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[Music], hey it's me now a lot of people in the, art community were taking coloring books, and coloring them as the proficient, artist that they are professional, artists coloring in a coloring book and, it's like woo i didn't jump on this, trend because i'm very uncomfortable, with calling myself a professional, artist when my art looks like this and, that and that which is fine i'm not, trying to put myself down art doesn't, have to be outstanding to be fun i know, for a lot of people who have like the, really amazing art skills they can turn, a coloring book page into a masterpiece, i feel like if i colored a coloring book, page it would just look like i colored a, coloring book page you know so i'm kind, of doing my own thing here of course of, course i just can never do the thing the, way you're supposed to do it i did used, to really love coloring books in fact i, have brought some of my old coloring, books in here for evidence i don't know, why i need evidence not like it's an, outrageous claim what it can't be not, that shocking uh we've got little's pet, shop we've got lisa frank disney and, strawberry shortcake i colored in i, think all of these, nope didn't color in that one there's, one colored didn't color in that okay, maybe i didn't love coloring books, colored that while the uh coloring book, challenge would be a great opportunity, to put these old coloring books to use, that have been on my shelf for 10 years, i'm gonna just step away from them i'm, still not going to use that so what i'm, going to do instead is i'm going to draw, my own coloring page and then i'm gonna, print it out and then i'm gonna color it, so this video really isn't all that, related to the trend when i thought of, this idea though for some reason i just, got really excited about it because it's, combining digital art and traditional, art and i get to have full control over, what my coloring page looks like and, also don't have the pressure of really, transforming something into a beautiful, piece of art because it's like okay it's, my original art so we we're just not, gonna take that lens on it let's move, into phase one where i actually start, creating my coloring page, i said let's move let's move go okay and, here's my little area my creative area, ew scratch that wait no don't scratch, anything okay uh hi i'm gonna start my, design and whoa there's a lot happening, already it's a little too intense it's, too much too soon let's take a step back, just pay no attention to the sketch, that's already on the canvas i uh got a, little over eager but don't worry about, it remember these they are the sky bears, i painted these chip clips in a recent, dollar store makeover video and i'm sure, you can't have forgotten them already, unless you skipped that week, i'm not gonna name any names you know, who you are but today i'll be taking, these characters to the next stage, beyond mere existence into, enlightenment, i don't know what i'm talking about i, think i've done too many voiceovers in, my time on this planet earth earth is, the one i'm on i think now there's, cloudy bear he's got his head in the, clouds he's actually just really tired, then there's rainbow bear she's sweet, and sunbear who's a literal ball of, energy and it's kind of a lot as a group, they make the sky bears now for today's, project i thought a lot about what i, wanted to do for my fantabulous coloring, book experience you see me trying to, hype this thing up i decided on bringing, the sky bears back because one i didn't, feel like i got to explore these, characters to the fullest i mean their, heads which is great it's very important, part of the body but i feel like the sky, bears you know they just hadn't reached, their fullest potential also you may, notice that a fourth bear has been born, right there in front of you ew, introducing rain bear he's sad he's so, sad he cries the tears of the entire, world poor rain bear it kind of sounds, like i'm saying rainbow with an, australian accent what reindeer no, currently struggling with his legs i, don't know why i'm failing to comprehend, what legs look like this is one of the, problems that comes from drawing from, your imagination your imagination is, whack and i'm using a big rainbow to, frame all the characters in then i spent, a lot of time fussing over stuff, changing things until i'm ready to do, the final outline i was quite happy to, be doing this outline digitally i, actually hate outlining with traditional, art supplies getting the fine line or, the micron pens, but doing it this way is so much better, because when you're using digital art, you can so much easier remove things, move things redo things as much as you, want but with that amount of flexibility, i had feelings i just feel like this, outline needs to be perfect it's never, permanently done it can always be fixed, can always just move something or change, something there's no excuse for a single, mistake here it has to be fantastic then, i realized you know it's probably best, that i don't get too carried away with, the details of the outline because i, really want to give myself plenty of, freedom in the coloring i don't want to, box myself in so i decided you know what, no i'm just going to keep the line art, really simple yes it's going to look, dumb but that way i can add the details, in when i actually go to color and, that's how i'll bring it to life and, here's the point where i obsess over, each individual pixel go ahead and erase, that pixel girl, i decided to give the rain bear's paw a, nice little appearance so that you know, he's holding onto that cloud doesn't, seem very safe or stable maybe not a, good idea but that's how he's doing and, some other things you know fixing up, doing it whatever once i got everything, the way i wanted i did a test print on, just regular old computer paper, surprisingly it looks pretty good well, you may think it looks like trash that's, rude i did notice some little micro, details that i wanted to fix up before, moving to the final print but after i've, gotten my full fix of obsession it's, time, i already know what sound effect i'm, going to put there i've printed the, final print and let's take a quick break, because this video is sponsored by, diamond art club if you've never heard, of diamond painting ah i have a kit, right here i have here the rainbow rose, kit i feel like it's gonna be easiest to, explain how this works by just showing, you many stuffs in here so it comes with, the canvas and all of the diamonds so, many little shinies 72 000 to be exact, diamond painting is a newer craft hobby, a lot like paint by number using shiny, rhinestones it's like paint by number, with a glow up the kids come with, everything you need to create a full, diamond painting of course the canvas, all the rhinestones all the tools that, you need and it's actually very simple, to use you just take the canvas peel, back the film it's a huge grid with all, kinds of different symbols that match, with each different color of a diamond, so using this little magic applicator, pen you dip it into the wax which allows, you to pick up the diamonds and then, simply stick them onto the canvas and, the process can be really relaxing and a, great way to unwind this is how the, final result will look it's so, satisfying to look at i can't wait to, hang it up in my studio if you would, like to try painting with diamonds check, the link in the description use code, mariah to get 25 off for new customers, and again thank you to diamond art club, for sponsoring this video and sending me, this amazing kit so with my final print, i used some kind of fancy paper i tested, a few different types of paper that were, fancy and this was the one that i liked, i'm not normally much of a paper snob i, mean i use computer paper on the reg but, i kind of wanted to do something nice, today and now is the epic moment, i'm really trying to inject drama into, this i'm overcompensating for the fact, that this isn't that exciting this is, where i switch out the ipad for the, paper switching between worlds traveling, dimensions i'm an art dimension traveler, no no i'm gonna get rid of these because, things may get a little messy here and, boom, it's a brand new set of watercolor, pencils i've always been intrigued by, watercolor pencils but after my last, horrible experience with trying to use, some of those nasty discount watercolor, pencils um it just about made me lose it, okay but i've upgraded to these new, pencils that are supposed to be much, nicer quality i guess we'll find out, today so i actually started testing some, of the colors on the test print double, test and i was gonna like you know take, the time to plan everything out i was, gonna be a good artist for once but then, i got bored and i'm like enough planning, i just want to art so getting into it a, big part of my reason for getting fancy, with the paper is that i wanted, something that was going to hold up, nicely with the watercolor and not get, all, like what paper do now i've actually, never looked into how to properly use, watercolor pencils might have been a, good idea before i use them in front of, potentially millions of people they are, very appealing to me because i love, using colored pencils and i love using, watercolor however using pencils on, large areas can be rather painful, watercolor is less painful but it's also, kind of difficult to control if you've, ever met water before it's all over the, place okay just likes to go everywhere, and drip and run, now that i've laid down a light layer of, pencil i'm just using a wet brush to, activate it and melt that color i don't, know i said that like i'm on a game show, i did like this process however it was, not perfect it worked great for some, colors while others really faded away, the blue in particular he just left us, he's like got a drink and i'm out of, here he was rude so i did have to go, back over all of it again to darken up, certain colors and it just was like a, little bit uneven and inconsistent but, it wasn't bad enough to change or start, over i did just continue with the same, process for the rest of the entire, rainbow and then we come to rain bear, the reason i added rain bear into the, group is mainly because the color, combination of pink orange and gray is, odd to me it's odd i don't love it i, didn't really choose it i had to go with, it because that was the color of the, chip clips so i want to add another, color to put in there does adding blue, to this color scheme really help out i, feel like maybe green or teal but i went, with this rainy blue and if you notice, something different about the sadness of, rain bear you're absolutely correct this, is no ordinary sadness this is not my, hat's on too tight not to dismiss you, grumpy cat your feelings are real but, rain bear feels the weight of the, world's sadness if you've ever felt sad, rain bear cried a tear for you so the, next time you feel sad double it because, you're not only sad but you're making, rain bear cry so feel guilty about that, it's not just rain bear who feels things, okay all the sky bears exist in the most, intense form of emotion cloudy bear is, not just tired he's exhausted in fact, it's rare to see him awake maybe a, couple times a year he opens his eyes, sunbear has this amount of bright energy, that's enough to scare you rainbow bear, is so painfully sweet she never says, anything negative it's so sweet it's, disgusting now i'm just finishing up, with the first layer of the art which is, the watercolor pencil that did work out, pretty well just to cover some ground, but it's definitely not looking nice the, next phase i'm gonna move on from the, watercolors and go in with my regular, colored pencils this is where i'm gonna, really try to brighten up some areas, bring in some shadows highlights, contrast dimension all the art words and, this is where i started to really have a, lot of fun with this coloring page like, i said i did enjoy coloring books at one, point in my life i did step away from, them pretty quickly mainly because for, me a big part of the fun with art is, coming up with the ideas you know i like, to create new characters and come up, with like stupid little stories that you, have to hear, and with coloring books the idea is, already worked out for you which for a, lot of people that's the appeal for me i, like to do my own thing you know i don't, like to be told what to do this was a, lot more fun for me personally because i, did kind of get the coloring book, experience but i also got to create my, own idea as well and speaking of my, ideas these are the sky bears right um, right but notice they're all daytime sky, bears what if there was a completely new, set of sky bears that rule the skies at, night, maybe one day i'll design the night sky, bears if you would like to see that if, not i mean let's be real i'll probably, do it anyway let me tell you i really, tried with this coloring okay i tried i, know it may not be the best remember, this okay this is what i come from but i, wanted it to look like the sun is, casting a bright yellow light on one, side of everything and then there's like, a bluish purple shadow of sadness that, is coming from rain bear and it's, creeping on the other side uh kind of, bummed that we didn't get to see rainbow, bears body not to sound creepy i mean, she does have a paw now which is great, love the paw but she's pretty much still, existing as a head um and that's, nobody's fault but my own because i drew, her like that but i didn't really, consider that i'd be robbing everyone of, the experience of seeing what the rest, of her design looks like i'm sad about, it oh my gosh i'm making rain bear cry, stop i'm sorry i'm not sad with the, coloring i really just kept on building, and layering really trying to get a nice, dynamic feel to it i wasn't going for, realism clearly but i am trying to like, get some dimension you know like make it, alive eventually i did get to a place, where i'm pretty happy with it and just, adding some last details and here is the, final piece i think this came out pretty, cool you can definitely see the texture, of the paper coming through i try to, like blend and cover over that i have, mixed feelings about it don't know if i, like it other than that i think it looks, pretty good i love the light of the sun, and how that looks in the rest of the, piece i'm so happy to have brought the, sky bears back and brought them more to, life than they were before i loved the, experience of this and being able to, combine digital and traditional art into, one project it was really fun and cool i, hope you guys like this thank you so, much for watching and i'll see you next, week bye

