to work out a business model for the idea I'm starting to work on and while this information doesn't make the decision for me, it helps remind me of the variety of options out there.

I've played a couple of those. I think one thing we'd like to incorporate at some point is the ability to apply some of the items for a particular purpose. If you can do that, then we could also introduce an option to trade with other users, because there would be a changing, real-life demand for in-game products.

Luckily our dreams have already come true. We were able to build the game, get it accepted, and we've had a couple thousand downloads in the three days since it's been up. But, we are hopeful that we can continue to improve what we've built.

Those are helpful suggestions, I'll add some better descriptions as well as captions for the screenshots tonight.

Points well taken. We need to make it clear what the objective of the game is. In this case, the point is to gain as much credibility and cash as you can in the amount of time you have to play. So, you buy products at low prices (say $1-$5 for reusable shopping bags) and then sell at higher prices ($10-$15 for the same bags). The simplicity of the game actually offers a fair amount of strategy (e.g. when to take out a loan, when to sell at a loss to take advantage of better prices, etc.)

So, it sounds like a better description would be very helpful. We are adding some in-game instructions, but would it also be helpful to have some basic instructions in the description?

Heh, both good points. Maybe you'd be able to pass off that you're hard at work composing an email on your iPhone?