00:00:00 --- log: started retro/10.06.28 05:55:59 --- join: sixforty (~sixforty@pdpc/supporter/active/sixforty) joined #retro 06:16:18 --- quit: sixforty (Quit: Leaving.) 08:59:33 --- join: PrintStar (~PrintStar@75.10.128.226) joined #retro 08:59:59 --- part: PrintStar left #retro 09:09:27 --- join: virl (~virl__@chello062178085149.1.12.vie.surfer.at) joined #retro 10:59:37 --- quit: probonono (*.net *.split) 11:01:21 --- join: probonono (~User@unaffiliated/probonono) joined #retro 13:29:49 --- quit: crc (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) 13:31:18 --- join: crc (~charlesch@184.77.185.20) joined #retro 16:40:09 --- quit: yiyus (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 16:44:03 --- join: yiyus (1242712427@212.224.65.219) joined #retro 18:01:36 --- join: docl (~luke@216-161-87-126.ptld.qwest.net) joined #retro 18:02:08 howdy 18:58:40 hi 18:58:52 hi crc 19:09:26 what's new? 19:10:10 I've been reading paul grahm on startups 19:11:07 I started at ycombinator.com, went to their about page and it is pretty interesting stuff. 19:11:15 cool 19:11:57 I've started on migrating my ebook library into ReStructuredText format 19:12:07 according to him, web apps are the wave of the future. making everything server-side. 19:12:10 cool 19:12:16 I've been following your twitter 19:15:36 cool 19:19:51 I manage my ebook library though a web app written in php; I'm hoping to replace it with something written in retro over the next year or so 19:20:17 I've also been hanging in the #lesswrong chatroom, meeting some cool people there. (lesswrong is a rationalist site I read) 19:25:27 do you have a web app that you think can be turned into a commercialized service of some kind? 19:48:57 ebook library manager? might work. 19:50:37 I'm mostly doing the ebook manager for my own needs. I've got 1200+ ebooks that I'm proofreading, converting to ReStructuredText, and doing automated exports to html, mobipocket, and epub formats 19:52:40 (my conversion to ReStructuredText is mostly due to annoyance with epub. The format is great, but many books are built using word or other apps that generate really sucky html, leading to buggy books that cause my reading devices to crash) 19:56:50 I wonder how many people have use for an account that provides them with a library organizer? 19:57:58 maybe it can function as a blog widget or something 20:00:18 the one issue with this is that I could be held liable for files hosted if the users upload illegal copies of books 20:00:38 I've been trying an experiment with intermittent repetition... a popup every 5 minutes with a random 0-30 second delay congratulates me for staying focused. 20:01:24 hmm. would they want to use it for their own personal use? with just metadeta for public viewing? 20:01:38 the public domain ones can be published of course 20:01:54 any security breaches would still make me liable though 20:05:42 just tracking metadata is easy: my current implementation does that, and lets me download (with an optional password) 20:06:08 cool 20:06:20 my current goal is a bit more ambitious since I want to allow editing, and viewing online as well 20:06:49 an authorship site maybe? 20:07:03 maybe 20:07:24 I haven't thought too much about a potential userbase yet, since the implementation isn't finished 20:21:58 rst makes metadata easy since you can create custom fields. I currently have title, author, series, and book#. 20:22:28 cool 20:22:47 I'll be adding fields for cover art location, genre, publication year, tags, summary, etc in the near future 20:34:15 I wonder if there are other sellable uses for a metadata tracker like this. 20:34:56 music, movies, tv shows 20:36:42 websites even 20:50:09 sure 21:14:44 * crc is off to bed; goodnight 21:15:27 see ya 21:35:01 --- quit: crc (Ping timeout: 248 seconds) 21:35:57 --- join: crc (~charlesch@184.77.185.20) joined #retro 21:44:35 --- quit: virl (Remote host closed the connection) 23:58:30 --- quit: docl (Ping timeout: 245 seconds) 23:59:59 --- log: ended retro/10.06.28