Opera 10 Beta2 Out Changes since Opera 10 beta
User Interface
Added

    * New Speed Dial icon
    * Enabled a errorlog-upload dialog box
    * Opera Turbo warning icon
    * Warning and advice about why dictionaries.xml file sometimes is missing from Auto update
    * A 'Synchronize Opera' button in the Speed Dial page
    * Tab icons (inverted) for panels viewed as tabs
    * An Open Folder menu item to the file browse control
    * Multiple-server support for Auto Update
    * A left-click context menu to the Opera Turbo button
    * New icons for DOM Console, Who is, Send File, Spell Check, Authormode, and Usermode
    * A context menu option to reload images in high quality
    * Widget version support
    * Password Manager with context-menu support

Improvements

    * Resized the Mac Add-tab icon
    * Changed the way Widgets are launched after an installation on Mac
    * Removed the menu items to enable/disable the menu bar
    * The file input element no longer allows multiple selection
    * 'Check for update' moved from Help submenu to Opera submenu
    * Updated opera:x, error and fraud page interfaces
    * Preinstalled dictionaries now have full name in the 'Choose default language' page in the wizard
    * Allowed Speed Dial to have a custom favicon
    * Now possible to set a new spell UI session without a pop-up menu
    * Adjusted the progress spinner on thumbnails not to overlap other tabs when tabs are small
    * Updated the ID for the Widget logo icon used in installation wizard
    * Implemented a progressive disclosure control on 'Report a site problem' dialog box
    * All submenus are now given icons from the skin
    * Shadows on active tabs are now less harsh
    * Implemented new Dialog Toggle icons and revised the Mail icons
    * Swapped the Send and Do Not Send send buttons in error-report dialog box
    * Adjusted the position of the menu button menu
    * Updated dialog images
    * Allowed for addition of extra line padding in the Widgets panel
    * Windowless Silverlight no longer disappears when using context menu
    * Pressing Enter to select an item in a dropdown box no longer submits a form
    * Enabled tab thumbnails check box by default in Customize dialog box; if selected forces 'wrapping off'
    * Updated Check, Send and Check/Send icons
    * Updated Search icon
    * Notification now shown when Opera Turbo servers are busy
    * Improvements to hover state on tabs (better contrast) and tabs on the side
    * Panels viewed as Tabs now have their own favicon and thumbnail image
    * Removed text shadow on buttons and its influence on Web buttons
    * Images appended after page load will now display until 'screen refresh'
    * Updated appearance of standard-skin dialog boxes
    * Applied a small tweak to the background of the standard-skin close buttons

