It actually is mentioned in the post towards the bottom, though it's not in the main table. Coinigy is more of an all-in-one trading platform than it is a strict portfolio tracker, but it does look nice from my quick look. Feel free to fork the list and send a PR if you've spent some time with it and I'd be happy to get it added.
Ha! My Redis instance just fell over :) Things should be back to normal now. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Seems like if you just search for 'Virginia' Google Places will plop you down in a rural part of the states where there aren't any banks within the default 5 mile radius. If you expand that search area a bit (or select a city) you'll see more options.
Hi, one of the developers here. This is just a little side project I built with a financial analyst friend. Uses government data from the FDIC / FFIEC / NCUA and an open algorithm Bob developed to rank banks based on local impact. Clearly more we could do here but wanted to release an easy to use tool that could help people find and promote community banks. Response has been good so far, just won a social innovation challenge grant. Your feedback and thoughts (improvements, issues, etc) all very welcome. tia.
Yeah they're just kicking off now. Looking forward to reading more myself. Thought it was a good "first post" to outline the ambitions / purpose of the journey.
Not wholly surprised here. As a side note, I wish it was easier to move coins out of mtgox. They require "verification" to even transfer coins to another BTC address at this point, which means sending them proof of identity and proof of address. I'm not against identifying myself but given their absolutely abysmal security record and repeated demonstrations of incompetence, I'm loathe to send them anything even remotely sensitive. which leaves me in a bad position where I'm stuck with coins I can't even access...
Really made me rethink what was in my own closet and what was worth owning (and nice obligatory hat tip to William Gibson). As with most things, less is more.
Thanks for those links. Very useful resources. Looking forward to digging in this weekend, though I'm a little bummed that I can't easily slap this on a rooted older (3.x) android phone for testing :D.
I'm worried about the same things that you are worried about. They are legitimate concerns, and they need to be addressed. No one is saying they are unimportant. This legislation is a vehicle for addressing them. This is also why I personally believe that the extra protections found in the Senate version of the bill actually make it more relevant than the loosely-worded HR2930.
No one is saying that regulation isn't important. And I didn't blindly throw my support into this without doing my research. I don't want to see individuals get into things they don't understand, but I do want people (who are properly educated and who understand the risks) to be able to make up their own minds, support their neighbors, and help bring new ideas to life.
Agree that it's largely apples and oranges. I think the poster was more calling attention to the fact that SOPA showed a lot of people that their voices do matter, and can affect change in government. So in that way, at least, they're related.
Fraud is certainly a concern, and the reason that the laws were introduced in the 1930s in the first place. But the S.1791 bill has provisions for dealing with this through (relatively) strict individual investing limits and reputation via crowdfunding intermediaries. A balance needs to be struck between protecting "less sophisticated" investors and giving those of us who want the opportunity the chance to get involved, help support entrepreneurs, and create jobs (on main street and in silicon valley). There's still a lot to be hashed out of course, but this would be a step in the right direction.
Disclaimer: I'm one of the people who worked to put the petition together.
It's too bad that government / regulatory boundaries can't be overcome as easily :(. But when they can be overcome, the solutions are all that much more valuable and defensible.
Stripe is an awesome example of a company that addressed a tangible frustration / real need instead of a desire or a higher-level "want". I've noticed that companies that provide "Internet plumbing" often fall into this category:
* SendGrid (bulk email sending)
* Twilio (easy to use telephony / sms)
* Zencoder (video encoding)
* MailChimp (mailing list management)
What others can you think of? Would love to see a list here :).
Surprised that it's taken this long for the accelerator / incubator model to be adapted to hardware developers and makers. Makes a ton of sense. Really looking forward to seeing this first batch. The dual china-us angle makes it interesting, too (the team behind this also runs Chinaccelerator, and one of their startups recently won Techcrunch Disrupt Beijing).