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Mack Flavelle@mackflavelle · www.hammerandtusk.com
I don't really think we need to explain why we made this. (But if you have questions- of course we're happy to chat!) The news is messed up these days. Notice that I didn't say the world is, I said the news is. It is incredibly hard to stay informed and not succumb to mainstream media fear mongering and social media bias confirmations. This is our very… See more
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Jonathan Howard@staringispolite · Growth engineer & founder
@mackflavelle <3 your side projects, Mack. I'm going to keep Momentum Dash as my new tab takeover, but I hope you find other incarnations for it in the near future. A sprinkling of Pretty Good News throughout my day sounds really great.
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Mack Flavelle@mackflavelle · www.hammerandtusk.com
@staringispolite Yup, the new tab real estate is so valuable now. Hard to displace whatever people are using/loving. But we're thinking of building a dead simple iOS app, just to get you notifications with the same content, or even building a dedicated site that's not just one nugget but a bunch. As you say, it's really great content, but the delivery medium… See more
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Jonathan Howard@staringispolite · Growth engineer & founder
@mackflavelle I was thinking more that this content would be great via different mediums for different people, based on their habits and existing products. I could see Pretty Good News being great as... a Mac menubar app, an iOS app with periodic notifications of Good News, as a Chrome button you click whenever you want a hit of Good News, as a Twitter bot … See more
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Mack Flavelle@mackflavelle · www.hammerandtusk.com
@staringispolite basically heeeeelll yes. To all of these. Going to look at the twitter account first. cc @roham @petersiemens
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Mack Flavelle@mackflavelle · www.hammerandtusk.com
@staringispolite using https://github.com/psiemens/good... and your framework can you make this happen super fast and easy with no stress to yourself? Or is it more complicated than that? will pay you in Kentucky Mules...
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Jonathan Howard@staringispolite · Growth engineer & founder
@mackflavelle I don't have time to do it personally <3 but maybe some examples will help your team? Wrong Quote Bot Twitter Hype Man Bot
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Mack Flavelle@mackflavelle · www.hammerandtusk.com
@staringispolite thanks daddy!
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Mack Flavelle@mackflavelle · www.hammerandtusk.com
@koziak @staringispolite oooooh. yes.
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Martin Lucas@martinlucas · Martin Lucas, Print Manager
@mackflavelle iOS app with notifications sounds brilliant, the only source of regular good news I've found previously is a Huffington Post feed on Twitter.
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Mack Flavelle@mackflavelle · www.hammerandtusk.com
@martinlucas we'll see what we can do!
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