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by gz 16y ago
"A web-based SRS app." I am sure you can come up with a better description than this.
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by gz 16y ago
I know what Markdown is and yet this turned me off: "Ability to format posts with Markdown" If that's a differentiating factor from CL then you have ways to go. Sorry to be negative - I just don't think any CL user would care. This is a fea
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by gz 16y ago
Knuth's take: http://micromath.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/donald-knuth-calcu...
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by gz 16y ago
Ryan, that's great. I have been working on something similar for many of the same reasons you mentioned. Check this out: http:/www.pdfamigo.com I think you may find it interesting.
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by gz 17y ago
In all seriousness, I think you should pick something other than a pig for your logo. I realize you are going for "piggy bank" but most people will think "H1N1." Or, perhaps it's just me :) Good luck anyways.
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by gz 17y ago
Just like the public library. Or Hacker News. Or... Sorry, but I find your argument fallacious.
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by gz 17y ago
No offense but the first thing I thought was: what a terrible site design; large clickable quadrants to move between sections, that resize. I've never seen anything quite like it. :)
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by gz 17y ago
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/compressor/
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The Great Google Doodle Triforce Conspiracy(blogoscoped.com)
2 points by gz 17y ago|0 comments
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by gz 17y ago
Hmmm, good question. I think my target audience may be a bit too broad (I hope!) to define... but I am sure there is a lot of companies that produce PDF forms all the time. So, in a sense, I am mostly targeting businesses rather than indivi
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by gz 17y ago
Your suggestion is spot on. Form distribution and data collection is part of the plan. This is one of the features I am thinking of charging for. The tricky part I believe is secure handling of user data as these form can contain sensitive
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by gz 17y ago
Most recently http://www.pdfamigo.com which lets you create PDF forms online. In fact I asked for and got feedback right here just yesterday.
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by gz 17y ago
This might be nitpicking but I feel like the "Clear" button is misplaced. There must be another position for it that allows me to quickly reset and start drawing another character. Come to think of it, it would be great if there was a key f
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by gz 17y ago
Just an update: I have fixed this and your PDFs should work with Preview now. I had accidentally commented out a fairly crucial line of code residing very close to a not so crucial line of code... ugh. Having said that, Preview is not the b
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by gz 17y ago
Thanks for the suggestion. Will do.
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by gz 17y ago
Thanks for the feedback. Great idea for streamlining the UI.
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by gz 17y ago
I tried to implement that using jquery but it proved to be tricky. Still, no excuse. It's on the todo list! Thank you.
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by gz 17y ago
Thanks a lot. That's very useful. I've mainly used Acrobat Reader to test the generated PDFs but they should really work everywhere.
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by gz 17y ago
Thank you patio11. That's a great tip (starting non-empty) - more so given that it's backed by actual data from your site. [I have edited the following paragraph a few times revising my understanding of the definition of live-preview as I g
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by gz 17y ago
Boryas thanks so much for the feedback. These are all really great points you are making. I am indeed working on adding UI features like the ones you mentioned. I just want to make sure that they are built on solid foundations and that's wh
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Feedback: PDFAmigo.com, easy, online PDF form creation
10 points by gz 17y ago|19 comments
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by gz 18y ago
A year is hardly enough time to gain perspective on grad school. Give yourself some time. Eventually you will find a research project that interests you. In the meantime I'd suggest you continue cultivating inter-departmental relationships,
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Before you jump out of that window...(i37.tinypic.com)
3 points by gz 18y ago|0 comments
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by gz 18y ago
As far as the development of ideas goes I agree with you. But what you state above is not what comes through in your blog post. But then again I am but one sample from your readership. Regarding your last question here are some things you c
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by gz 18y ago
Thanks for your response. Sorry if I was sarcastic but honestly that's how it spontaneously came out and certainly it's nothing personal. My point regarding the $25K was that some people may be concerned about your ability to raise capital
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by gz 18y ago
Apologies but: hahaha. You are asking me for money and you'll owe me a favor and membership to a service which you admit isn't quite well defined yet? Under the current economic circumstances? And you cannot raise 25K on your own?! So when
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by gz 18y ago
I remember when, having coded in emacs for a few years, I used it for the first time to do a 3-way merge on thousands of lines of code. The amount of time and effort I saved astounded me. The point here is twofold: 1) emacs is very well int
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by gz 18y ago
Can you use the User-Agent string is some intelligent way to guess the screen size instead of asking me to enter it? Also, might be nice if you had some presets like, say, Macbook, Macbook pro, etc.
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by gz 18y ago
Totally agree - pompous. That's the word I was looking for. The kind of author who creates a fictional character based 100% on himself, makes said character the intellectual and professional superior to his peers, the only one who survives
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by gz 18y ago
I think he would totally agree with you. Try to read Fooled by Randomness to see what I mean. I gave up after the first few chapters because I couldn't stand his unstructured - almost incomprehensible at times - arrogant, self-referential p

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