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Can you share more info about how you sold some these businesses?


Listed them on Flippa! The end. :)



This is actually a neat idea, though the design of the form page could've been better.


I built this to solve a specific use case where in-person signing is required but internet access is restricted or unavailable. This also addresses problems with signers who can't or don't want to confirm their email address -- the audit trail info includes the MAC address and name of the signer's cell phone (among other things). I'm just starting out here so any feedback on any aspect of this project is totally appreciated.


memaroo.com

Memaroo is a web research dashboard, designed to make iterative web searching organized and more efficient. Memaroo records your search history into different projects, which can be accessed from anywhere -- so you can search for things on your phone and then continue your research later on your desktop. Projects can also be shared with other users, allowing collaborative searching and result sharing.

Memaroo is an improvement to an established search paradigm. But people are comfortable in that paradigm, despite its flaws.

How can I get potential users to break their existing search habits and try something new and possibly better?


Working on that. I was hoping to see whether the sample workspace made sense to people right off the bat. Sounds like maybe not.


Yeah that'd be smart. I actually didn't any type of tutorial just to see how intuitive things were without instructions.


When I originally posted this, the demo workspace was loaded into the current tab, so if you wanted to do more searches it would just add them to the demo workspace. Hitting back would then return you to searches from the demo. Now the demo launches in a new tab.


Whoops changed something, try it again. Click "launch demo" near the top to start a sample workspace.

You'll need to turn off your pop-up blocker, it'll open in a new tab.


Good point, yes you should disable your pop-up blocker.


Hello HN!

I designed meml.io to make web research simple and more organized. The basic idea is that meml.io tracks your search efforts over time, and stores separate sequences of queries in "streams." This is especially useful when searching iteratively or refining web queries. Streams can also be shared across users, allowing collaborative research.

Right now this is just a side project, but if anyone out there sees potential for something more, email me.


Great concept! Just a tip: people search for weird things, like their credit card number...but I see no way to delete an accidental search...

What stack did you use?


Yeah, there is no deleting strictly due to laziness. Planning to add that tonight.

I used MEAN.js.


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