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    Wannabe Entrepreneur Has Never Heard of Electronic Post-Its

    Hello I'm a Pear, Hello I'm an Apple

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    Image of Coolmodo Coolmodo
    08/18/09

    In reply to Wannabe Entrepreneur Has Never Heard of Electronic Post-Its
    I hate shows like this, because I hate the attention seeking @$$holes they always choose as judges.
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    Image of rcast1986 rcast1986
    08/18/09

    In reply to Wannabe Entrepreneur Has Never Heard of Electronic Post-Its
    Jesus Christ those people are brutal. There wasn't an even slightly less dickish way of going about rejecting the lady?
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    nutbastard promoted this comment rcast1986 was starred rcast1986 was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    08/18/09

    @rcast1986:

    ...you did look at her 'idea', right?
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    Image of ScottRose ScottRose
    08/18/09

    @rcast1986: If they weren't dickish about it, the show would be on PBS and selling ad time would be moot.
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    Image of prix prix
    08/18/09

    In reply to Wannabe Entrepreneur Has Never Heard of Electronic Post-Its

    I think this is closer
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    SteverMan promoted this comment prix was starred prix was unstarred
    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    08/19/09


    @prix: Tom Arnold's dick just fell off.

    ...even after all these years.
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    Image of phunnyballs phunnyballs
    08/17/09

    In reply to Wannabe Entrepreneur Has Never Heard of Electronic Post-Its
    I LOVED dragon's den, and the Canadian counterpart and I really cant wait for this Shark Tank
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    08/18/09

    @phunnyballs: Its an overblown, horribly sensationalized version of Dragons Den.
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    Image of anoteoftruth anoteoftruth
    08/17/09

    In reply to Wannabe Entrepreneur Has Never Heard of Electronic Post-Its
    the really sad thing about this is.. yes we've had sticky widgets etc for a while now, and not to mention the ability to just open a wordpad in windows and right notes in it... but the sad thing I can see is, out of everyone in my office of 50 people, I'm one of the only ones that does'nt have sticky notes taped around my monitor.. rediculous.
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    spannu promoted this comment anoteoftruth was starred anoteoftruth was unstarred
    Image of SysRq SysRq
    08/17/09

    @anoteoftruth: Or, for us Mactards, you could use one of my favorite OS X features: dragging text to the desktop as a clipping.
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    Image of adamhunterpeck adamhunterpeck
    08/18/09

    @anoteoftruth: Or is the really sad thing that we've had spellcheck on computers for a while now, but the average person still doesn't know how to write using correct spelling...ridiculous.
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    nutbastard promoted this comment Edited by adamhunterpeck at 08/18/09 10:21 AM adamhunterpeck was starred adamhunterpeck was unstarred
    Image of Magic Beans? Sure, I'll Buy Some!! Magic Beans? Sure, I'll Buy Some!!
    08/17/09

    In reply to Wannabe Entrepreneur Has Never Heard of Electronic Post-Its

    Doesn't she look like Bobby Lee from MadTV?
     Reply
    Joanna Stern promoted this comment Magic Beans? Sure, I'll Buy Some!! was starred Magic Beans? Sure, I'll Buy Some!! was unstarred
    Image of Joanna Stern Joanna Stern
    08/17/09

    @Magic Beans? Sure, I'll Buy Some!!: So happy someone commented on her resemblance to Miss Swan.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    08/17/09

    In reply to Wannabe Entrepreneur Has Never Heard of Electronic Post-Its
    Annoying Business Guy: "Are you crazy?"
    Annoying Posit Lady: "Yes."