Renamed

    * 'Transfers' to 'Downloads'
    * 'Wand' to 'Password Manager' (Tools > Advanced > Password Manager)

Fixed

    * MenuButton reappearing after a restart
    * Dropdown menus on play.com not having background styling
    * A white artifact covering entire page when reloading using Reload button only
    * Startup problem after upgrading from 9.x
    * Importing feeds without a window being open
    * More than 9 Speed Dials covering the Speed Dial image
    * Web fonts affecting Mac
    * Default font-size for single-line Text fields on OS X not being 12px large on the CJK system
    * Text overlaps in enhanced tabs
    * Aborting the printing of a Web page
    * Login dialogs corrupting on startup
    * MultiEdit fields being spellchecked if the spell checker is turned on without focus
    * Files with spaces not opening after download
    * Editing file/folder chooser boxes by hand
    * Automatic Opera Turbo mode not being reflected in the status field
    * Aqua skin Progress Bar display
    * Translated strings in Romanian not fitting the error-report and Appearance dialog boxes
    * Some UI buttons enlarging on focus
    * Tiled background in Speed Dial not being remembered
    * Panel header text becoming unbolded when customized
    * Internet-to-Intranet override polishing
    * Background image change not repainting a new area
    * Setting Opera Turbo through the Details dialog box
    * Activate Next Tab not working when tabs are launched in the background via control-shift-click
    * Leaks in the error-logging dialog box
    * Closing tabs while a tooltip is rendering
    * Issue with Trash can being dragged to the widgets area in Widgets panel
    * Background color of alternate rows disappearing in a list
    * Opera continuously opening tabs if choosing 'Opera Internet Browser' and 'Remember choice' in the BitTorrent Client Selection dialog
          o BT download dialog box now inherits most of the functionality from the download dialog, including the Save functionality
    * Progress Bar not always disappearing after a page has finished loading
    * Creating a search when right clicking on a search text field
    * Yahoo! mediaplayer in learnenglish.de
    * Spatial navigation on the Yahoo! frontpage
    * Spell checker occasionally stopped working when immediately pressing Del and Space
    * Saving a picture that has not been fully downloaded
    * Uninstalling a dictionary
    * Spell checker occasionally stops working after correcting a word
    * Spacing between Search and the Address fields
    * Incorrect escaping/unescaping of characters in WebserverRequest.uri
    * Session not being saved when closing Opera
    * Creation of Speed Dial duplicates when merging
    * 'Go' button not taking new search field into account
    * Downloading a new .torrent file with Opera Turbo enabled
    * The Wikipedia Cortado Java Theora player working in Opera 10
    * Posting loading/posting of links on a wall at Facebook
    * An issue with TinyMCE and Opera Dragonfly
    * Keyboard focus not showing in the Opera user interface
    * SVG background images disappearing on hover
    * Inability use a folder nickname as home page

Mail, News, Chat
Added

    * A dialog to warn about the mail database consistency check
    * An account preference to determine if the content transfer restriction is set to 8 bit or 7 bit
    * Several icons to the Compose menu
    * New icons for setting status in a chat window

Improvements

    * Lightened the color of the Page Bar: icons now working on all toolbars, panel color enhanced for better differentiation
    * Changed several icons in the Tools menu to colored versions that already exist
    * Mail-header buttons no longer overlap the bottom of the toolbar
    * Improvements made to HTML e-mail composition
    * Clicking on a new message notification now trying:
         1. to find a window where the message is visible
         2. to open unread if it is visible there
         3. to open the account view if it is not visible there

Fixed

    * Double-clicking a note to insert into mail when replying
    * Replying to a message and the cursor is invisible
    * 8 bit not being the default content-transfer encoding
    * Changing a mail account breaks the automatic encoding selector
    * Opera Mail welcome message encoding and other strings
    * Reopening a HTML draft with 'prefer plain text' and HTML source shows in compose window
    * Pasting a message and the paste buffer is cleared
    * An old draft being shown on reopening
    * HTML keyboard shortcuts working in plain text mode
    * Mail client selection dialog not being displayed on first mailto click after an upgrade
    * Chat connection status for multiple accounts
    * Adding a large attachment to a message prevents e-mail composition
    * Plain text e-mail composing
    * Setting 'Open with other application' to 'Opera' for mailto
    * Printing mail which resulted in an empty page
    * Doing 'Synchronization' on POP3 mail check
    * Importing mail stops when files are open
    * Disabling spell checker in multiline edit boxes causing a shut down
    * Title in IRC channels equalling the title shown in the app window title bar
    * Ability to paste into inline find in mail view
    * Decoding error when writing an HTML mail with a non-ASCII character
    * Text not fitting in several dialog boxes when switching to the Romanian language
    * Signature not changing when changing an account
    * Links opened from mail and newsfeeds not loading when focusing on another mail/feed entry

Display and scripting
Added

    * An Open Folder menu item to the file browse control

Improvements

    * Web fonts loaded in memory and the font name retrieved
    * FormatBlock now correctly affects ancestors of the contentEditable element
    * browser.js can now be disabled when doing auto update
    * DOMContentLoaded now fires when traversing history
    * Support for getting localized strings from JavaScript
    * Max values now set for the automatic memory cache

Fixed

    * Onload script not executing in frameset where one frame's src is set to '#'
    * Hardcoded strings in XML files
    * Scope when defining getter for the HTMLElement document prototype
    * Regex [^x]* failing to match certain characters
    * Recursive regular expression causing stack exhaustion

Network
Added

    * A link on the error page for cross-network communication

Security
Added

    * Full set of padlock icons for security dialog box

Improvements

    * Improvements made to prevent spoofing of services

Fixed

    * Recognizing EV certificates issued directly from the Root
    * Importing certificates

Miscellaneous
Added

    * A placeholder in Opera Turbo for plug-ins that are not loaded yet
    * Functionality for switching Opera Turbo mode off for separate image elements

Improvements

    * Now possible to add Opera Turbo configuration files per language
    * Improved anti-spoof checking

Fixed

    * Loading an automatically saved session
    * Various dialogs with third-party mouse plug-ins installed
    * High memory use related to the disk cache on huge torrents

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,PHP 7.0 Is Showing Very Promising Performance Over PHP 5, Closing Gap with HHVM,David Hepworth on (closing) magazines and beyond,Ask HN: How do you promote your iOS apps?The strategy for increasing users for iOS apps seems to be divided in to two main challenges:

1) traffic -- getting more users to find your app and visit the description page

2) conversion -- getting a large percentage of users to install your app once they're on the description page

There are lots of helpful articles out there for #2 -- smart content writing, influential language, etc. However, there seems to be a lack of options for #1.

