Nice service and API (plus love that you're bootstrapped). Any chance you'll be doing DVD burning in the future?

We haven't had anyone ask for it- but we're open to all sorts of ideas- feel free to drop me an email ([email protected]) and we can discuss.

Just a point of feedback: I was scanning up and down the page looking for a full-size screenshot or tour before I randomly hovered over the thumbnails and saw that they're clickable. Looks cool though. Would this function as light weight customer service tool, i.e. replacing ZenDesk or Desk.com?

Thanks for the feedback I can see your point I'll get to work on getting something a little more visual to explain it.

And yes, it's very lightweight we already use it for bug tracking, beta signups, feedback and general contact. Other early beta customers are using it to manage job applications and competition entries.

We've now added a tour page, this shows the product in a much clearer way - http://inquire.ly/tour/

Great looking service and easy to use. Do you monetize just with the ads?

Yes just with ads, but trying to keep the UX good and not fill it with lots of ads.

I really like your service and have used it a few times. I doubt the UX will be affected that much if you were to include a few passive ads. So I would say, go for it, make some money, you deserve to.

What are passive ads ? do you mean more GoogleAds ? I'm not in it for the quick dollar, I want to get this service to as many people as possible and be in it for the long run.

I simply meant non-Flash ads. But if you're in it for the long haul, then you're right in giving it much more thought than I have done here.

do you sell ads directly? might be interested in running some ads :)

yes, why not ? contact me through my HN profile (twitter).

I use news:yc too and I miss the collapsed comments. It was way easier to skip over irrelevant discussion threads when you can browse just top level comments.

If you felt so inclined, you could add them back in for your own use since the code is kept on GitHub: https://github.com/newsyc/newsyc

The more public you are with your business, the better you need to execute to maintain your advantage.

Will there be support for ___location-aware searches so we can index/search by geo lat/long?

Definitely. Swiftype currently supports geo-based searching/filtering, but it appears we haven't pushed out the docs for it yet. They will be up soon!

Awesome! Can't wait to give it a spin.

My business partner and I have been running Menuism (http://www.menuism.com) since 2006. It's bootstrapped and profitable. We also run The Wedding Lens (http://www.theweddinglens.com) and PickFu (http://pickfu.com).

For this series of redesigns, I think it'd be helpful to include a screenshot of the current design both for easier side by side comparison and for posterity.

I hope they revoke this guy's ticket: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Google-IO-2012-GA-Adult-Ticket-/2307...

You're assuming he has a ticket.

In the description he says the ticket is in his name.

Why do you want them to revoke the ticket? Is it because he acquired a limited resource and is now profiting from the demand? Is it because you want to go, but don't want to spend $2000?

Registration is for people who want to attend, not scalpers.

Why do people hate the free market when it doesn't suit them?

Since when does the free market mean Google can't say "non-transferrable ticket, intended for developers only"?

But as long as Google will sell anyone a ticket and allows the tickets to be transferable, you can't be upset about someone reselling tickets.

Looks like they aren't transferrable[1]:

"Tickets may only be used by original purchaser. Tickets may not be resold. The resale of a ticket will render the ticket null and void without any responsibility to Google."

[1] https://developers.google.com/events/io/ticket-terms

Why not?

I can support free speech while still being upset by bigoted speech.

Here's some guesswork on Quora: http://www.quora.com/Twitter-Inc-company/How-much-did-Twitte...