Why can't I signup to pay for this service? My startup is in the area, I would LOVE to be able to pay "fiambreras style" and go pickup food every few days for my team. I'm sure it might get to be a hassle if there are too many people, but maybe just a few? What about a Grubwithus section where you invite others in the community for lunch ($20 /pp - cover the costs of food, profit, and a donation to Blimp?) and talk food or startups? What about sponsored meals by other startups? (I'll commit to sponsoring food for 4-6 one of the days a month)....
Anywho, LOVE this idea - thanks for letting us know about it - this way I'll know what to buy in the supermarket next time I want to eat something different than "Taco Rolls", ramen noodles, and re-heated pork leftovers from Xmas :)
Congratulations on the move to startup life! Great looking website and nice user experience for publishing.
Posting the service on HN is one of those things I wish I had thought of a few months ago, I still have a lot to learn - thankfully a friend sent me this link since he knew what we were doing. TainoApp (http://gettainoapp.com) does all that (Wordpress to native iOS app), plus full platform support for Windows Phone 7, and Android (wrapping up Blackberry and MeeGo support as of this posting) you can see it at work here - http://goo.gl/nuZcm. So far, it seems we're the only ones that can do Windows Phone 7 - hopefully someone in the community can point out other projects we haven't heard from that already does it, so that we can continue learning from others.
We have the tech specs ready for implementing support for most of the CMSs out there (Tumblr, Posterous, and others including Tresite - heavily used in latinamerica), but decided to focus on Wordpress installs first since the install base was larger we were able to churn out an mvp faster since we were more familiar with the wp architecture.
Our focus had been on engaging one on one with customers and quietly testing out different revenue models - but this kind of torrent of feedback would have been truly welcome. It wasn't until the start of the new year that we decided to test an introductory offer for the platform - aimed at the latinamerican market first (it's google translate friendly - http://goo.gl/Y5JZL). I felt we were missing a lot of the features I wanted, so I held back from doing a public push to get feedback - that was a big mistake. Seeing everyone's comments for Appifier has been an uplifting experience - so keep at it!!! One of the toughest things I've felt is being out there and being open to scrutiny by other startups. Maybe we can chat sometime and talk a bit more about some of the mistakes we've done along the way - drop me a line at jramphis at gettainoapp dot com. Best of luck!
The Angel/VC world in Puerto Rico for software technology is virtually non-existent (we're in the process of building it!). You are way closer to where the action is! Why not take a trip to SV once you are closer to knowing exactly what you need or reach out to the community through Angel.co or the like? Looking forward to seeing how your startup turns out - feel free to let me know if there is anyway I can help.
Anywho, LOVE this idea - thanks for letting us know about it - this way I'll know what to buy in the supermarket next time I want to eat something different than "Taco Rolls", ramen noodles, and re-heated pork leftovers from Xmas :)