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s9ix | 12 years ago | on: New DuckDuckGo design

This looks pretty awesome! Good to see them doing well. Sad realization: 'what rhymes with orange' did not give a cool response. I expected it to at least try according to smart responses, haha.

s9ix | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: How Do You Securely Share Passwords in Teams?

This looks neat - thanks for the share. Feel free to message me progress :)

s9ix | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Charity to pair tech mentors with interns to dive into non-profits

Currently work at both a nonprofit and a startup, so this is fairly interesting.

I think for something like this to work, you'd have to get approval for a project and the scope/timeline before anyone is on-boarded. I'm fairly fortunate where I work, but a lot of times, getting buy-in can take long and be a rather painful process.

Also, do you have a scope of what type of things can be built? It would be beneficial to work out of a common Github/etc. so that future projects can build off of previous, and updates can be rolled out this way. For example, I know an organization I used to work with wanted a simple reception app - schedule an appointment, and it sends out reminders via text and/or email on the timing, and then it can also be used to check in. This would be simple using Twilio/Tropo and could be super easy to save in a state for other orgs to plug in and start using.

Great idea by the way - excited to see where this goes :)

s9ix | 12 years ago | on: Monthly revenue breakdown of PlentyOfFish's early days

Just to clarify, the linked article refers to plays, not downloads - changes the dynamic a bit, but still a crazy stat nonetheless.

s9ix | 12 years ago | on: Stripe Open-Source Retreat

This is super cool. Love seeing all the new incentives for open source and nonprofit startups.

s9ix | 12 years ago | on: Should App.net Accept Bitcoin?

With all due respect, isn't Bitcoin easy enough to implement that you shouldn't need any commitment (10BTC? Really?) to accept it? Especially since the currency is floating, so 10BTC today (~$8400USD) may be half the amount or etc. on any given day...

s9ix | 12 years ago | on: My Final Post

Cached link via HNPremii for anyone else who is getting the site down.

http://hn.premii.com/#/article/6239342

s9ix | 12 years ago | on: ZTE Open Firefox OS phone is available on eBay

Any luck for Canadians?

s9ix | 12 years ago | on: Show HN: Create unlimited one-off Invoices (Built with AngularJS)

This is actually simple yet well executed - great work.

Glad to see the 'Made with Love in Toronto' footer too. Would love to connect about a project perhaps? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6218412

Cheers

s9ix | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Made MVP at hackathon, validated idea, but no longer have developer.

Emailed.

s9ix | 12 years ago | on: BlackBerry puts itself up for sale

Introducing the Ubuntu Edge: The world's first triple booting phone, with Ubuntu OS, Android, and BlackBerry 10. That would be awesome.

s9ix | 12 years ago | on: Inside Dropbox’s Urbanized San Francisco Offices

I recently got to visit Facebook's Canadian office (in Toronto) and they had Canadian themed names for their board rooms. E.g. Board Room Eh, Roberta Bondar Room, etc. - gave us a good laugh, haha.