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		potomak on July 28, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I built a resume-padder and earned $700 in the pro... My side projects look like gifts to me, I feel uncomfortable to sell them. Maybe this isn't the entrepreneur way but I feel bonded with most of the lines of code I write. I think I could sell two side projects of mine (http://tomato.es and http://drawbang.com) profitably but I use them to experiment and I really like to see them grow naturally, they're like little plants growing in a big forest.

dag11 on July 29, 2012 [–]

I just checked out your drawbang. It's pretty neat!

http://i.imgur.com/IeiQB.gif

You should add some tooltips on the buttons though, as some of them aren't immediately all that clear.

potomak on July 29, 2012 | [–]

You're right, thanks for reporting.

I've created an issue for that: https://github.com/potomak/drawbang/issues/45

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