My weekend project
Productivity
motivational quotes homepage
SHOW HN2010
78points
59comments
#17of 370 in 2010
Top 5%of 2010 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
13 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 3 critical, out of 35 comments about the project. Thread score +0.29.
Idea: 4 for, 1 againstDesign: 4 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, clean, minimalist design
From 4 comments
Great, don't take any suggestions from here. The app looks perfect, but it would have been fantastic if you had an API interface :) No seriously, the app is minimalistic and…
paraschopra on HNLove the simple, clean design without any distractions. Great idea too. Are you manually adding the quotes/vidoes? If it's possible to do it in a very subtle manner (footer?),…
ankit_ on HNNice concept and i like the simple execution. the font size does require me to "move my eyes" a lot to read longer phrases. i like how completely simple and to the point it is…
empire29 on HNYes, simple and straight to the point. Good going matey
raluxgaza on HN
Useful as a startup or browser homepage
From 2 comments
Good job! I've set it as my startup page in FF. It's a good way to start work/browsing.
arnorhs on HNThanks! My new homepage :)
faramarz on HN
Objections
Text is too big to read comfortably
From 2 comments
The text is way too big for me to easily read it.
aw3c2 on HNNice concept and i like the simple execution. the font size does require me to "move my eyes" a lot to read longer phrases. i like how completely simple and to the point it is…
empire29 on HN
Not enough quotes
From 1 comment
Awesome site, I absolutely love it. The only problem is that there isn't enough quotes, I think you should add a lot more. I collect quotes and have quite a collection of good…
kristofferR on HN
Page needs a refresh to see a new quote
From 2 comments
Refresh the page? Why not use jQuery Ajax function to call the server side script.
csomar on HNThis is just brilliant! Great work! I think you should be able to click the quote to go to the next one rather than having to go to the bottom of the page and click refresh.…
sw1205 on HN
Requests
Let users submit quotes
From 3 comments
Nice! Is there a way to suggest quotes?
secos on HNNice concept and i like the simple execution. the font size does require me to "move my eyes" a lot to read longer phrases. i like how completely simple and to the point it is…
empire29 on HNLet users submit their own quotes.
jmonegro on HN
Permalink for each quote
From 2 comments
I like it. Thanks! A way to link to a specific quote/video/etc would be great for sharing with others.
andrewdavey on HNIs there any possibility of having a distinct URL for each quote, so I could pass it along? Of course, if you plan to tie into Twitter, etc, you'd want that, no?
mikecane on HN
API for quotes
From 2 comments
I wrote a similar thing into our project management system here at work. Whenever we receive notifications about a project or something, a little small quote like the ones you're…
arnorhs on HNGreat, don't take any suggestions from here. The app looks perfect, but it would have been fantastic if you had an API interface :) No seriously, the app is minimalistic and…
paraschopra on HN
Click quote to show next one
From 2 comments
Make it so that I can click the content instead of scrolling down to click a small link lost in a corner.
jmonegro on HNThis is just brilliant! Great work! I think you should be able to click the quote to go to the next one rather than having to go to the bottom of the page and click refresh.…
sw1205 on HN
Auto-refresh quotes periodically
From 2 comments
have you thought about automatically updating the quotes every 10-15 seconds?
NEPatriot on HNLooks great! Would be really fun to add this to a monitor or picture-frame which would auto-refresh every so often. One suggestion: Add attribution to the XKCD images and don't…
mrduncan on HN
Questions
Where do the quotes come from?
From 1 comment
I like the site, nice and simple. My only question is where do the quotes come from? I hit f5 too fast before noticing one of the quotes was by "Heywood Jablowme"
dzlobin on HN
Are quotes added manually?
From 1 comment
Love the simple, clean design without any distractions. Great idea too. Are you manually adding the quotes/vidoes? If it's possible to do it in a very subtle manner (footer?),…
ankit_ on HN
Alternatives named
Fortune (Unix quote program)
From 2 comments
Looks like fortune for the web. Are you using fortune as a backend, or for quotes?
vrotaru on HN> I had actually never heard of fortune A long, long time ago in this galaxy, this was the first program to run when a user logged in/opened a new terminal. Not on every system…
vrotaru on HN
iheartquotes.com
From 1 comment
I did put fortune on the web already, complete with an API that you can call from your .bashrc. http://www.iheartquotes.com You should also consider making this a Twitter…
tonystubblebine on HN
Consume less create more
From 1 comment
Cool, looks similar to something I made last month :-) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1128574 http://github.com/jmhobbs/consume-less-create-more…
jmhobbs on HN
Chrome new tab extension idea
From 1 comment
Make this into a chrome extension as an addition to the default "new tab" page :)
Lorin on HN