jmcannon

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by jmcannon 9y ago
Hey thanks! That's really helpful. Noted!
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by jmcannon 9y ago
You can jump ahead in any deck by holding the red trash button. Since the decks are ordered by frequency, you could probably jump ahead 1000-1500 words and then just get rid of any words you already know. Otherwise, you can always just crea
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Thank you! Right now, the import is pretty rudimentary. It just parses and creates a new deck. I've been working on - and now will redouble my efforts based on the feedback here - a web app that will make creation and import much easie
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Thank you! No - right now, CleverDeck doesn't even have any deck sharing functionality. Whatever you make is yours alone.
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by jmcannon 9y ago
What do you think is a fair price for one of our 3000 word language decks? In the previous iteration of the app, people showed themselves willing to pay $15. Repeat revenue makes it easier for me to make a living as an indie dev, so I wante
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by jmcannon 9y ago
We recorded it ourselves by interviewing and hiring local to us.
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Sorry, I meant bandwidth metaphorically. I'm an indie dev, so I just don't have a ton of time to divide across so many things that need to get done.
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Working on it! There's no really good way to do this on the device, so I need to build out a web app. But this is the number one most requested feature, so stay tuned :)
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Thanks for the advice. I don't necessarily feel like I have nailed the business model right now - I'll see how it goes. More broadly speaking, I think the jury is still out on subscriptions in productivity apps. Everyone is trying
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Pasting my response from below: Two things, I think. First, I was a long time power user of Anki and don't mean to disparage it, but I think CleverDeck has a much better user experience and design. Second, we've spent a tremendous
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Thanks a ton for the feedback - very useful. And thank you for the bug report - I'll check that out (my initial guess is that you don't have the CARD DISPLAY set to play audio on that side right now - which is itself a problem for
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Shoot me an email at justin@cleverdeck.com with your email address and I'll make sure you get notified :)
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Thank you! I probably don't have the bandwidth to support a full-blown API, but making a web app that makes bulk creation faster is a priority.
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Yeah, my mental model for the app has been that the main list of decks "lives" in the center, the settings live on the right, and the actual studying happens on the left (you'll see that it also slides in from the left - mirr
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Nothing fancy - objective C with core data. The backend is Django + AWS.
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Completely local unless you make an account and turn on sync. In that case, they'll be stored remotely for the purpose of syncing between devices.
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by jmcannon 9y ago
You can make your own decks and cards, and import decks from Quizlet or csv. I'm currently working on an accompanying web app that will allow importing of lists from more services and allow for faster bulk content creation.
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Me, too :( It's next on the agenda.
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Yeah, yours is the second comment along these lines and I think you're right. My thinking was that I wanted to differentiate it from the very gamey branding of apps like Memrise and Duolingo. "Spaced repetition system" sounds
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Not right now - I quite like using it as a universal app on my iPad. To be honest, I'm not sure how I could significantly improve it with all the extra space.
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by jmcannon 9y ago
I mean, yeah, Quizlet is massive. I'll never compete with their user-content library and community. They've never had a particular focus on spaced repetition, so I don't really see them as a big competitor.
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by jmcannon 9y ago
You can change most variables in CleverDeck's algorithm (the same one Anki uses), as well. If open source and super customizability are important to you, Anki is probably a better choice for you. For many people, I think having the rea
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Thank you! That's a good idea for a feature :)
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Pasting my response from below: Two things, I think. First, I was a long time power user of Anki and don't mean to disparage it, but I think CleverDeck has a much better user experience and design. Second, we've spent a tremendous
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Yeah, I think you're right. The tagline can be improved. I'm kind of doing a balancing act right now - I've built out CleverDeck to be a fully functional SRS that could be used for any subject, and I want to convey that. At t
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Hmm, I wonder if there's some confusion here. Cards can be swiped left, up, or right - but not from top to bottom. Otherwise, thanks for the feedback!
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Two things, I think. First, I was a long time power user of Anki and don't mean to disparage it, but I think CleverDeck has a much better user experience and design. Second, we've spent a tremendous amount of time putting together
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Hi HN! I first posted CleverDeck about 2.5 years ago and received a lot of support and encouragement from the community. Since then, I've built it out into a more general purpose spaced repetition system and added seven new 3000-word f
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by jmcannon 9y ago
Hi HN - I originally released CleverDeck about 2.5 years ago and everyone here was very supportive. At the time, I pushed out four different apps - one for French, German, Turkish, and Spanish. After seeing people get a lot out of the app o

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