Ask YC: check out our clock for YC countdown
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I know you guys are excited about applying and receiving a decision, as I was when I applied last cycle, but if anything, your over investment in this application process will probably result in you taking rejection a lot more personally than you should be, which could ultimately result in you not continuing your projects.
The clock is ok. :P
The clock is ok. :P
While rejection would sting, we already have a gameplan if we get a rejection. The basic system for the clock, though, is just my early attempt at learning AS3 and how traditional Flash timeline-based stuff works with the OO world. It'll be an alternative to the word meters I offer over here:
http://writertopia.com/toolbox/meters
This "holometer" is for sci-fi writers. There will be a more static one for fantasy writers. I'll let people enter progress into the widget, and the data will be stored on S3 or an alternative I'm looking at. The sound and other animation will be optional and users can embed the system in their profile or web page to show others their progress.
This "holometer" is for sci-fi writers. There will be a more static one for fantasy writers. I'll let people enter progress into the widget, and the data will be stored on S3 or an alternative I'm looking at. The sound and other animation will be optional and users can embed the system in their profile or web page to show others their progress.
Cool, but its driving me nuts.
I once wrote a countdown timer for an enterprise workflow app, that counted down until the average form completion time. It turned yellow as it got near the time, and turned red as you went past it. We were recording the average for each employee. I thought it was kinda sick, but fun to program.
I also did a google gadget in flex2/3 check it out. For them to work properly, you need to add them to your google home page. These are in beta, so any advise would be nice.
http://jdavid.net/gg/gg-count-flex2-v20.xml
and here is a javascript only version
http://jdavid.net/gg/gg-count-type-v24.xml
I once wrote a countdown timer for an enterprise workflow app, that counted down until the average form completion time. It turned yellow as it got near the time, and turned red as you went past it. We were recording the average for each employee. I thought it was kinda sick, but fun to program.
I also did a google gadget in flex2/3 check it out. For them to work properly, you need to add them to your google home page. These are in beta, so any advise would be nice.
http://jdavid.net/gg/gg-count-flex2-v20.xml
and here is a javascript only version
http://jdavid.net/gg/gg-count-type-v24.xml
Midnight would be the time they would absolutely have every email out
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=68677
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=68677
Argh my idea (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=69954) rejected officially 5:46 pm Pacific time. Too bad for me.
erm... why does it say 22 hours till the decisions are released?
:) Check your dates perhaps?
Edit: could also do without the sounds, but nice use of flash. I suck at flash/actionscript and should really put in some time to learn it.
:) Check your dates perhaps?
Edit: could also do without the sounds, but nice use of flash. I suck at flash/actionscript and should really put in some time to learn it.
doesn't work on the iPhone
We though it would be fun to have a meter to countdown the time until YC releases its decision for the 1st round picks. We are assuming it will be around 9 pm EST (6 pm PST). (We're extending it on a rolling basis :)
It's just been coded, so please give us your feedback. This is a really early "foometer" gadget, not the business we applied to YC for.