These are some options (in increasing order of steps required to install):

1. Top 20 ranked, In-app advertising, App Store SEO, Pay per installs (Tapjoy, Flurry, w3i)

2. Product website, iTunes recommendations, App Store Featured app, In-app promotions

3. Display ads, Search marketing, Blog reviews, App listing websites

4. Press Releases, Competitions

5. Physical advertising (Billboards, Magazines, etc.)

My question is - for indie developers, how do you compete with the large companies that always seem to rank in the top 20? How do you break in there? And once you're in there, how do you stay in there if the big companies are using their brand + huge marketing budgets to out-install you?

(Btw, if anyone is interested, I can do a blog post covering some of the options I've tried and their results).
,Show HN: BrainTool – Beyond Bookmarks, a Topic Manager for your online lifeLong time looker, first time Show-er here!

I built the initial BrainTool to scratch a personal itch - to unify my bookmarks and online resources with text-based notes. I've spent the last several months iterating on it with feedback from early adopters and UX volunteers. It's finally at the point where I feel confident enough to seek this communities feedback.

BrainTool is a browser extension that makes it easy to save pages of interest into a personal 'topic' hierarchy, along with associated notes. Your topics are shown in an editable side panel which can also control the browser - opening and closing tabs, tab groups and windows by topic. There's a 90 sec intro video here: https://youtu.be/7zvyvATpoVM

The above by itself makes BrainTool one of the handiest bookmarks/tabs/browser managers around, but the kicker is that all your data is stored in a separately editable org-mode[1] format plaintext file. Off-browser I edit my braintool file in emacs but I've also played around syncing with LogSeq, Orgzly and other org-based tools. If you're an emacs user it could give you a shallow on-ramp into the world of org-mode, if you're an aspiring PKMer it's an easy way to slurp in all of your online resources, if you just want to get out of tab hell and up your browser game - dive right in!

Its serverless so your data never leaves your personal environment. Chromium-based browsers only for now (Chrome, Edge, Brave, etc. not FF).

Landing page: https://braintool.org

Some articles on use: https://braintool.org/posts.html

Github repo: https://github.com/tconfrey/BrainTool

[1] https://orgmode.org/.
,Failed for the past 12 years as an tech entrepreneurBack when I was 24, I pretty much hated my 9-5 job because of lack of control over my destiny, the limit of earnings and growth and the idea of going to the office every single day. I realized I could start something of my own.

So I started to look for something easy to do work on that would not consume a lot of my time. Blogs were a rage back then and multi-million dollar exits were quite common. I bought a domain and installed WordPress and started blogging after my working hours. I started a technology blog in the hope to replicate the success of Mashable and Techcrunch. I spent about 4 hours every night covering tech news about companies and social media in general.

2 years passed and I burned out myself. Traffic to the blog was flat and I was not making any meaningful money. I shut it down.

A few months later, I started a website that pulled information from Amazon and displayed dresses in a fancy and intuitive website. I opened a Facebook page, spent a lot of time marketing it and eventually made a grand total of 2 sales in a span of 3 months.

I decided to give up.

The very next year, I decided to build a note-taking web app that was a mash of Google calendar and a to-do list app. The idea was that people would see today's schedule by default and they would easily add and manage tasks.

I hosted it for a few months and lost interest due to a lack of customers.

After taking a break for a year or so, I decided to do something ground-breaking. I built my version of Facebook Groups/Slack that would allow people to share something interesting with others. You could create groups and add/remove people from them. The UI was fancy and a few of my friends and family loved it.

A few months after running it, I shut it down. I found it hard to justify its existence since everybody else was using Facebook groups and with the rise of mobile apps that allowed seamless sharing, my application made no sense.

Sensing an opportunity in media space again, I then started a news aggregator website that aggregated news titles from hundreds of outlets storing thousands of news articles per day. The website was smart enough to cluster the news articles based on topics which, Google news does well. People loved it and it got great reviews, but it was not growing fast enough.

And like earlier, I ran out of patience after 6 months and I shut it down.

After multiple failures, I decided to take a longer break. I had pretty much given up my entrepreneurship journey knowing there was no way I could build a reasonably successful business.

A year passed and I started to feel uneasy with myself and my day job.

So, I built a stupid web app that cleaned new articles by stripping them off of ads and showing only the relevant content. I shared it and got no real feedback from others. Nobody cared.

That's where it hit me, why not pivot to and a link management platform? I thought it's so easy to build and manage it. I could feel the tingling in my body. I built https://blanq.io/ with the excitement of a toddler.

I was so wrong.

I spent the next 1 year building the landing page, the entire web app plus some extra features in a hope that it will take off.

For the first 18 months, I had no paying customers. I put everything into this. All my previous experiences of failures and learning went into building this platform. "How could I fail?" I thought.

I then decided to stick to it and give myself 3 years to decide its fate.

On the 19th month, my efforts started to pay off. I landed my first customers then 2nd and then 3rd.... and so on. It's been 8 months since then and I now have 10 paying customers using my platform almost every day and growing every month.

My learning:

1.Don't quit too soon and don't be too hard on yourself.

2.With each failure, you do get better at not failing.

3.You improve at everything as time passes - marketing, programming, sales, operations..
,Gaming HN for an Orange Name - A WarningMy name, at the time of posting, is orange. It's kind of nice to be recognized for being upvoted on average, even if I don't make a huge number of comments and will never be on the leaderboard.

However, it just feels wrong. I've been unconsciously working on getting a high average for a while, and this will only encourage my unproductive behavior. I sometimes refrain from posting when I know my comment won’t be read or won’t be upvoted.

In the spirit of pointing out the full effects of this change, I will now offer a simple list of guidelines so that you too can get your name in orange and feel like a real man/woman/entrepreneur.

As for me, I’m with tptacek—opt me out of a colored name.

1. Only post in threads that are on the front page or look sure to get on the front page. If no one will see your comment, no one will upvote you.

2. Don’t post on a front page post that already has more than a full page of text. Your comment will appear at the bottom and no one will scroll all the way down there. You’re just yelling into the void.

3. When possible, reply to a highly rated comment that doesn’t already have replies. Particularly focus on getting your comment to appear 'above the fold' when it is posted. This will ensure that your comment is read and enjoyed.

4. Don't post against the prevailing mood of a post. If the mood of that article is pro-libertarian, beware critiquing that philosophy! On the other hand, when the population is more balanced in that individual thread, feel free. In general someone who agrees is more likely to upvote than someone who disagrees, so you should get be ahead on balance.

5. As soon as you make a comment, upvote the article and all of the parents to your comment. This will put your article closer to the public eye. If you want to truly join the dark side, vote down the other comments on the thread or other replies. I’ve never done this, but it’s an option.

6. Say something interesting. Without this, you’ve got nothing!

7. If you’re trying to be funny or sarcastic, make it incredibly obvious. If it’s not incredibly obvious what you’re trying to say, don’t bother posting.

