samfpetersen

Oceania was at war with Eastasia, Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.

Or that Police song? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v2GDbEmjGE

Is this not just a symptom of oil prices dropping? Solar has to remain competitively priced or the industry is screwed

What you get when you let the internet decide what words to put in a haiku: http://www.crowdhaiku.com

I think the "Developer" tier has the most promise as a selling point. For apps you just want to get out there, I think some developers would be willing to pay 4.99 to quickly slap on a FAQ section. The reasoning might be "I'll do this for now, and implement my own solution later". Being able to update the FAQ instantly would be very important at first and is definitely worth 5 bucks. Very cool stuff!

I posted this on Show HN last week, but I wanted to let people know that the iOS version was out. Sorry for the repost!

Thanks! I think you're right, I'm going to get rid of the QR code reference in the landing page headline. Maybe just 'Hand-drawn, scannable web links'. I will then have an FAQ box that says 'How is this different than a QR code?' where I list a lot of the feedback I got from this thread.

It's a pretty simple back-end - cheap and easy to run. I don't plan to take it down!

Thought I'd clarify generally a little bit. QR codes definitely have a lot of advantages over Meshtag - and they're perfect for what they do. I'm by no means suggesting this could "replace" QR codes.

Where Meshtag fits in is that it's aimed at users and not companies. I think a large reason most people don't scan QR codes is because they assume they're just trying to sell you something. But if you saw a meshtag that somebody drew on a wall somewhere, wouldn't you be curious?

Also, thanks for all the feedback! I have dreamed of being on hacker news since I started coming here. Any UI/UX designers in the Boston area, hit me up if you want to get involved!

This is what I need you guys for!

As for monetization, I figured why the hell not. If somebody really wants to buy a simple meshtag that they can memorize and reuse (maybe it has their contact info), I'm not gonna stop them :). This isn't really a moneymaking scheme, this is a side project and my first Android/iOS app.

As for anonymity, it's anonymous to other users. If you deselect the anonymous checkbox when editing the tag, other users will see your name, and that's it

You are right. However, I think most scanners only scan dark QR codes on light backgrounds, which is not the case with Meshtag. You can draw on chalkboards, pavement, etc.

Same one!

I used Google+ so that you wouldn't need to create a user id / password. Each tag that you create is "owned" by you, and you probably wouldn't want other people to edit it (though there is an option to "unlock" a tag so that they can). It doesn't user your Google+ info, it's just for verification

Very informative!

Very true. And I steered away from squares due to the "swastika effect". Also because the information is slightly more dense with a system based on triangles - 6 bits at a given vertex versus 4 bits.

That would be cool; they'd have to interact with the meshtag database in order to retrieve the data. I can dream though!