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I had a similar idea cloned from chrome2phone for iOS at http://whopushed.me and the associated App Store app.
Never got around to creating the bookmarklet since uptake was low and I find going to the website simple enough.
The integration is very nice though!
Exactly right. We're based out of Australia so it's horribly annoying to see so many cool startups that don't provide service to us down here. The majority of voice/sms startups these days use either Twilio or Tropo (including us) so that severely limits the cost or even use of a service for Australians.
Does this utilise Twilio? Would love to see a pricing structure and what countries it's available in before registering. Is it tied to a single phone or can you set different numbers on a per meeting basis?
I'd say that's exactly what happened.
There's no better App Store marketing that the top lists and on a slow week it will only cost $125 (30% cut to Apple) * whatever number of sales it takes to break the list. Much cheaper than a big ad campaign. Very smart way to game the system.
I guess it's all about balance. A lot of these foods get eaten because they are quick and simple and easy to distribute round the office for late night food runs. I don't see many late night salad delivery joints. I've been guilty of it myself far too often.
That said I completely agree with the article. There's no point working/eating yourself to death if you can't enjoy the proceeds. Take some time out from work/coding. Cook a nice healthy meal and follow up with some exercise.
I found it very interesting that joining any of the Australian Professional societies (Engineers Australia, Australian Computer Society) as a Software Engineer we have to agree to a set of bye-laws and a code of ethics with fairly harsh internal penalties.
Personally I think it's a brilliant idea and wish that more professions adopt a similar thinking (I don't know of any that do but then again I haven't looked very hard).