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sachitguptaon Ask HN: How do you take notes?

I like OneNote too; but I'm on Mac. And I prefer handwriting to typing. Thanks for the suggestion though!

sachitguptaon Ask HN: Whats the best way to give away $25 amazon gift vouchers?

If you want to use it for marketing, you could get people to tweet a particular status message, where you randomly select a few entries to win the prize.

sachitguptaon Instant temporary group texting

Wow - I can see great applications for this already. Trying to figure out where to go for the weekend - just make a 2 day group and add whoever you want. Done.

I wonder how they plan to monetize?

sachitguptaon Scott Adams: Wireless Voice Calls are Obsolete

Even when I do, I end up using an online service like http://www.hellofax.com/. Works really well!

sachitguptaon Ask HN: when is Google Instant coming to my GMail search?

Cloudmagic does just that! I've been using it for about a week, works really well.

Here's the link: http://www.cloudmagic.com/

sachitguptaon Ask HN: What do you perceive as worth spending money on?

I just graduated and started a full-time job, so I've been dealing with this because I want to save as much as possible. Here's what I've spent money on:

Technology - phone, iPad. Bed, desk chair, food.

On the flip side, I've also been getting rid of everything I don't need or haven't used in the last 6 months (100 Things Challenge). My motto: own less and only things you need, but for those, buy the best quality.

sachitguptaon Scott Adams: Future Jobs (and Irreplaceable Skill Sets)

Ramit's got a bunch of books here: http://astore.amazon.com/iwillteachyou-20?_encoding=UTF8&...

Also, check out his delicious bookmarks.

sachitguptaon Ask HN: Best resources to learn SEO?

I was in a similar situation (I don't know about you, but I'm at a fairly beginner level).

This presentation was a good introduction: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/a-comprehensive-intro-to-seo-powe...?

Also, a great article from patio11: http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/01/24/startup-seo/

sachitguptaon Ask HN: If I quit my job, will I ever work again?

What's the service that delivers meals and are you based around NY by any chance?

sachitguptaon Ask HN: Best Mattress?

EDIT: Looking at the suggestions, I'm willing to spend ~ 700 I guess, cause I'll be keeping it for a while. More suggestions welcome!

sachitguptaon Ask HN: Any help or suggestion for a template Pitch email to bloggers?

Here are some articles / links that might help:

http://thomaskorte.com/archive/how-to-cold-email http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1351460

Here's some things you shouldn't do:

http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/trainwreck-blogger-jv-pit... http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/pr-social-media-gone-bad/

Hope it helps!

sachitguptaon Ask HN: Going to TC Disrupt?

I'll be going. I'm volunteering too.

sachitguptaon Remind HN: Today (9th of May) is Mother's Day in US

Hey HN - wanted to let you know about a really special initiative.

To Mama With Love (http://www.tomamawithlove.org) is a project by Epic Change (http://www.epicchange.org) to honor moms across the globe and raises funds for one Mama in Tanzania to help her build a home for children in her village. They're planning on raising $50000 and need our help.

The hashtag on twitter is #ToMamaWithLove. Hope you'll join us!

EDIT: To help, go to their website and create a heartspace to honor your mom!

sachitguptaon Ask HN: Keeping track of support requests/emails/tickets

Haven't used it myself, but a company I interviewed with mentioned using Zendesk too. It's gaining quiet a following!

sachitguptaon Google the way it's supposed to be

Really miss the simplicity of the old Google. Hope they don't go the way of Yahoo :/