convore.json/groups/hacker-news/what-app-can-you-make-with-convore-api/messages.json

[{"user_id": 2597, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299725997.1706581, "message": "Possibly a mobile app", "group_id": 95, "id": 310275}, {"user_id": 20118, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299726092.8359809, "message": "I'm using a mobile app", "group_id": 95, "id": 310287}, {"user_id": 6718, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299726469.3166251, "message": "I know Convore gets compared to campfire a lot, but a sexy and sleek Mac native app would definitely be welcome (think Propane). I would even pay a couple of dollars if I could d/l it from the App Store. Just a thought, since I am sure many of us are running this through a Fluid instance.", "group_id": 95, "id": 310340}, {"user_id": 2597, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299725983.2762959, "message": "Just wondering if you guys have any idea of an app that utilizes convore API", "group_id": 95, "id": 310273}, {"user_id": 1706, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299728457.4750609, "message": "@bradendouglass it's still up for debate whether Propane2 will include convore support or if it will be spun off into a separate app - but it's in progress", "group_id": 95, "id": 310633}, {"user_id": 2597, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299726162.82811, "message": "erhmm... I am asking of ideas", "group_id": 95, "id": 310298}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299729687.534483, "message": "any suspected time on an android app?", "group_id": 95, "id": 310788}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299729749.494257, "message": "im teaching some android classes at a local hackerspace - think the convore api is easy enough that i could use it in a tutorial class?", "group_id": 95, "id": 310794}, {"user_id": 1706, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299729844.6609371, "message": "@kingcode I don't think the amount of new clients for twitter indicates anything other than the fact that for very many people, the officially released clients do the best job. Not perfect by any stretch (I still use Tweetie/Mac simply because it lets me choose a bigger damn font) but good enough that there's diminishing returns in doing it your own way.", "group_id": 95, "id": 310801}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730728.1409099, "message": "well, he's taking this app thing as far as he can", "group_id": 95, "id": 310843}, {"user_id": 1706, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299729399.0743921, "message": "@kingcode I don't see much hesitation about building on top of twitter - just today tapbots announced something. Like anything though, you'll likely see a rush of people releasing stuff. Over time the numbers dwindle - keeping an app alive takes commitment and unless you're making bags of cash or you're satisfying a burning personal need, you won't put in the effort.", "group_id": 95, "id": 310770}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730686.828753, "message": "i don't think i'd go that far, but i'm flattered you even asked the question", "group_id": 95, "id": 310838}, {"user_id": 20026, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299728818.090414, "message": "There's really a lot of interesting apps that you can build on top of Convore, but the only concern I hv is why should I?", "group_id": 95, "id": 310705}, {"user_id": 20026, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299729528.7200871, "message": "@protocool I don't see the dwindling trends with Facebook but tapbot's new twitter product is only one I've heard for a really loooooooonnnnggggg time for a platform that once was very popular.", "group_id": 95, "id": 310782}, {"user_id": 20026, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299729659.5300319, "message": "@hlfshell account methods are very limited, i know u call create accounts from the iphone app but that is not published on API docs yet", "group_id": 95, "id": 310786}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299729730.9229839, "message": "coolness", "group_id": 95, "id": 310791}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299729975.241137, "message": "also just noticed an Android app Convorsation, available for download (but not through the market yet)", "group_id": 95, "id": 310807}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299731757.3084641, "message": "@hlfshell i was thinking of this answer on quora http://www.quora.com/What-makes-Convore-different-than-chat-rooms", "group_id": 95, "id": 310909}, {"user_id": 314, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299729721.63696, "message": "There is one in the works called Conk. Search for it in here.", "group_id": 95, "id": 310790}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730703.15904, "message": "oh for a friends stealthish mobile app", "group_id": 95, "id": 310839}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730715.627851, "message": "sorry", "group_id": 95, "id": 310842}, {"user_id": 1706, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299729445.968632, "message": "@hlfshell the API is *really* complete for such a new product", "group_id": 95, "id": 310776}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730217.7510271, "message": "@kingcode haven't got much of one honestly. why do you ask?", "group_id": 95, "id": 310825}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730711.765151, "message": "i read that as for a stealth mode startup", "group_id": 95, "id": 310840}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730806.248769, "message": "coolness.", "group_id": 95, "id": 310847}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730931.15885, "message": "ha no, that was totally offtopic", "group_id": 95, "id": 310857}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730937.4637201, "message": "i'm just confusing everyone today :)", "group_id": 95, "id": 310858}, {"user_id": 20026, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730989.6854761, "message": "haha.. no worries..", "group_id": 95, "id": 310863}, {"user_id": 20026, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299728909.7287281, "message": "What I meant was, like Twitter, lots of developers built stuff for Twitter and then Twitter started providing their own clients, etc. So now everyone is really hesitate building on top of Twitter", "group_id": 95, "id": 310726}, {"user_id": 20026, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299729330.8543601, "message": "LBC", "group_id": 95, "id": 310767}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299729573.7829821, "message": "yeah but are there limitations in terms of