Harsh Shah

DrawAttention - A whiteboard for you laptop lid

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Kevin Xu
The quote on the website “Suddenly i need one of these. 10 minutes ago i was unaware of it.” is so true
David Wippel
@imkevinxu so true... but then i almost cried because they do not ship to austria ;)
Eric Swayne
@imkevinxu @kelkes We're working on a temp fix for international credit cards and shipping right now!
Eric Swayne
@imkevinxu Not to worry! We just set up International shipping on our site - go check it out!
Andrew Hyde
We should pre buy a ton of these to give out at Dallas Startup Week @kyletaylored
Kyle Taylor
@andrewhyde Can I upvote this twice?
Ross@GoLocalApps
@andrewhyde @kyletaylored Actually I think you should add in a) bulk orders and b) branded. This'd be a great give-away for a lot of people at conferences and better than another mousepad.
Kyle Taylor
@andrewhyde @golocalapps Printing is definitely on our roadmap. It's a little expensive to do right now without the proper equipment, but it's something we're trying to fund. Maybe a Kickstarter in our very near future? ;) Attention like this though really helps us accelerate these features!
Eric Swayne
@kyletaylored @andrewhyde I want to upvote this ALL THE TIMES.
Preet
@andrewhyde @golocalapps @kyletaylored +1 to this. What would that cost? Btw, love that the PCs are "The Contrarian". Oh tech and apple
Sarp Erdag
Should come with some permanent marker pen, otherwise the writings will fade away when the laptop goes into its case / bag. Easy little recommendation for the founders :)
Ryan Gilbert
@sarperdag Most people will probably want to change the message on it every so often
Eric Swayne
@sarperdag Hey Sarp - I'm the other Co-Founder of DrawAttention. I actually have a black one on my laptop lid that we're prototyping: http://instagram.com/p/yKaZEMPcta/. I use these markers on mine and really love them - if you let the ink dry for ~1hr, it's very resistant to rub-off. http://www.amazon.com/Sanford-We...
Ryan Hoover
This could be fun. Reminds me of the whiteboards hanging on dorm room doors.
Corey Gwin
@rrhoover Totally just bought one!
Joe Lemay
nice. I think I'll get one, and use it with Lumocolor Correctable pens by Staedtler. Unlike dry erase markers, they don't wipe off so easily by mistake, but they erase perfectly when you use the felt eraser. check them out. And they come in much finer tips, which are better for smaller surfaces. Make sure you get the "correctable" pens, not the "non-permanent" pens, which are easy to confuse. Here they are on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Staedtler-...
Eric Swayne
@lemayjoe I use something very similar on my black prototype version: http://www.amazon.com/Sanford-We... - they work great!
Ross@GoLocalApps
Of course they don't make it in 17 inch laptop size. Very cool idea though.
Kyle Taylor
@golocalapps We don't have a 17" yet, but we can easily make one up. If you want to order the 15" MBP or Contrarian XL, put in a comment for a 17" with your laptop model, and we can do a custom set until we officially get out the 17" version.
Kyle Taylor
@golocalapps We aim to please. :) It's sometimes difficult when there are so many variations of a 17" model (non-Mac), so we have to come up with a ballpark size that will work with 95% of them.
Nick Stevens
Simple hack that could be useful in so many situations. Can we get the creator @kyletaylored an invite? // @rrhoover
orliesaurus
Great idea, also awesome to pencil down availability for co-workers e.g. "Busy fixing security issues till 3PM, can't come out for lunch today :( "
Kyle Taylor
@orliesaurus Exactly. That was justr one of the reasons I came up with this, sometimes the headphone rule just isn't as obvious. :)
Kyle Taylor
First off, you have all been incredibly awesome and supportive of our new venture, thanks so much for that! We just added a new promo code for all you Hunters for 20% off your purchase. Just use the code "producthunt" at checkout to redeem. Thanks again and I'll be on here throughout the day answering any questions you might have about the whiteboards!
Joe Lemay
@kyletaylored, got an idea for something innovative we might be able to do together. hit me up sometime, joe@rocketboard.it.
Kyle Taylor
@rocketboard @lemayjoe Whoa! We'll definitely have to hook up sometime. Rocketboards on the go!
Robin S
I'd actually love a piece of this stuff next to my trackpad, to scribble notes on.
Eric Swayne
@mirrorobin Funny you should mention, @kyletaylored and I have used scraps for keeping notes multiple times! We should figure out a way to sell those...
Peter Cooper
I chair a couple of conferences and these immediately jumped out as potentially great gifts to give out to speakers (or even attendees if they were sponsored/branded, perhaps). Can you imagine the extra social possibilities if these were used at events?
Kyle Taylor
@peterc We've definitely thought about some of the possibilities. Tradeshows, conferences, hackathons, etc.
Daniel Burke
So...I was super excited about this...until I hit the "Buy Online" link and was presented with an image with TONS of air bubbles below the draw pad. I feel like I could use this all day, but drawing over air bubbles all day would really frustrate me. Of course, maybe the product person just did a poor job of putting it on. That said, if the product person with the desire to sell this couldn't get it right, why would I think I could do better? 2¢
Kyle Taylor
@d2burke We actually just updated our product line with a new kind of vinyl that has an air release backing so there's no more bubbles. Check out the new video, and we'll be sure to update the product pictures!
Tahlia Sutton
This would be great for my daughter. She ignores my notes everywhere else in the house...maybe she won't overlook the ones on the device she can't live without (iPad).
Will Imholte
@tdsutton716 Except the notes will be on the back of the iPad, so you might be better off changing her lock screen image ;-)
Steve RAFFNER
I love it ! …where is the complementary mini Whiteboard Eraser keychain ? ;)
Kyle Taylor
@steveraffner so many product opportunities! :)
Ria Blagburn
Just wanted to add: how easy is this to remove?
Eric Swayne
@riaface the vinyl we use is "reapplyable", but we've found it to work best within 1-3 applications. It comes off fairly easily, and with no residue.
Alexander Kehaya
Just got mine!!!
John Murch
Reminds me a bit of http://www.inkcase.com/en.html and having a second screen that is more of a static/dump display. I wonder if anyone could create a simple eink attachment for MBP, dare I saw replace the back panel with something like http://www.myboogieboard.com/na/
Eric Swayne
@johnmurch What we really need is a top lid with DrawAttention whiteboard, a bottom surface with e-ink, and a full color display in the middle when you open it. Sounds like some awesome Frankenstein Yotaphone :-)
Mattias P Johansson
Arrrhg US addresses only.
Kyle Taylor
@mpjme We're working on temporary fix for international shipping today!
Mattias P Johansson
@kyletaylored Holy batman timing, I was just about to order a good-looking-but-useless sticker from another place, will hold off waiting for you!
Laurence Moore
drawattention 2.0! -- an electronic version which displays 72pt text inputted via a windows app - powered by a 3" long micro usb. just sayin' : )