Quip
Productivity
video annotation
SHOW HN2012
35points
13comments
#649of 1,677 in 2012
Top 39%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
7 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.61.
Idea: 7 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for education videos
From 2 comments
This has a lot of obvious applications in education, and maybe even some potential in medical diagnostics.
michaelq on HNCongrats on the great idea. I agree that it has potential applications for educational videos. I tried with the circumcenter video I made when I was a teacher. (Bug alert: my…
timnovikoff on HN
Useful for client feedback on video edits
From 1 comment
Awesomeness. Working as a video editor, I would love a system like this in place for clients to give feedback. It would greatly streamline the revision process! Excited to see…
arcadiadb on HN
Objections
Doesn't work on mobile yet
From 1 comment
Quip's lone developer here. Three years ago I didn't know a lick of javascript, not to mention backend architecture, frontend design etc. I've come this far only because of the…
dmvaldman on HN
Some bugs, such as comment text characters being altered
From 1 comment
Congrats on the great idea. I agree that it has potential applications for educational videos. I tried with the circumcenter video I made when I was a teacher. (Bug alert: my…
timnovikoff on HN
Requests
Feedback on how to improve and which features to add
From 1 comment
Quip's lone developer here. Three years ago I didn't know a lick of javascript, not to mention backend architecture, frontend design etc. I've come this far only because of the…
dmvaldman on HN
A backend developer as a co-founder
From 1 comment
Quip's lone developer here. Three years ago I didn't know a lick of javascript, not to mention backend architecture, frontend design etc. I've come this far only because of the…
dmvaldman on HN
Questions
How to better prevent server-side interjections in comments
From 1 comment
Thanks Tim! That bug is a hack to prevent server-side interjections. I intentionally remove all strange characters just to make sure someone doesn't do anything silly. Of course…
dmvaldman on HN
Alternatives named
Omnissio, acquired by YouTube
From 1 comment
You should take a look at what Omnissio used to do. They were an early YC co that sold to YouTube with a similar concept.
jasonwilk on HN