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You have XML. Don't worry, we forgive you. Send it to us. We'll destroy it and send back beautiful, life affirming JSON.

Antiprise
An XML to JSON API. That's literally it.

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Art is a great beachhead into becoming the defacto platform for Augmented attractions, I can see a lot of tourist sites being interested in sponsoring, creating, but also regulating content that is hosted on Snapchat, but viewed on their property. A lot of interesting questions to run headfirst into.
Snap Art
Snap's augmented reality platform

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This is a really nice looking tool, but seems to have some odd cities missing... Portland, OR is missing which seems odd, but the tiny Oregon town of Klamath Falls is in the data set.

Cost of Living Calculator
City comparison tool to see how far your salary will go

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This is a product that has really come at the right time. The dominant voices in media (social or traditional) skew wildly in the direction of death, drama, and scandal. And the nature of the web today means you need to make a concerted effort just to moderate the bad news you see everyday to say nothing of introducing good news into your feeds.
Consider me thoroughly onboard.

Goodnewspaper
A printed newspaper full of good news

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I must say... the Air is, simply put, breathtaking.
The NoPhone Air
The least advanced NoPhone ever

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A great conversation via @macmartine with Mike Perham on how he got the idea for Sidekiq: the open source side project he's grown into a Million dollar a year business.
Conversation runs through how he was initially inspired, how he planned to monetize early on, and growing it into a real business. From licenses early on to commercial extensions that wound up 10x-ing his early income with...

The SaaS Bootstrapper: Mike Perham - Turning an open source side project into an $80K/month business
Growing a 1 man side project to a $1 Million/year business


The SaaS Bootstrapper: Mike Perham - Turning an open source side project into an $80K/month business
Growing a 1 man side project to a $1 Million/year business


Customer.io Slack Action
Send notifications into Slack, based on user activity

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My biggest concern here for FB would be that people start associating Facebook with work (and all its stresses and obligations) and start to disengage from their personal Facebook accounts. I like having tools that leverage many of the good UX experiences I have on social media, but I appreciate the separation I have now between work and the rest of my life...
This seems to accelerate the...

Workplace by Facebook
Connect everyone in your company and turn ideas into action


Customer.io Actions
Send messages across any channel - from push to postcards

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This appears to be one step closer to the key pain points for Twitter users: Moments is only highly impactful if people's feeds aren't already serving that same need. The solution is to improve people's feeds so they can see more relevant content more frequently.
The next enhancement I want is to not just follow people, but follow their content stream... show me why I might be interested in...
Connect by Twitter
A better way to connect with people

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I feel there was a missed opportunity to say "Get a SeeNote for C-note if you pre-order". I'm offering this pun to you free of charge to re-use at your leisure.
I appreciate the concept here, it seems like a great antidote to the idea of smart appliances or hubs... which to me always seemed superfluous to the idea of a few upgradeable devices. The SeeNote is to a "smart" appliance what a Roku...

SeeNote
The always on, digital sticky note

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I really appreciate using digital displays as an enhancement on top of tactile interfaces (like a knob). The trend of replacing every interface with a touch screen loses out on some intuitive interactions that we've honed over decades of industrial product design.
I think this is a nice example of marrying the two.
Noria
If Nest made an air conditioner


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What is a good zip code I can enter with some known pre-registered dealerships? I'm outside your beta area in Portland, but i'd like to poke around a bit.

Drive Motors
Buy new cars directly online from local dealerships

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This feels like Reddit meets Pinterest meets Tumblr, but with Google's signature UX. Community, but with comment threads, collections, and a personal page.
They of course can't help but benefit from getting google traffic directed to them when one of their special interest collections gets big enough, too.
Google+
The new Google+ all about your interests

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What happens if I take a photo of another photo with Proofy?

Proofy
You snap, we prove, you share

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I like the simplicity of this... I see a lot of opportunity for apps providing more "passive" content for the TV screen.

ScreenClock
Turn your TV into a clock

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One more for the the Portland Built Products collection. Looks slick guys! https://www.producthunt.com/@johannbenedikt/collections/portland-built-products
Also I notice you're launching w/ IG and Twitter, what's the next platform you're looking to support after those?

Hashtag Analytics
Visual insight for social campaigns

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I love this. Great intersection of whimsy, utility, integration and open source... and it gets double points for being a West Wing reference as well. Its great to watch a lot of these onboarding workflows quickly build up, it clearly shows what a need there has been for something like this across so many orgs.

Dolores Landingham Bot
A Slack bot to welcome new 18F hires