Pud, as I said here (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3520013) 80 days ago, the way you keep putting out quality products is great. It's funny that your post on getting users (http://pud.com/post/5239917032/users) isn't even a year old (although you don't seem to be using a lot of those methods for this project).
Do your project ideas (big and small) just come to you or do you have a process?
And any thoughts on doing a small post on a day/week in the life of Pud? Like how much time you spend on projects (planning, coding, designing), and whatever else you do like jamming. You clearly know at least a little about time management and/or avoiding procrastination.
I've always assumed those emails are sent because if you forward a newsletter to somebody else, your personal 'Unsubscribe' link will still be on the bottom, therefore the person you forwarded it to could click the link and unsubscribe you from the newsletter without you knowing about it.
But with the unsubscribe confirmation, you'll know right away and can resubscribe if needed.
On the front page right now is '"Space Monkey" Dropbox Competitor Wins Launch, Has Already Raised $750K', and just below it, is this title ('A fresh new Dropbox on the web'). I was expecting this to be a post praising their new competitor.
Anyway, a redesign was badly needed for the web interface. The last time I used Dropbox on the web I remember questioning how this could be a multi-billion dollar company.
As a side note, from slide 49 on he talks about Google Maps embeds, and says if the designer removes the direct link from below the map you need to get the address, copy it, go to maps.google, paste it, search, find the right one, etc.
You do not need to do this. On the embedded Google Map you can just click the Google logo in the bottom left corner and be taken directly to a new maps.google page with the viewpoint centered exactly where the embedded map was. I even verified that it works on the map he was using.
TL;DR: Click the Google logo on an embedded map to view larger.
I agree. The whole time I was reading the post all I could think was "Why is the author ignoring the countless benefits of SaaS?" - Scale indefinitely, access from any device, no need to install updates, no need for IT department, etc.
Then you get to the punchline, "You have too many monthly costs. Now add me to that list so I can help you remove the others!".
Ironically, the least expensive plan on his monitoring service is almost double the most expensive plan on the list of his own SaaS subscriptions.
> But who introduces you to new artists, who gives you news and opinion, who provides the bits between the songs, tells you what's happening in town that weekend, tells you when the road's closed?
This is just my personal opinion, but I (and most of my friends) absolutely hate having to listen to FM radio for those exact reasons. All of my in-car music is played from my smartphone. I don't even remember when I last heard the radio.
For new artists, there's nothing that can beat online music services giving personalized recommendations based on your own preferences (or even based on what's popular). A generic radio presenter can't even come close.
As for the news, what's happening, closed roads, etc. I can get all that info online and skim across it in seconds, rather than having fragments of information trickle down from a radio presenter between songs and commercials.
I understand it's your area of work, but there is no way FM radio will ever survive in it's current format as we move forward.