    Clever editor. ;-)

    Nothing for the lady, but just out of curiosity, but where the heck did Annoying Bald Guy get "half a million" from?
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    Lite: killed Dumbledore promoted this comment OCEntertainment was starred OCEntertainment was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    08/17/09

    @OCEntertainment: True, true:: Yeah, don't get that one either. $100,000 per person, 5 people at the desk...
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    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was starred Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was unstarred
    Image of slater slater
    08/17/09

    @OCEntertainment: True, true:: It was $100k for 20% share of her company, meaning the company would be worth $500k.
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    Lite: killed Dumbledore promoted this comment slater was starred slater was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    08/17/09

    @slater: However, that would mean that she has no ownership in her company at all. She wouldn't profit from the idea.
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    Image of sweetmonkey sweetmonkey
    08/17/09

    @Lite: killed Dumbledore: No, he's saying that the idea doesn't support a $500K valuation of the company.
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    Image of Heliophage Heliophage
    08/17/09

    In reply to Wannabe Entrepreneur Has Never Heard of Electronic Post-Its
    "Leading us to believe that she has never used a Mac OS or Vista computer, which have sticky widgets baked in..."

    Perhaps, but do they fold in? That's what makes this a half-million dollar idea.
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    08/17/09

    In reply to Wannabe Entrepreneur Has Never Heard of Electronic Post-Its
    BILLY MAYS HERE WITH THE STICKY ARM!
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    GlenTen promoted this comment appletoad was starred appletoad was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    08/17/09

    @appletoad: Will this hold my cocaine for me?
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    08/17/09

    @Lite: killed Dumbledore: It sure will! BUT WAIT! There's more!
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    08/17/09

    In reply to Wannabe Entrepreneur Has Never Heard of Electronic Post-Its
    Hmmmm....
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    deanbmmv promoted this comment Lizard_King was starred Lizard_King was unstarred
    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    08/17/09

    @Lizard_King: Funniest part of that is that they boast Cut and Paste functionality...
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    08/17/09

    @Hiphopopotamus: At the time this ran, I was in college and remember it being funny, a clear example of excess.

    Now, I'm actually surprised this never actually made it to market.
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    Lizard_King was starred Lizard_King was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    08/17/09

    In reply to Wannabe Entrepreneur Has Never Heard of Electronic Post-Its
    Now, what I COULD see this being useful for is holding a quick-reference sheet for people.
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    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was starred Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was unstarred
    Image of LazyLomax LazyLomax
    08/17/09

    @Lite: killed Dumbledore: yea that would be good for a cheat sheet for something like final cut or pro tools, i can never remember all the damn quick keys
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    Lite: killed Dumbledore promoted this comment LazyLomax was starred LazyLomax was unstarred
    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    08/17/09

    @LazyLomax: Seconded. Someone get that lady in here. We found your clientele!
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    Lite: killed Dumbledore promoted this comment OCEntertainment was starred OCEntertainment was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    08/17/09

    In reply to Wannabe Entrepreneur Has Never Heard of Electronic Post-Its
    While I think her pitch is silly, I can't stand sticky note software. Why? Because I use my screen. I use ALL of my screen. I use so much screen real-estate in my work that I use two monitors. I have 15 separate programs open, and often multiple instances of each program.

    Right now I have 12 putty sessions open, 9 tabs in firefox, 7 tabs in IE, 4 directories, Xen Center, VMWare Infrastructure Client, 3 IM windows, Skype, Pandora, an image viewer, 2 dos boxes, outlook, an SVN repository, and notepad++ with 7 documents open.

    Now, switching between all of these to do work is bad enough without trying to fit some virtual sticky notes on my screens.

    So, they ride the edges of my secondary monitor.

    I do not put sticky notes on my laptop. Plus, she hasn't solved the problem of sticky notes only sticking to something once.
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    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was starred Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was unstarred
    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    08/17/09

    @Lite: killed Dumbledore: Get a third monitor.
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    Lite: killed Dumbledore promoted this comment Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of G-Ram G-Ram
    08/17/09

    @Lite: Dashboard.
    .
    Clearly you haven't used a Mac either.
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    Edited by G-Ram at 08/17/09 7:24 PM G-Ram was starred G-Ram was unstarred
    Image of The Analrapist: Half Analyst Half Therapist The Analrapist: Half Analyst Half Therapist
    08/17/09

    @Lite: killed Dumbledore: You must have the bigest porn collection in the world...that's what you doing right, RIGHT
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    Lite: killed Dumbledore promoted this comment The Analrapist: Half Analyst Half Therapist was starred The Analrapist: Half Analyst Half Therapist was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    08/17/09

