[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":518},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-5640536":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":29,"sentiment":30,"stance_mix":31,"scored_comments":36,"aspects":37,"strip":49,"post_text":51,"what":52,"said":82,"maker_in_thread":206,"shape":214,"grid":218,"attempts":480,"same_week":481,"maker_shows":48,"maker_hidden":510,"reader_version":511,"card":512},"5640536","Felt","Personal, handwritten cards mailed from your iPad","title","Show HN: Felt – Personal, handwritten cards mailed from your iPad","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.feltapp.com","feltapp.com","talpert",1367439703,2013,154,94,119,1739,7,"notable","web_saas","greeting cards and mail","mobile_app",[24,25,26,27,28],"handwritten cards","mail cards","ipad app","greeting cards","stationery","debated",0.133,{"positive":32,"neutral":33,"mixed":34,"critical":35},21,16,6,15,58,{"idea":38,"design":40,"pricing":43,"execution":45,"performance":47},{"positive":39,"critical":39},8,{"positive":41,"critical":42},3,4,{"positive":41,"critical":44},0,{"positive":41,"critical":46},2,{"positive":44,"critical":48},1,[48,48,48,50,48,48,41,48,48,41,48,41,50,48,50,50,50,41,48,44,50,48,41,44,41,41,41,50,50,50,41,50,50,50,50,41,48,42,41,50],5,null,{"problem":53,"audience":63,"pricing":71,"motivation":51,"time_to_build":51,"stack":79,"openness":80,"stage":81,"team_size":80},{"value":54,"source":55,"evidence":56},"Sending personal handwritten-looking cards without writing them by hand","inferred",[57,60],{"id":58,"by":11,"text":59},"5641838","Great point. Please consider this as well: when you receive a card in the mail do you think about the person going to the store and buying the card or do you think it's special…",{"id":61,"by":11,"text":62},"5641031","We had the same concern so we designed each step of sending a card to be authentic - down to hand addressing the addresses on the envelope. You handwrite it all. But yes, you do…",{"value":64,"source":55,"evidence":65},"People who send personal cards and thank-you notes",[66,70],{"id":67,"by":68,"text":69},"5641193","kmfrk","I think the best way to go about it is on a per-occasion and -person basis. A Mother's Day bouquet and card is different from a wedding RSVP. The best way to frame this product…",{"id":58,"by":11,"text":59},{"value":72,"source":73,"evidence":74},"$3.99 per card","commenter",[75],{"id":76,"by":77,"text":78},"5641726","nnnnni","\"MEH going to be expensive ... wait, $3.99? Nice.\"",[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":83,"objections":110,"requests":137,"questions":168,"alternatives":187},[84,99],{"value":85,"source":73,"evidence":86},"Realistic-looking handwriting and good execution",[87,91,95],{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},"5640938","ttruett","I tested this app back in December and was blown away at how realistic the \"handwritten\" cards looked. Selling a Felt subscription to businesses with the value-add that their…",{"id":92,"by":93,"text":94},"5641059","mtgentry","I was skeptical of the idea until I watched the video. Great execution!",{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"5640950","sakai","Quick question: Are the cards at the bottom good examples of how your printer will render the handwriting (and were they made with or without a stylus)? If so, bravo -- they look…",{"value":100,"source":73,"evidence":101},"Clever idea of printing your own handwriting",[102,106],{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"5640856","gwillen","Ok, I was figuring the handwriting would be fake, or produced by some third party. The idea of capturing your own handwriting, and printing it on the card, is pretty ingenious.",{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"5641089","volandovengo","This is genius - great job! Also props for having the discipline to code it up from a ski resort! For those of us who don't have ipads I would love the ability to custom send…",[111,122,129],{"value":112,"source":73,"evidence":113},"Printed handwriting looks fake and insincere to recipients",[114,118],{"id":115,"by":116,"text":117},"5641660","ruswick","This is not true \"handwriting,\" it is a printing of handwriting. This sort of practice is usually imperfect, and the fact that the note is not written at all is generally pretty…",{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"5644205","marknutter","There's nothing more irritating than receiving junk mail that has been printed to look as though it was written by hand. It's always immediately obvious and I always find it more…",{"value":123,"source":73,"evidence":124},"Mentioning 'from my iPad' on the card undermines it",[125],{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"5641659","xkcdfanboy","If the whole point is to disguise the effort spent, 'from my iPad' kills that premise. You are essentially sacrificing your product's value for word of mouth.",{"value":130,"source":73,"evidence":131},"Requires an iPad; no Android or web version yet",[132,133],{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},{"id":134,"by":135,"text":136},"5643204","tricolon","Neat! I would use this if: 1. I didn't need an iPad. 2. you would mail them internationally. 3. you would seal them with a custom wax seal. 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