Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
Show HN: IdeaSparked – Simple Idea Management (ideasparked.com)
1 points by gigabet 4494 days ago
Longtime lurker here, wanted to get some feedback on my new side project I just launched. IdeaSparked - a Simple Idea Management Tool.<p>I built this for a couple reasons - initially for myself, I'm one of those people who gets a ton of ideas and I previously kept track of them in notepad, google docs, a notebook, etc - and I'd always wanted to build something more custom to my needs. So this was really built out of personal want/need.<p>The second reason was I wanted to learn a few new technologies and start building a portfolio up. I don't have a lot of 'solid' framework experience, so I decided to take a stab with Laravel PHP Framework.<p>I also wanted to learn one of the Javascript frameworks and decided to use KnockoutJS. I think it works great for what I'm using it for in this app.<p>I also used Stripe API to handle payments.<p>Anyways, I'm looking for some general feedback, not really expecting this to take off but I wrapped it up to be used by others if they wish and maybe it will be useful. It really helps my two needs (self-use and learning) and I'll continue to use it and update it as my needs and those of any users change.<p>I know I'll have some bugs and some beta users have been very helpful with those so far, but any additional feedback, tips, would be greatly appreciated.<p>Summary: Site: http://www.ideasparked.com Demo: http://www.ideasparked.com/user/login/demo<p>Simple Idea Management Tool that allows you to add, manage, and track all of your ideas. Can categorize them, see what status they are in, make notes, outlines etc. Have a list of some minor features coming soon (custom Idea Types, search filters, etc) and some more extensive ones down the road (public ideas/discussion, exporting, wireframing perhaps).