8. Don't get involved in a long discussion! This will only end with a bunch of 1 point posts that drag your average down.

Let me say in closing that HN is one of the best discussions on the net and I’ve been privileged to be here with you all. pg, thanks for all the work you put in.

Still, we should be realistic about the behavior that we are promoting. Goodnight and good luck!.
,Launch HN: Tavus (YC S21) – AI-generated personalized videos for sales outreachHi HN - Hassaan, Quinn & Rishabh here and we're the founders of Tavus (https://tavus.io/). We generate personalized videos that realistically imitate your gestures and voice. See a short demo at https://video.tavus.io/video?id=2302 and play with it at https://tavus.io/playground/.

Companies like Loom and Vidyard have proven the value of personalized videos for sales, onboarding, marketing, and more. The problem is the time it takes to create a video for each prospect. We make it scalable by generating thousands of personalized videos of you in the time it would take to record one. Our users get the benefits of personalized videos, like large increases in open and reply rates, without having to invest all that time.

We struggled with LinkedIn outreach and email marketing at every company we all worked at. It took too many emails and felt spammy. The best responses we got were from emails that we wrote specifically for clients we were particularly interested in. We then tried our hand at video marketing, with generic videos sent to each lead over LinkedIn, which ultimately performed much better than any traditional campaigns we ran.

What if we personalized the videos like we personalize emails at scale? We decided to test that, and the results were incredible. People loved the fact that we sent natural videos with our own voices and faces, and we achieved massive increases in demos booked (250% spike). The sales industry is seeing this shift towards more individualized video content as well; companies like Loom are growing rapidly and seeing validating results such as 4x meetings booked. We also found that these videos perform well outside of sales and marketing, specifically in recruiting, onboarding, and customer success.

To get started with Tavus, users train an AI model with their voice and face, by submitting a 15 minute video recording. Next they set up a base video template(s) that includes the pitch that they will be giving in the video, along with the associated branded landing page and video background. Once that is set up, videos can be generated at the click of a button. One-off videos can be generated in the Tavus portal, or a CSV can be uploaded to process videos in bulk. Videos can also be generated programmatically through the Tavus API. Each video is automatically personalized in the user’s voice for each unique prospect, and can even automatically generate unique backgrounds, such as a prospects LinkedIn profile or website.

People don’t notice imperfections if the content is interesting to them, and unless you are specifically looking for artifacts, Tavus videos are practically indiscernible from a manually recorded video. Therefore our focus is not on generating the most advanced voice-cloning or lip syncing—plenty of great researchers can do that way better than we ever could. Instead it is to provide many immersive personalization options that cater to the customers' leads. A recruiting company can use video outreach very differently than a sales company, and so on. Our core effort is supporting each of those use cases in depth.

Also, people don’t trust videos that have professional green-screen backgrounds, perfect lighting and a voice actor recording for you. They want to see you, see that you are real, they want to hear your voice. In our experience, slight imperfections in your video can actually lead to better outcomes as long as you get the content right, as they make for a more engaging experience. The point is not to fool people into thinking that a recording is fully ‘natural’ but to provide them an immersive experience that is personally relevant to them.

Our revenue is generated from a subscription model. These subscriptions typically include things like video strategy consulting, branded landing pages, and a quota of videos that can be generated per month,

We would love to get your feedback on Tavus, and in particular, hear any ideas you have! We’re super excited about this product, and we’ve got a lot of work ahead of us :) Thank you!.
,Ask YC: Feedback for our new startupThe site is bidboxr.com

We're getting ready to launch and since I've enjoyed so many of the articles posted here I thought it would be great to get some feedback from the YC community.

Bidboxr.com is a unique blend of online advertising and online auctions. Instead of simply providing a site where sellers list items and bidders bid on those items, we've created an interactive ad banner that bring auctions to the bidders.

One of our major goals when we created bidboxr.com was to provide online entrepreneurs/startups with a profitable source of revenue. Think of it like Google's adwords/adsense model, but we're using interactive auctions instead of static ads. The auctions are relevant to the content of the page, so it's designed to draw users who are interested in that particular content. Imagine reading a blog post about a digital camera and looking at an ad on the side of the page showing an image of the exact same camera on sale and closing in 10 minutes for $50 with a big 'BID NOW' button beneath it. If you're interested in running an ad on your site simply sign up, add a few lines of code and when someone bids from your site you earn money.

I've started to do a few 'pre-launch' marketing tests to see which method would bring in the most users - so we've already started to see some sellers listing items. If you have anything you'd like to list or know anyone who might want to list some items - I'll remove all listing fees from anyone that list anything over the next few days.

Thanx!.
, Ask HN: A possible Delicious Alternative?With Delicious closing down we thought we would recommend our bookmarking site - Favilous. We promise never to sell to Yahoo so there will be no chance of us closing down!

We had been working on a major revamp of the site and it just so happened Delicious made their announcement (or didn't make their announcement!) when we were about to press the launch button.

What do we offer?
Bookmark quickly and effectively for free.
Attractive site with users having the ability to customise backgrounds and arrange bookmarks in categories.
Save articles for viewing later - so now you can bookmark and view sites later, a combination we do not think exists.
Users can see what sites are hot and what sites are popular.
Social - Follow people who bookmark things of interest.
Bookmark things on the fly with a click of a button and it saves it to your inbox for viewing later.
View what the community is bookmarking - this page is of great value as it offers descriptions of the sites that are being bookmarked.
Import bookmarks from various sources including delicious.

Background
We are a 2 man startup from the UK.
We are bootstrapped.
We have thousands of links already bookmarked from thousands of different users.

We would love to know what you think and what feedback you may have so that we can improve the service for new and existing users.

thanks!.
,Alert HN: X.org suddenly isn't resolvingFirst of all, I'm not experienced in identifying transient network glitches. If I'm freaking out about a temporary issue then I request the moderators to hide or delete this post.

I've verified my claim in the title via digwebinterface using every resolver.

Since it takes forever to load, here's a screenshot (1002x2394, 291KB): http://i.imgur.com/iqaGKt8.png

Text description: this screenshot shows every resolver that works (two couldn't be reached) saying SERVFAIL; the only one that still replies is OpenDNS, which returns an A record of 131.252.210.176. This uses a Location: redirect to send me to https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/.

Here are the settings I used - it takes a couple minutes to fully load, and DNS is usually fast, right? :S - http://www.digwebinterface.com/?hostnames=x.org&type=&showcommand=on&colorize=on&stats=on&sort=on&useresolver=8.8.4.4&ns=all&nameservers=

The domain seems to be registered until 2025, according to pir.org (754x882, 108KB): http://i.imgur.com/hsPqvaS.png (you have to go to https://pir.org/products/org-domain/#domain_form, input x.org and go past the captcha to reload this info)

I have no idea what's going on - I was looking up X11 documentation and thought it was my own internet when X.org persistently wasn't resolving.

