Bounce
Productivity
calendar and travel reminders
SHOW HN2012
136points
33comments
#142of 1,677 in 2012
Top 9%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
4 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 6 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Execution: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Great concept, many commenters liked the idea
From 4 comments
Great concept. I would love to see a video demonstration on the landing page. How easy is it to use? How much data entry does it take? How does it determine where my calendar…
schiffern on HNAnother +1 for the concept. Get it up on the apple store as soon as possible.
brador on HNConcept seems awesome! Hopefully iPhone or web version to come soon.
webbruce on HNDamn, I've been working on nearly the same thing for a little while now. Nicely done!
dagar on HN
Objections
Continuous GPS use will drain battery
From 2 comments
Couple of quick thoughts after installing: 1) It appears to be continuously getting GPS data. That will kill my battery. Dead battery = I'm late anyway I may need to uninstall…
jonschwartz on HNI've been thinking about this for at least a year. Good ideas tend to be invented simultaneously... good luck with Bounce, looks awesome (apart from the battery draining GPS usage)
fraserharris on HN
Location lookup fails for many addresses and places
From 3 comments
Great idea. Here's what I've observed: 1) Way over-estimated the "time to bounce" for an event. It happened to be just over an hour from occurring and when I changed the start…
squarecat on HNYeah, the GPS thing is surprising. My understanding of Android development is limited but doesn't Location Manager allow for cell/wifi location detection? I'd really like to see…
Adaptive on HNGreat concept. I would love to see a video demonstration on the landing page. How easy is it to use? How much data entry does it take? How does it determine where my calendar…
schiffern on HN
Travel time estimates are inaccurate, including time to reach car and parking
From 2 comments
Thought of this one a while ago. Some of my thoughts: - How will you know where I am? It would be expensive to run my phone's GPS continuously to figure this out. - My car might…
ynniv on HNGreat idea. Here's what I've observed: 1) Way over-estimated the "time to bounce" for an event. It happened to be just over an hour from occurring and when I changed the start…
squarecat on HN
Privacy concerns about location polling and missing privacy policy
From 2 comments
If I do not have any appointments all weekend you are going to poll my location from 8pm friday till 6am monday for no reason all?
dfc on HNYou should have a privacy policy if you're going to collect emails, even if its for something as simple as a waiting list. It would make people who signup feel secure about…
srik on HN
Requests
Allow choosing which calendars or events to get alerts for
From 2 comments
Couple of quick thoughts after installing: 1) It appears to be continuously getting GPS data. That will kill my battery. Dead battery = I'm late anyway I may need to uninstall…
jonschwartz on HNBig thanks for the feedback Jon. 1. Bounce doesn't actually (at least it isn't supposed to) use your GPS all the time. It should poll for updates every 30 minutes until it gets…
justinwi on HN
Use network location as fallback when GPS unavailable
From 2 comments
Yeah, the GPS thing is surprising. My understanding of Android development is limited but doesn't Location Manager allow for cell/wifi location detection? I'd really like to see…
Adaptive on HNSure thing. 1) Hmmm is there some sort of timeout if it can't get the location via GPS? I'm in a room with no sky view so it can't effectively get the location via GPS. It seems…
jonschwartz on HN
Demo video on the website
From 2 comments
Great concept. I would love to see a video demonstration on the landing page. How easy is it to use? How much data entry does it take? How does it determine where my calendar…
schiffern on HNMy thoughts on your website (not the app, jonschwartz already covered that) 1) Nothing in <title></title> (or favicon) [Looks like you have since added a title!] 2) I chuckled…
eggbrain on HN
iPhone or web version
From 2 comments
Concept seems awesome! Hopefully iPhone or web version to come soon.
webbruce on HNAnother +1 for the concept. Get it up on the apple store as soon as possible.
brador on HN
Better place lookup
From 1 comment
Yeah, the GPS thing is surprising. My understanding of Android development is limited but doesn't Location Manager allow for cell/wifi location detection? I'd really like to see…
Adaptive on HN
Questions
How does it know where I am and where I leave from?
From 2 comments
Thought of this one a while ago. Some of my thoughts: - How will you know where I am? It would be expensive to run my phone's GPS continuously to figure this out. - My car might…
ynniv on HNWe built this same APP at Startup Weekend Boston two weeks ago, but didn't release it because we still wanted to finalize some features. Nice to know we have copycats. Also: The…
schiffmand on HN
How does it handle locations like building or room names?
From 1 comment
Great concept. I would love to see a video demonstration on the landing page. How easy is it to use? How much data entry does it take? How does it determine where my calendar…
schiffern on HN
Alternatives named
Google Latitude
From 1 comment
With regards to issue #1. The drain of numerous applications using the GPS hardware on the phone and thus killing battery life makes me wish Google Latitude had an API that devs…
patrickod on HN
Windows Phone commute app by a commenter
From 1 comment
Pretty cool. I made something like this for Windows Phone a while back that would let your routes to & from work, and your estimated departure times. It would then run traffic…
nbclark on HN