smeagol

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by smeagol 14y ago
the infograhic is pretty cool. http://zetrip.com/recommendations/landing?u=4015 but i'm not sure if i'd keep coming back to the site. what's the long term vision?
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by smeagol 14y ago
ryan's info is public. he put it on our feedback forum. i wanted to make sure everyone was aware of his public info since we (as well as others) were very concerned with his course of action and questionable statement "Still managed to ge
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by smeagol 14y ago
RE: durability: http://aws.amazon.com/glacier/faqs/#How_durable_is_Amazon_Gl...
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by smeagol 14y ago
huh? you realize this was a pet project right? we're two dudes with no jobs.
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by smeagol 14y ago
we're incredibly sorry about all of this. honestly, this was all accidental. it was a pet project we started to toy with Glacier and a week later i accidentally hit the Like button sending a ping to my friends on FB. bless my friends for
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by smeagol 14y ago
we hope to get to that very soon! most likely, we'll just keep a small data center. something to get around the bandwidth limitation and availability. we would definitely need to charge then in order to cover those costs.
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by smeagol 14y ago
WePay is in no way related to IceBox. they're terrific guys; don't trash on their reputation. i left WePay ages ago. also, our info is publicly displayed here: http://www.iceboxpro.com/about/team we're not a company. we're two nerds.
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by smeagol 14y ago
good idea. actually, we'll just wipe them and force new ones.
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by smeagol 14y ago
in case you have issues with your AWS keys. RKearny's email: ryan@ryankearney.com https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f7d7b021fb488fe6a67ddb286...
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by smeagol 14y ago
sorry about that. like i said before, we accidentally "launched" today. be nice? if anyone's concerned about your AWS key, just destroy your IAM user and create a new one. that's what it was designed for.
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by smeagol 14y ago
all Dropbox apps require approval. someone from Dropbox actually signed up, reviewed IceBox, and approved it. we have no intentions of competing with Dropbox. (like that's even possible.) if we get a complaint, we're more than happy to co
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by smeagol 14y ago
yes. http://aws.amazon.com/glacier/faqs/
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by smeagol 14y ago
soon... :-) akmiller, can we talk offline? i'd love to hear more about your ideas. (we actually have photos in mind.) just email anything@iceboxpro.com
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by smeagol 14y ago
hey guys, i built this with a friend and didn't expect it to get posted to HN already. we just got it approved and i accidentally hit our Like button before we were even ready. my friends immediately commented on the story so we just said,
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by smeagol 16y ago
you can just go to /watch. i probably should've added a link ;-)
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by smeagol 16y ago
sorry, i just sorta checked everything ;) i'll remove some of those. it's seriously not used for anything. you can actually just watch videos by going to /watch. this was hacked together in a few nights so it's very incomplete. (collabo
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by smeagol 16y ago
the pitch is: "pandora for music videos"
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by smeagol 16y ago
i really like the suggestion to add "Create Account" next to "Sign In". i'll see about getting that in sometime soon. cool mockup. perhaps we'll try it out and see how the conversions look. thanks!
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by smeagol 16y ago
thanks for the feedback! can you be more specific about how we can improve the home page? we're constantly trying to improve it, but our oldest (and admittedly ugliest) one always converts the best. tell me the dominant page color and i'l
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by smeagol 16y ago
you really think 60 hrs/wk is hard?
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by smeagol 16y ago
it's easy to maintain these hours when you love your job and you believe in your company (and have great teammates). you can't let equity and/or salary be your sole motivation; you have to actually enjoy what you do.