the... \"design\" of it. ie what kind of creative \"bends\" can i use the api for, or is it just for doing convore chats", "group_id": 95, "id": 310784}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299729736.6777079, "message": "thanks.", "group_id": 95, "id": 310792}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730014.281332, "message": "got a link?", "group_id": 95, "id": 310810}, {"user_id": 1881, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299729132.7963109, "message": "I was thinking about a Q&A app...", "group_id": 95, "id": 310755}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730349.300956, "message": "ah, sure. well, it's something I'm very interested in but due to my current employment situation i am basically not proud of any of the work that I've done professionally", "group_id": 95, "id": 310827}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299729149.0840621, "message": "What's the limitations of the convore API?", "group_id": 95, "id": 310757}, {"user_id": 1706, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730048.575717, "message": "publicly I think about a month", "group_id": 95, "id": 310813}, {"user_id": 1881, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730059.046505, "message": "Posted on HN about a month ago?", "group_id": 95, "id": 310814}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730062.648339, "message": "@hlfshell search on convore, but i think it's http://convore.com/convorsation", "group_id": 95, "id": 310815}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730439.2074921, "message": "i did very early wireframes for a friend's stealthish mobile app", "group_id": 95, "id": 310828}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730640.930362, "message": "@dhgwilliam - you're a founder for a startup?", "group_id": 95, "id": 310835}, {"user_id": 1706, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299729927.2471211, "message": "If Propane was available before I finally broke down and wrote it, I wouldn't have had to break down and write it.", "group_id": 95, "id": 310804}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730024.552196, "message": "im relatively new to convore - a few days. how long has this thing been out?", "group_id": 95, "id": 310811}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730079.830374, "message": "thanks @dhgwilliam", "group_id": 95, "id": 310816}, {"user_id": 20026, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730166.3221619, "message": "@dhgwilliam hey, where's your portfolio?", "group_id": 95, "id": 310822}, {"user_id": 20026, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730276.1583109, "message": "@dhgwilliam just curious, i saw your twitter profile \"aspiring UX designer\"", "group_id": 95, "id": 310826}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730468.6072991, "message": "but again, nothing worth showing off", "group_id": 95, "id": 310829}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730714.9043181, "message": "and ... yeah im tired", "group_id": 95, "id": 310841}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730738.1907749, "message": "iphone or android?", "group_id": 95, "id": 310844}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730767.3366201, "message": "iphone beta is already done, he's promised me first crack at the android app when it's ready", "group_id": 95, "id": 310845}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730800.6793561, "message": "i'm not ssure what his position is with regards to \"leaking\" info about it, but i do thinnk he's submitting to the app store like now", "group_id": 95, "id": 310846}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730809.196557, "message": "and yeah i understand", "group_id": 95, "id": 310849}, {"user_id": 20026, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299739704.9299879, "user_id": 1521}], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730914.9499321, "message": "@dhgwilliam wait a minute what app are you talking about? a convore app?", "group_id": 95, "id": 310856}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730942.066968, "message": "it's music related", "group_id": 95, "id": 310859}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299730976.852447, "message": "yah sorry my fault on the off topicness", "group_id": 95, "id": 310862}, {"user_id": 20026, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299731063.5069389, "message": "i got a really cool app idea using convore's api but why should i build on top of convore? i mean i could basically build convore in the process of building the app", "group_id": 95, "id": 310867}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299731094.7555001, "message": "userbase", "group_id": 95, "id": 310870}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299731162.4062729, "message": "???", "group_id": 95, "id": 310879}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299731142.3988111, "message": "i imagine some parts of the infrastructure are a bit difficult to do elegantly", "group_id": 95, "id": 310874}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299731154.146718, "message": "plus aren't they promising some nifty signal vs. noise type features inthe near future", "group_id": 95, "id": 310876}, {"user_id": 20026, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299731161.9287341, "message": "userbase is not huge now... how many users does @convore hv now, any guesses?", "group_id": 95, "id": 310878}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299731814.6334331, "message": "i kinda get what you mean", "group_id": 95, "id": 310913}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299732919.2721751, "message": "how about with added some kind of anonymous access and voting on topics. we'd have GetSatisfaction on convore?", "group_id": 95, "id": 310983}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299732990.3535509, "message": "@unwrangle i was thinking something similar myself. i don't think i buy that convore will (or should) add anon access", "group_id": 95, "id": 310990}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299733009.680078, "message": "i very much dislike anons on, say, quora", "group_id": 95, "id": 310993}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299731812.525336, "message": "well to be fair after reading that", "group_id": 95, "id": 310912}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299731488.5875211, "message": "::shrugg::", "group_id": 95, "id": 310897}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299733570.907192, "message": "eg. you can have private group to discuss the feedback, but YourAwesomeApp feedback tool that uses convore api to push new feedback and votes to that private group... (just