All I know is that right now http://x.org, https://x.org, http://www.x.org and https://www.x.org don't seem to work.

I'm posting this in light of the recent Phoronix article outlining some ownership handover issues (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10867202, https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=X.Org-Domain-Woes). I'm not sure if this is related to that.

Once again if I've posted this due to misinterpretation or ignorance about networking then I apologize. (For example, I noticed that x.org uses two in-house nameservers, ns1.x.org and ns2.x.org, and perhaps those are down - but this would have had to have been for a while since 8.8.8.8 is answering SERVFAIL.)

[This has been crossposted to https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/468c78/xorg_suddenly_isnt_resolving/.].
,Ask HN: Why are browsers so bad at stopping popups and other dark patterns?Popups have long been an issue along with other types of ads, but the most infuriating kind I've ever seen are those which watch the mouse position and throw up an ad or subscription plea when I'm moving the mouse upwards to the tab bar after I've finished reading an article and want to close the tab.

Obviously blocking scripts' access to positional data would break many sorts of useful interactions, but there are far more pages that snag that data to display ads on mouseover or page border interactions which brings zero benefit to me as a user. Why is there no way to either pool that information among browser users to negate this dark pattern, or to remember my dismissive interactions of closing popups and pre-emptively negate them next time I visit a page?

Also, if you work as a designer or front-end developer who implements this sort of thing, I want you to feel bad about it and talk your money hungry marketing people out of it; because when your employers' revenue eventually sinks due to pissing off more and more of your readers, you'll get laid off looong before the marketing people do and if you don't stop and think you won't even understand why..
,Another AirBnB Host Horror StoryQuoraQuora connects you to everything you want to know about.
LoginSign UpAirbnb:

Has anyone had the experience of your Host listings being turned off by AirBnB due to bringing to their attention problems with their platform and procedures?
John Cohen, NYC HostYes

AirBnB recently hid all my listings. At the same time they cancelled over 19 bookings adding up to over $7000 dollars most likely more. Here is a copy of the email sent to those inconvenienced persons.

Dear xxxx,
We were just informed by John Cohen that your accommodation starting on xxx, April xx, 2012 (reservation xxxxxxx) is no longer available. You should know that hosts are penalized for canceling reservations and removed from our site if they do so frequently.

I am no longer able to access my account to see my future payouts -- approximately $2000 dollars -- or when I will recieve $954.

At the suggestion of an experienced attorney I have backed all information that was in my account including changes that were occurring after AirBnB shut off my listings.

I cannot prove what the customer service supervisor said over the phone but I will quote 'We have discussed it among ourselves', 'There are simply too many customer service requests from your account', 'You can apply in two months to be re-instated.'

After careful review of the backups it appears to be 21 bookings not 17. As of this date several guests are living in my home. Booked through airBnB. I have no idea if I will be paid for their stay. Here is a short list of my Complaints that resulted in AirBnb hiding my listings.

1) Peer review process as implemented is being used by a few guests as a threat of a 'Bad review' if I do not bend to demands for services not offered. Or if I attempt to enforce the House rules such as under age drinking or cleanig up after themselves.( Threse guests have no reviews of their own.)

2) Security Hole. Apparently airBnB does not maintain any information of the Guest of the guest.

3) CSR who answer the phones are given extraordinary power to rush to a judgement without giving the Host the benefit of the doubt.

4) Reservvation panel is a Mess if you are a busy Host. Dificult to make heads or tales from this. Even the CSR.

5) Bad reviews which are not opinion but statements of Fact. Say about the cleanliness of a Host. 'Place smells like Garbage' Bathroom's are dirty' by a guest who frequently broke house rules.

6) A clear and convincing connection between Guests who them selves have no reviews making a complaint or bad review on a Host who has asked them courteously to obey House rules.

7) Repeatedly blocking out up to 10 days or more on a room until an investigation is complete. Finding the Host acted properly

8) Many of my customer service calls were about parts of the WebSite not working or learning how to nagivate it properly. I have bad eye sight and need new glasses. EG recently a part of the listings page failed to show up where
prominently it states Host has PETS. Two guests allergic to Cats appeared.

. Though my listing clearly states CATS. I had to have my House keeper Vacume 2,000 square feet. So that the guests could finish their bookings. My cats were trapped in my bedroom for two weeks.

9) Security deposit is not a security deposit. Never in my Life have I been
compelled to negotiate with a petty thief

Their is a lot more. 24/7 is not 24/7 due to the lack of enouph Human Infrastructure to handle the Volume of calls. Resulting in knee jerk reaction's
and bad decision making.

I cannot help get the feeling that AirBnb in my opinion would like low end Hosts to quietly fade and disappear in to the night.

This one will not.

The average star rating of my spare bed rooms was 4.5 Stars.

Skirting around the Franchise laws of the State of New York and the Federal Franchise Laws.

Skirting around the case law in New York State concerning Defamation and Slander.

And who knows what else. (SPIONS)

I am a fundamentaly good New Yorker. I am confident that my fellow New Yorkers will hear my cry for HELP.

I have been crippled financially by AirBnB's actions. Humiliated. Down but not out. I have nothing to loose. I am old sickly.

In my youth in basic training at the USMC. You learn the history of this Institution.

Lt. General Chesty Puller.
'You don't hurt 'em if you don't hit 'em.'

Below this you can read my reviews. It was AirBnB who cancelled the bookings
and Defamed and Slandered this host. I removed most of the cancelations as the web page would have been to long.

The host canceled my reservation
11 days before arrival.

Emily
The host canceled my reservation 46
days before arrival.

Alex
The host canceled my reservation 16
days before arrival.

Katharina
The host canceled my reservation 12
days before arrival.

Djamila
The host canceled my reservation 32
days before arrival.

Amy
The host canceled my reservation 22
days before arrival.

Wai
The host canceled my reservation 5 days
before arrival.

Dora
The host canceled my reservation 15
days before arrival.

Melanie And
Claas
The host canceled my reservation 4 days
before arrival.

Trevor
The host canceled my reservation 18
days before arrival.

Liudmila
The host canceled my reservation 90
days before arrival.

Jana Fabienne
The host canceled my reservation 139
days before arrival.

Alisia
The host canceled my reservation 3 days
before arrival.

Francesca
The host canceled my reservation 14
days before arrival.

Alonso
I stayed here because I didn't want to
spend a fortune in a hotel, so I booked at John's place. My room was
pretty cozy, clean and had air conditioner (which was really helpful
on those cold nights). The living room/kitchen/dinning room was ok,
and I liked the fact that there were other guests living there as
well and I met a lot of interesting people. I would recommend your
stay here if you want to save money, socialize with other cultures
and know how to clean after yourself (important part). It is up to
you if you want a clean room. The walls are really thin and sometimes
you can hear everything from the room next to yours, but overall, it
is good place for low price.