    @G-Ram: I own two of them actually. The dashboard doesn't let me reference something, AND type at the same time when using applications or working on things that require the full screen to do work.
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    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was starred Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    08/17/09

    @The Analrapist: Actually I work for a game company. I do a lot of systems work, monitoring configuration, config file tweaking, etc... A LOT.
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    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was starred Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    08/17/09

    @Lite: killed Dumbledore: Ooh you're going to love Win7...
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    Image of tekdemon tekdemon
    08/17/09

    @Lite: killed Dumbledore:
    I can't stand sticky note software either. Partly because the software either puts little notes all over your desktop workspace, or if they're not on top you don't see the notes-thus completely ruining the whole point of having sticky notes meant to be visible reminders.
    And I really hate the way most of those programs work anyway...if someone came up with a truly great equivalent for the desktop then sure I'd run the software. Until then though I don't think any software really replaces sticky notes yet.
    That said she's nuts if she thinks anybody will pay $9.50 for that. Maybe $1.
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    Lite: killed Dumbledore promoted this comment tekdemon was starred tekdemon was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    08/17/09

    @ripfire: I'm already using Win7. I've been using it since the RC candidate was released so that I could get away from fucking Vista.

    I certainly appreciate the way it handles multiples of applications on the task bar. That's for damn sure. Too bad the RC has a habit of corrupting icons on the task bar. I really hope they fixed that in the RTM.
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    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was starred Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was unstarred
    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    08/17/09

    @G-Ram: Eh, I've used a Mac for quie a while. I never really got into Dashboard too much. It may just be a personal thing, but I could never get in the habit of remembering that the dashboard was up there. Though, this is partly because I tend to go towards other note-taking applications (Stickies, or TextEdit for example).

    I'm not exactly the most disciplined guy in the world, but it does stand to reason Dashboard wouldn't be the best fit for everybody.
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    Lite: killed Dumbledore promoted this comment OCEntertainment was starred OCEntertainment was unstarred
    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    08/17/09

    In reply to Wannabe Entrepreneur Has Never Heard of Electronic Post-Its
    I actually watched something the Gawker network talked about for once.

    Uh, doesn't anybody actually really use sticky notes anymore?

    I don't understand the real use of them, especially if you have them plastered to your laptop or desktop monitor. I mean, we do have programs that deal with all the note taking. Infact, I don't even have a pen or pencil in my cubicle.

    I think the only time I've used them is to remember to buy something on my next grocery store trip, and I plaster those to the fridge.
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    ripfire promoted this comment Edited by Shamoononon: I shave my legs. at 08/17/09 7:21 PM Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    08/17/09

    @Shamoononon, Vampire Grater: I still use pen and paper, esp sticky notes. I mean, what else do you use to take down notes in meetings? Unless the company provides me a tablet I can take anywhere, I'll have to resort to pen/paper.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    08/17/09

    @ripfire: Personally I prefer tree-copy myself. I make sure to recycle and use as much recycled paper as I can, but I still prefer tree-ware to some virtual copy on my desktop when I need to review something.
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    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was starred Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was unstarred
    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    08/17/09

    @ripfire: "what else do you use to take down notes in meetings?"

    Take notes in a meeting? HA HA, don't make me laugh...

    Alright, on the rare occasion I have to go to a meeting that isn't all just power point slides, I'll stop and grab a notebook and pen from the supply cabinet.
     Reply
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    08/17/09

    In reply to Wannabe Entrepreneur Has Never Heard of Electronic Post-Its
    Although her invention is pretty shitty and there have been electronic alternatives for many years, I can certainly believe there are many people who prefer paper post-it notes over electronic ones just because. Also, in an office environment when you are leaving someone a note, this may be a good idea especially if you don't want your coworkers getting on your computer.
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    ripfire promoted this comment PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: was starred PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    08/17/09

    @PMD: Although I still use post-its myself, I treat them like the way they are meant to be: temporary. I bring a pad with me to take notes, but only to have it transcribed my comp when I get back to my desk.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    07/02/09

    In reply to Hello I'm a Pear, Hello I'm an Apple
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