an idea, haven't read Convore API at all)", "group_id": 95, "id": 311045}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299731766.9552391, "message": "but i guess there's nothing there about signal-to-noise ratio", "group_id": 95, "id": 310910}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299733354.9422359, "message": "@dhgwilliam no no. anonymous end would be handled outside of convore.", "group_id": 95, "id": 311029}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299734844.824543, "message": "how about convore but with a topic mute feature", "group_id": 95, "id": 311112}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299735187.16605, "message": "actually i like that.... case in point - i dont ewanna see chinese characters. i cnat read them and as a result it looks cluttered to me.", "group_id": 95, "id": 311160}, {"user_id": 16271, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299738670.556915, "message": "@equinox http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-convore/ there's an \"app\" (plugin) I made with the Convore API", "group_id": 95, "id": 311422}, {"user_id": 2597, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299739153.0183589, "message": "yea I saw that...pretty cool... looking for an iphone idea with convore", "group_id": 95, "id": 311453}, {"user_id": 16271, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299740362.937041, "message": "@equinox Oh I didn't realize app meant mobile app.  Sorry, been a long day and just unwinding before bed.  ObSuggestion: how about something that creates a Convore topic around geolocation in some way so that there can be a running discussion online about some physical place?", "group_id": 95, "id": 311500}, {"user_id": 20026, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299742271.102488, "message": "@mridley @equinox https://convore.com/hacker-news/what-app-can-you-make-with-convore-api/310767/ I said it first, LBC Location Based Chat", "group_id": 95, "id": 311638}, {"user_id": 16440, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299747552.652971, "message": "What about a bugtracker based on Convore? A group is a site, and each topic is a bug/feature/whatever. When a message is marked as a star, the bug/topic is solved. Realtime bug tracking and solving with the client :)", "group_id": 95, "id": 312015}, {"user_id": 2597, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299758764.643296, "message": "I like the idea of a lbc with convore, but i dont know the statistics where the biggest user pool is now... Might have to do a survey", "group_id": 95, "id": 312752}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299764720.9881001, "message": "@koopa58 I like hte bug tracker idea", "group_id": 95, "id": 313303}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299766653.725105, "message": "after every single oracle product I have to deal with - which is all of them :-/", "group_id": 95, "id": 313458}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299764709.6912701, "message": "@equinox - whats an lbc?", "group_id": 95, "id": 313302}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299764743.8245201, "message": "oh wait i see lbc now", "group_id": 95, "id": 313305}, {"user_id": 2597, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299765901.084554, "message": "location based chat", "group_id": 95, "id": 313381}, {"user_id": 16440, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299766042.4885011, "message": "@hlfshell thanks :) if anyone wants to work it out, feel free.. otherwise I hope to work this out myself in a couple of months, when time is again on my side :)", "group_id": 95, "id": 313399}, {"user_id": 18530, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299766642.552918, "message": "well its useful. I do software development on the enterprise level and bug tracking is probably hte bane of my existence", "group_id": 95, "id": 313456}, {"user_id": 16440, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299769081.461978, "message": "@hlfshell Heh, me too :) Currently most of my clients just e-mail me the bugs. And it gets a bit crazy eventually to track everything :) I think Convore might be a nice and easy solution to this for my clients to use.", "group_id": 95, "id": 313872}, {"user_id": 2597, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299771789.2411909, "message": "yea... I am planning to do it, revamped my original iConvore app to the lbc", "group_id": 95, "id": 314327}, {"user_id": 16440, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299772881.581948, "message": "Lbc sounds like a great idea btw, very nice.", "group_id": 95, "id": 314519}, {"user_id": 4375, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299773627.5171831, "message": "A white-label group messaging system. Developers would pay Convore to maintain the back-end systems, kind of the way Twillio works with phones/sms.  Convore makes money from this directly, so developers don't have to worry about Convore pulling a Twitter/App Store move on them.  As long as the features and reliability are solid and expanding, they'd be ahead of what most devs could create on their own.  And if the charges are low enough, it gives room for developers to monetize their apps and still make money.", "group_id": 95, "id": 314594}, {"user_id": 6718, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299773964.9755459, "message": "@protocool ha, extremely unaware that propane2 was still in dev, thanks for the update!", "group_id": 95, "id": 314623}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299791513.4132071, "user_id": 4375}], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299773970.7879009, "message": "event planning/organization. one topic per event, groups can be location- or subject-oriented", "group_id": 95, "id": 314624}, {"user_id": 16271, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299785215.277041, "message": "@kingcode ah oops I didn't realize my ObSuggestion was a dupe. Ok new ObSuggestion: a tennis game using the accelerometer that posts the match action to a Convore topic :-)", "group_id": 95, "id": 315676}, {"user_id": 15382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299788939.466707, "message": "email-to-convore gateway for mailing list archive", "group_id": 95, "id": 316092}, {"user_id": 1992, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299809655.314491, "message": "Email seems slightly too long form to fit well with convore\n\nPlus it seems like the sort of use that would get shut down fairly quickly as abusive", "group_id": 95, "id": 318671}, {"user_id": 20551, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11888, "date_created": 1299829799.2868221, "message": "This is cool!", "group_id": 95, "id": 320390}]