Lauren
Don't expect luxury & do not come
here if you're allergic to cats as John has 2 (very cute) or if you
don't know how to clean up after yourself (you will get told!). This
place is secure and very affordable for those on a budget, the
beds/toilets/towels are clean and John offers coffee every morning.
All in all, if you can forego any frills and live in a hostel
environment, this is a good deal. If not, try the Waldorf Astoria.

Viola
The place is just two blocks from the
subway stop and it really takes 10 minutes to get to Manhattan so is
ideal if you don't want to waste your day travelling. I have found
quite a friendly bunch of people living in John's loft and John
himself is a very helpful person. I would suggest to guests who have
never seen NYC to ask him tips on what's worth seeing in the City.
The constant presence of coffee in the place was, also, very much
appreciate!!! My overall experience was pretty positive and I would
recommend it.

Peter
John was a very nice host. The room is
great value for money. Expect no luxury, 'this isn't the
Waldorf-Astoria', as John would say. But it's a room, more or
less private, allthough you can hear everything that's going on in
the livingroom. But if you're in NYC for a few days, it's a great,
cheap spot. The room I rented had some temperture-issues, the heater
was a bit hard to control, and made some loud noises sometimes, but
John told me this in advance. He was helpful all the way.

Kyle
It was a nice private room! John was
very helpful in getting me acclimated to New York City, and he even
made me a nice BLT sandwich right when I arrived!

David
Relacin calidad precio muy buena.
Barrio'aburrido' pero el piso est muy bien conectado
(parada de metro cerca). Spermercado cerca. Lo recomiendo
positivamente para pasar ah unas vacaciones. John personalmente me
trat muy bien. Incluso cuando tuve problemas con la habitacin
S-9, la cual no recomiendo en invierno porque estn dentro las
mquinas de la calefaccin central (mucho ruido y calor), fue fcil
llegar a un acuerdo para que me diera otra habitacin que tena
libre. No s que hubiese pasado si no hubiera habido alguna
habitacin libre. En definitiva es un buen sitio para pasar tus
vacaciones en NY a muy buen precio.

Johannes
Best bang for the buck. Don't expect
luxury and don't be too picky, but there's everything you need and
it's a private room at a great rate. Quite uncomplicated, I could do
some short notice extension as I decided to stay one night longer,
and then even one more.

Iveta
I've recently stayed at the shared room
for 5 nights. It was a great experience, I can recommend this rental.
John is a great host, he is going out of his way to accommodate
everybody's requests. He is friendly and he is a great cook too! I am
planning to be back in New York at the end of April and I will stay
at this place again. I think that says a lot! it is a great place for
a great price.

New
Johns place is as described, a huge
and quiet loft that he built. Not luxury but its a good way to save
money if youre going to expend the whole day exploring the city.
Its close to the subway station wiht direct line to manhattan (A
and C line). John makes coffee every morning for the guests and he
cleans the bathrooms every morning as well.

Veronika
Great way to save money on a trip to
NYC. Bring your own blankets because it gets very cold at night and
there are none for you to use. The area is safe enough but it gets
very deserted at night. Coffee in the mornings was great. Don't
expect any privacy or luxury staying here but it is a cheap way to
see NYC. FYI, smoking is allowed indoors and there are two cats.
Average age of other guests is 22-25.

Camille
Another host nearby could not host me.
He sent me to John's place. As a young 18 year old french woman
traveling alone I am careful. The accommodations were incredible for
just $10. per day. $11. with the AirBnB fee. It is a medium size
room. Very bright. Sun drenched as the host John says. Though it has
4 twin beds on 2 wooden bunks and one twin it is not cluster phobic.
It is meant as a budget shared room to sleep in. The vanity was nice.
Storage that I locked with a padlock. The rest of the Loft is large.
Balcony's, gigantic rear deck and a giant private roof with nice
views including Manhattan. I had the room all by myself. But met
several interesting Europeans from Germany and Italy renting the
private rooms. The common area is large. Nice kitchen dining area.
Unusual. The large refrigerator is in the same room as the shower.
John is an artist. The shower room is large. The host was very
helpful. He showed me how to use the MTA Trip planner to efficiently
travel to my activities in Manhattan. John has to be the best Host on
AirBnB and possibly all of NYC ! Twice he made me a delicious meal !
3-4 Minute walk to Subway. A metro. 20 minutes 34 street Manhattan
off peak ! I am glad the other host cancelled. $10. nightly. safe,
clean convenient, food. #1 host and place to stay in NYC. Oh it is
$10. for thirty day stay. The price is more expensive for 3 days or a
week but still cheapest in NYC ! Thank you John. 5 stars. He deserves
10 stars !

Guido
John is a very good host... the loft is
in a good neighborhood just short walk from a supermarket and utica
subway station... and just 20 minutes far from Manhattan with public
transprtation!!! Sure i would be back there next time i'm going to
NYC! and if you are a good traveler who really wants to discover the
real life of the place you are visiting sure you'll enjoy this place.
Very safe, good wi fi connection, clean and easy! see you next time
John!

Patrick
This accomodation is by far the best
value for a short-stay room in New York that I have seen. The cost
for my own room per night actually worked out even cheaper than a
hostel where a person would share a full dormitory of 6-8 people.
This place was great value - and I had my own room. The host was very
helpful. My first experience of his helpfulness was when I noticed
that my computer cable had broken. When I asked him if he knew where
I could get a replacement in the city, he actually went out of his
way to fix the cable for me! He saved me a number of bucks doing
this, and also saved me the time it would have taken to locate the
replacement. Big thanks to him for that. And that was just the first
day. The host has coffee on the stove every morning. It is also
likely he will cook something for you a few times during your stay.
It could be a roast, or it could be a big breakfast sandwich that
will keep you going for a number of hours. The crowd that I came
across in the place was mostly young and vibrant and interesting. It
is a good place for you to meet up with like-minded adventurers in
the city of New York. The host has a large amount of very practical
local knowledge. He has a large willingness to share very useful
knowledge with you. This was invaluable for me because, as a
soon-to-be qualified attorney, I was in town to find out the
possibilities of locating a long-term apartment lease and a job in
the city. The host went out of his way to share his valuable
knowledge with me about these things. The host is worth listening to
carefully. The quality of the place was very satisfactory. If you are
a complainer or nit-picker, or have impossibly high standards, don't
waste anybody's time and get a 150 buck a night hotel instead.
However, if you want something with great value and have realistic
expectations of what great value is, then you will really benefit
from staying in a place like this. Even though I give a 4-star rating
(which is very good), I actually give the extra 5th star in the
rating when I factor in the price and all the extras. Again, have
realistic expectations for a place in this price range, and
appreciate good value when you see it, despite being a little rough
around the edges. Furthermore, as time goes on, the host continually
makes improvements to the place and has a genuine commitment to
creating accomodation that adds value to the people who stay there. I
expect the place will only become better and better in the future.

