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nicholasreed

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October 26, 2009 (16y ago)
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I build things. I'm at nicholas.a.reed at gmail
  1. Tell HN: Heroku bans 10 year account without notice or explanation

    I've been a paying Heroku customer for a decade, with multiple businesses (a surf company, tennis reservation system) and personal projects hosted without issue. On Tuesday, I woke up to sites down and my login not…

    182 points 25
  2. Show HN: Practical Guide to Mobile Apps Using Phonegap and Famo.us (practicalguidetomobileapps.com)
    131 points 70
  3. Show HN: Minimail (opens source android email client) and quick video (minimail.getemailbox.com)
    1 points 1
  4. Tell HN: YC rejection emails have started going out

    Via email: We're sorry to say we couldn't accept your proposal for funding. Please don't take it personally. The applications we receive get better every funding cycle, and since there's a limit on the number of…

    78 points 112
  5. Show HN: Open source mobile email client built with HTML/CSS/JS

    Hey HN, I've been working on an email client and wanted to get some feedback! Minimail is built on Phonegap, so it uses HTML/CSS/JS for everything user-facing. The app also uses emailbox (a related project of mine) as…

    16 points 6
  6. Reflections on Q and A with Michael Hartl (victorostyle.tumblr.com)
    4 points 0
  7. Show HN: Send slightly-personalized emails from csv (sendtomany.getemailbox.com)
    4 points 3
  8. Show HN: Create public links for your email attachments (filemess.getemailbox.com)
    9 points 7
  9. Show HN: Hack on email, without headaches (getemailbox.com)
    4 points 0
  10. Ask PG: Can you display plus.google.com domains?

    Previous title: Ask PG: Can you display some subdomains on urls? For example: plus.google.com. It is a very different product from google.com and I have the understanding that discerning where you are headed is the…

    99 points 19
  11. Impressive SOPA blackout (littlehart.net)
    139 points 37
  12. Space Jam website - state of the art circa 1996 (www2.warnerbros.com)
    20 points 2
  13. Tell HN: The application links on the YC Apply are broken [Fixed]

    http://ycombinator.com/apply.html Application Form link (http://news.ycombinator.com/apply) leads to: Sorry, we're no longer considering applications for summer 2011. Check back later to apply for winter 2012. [Edit]…

    3 points 1
  14. Show HN: My first API, with SMS-based 3rd party auth method

    I've been experimenting with building an API for Spotversation over the last few weeks. I couldn't get OAuth to work correctly (yet) and I don't like the process anyway, so I made my own SMS-based 3rd party…

    5 points 1
  15. YC app feedback - readable format bookmarklet

    Want to get feedback on your YC app? This bookmarklet turns your YC App into a readable format that you can easily copy-paste into an email.…

    2 points 0
  16. YC Apply Auto-Save Bookmarklet

    YC Apply Auto-save Save the following Javascript as a bookmarklet.…

    2 points 0
  17. Entreposeur on Yofile Launch (entreposeur.com)
    2 points 0
  18. A Canvas alternative. Anonymous Pictures on Facebook (apps.facebook.com)
    1 points 0
  19. Ask HN: Thinking about changing business model

    I built a scheduling program for businesses in a niche market (~1000 potential customers) that now has 4 customers that each pay ~$300 per month. While current customers love the product (saves time/money, very simple…

    4 points 5
  20. Why do you use Foursquare (or Gowalla)?

    What is the appeal of Foursquare/Gowalla? Is the value in the competition, or exploring new places? What makes you pull it out of your pocket to check-in?

    3 points 3