william_uk

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by william_uk 9mo ago
Interesting thanks - have just targeted desktop for now, though making a sensible responsive layout for mobile should be fairly easy. Albeit it would mean that any snippets on mobile would not be shared with desktop given the local/bro
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by william_uk 9mo ago
Snippets.dev is a PWA that stores everything locally in the browser (IndexedDB), with export/import to JSON for backups. I can't install apps or use cloud-based solutions at work so I built this primarily for my own usage, but hop
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Ask HN: Do any startups use Force.com?
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DropTask offers visual alternative for soon to be gone Astrid(droptask.com)
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by william_uk 13y ago
> when I run out of space around a topic, a force-directed algorithm to create more would be very nice Have you tried iMindMap (www.thinkbuzan.com)? Pretty sure it does that.
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by william_uk 14y ago
Thanks for your comments - much appreciated!
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by william_uk 14y ago
> Will there ever be time tracking? That's one feature I really wish Trello had by default. We are currently considering all feature requests and this is one I've heard a few times. As such, it is definitely something we will consider!
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by william_uk 14y ago
> Does it have dependencies? Not as yet, but this is an early release of the product and we are aggressively adding new features and improvements. This is definitely something we are considering.
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by william_uk 14y ago
Thanks for your comments. Some kind of 'quick-add' for tasks and groups is definitely something we are considering.
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by william_uk 14y ago
> What's the stack behind this? Very nice by the way! The entire app is written in CoffeScript - we're using Node.js on the backend and the front is mainly SVG/D3.js/Backbone.js.
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by william_uk 14y ago
> This might be a bug, or not. If I have 2 groups with different colors and put one inside the other, the inner group changes color. Did not expect this behavior. This is by design - we simply could not get the visuals to look at all de
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by william_uk 14y ago
Thanks for this. I personally like just clicking off to dismiss the modal, but admittedly if we keep this we need to be a bit cleverer in terms of not just losing the changes.
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by william_uk 14y ago
> I played with it a bit and unless I missed something, the size of the circle is only related to how many other circles are inside it. This is true - the group (used to categorize task circles) grows to fit the content. We did play wit
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by william_uk 14y ago
Founder at DropTask here. Thanks for your comments, we'll give them some thought. In terms of how we will survive, as Ygg2 has posted from our FAQ, we plan on charging for premium features and business accounts which will offer team adminis
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by william_uk 14y ago
This is awesome.
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by william_uk 14y ago
I'm a founder at DropTask - thanks for giving it a go. Ordering within a group is definitely something we are thinking about, though we're unsure of a sensible implementation as yet!
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by william_uk 14y ago
When is Sean Parker joining your board... "Drop the 'The.' Just 'Head Phones Rule.' It's cleaner."
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The most ill conceived computer-related stocking filler on Amazon?(amazon.co.uk)
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by william_uk 14y ago
I've managed to successfully failover to our own emergency backup version: https://twitter.com/williamlannen/status/263294924382937090
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by william_uk 14y ago
Bono just started his keynote.
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by william_uk 14y ago
We are going to set this up for our app, however there's a limit to how useful it is when you are reliant on services such as MongoHQ/PubNub (in our case) that are also affected!