Beautiful Day Brian
Consumer and social
weather notification email service
SHOW HN2012
Beautiful Day Brian
I'll e-mail you in the morning if it's going to be a beautiful day.
beautifuldaybrian.com#weather email#daily weather alert#beautiful day forecast#morning weather notification
How HN took it
8 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 8 critical, out of 33 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Idea: 5 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fun, charming idea that doesn't take itself seriously
From 3 comments
I like this. What I really like is that you don't take it so seriously. Now we need a competing service, "God Dammit, Brian" that highlights when you're wrong.
mattdeboard on HNReally cool idea. I look forward to using it.
davisourus on HNThis is absolutely fantastic. I want to do rainydayjoss.com !!
josscrowcroft on HN
Signed up and looks forward to using it
From 2 comments
Awesome, I just signed up. Now all you have to do is figure out when I need to get my snow tires on and you have a business.
Alex3917 on HNNice, I usually check the emails I got during the night on my phone before I look out, so if I see a message saying it is a nice day, I'm sure I'll be fast to get up!
calibwam on HN
Objections
Narrow need; IFTTT already does this
From 2 comments
This is too narrow a need. ifttt does that and more.
jayzee on HNCurious how this compares to ifttt with its Weather channel? http://ifttt.com/weather
kylemaxwell on HN
Terms of service allow changes without notice, privacy concern
From 1 comment
Note this is a real hole in the ToS AFAICT but I'm not claiming the operator is using it with prejudice. >"Beautiful Day Brian may revise these terms of use for its web site at…
pbhjpbhj on HN
Background image is very large and slow to load
From 1 comment
I like the idea of the Website, but the background image is too big. It's 1.2 MB. Which is about 1.1 MB's more than you should. It takes ages to load, partly because i'm…
bigoldie on HN
Maker's photo everywhere feels narcissistic
From 1 comment
The idea is cute and it seems nicely executed, but I'm a bit turned off by the, err, narcissistic aspect. Me and Brian haven't met yet, I'm not sure I want to invite him into my…
ForrestN on HN
Requests
Support Celsius temperatures
From 1 comment
Centigrade would be nice. Converting Fahrenheit is a faff.
bavardage on HN
Send emails earlier or at other times
From 1 comment
Perhaps I'm unusual but I think it would be more useful if it emailed early evening* before the beautiful day. By the time the beautiful day has come I'll be able to see it out…
bromley on HN
Fix layout on large browser windows
From 2 comments
Cool stuff! I've wanted to do something similar like this for a while that would email me what I should wear (I always pick the wrong jacket/sweater after simply checking…
awad on HN"Brian loves Canadians, and everyone else that uses °C.Give me a day or two to add that option!" That kinda made me laugh a lot. Does he mean the entire world pretty much? Also…
dubcanada on HN
Add Facebook like button
From 1 comment
The only feature missing from this site is a 'Like on Facebook' button.
Bootvis on HN
Questions
What weather source is used?
From 2 comments
Cool stuff! I've wanted to do something similar like this for a while that would email me what I should wear (I always pick the wrong jacket/sweater after simply checking…
awad on HNThis is pretty cool. I'm curious--what are you using as a weather source? I've been looking into them recently and haven't found a decent one that I liked.
nja on HN
How does it work technically?
From 1 comment
Nice idea. Can you tell us something more about technical details? How does it work, do you have to run a script every day? Does it use any API from weather forecast websites? Do…
botolo on HN
Does it work with UK postcodes?
From 1 comment
Does it work with a UK postcode? Put one in and it seemed to accept it, but sometimes UK postcodes don't work with US sites. Maybe a little map showing where the site thinks you…
AshleysBrain on HN
Alternatives named
IFTTT weather channel
From 1 comment
Curious how this compares to ifttt with its Weather channel? http://ifttt.com/weather
kylemaxwell on HN
Umbrella Today
From 1 comment
half glass full vs half glass empty: I'm curious to see how adoption of this product compares with adoption of umbrellatoday.com.
rcavezza on HN
Magic Window Mac app
From 1 comment
Check out the "Magic Window" Mac App :)
dustball on HN