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by kewball 3y ago
Wow, I asked this questions 9 years ago to find inspiration to build my own successful one-person business. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7367243 I am happy to report that I am now running a very successful one-perso
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by kewball 6y ago
I asked this question back in 2014 ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7367243 ) hoping to start something myself. It's now 2021 and I still have nothing to show but failed attempts. Looking through the list of busine
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by kewball 7y ago
Sucks but what can fix it?
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by kewball 10y ago
I started a new job and the sysops guys works remotely. I had been communicating with him for over a month via email and chat before a colleague told me that sysops guy was blind. He is quite brilliant.
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by kewball 11y ago
Yep GA has become mostly useless for me too. I tried checking the box for Google to automatically remove known referral spam on all of my sites but it doesn't seem to change a thing. Might not be such a problem for sites with a lot of
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by kewball 12y ago
This is very cool. Do you think you could convert a cleaned up PDF or jpg from a service like unwhiteboard.com in to a virtual whiteboard? Disclaimer: I made unwhiteboard.com
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Show HN: Receive alerts in your browser when product price < alert price(lessalert.com)
1 points by kewball 12y ago|0 comments
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by kewball 12y ago
I don't really care about the new logo. But I do wish that the "new airbnb" allowed me to sort the listings by price. This is standard practice on any other site I can think of. Sure I can set a price range but this still for
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by kewball 12y ago
I use a different name every time to keep things interesting. I am quite a large guy so saying my name is Susan always shocks the barista and makes others chuckle when my name gets called. I try christmas themed ones like rudolph and blitze
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by kewball 12y ago
eligible != legible. Oh the shame! Thanks for the feedback. Saving to evernote and even trying to do some OCR myself are things I am considering.
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Ask HN: What can I do with unwhiteboard.com?
3 points by kewball 12y ago|4 comments
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by kewball 12y ago
Doh. There was an error with the sidekiq worker that processes the files. Sorry about that. I have fixed it and you should have now received the pdf. Usually it takes minutes.
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by kewball 12y ago
Thanks for the feedback. Yep I understand the privacy concern, and that people would feel more comfortable with an app. This was something I whipped up after seeing this post on HN a while back: https://news.ycombinator.com/
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Show HN: Turn your whiteboard photos into clean eligible pdf documents(unwhiteboard.com)
2 points by kewball 12y ago|4 comments
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by kewball 12y ago
I have recently switched to crunch. So far so good. Setup is pretty painless if you wait until a new financial year. Only downside I see so far is that the accountant is more like 3rd line support. The online software is pretty straight for
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by kewball 13y ago
Thanks patio11 and everyone else who has shared their story. I have been consulting for a few years and I plan on moving to a product based income. Built products in the past that have not been successful but hearing stories of others who h
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Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?
351 points by kewball 13y ago|286 comments
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by kewball 13y ago
Thanks for all the suggestions. I have been to Crete before and loved it. I also plan on getting fit and healthy while I am there so perhaps the fresh fruit and veg from the market off La Rambla in Barcelona will be better for me then all t
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Ask HN: Nice place to work for a month near the beach with good wifi in Europe?
3 points by kewball 13y ago|5 comments