nceruchalu
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Comment · 10 years ago
In June we showed Volleyy (https://volleyy.com), a tool for responsive newsletters. Got us to the front page of product hunt, and a sizeable boost in our active user base. We are still working on growing :-)
Comment · 10 years ago
Hi Kylo,
Pretty impressive to teach yourself anything in a week. A newsletter will help reinforce your understanding of react, so I would do it if for nothing else but that reason.
And regarding the worth of "spending the money", I could be of some help with that. I'm a co-founder at https://volleyy.com and email newsletters is what we do. You could email me at [email protected] to get you a demo and setup.
Comment · 10 years ago
Also on us-west and not having any issues. And we've sent a decent number of emails today for a newsletter platform, https://volleyy.com
Comment · 10 years ago
Pretty cool. Would you be interested in transforming this into an email newsletter? I figure if people miss these discussions on here they'll appreciate getting summaries in their inboxes.
Comment · 10 years ago
Yes what you're looking for does exist. Check out https://volleyy.com and see if it meets your needs. [Disclosure: I'm one of the makers of Volleyy]
Our content editor looks a lot like the medium editor, and we are launching on RSS-to-email functionality this week.
Comment · 10 years ago
Ah that's a fair point. Thanks for the feedback!
Would you mind sharing what issues you seem to find in all the major platforms? And why you feel MailChimp is underfeatured?
Comment · 10 years ago
Hey interesting question. Currently working on a project in this space that won't be ready for a few more weeks. But Let me pitch it at you and tell me if it could solve your problem?
# Volleyy Pitch
Volleyy is the tool for generating emails your subscribers love to read. We separate email content generation from aesthetics, and let you focus on getting your message across.
We've taken away the run-of-the-mill templates found in existing solutions and let you take the wheel with our (medium.com style) blogging interface.
We deliver your emails with a simple (and consistent) theme, tested for user-friendliness and ease of navigation (Get a sneak peek here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/nnoduka/volleyy.jpeg)
Comment · 10 years ago
Tried http://dribbble.com and searching for apps? You can also search for specific categories if that helps.
Comment · 11 years ago
Sorry for the late reply. Yes indeed. You can try out the django book, for step by step guides on getting things done in Django. https://github.com/jacobian-archive/djangobook.com
I only propose Django because that's what I use for creating websites with Python.
Comment · 11 years ago
This looks awesome. A live demo page would have been great, but decided to gamble and provide my email anyways!
Some comments on initial signup: - Great approach to validating emails by sending an email after initially providing just that, As opposed to the classic "doing so after filling in all info". This way you get to figure out you messed up your email early in the process! I liked that.
- The confirmation email had a link to `Get started with...`. It would have been great if you also had smaller text saying "Or copy this link and paste in your browser: ...". Maybe it's just me but I get scared of clicking on links in emails without knowing where they are going to (or downloading in malicious cases)
- Would have been great to not have to go through so many screens for signup. Maybe have me provide my team name, name and password in one screen.
- The animations on the task cards and their dragging is pretty great!
Comment · 11 years ago
Read Microsoft Zen of PM: http://microsoftjobsblog.com/zen-of-pm/
Source: Was a Microsoft PM
Comment · 11 years ago
If python is your strong suit then it is definitely a good language to program this in. Instagram was built on python.
Don't forget many great apps are built on many different languages. I think you should focus on using what you know to get your product out there as quickly as possible.
Good luck and I hope this helps :)
Contact me at [email protected]