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benjamind

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Hacker, maker, web and Android developer (http://cwd.co.uk).

Founder of CircuitBee (http://www.circuitbee.com), a web service that lets you upload electronic schematics from a variety of packages and create web viewable and embedable versions of them.

  1. Show HN: We're trying to create a better datasheet - Datasheet.net (datasheet.net)
    7 points 4
  2. Ask HN: How would you open source a SaaS business?

    As some may recall I recently launched CircuitBee, a service which allows you to web embed your electronics schematics. Upverter also recently launched their product which lets you design schematics in your web browser.…

    1 points 0
  3. Ask HN: T&C's that don't cause outrage but keep us safe?

    Recently we've all seen the uproar when people have gone to read the T&C's from various web services and found them to leave a feeling of 'theft' or some kind of underhand grab for content rights. Personally I hate…

    2 points 0
  4. Ask HN: Do Amazon own all of my apps now?

    Just after the Amazon AppStore launched I decided to test the waters with a free version of one of my apps. The app has done fairly well on the Android Market so far, but I perhaps misjudged the type of users attracted…

    18 points 6
  5. Show HN: What we did during the royal wedding - Android Unicode Keyboard

    Last weekend we were stuck indoors unable to go celebrate the royal wedding, so with a long weekend to spare we decided to do a little side project to solve a problem on Android that's been bugging us. Its a…

    1 points 0
  6. Ask HN: A good online refresher for reading Mathematical notation?

    Hi all, Does anyone have any recommendations for a good basic guide to reading mathematical notation? I've been playing with various things recently and reading a lot of academic papers on various topics such as…

    6 points 2
  7. Ask HN: Have you used MarkLogic Server and what was your experiences?

    I'm considering using MarkLogic Server as a backend for searching XML documents for an upcoming project. I am wondering if anyone here has had an experiences with it and what they thought? I'm considering deploying it…

    1 points 0
  8. Ask HN: When do you show your project to potential evangelists and advisers?

    Hi all, I've been lurking here for a while, not really got involved yet, but recently took the plunge to turn to self employment and startup life. I quit my job and moved to a lower rent area so my savings would last a…

    2 points 0