Matthew
5 stars! I had a great stay with John
in his loft apartment. His description of the living space is very
accurate. My room was clean and spacious, the loft was quiet through
the night (had no disruptions from flatmates in other rooms), the
bathrooms were clean and John even cooked 2 meals for me during my
stay (quite the chef I might add)! For the price range and location,
this listing can't be beat!

Stephanie
John is a welcoming friendly host.
Staying at his place in a private room beats staying at a hostel
sharing with 3-11 other unknowns. Also he makes sure he only rents to
non-sketchy people, which can only be a good thing. It's close to
Manhattan, the neighbourhood doesn't look safe but is actually
really ok and I doubt you can get a better deal than this. Peace out!

J. B.
John is a gracious and welcoming host.
The property is as described, and the bed is very comfortable. The
place (as stated) is rough-hewn, but clean, quiet., and comfortable.
The A train express is just two blocks away, so this is very
convenient to Manhattan.

Stephanie
We transferred to another room because
it was cheaper. But it's not that small - still a good size AND it's
private after all. John offered us some dinner one day which was
pretty darn good. He does keep things clean around here (but a lot of
it depends on other guests here too) so he's a good host.

Bettina
John's Place is very close to the train
station and in a safe area. I never felt insecure during the whole
stay. The rooms are in a loft and have all the advantages of a loft:
the common room, that everybody can use, is big and there are several
very big patios which is great for summer. You are welcome to use the
big kitchen and because John is a great cook, you should accept his
weekly invitation for a meal. John also knows a lot about New York
and has a lot of material and information to share. He answered my
E-mails amazingly fast and helped us a lot to find the way from the
airport to his place. On the other side, you should be aware, that
the walls in the loft are very thin and you can hear everything.
During the night it sometimes became very cold in the rooms, because
the rooms are very high and the heat accumulated under the ceiling.
There is just one shared shower for all. Altogether it's a nice place
to stay. But if you want to stay in New York for several weeks, you
should first test this place for some days and then decide if this is
the right place for you. Best wishes, Bettina

Isabella
The place is really nice and clean and
super close to the subway. My room had a beautiful view and a comfy
bed. John can be a little intense, on the first night he was quite
annoyed with me for catching a cab as he said cab drivers were
'crooks' but after that he was very helpful and pleasant.
Even gave me some delicious roast he made and let me hang out past
check out time. All in all it was a good experience.

Stephanie
Really nice spacious room which I
shared with my cousin and we had ample space for all our stuff. The
location is pretty near to the station, about five minutes walk away.
John is a really helpful host and made sure we had a place to stay on
New Year's night when he found out that we didn't have anywhere to go
for that night. And honestly I don't think you'll find a better deal
for the price you pay, especially if you're travelling alone in NYC
:)

Yoojin
I couldn't agree more with Nacio's
exact review. Close distance from subway station and warm rooms are
good. However, if you are sensitive to cigarette smoke, I don't
recommend this place. He smokes inside the house and rooms for guests
have a big glassless hole facing kitchen where he usually smoke.
Considering the cheap price of room, you may bear some shortcomings..
but I don't think it's comfortable to live for a long time in this
house.

Ling Sum
Great stay, great location! John is a
perfect host. The room is big enough. The neighborhood is safe!

Adam
Hey travelers! I stayed at john's space
in crown heights, Brooklyn for 10 days & would recommend it to
any of you out there on a budget who don't need many frills. It feels
like a cross between a hostel & a friend's place - there were
long term & short term guests here - everyone was respectful &
quiet. Excellent value for money & steps away from 24 hour
transit anywhere in NYC. The shower needs improvement but it's a
great place to hang yer hat. Would/will stay here again. Thanks John,
Merry holiday everyone!!! Adam

Cristina
I wouldn't choose Jonn's in matter of
the size of the room. But it was comfortable and the practical
facilities all right. Besides the room there is a ' shared space'
where it is possible to spend time/ do activities if the space of the
room isnt 'satisfying' which works fine. The bed was fine.
Transport to Manhattan is easy.

Carmen
If you are considering a hostel, this
would be a much better choice. The rooms are private; there is a
fridge, basic cooking facilities and John makes coffee every morning.
John gives fair warning about the neighborhood and I certainly
wouldn't walk around late at night, but it is very near the train,
the grocery store and laundromat are walking distance and the
neighborhood folk are generally friendly. It is definitely worth the
price.

Giorgio
Nice room, close to subway station and
to everything, few minutes to Manhattan. Mattresses, sheetes and
pillows where new when we arrived. John is funny and very helpful, he
gave us a lot of advices.

Nirmal
Good place overall. Pros: own room with
lock and key, on A express line, cheap Cons: My clothes smelled like
smoke, cats kept me up 3 nights, the fridge is in the bathroom for
some reason. the area is a little ghetto but overall safe since very
close to the main road. John and everyone in the house is friendly
and keep the place clean, though i bought my own cleaning wipes and
cleaned the toilets few times. I expected that since the place has 9
rooms and just 2 toilets and 1 bathroom. john was very gracious and
offered dinner on more than 2 occasions. for $29 a night it was a
bargain.

Isabell
It's a good place to stay for a few
weeks if you need an affordable homebase while you're exploring the
city The subway is just a short walk away, it takes about 20 minutes
to get to the west side of downtown Manhattan, which for New York is
very okay. John is a helpful host, often offering his guests food and
good advice or tips on where to go and how to get there. There is a
large common area with a kitchen that holds everything you need; the
bathrooms and shower are also shared by all. Rooms have loft beds,
drawers, chairs, tables, lamps - in short, everything you need. If
anything's missing, just ask; John is quite good at providing
anything extra (for example the extension cord and socket adapter I
needed to get comfortable in bed with my laptop). If you have any
more questions, just ask, I'll be happy to help you out.

Adam
I stayed at Johns place for just over a
week. The location of the place is great, only a short walk to the
train station and ~10 min to lower Manhattan. There was also on the
street parking easily available. John was a great host, provided me
information on how to get around and also recommended some places to
check out. Its great value for money, would stay here again if I'm in
NYC. Room was sun drenched and clean. He offered coffee every
morning. The complimentary BLT he made for me was delicious. If
anyone has any questions just send me an email.

Elena
Yo y mi amigo nos hospedamos en una
habitacin preciosa baada por el sol. La casa situada en un barrio
seguro y autentico newyorkino estaba a pocos minutos del metro. John
es muy simptico y habla espaol nos ayudo mucho ofreciendo su
ayuda para organizar nuestro viaje mejor. Gracias John!

Rhona
Very helpful when we had a last minute
emergency, my daughter was in New York without internet and I was in
Scotland and I had to find her somewhere quickly. He replied
immediately and made up the room for her. She says it was great to
have a private room and room to open a case and hang up clothes. Easy
to come and go as you get your own key and it's close to everything
you need especially the subway. She says she felt safe in the house
and the neighbourhood, even as a solo female. Complimentary coffee
was also nice as was the BLT he made one day.
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