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Hello HN, After 6+ years in university (undergrad + graduate + research), I have decided to put aside my interests in science and to pursue a career in the web

Hello HN, After 6+ years in university (undergrad + graduate + research), I have decided to put aside my interests in science and to pursue a career in the web (enough academia bureaucracy) I do iPhone & web development, and quite capable with design. I would prefer to stay in Vancouver and work remotely, but also open to other options. Thanks, Ivan

karanbhangui 16y ago
Hey, do you have a phone number i can reach you at? My buddy is starting a wedding registry business in Vancouver (he's very well connected in that industry), and we're looking for a web designer to work with us!
- ivanzhao 16y ago
  1-604-603-1454
alnayyir 16y ago
Why'd you rip off the original Wiki Game website wholesale and turn it into an iPhone app? http://thewikigame.com/ http://thewikigame.com/ http://wikipediagame.posterous.com/ http://wikipediagame.posterous.com/ I don't see your name anywhere on either of those pages. Do you plan to keep ripping off websites/web apps and converting them to iPhone apps in order to boost your portfolio? Edit: I didn't link his version because I didn't want to add fuel to the fire. Edit2: Wiki Game creator says it's cool, then I have nothing to be annoyed about. S'all good. :)
- ivanzhao 16y ago
  alnayyir, I did not rip off The Wiki Game, at least wasn't intent to do so. In The Wiki Game, problems are randomly generated. In 3 Degree of Wikipedia (my app), they are created by other players, and limited to 3 degrees only, so each connection puzzle can actually encapsulate a concept that's meaningful and worth learning. Besides, all puzzles are dynamically ranked to filter out the bad ones (like HN). I intent to make it an app for learning. Hope this answers your questions. Ivan
  - alnayyir 16y ago
    Did you at least have consent from them to rehash their idea? http://hackerne.ws/item?id=1981552 http://hackerne.ws/item?id=1981552 Boom-shaka. You're in good shape chief.
    - maxawaytoolong 16y ago
      Why does he need consent? There are already 5 other apps in the app store that do the same thing as the wiki game, his is at least has a twist.
  - steverb 16y ago
    So it's more like WikipediaMaze then... http://www.wikipediamaze.com/ http://www.wikipediamaze.com/ But I doubt that it matters that it's similar game play. How many roll the dice & go around the board games are there?
- clemesha 16y ago
  Hey there! I'm the creator of http://TheWikiGame.com http://TheWikiGame.com, and the first thing that comes to my mind is: "New Competitors Help Validate Your Market" So, I'm totally cool with ThreeWiki.com! :-)
  - alnayyir 16y ago
    Good enough for me.
- csytan 16y ago
  As his friend, I'm surprised that you would accuse him of ripping off a competing site. Since you don't know him, I'll tell you straight up that it's not in his character to do something like that. When Ivan showed me the initial prototype of his app (over 6 months ago), neither of us had heard of The Wiki Game. We had however, heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon) before though, and I'm sure many others have too. If you've ever worked on an idea, especially for the internet, you'll find that nearly all of them have been thought of before in some shape or form, so it's not surprising that they came up with this independently. edit: language
mattezell 16y ago
Very nice site, ivanzhao. As you have already heard previously, I wasn't immediately aware of the mouseover intensiveness of the site- something that left me pondering - "surely, there has to be more"... This said (and said without having viewed on a mobile device), your portfolio was fun to peruse. Since the logical leap to be made - considering this is a portfolio post on HN - was "surely, there must be more", I quickly discovered a lot of visual click fun to be had. Considering my typical click-in-click-out viewing patterns, the fact that your site inspired me to spend .6 seconds to learn to use it and then to also stick around to take it in speaks volumes about your creative presentation (IMHO).
jberryman 16y ago
Enjoyed your photography.
PostOnce 16y ago
Don't worry about these dorks; if you'd founded Google, they'd accuse you of ripping off Yahoo. Good work, and good luck.

karanbhangui 16y ago

Hey, do you have a phone number i can reach you at? My buddy is starting a wedding registry business in Vancouver (he's very well connected in that industry), and we're looking for a web designer to work with us!

ivanzhao 16y ago
1-604-603-1454

alnayyir 16y ago

Why'd you rip off the original Wiki Game website wholesale and turn it into an iPhone app? http://thewikigame.com/ http://thewikigame.com/ http://wikipediagame.posterous.com/ http://wikipediagame.posterous.com/ I don't see your name anywhere on either of those pages. Do you plan to keep ripping off websites/web apps and converting them to iPhone apps in order to boost your portfolio? Edit: I didn't link his version because I didn't want to add fuel to the fire. Edit2: Wiki Game creator says it's cool, then I have nothing to be annoyed about. S'all good. :)

ivanzhao 16y ago
alnayyir, I did not rip off The Wiki Game, at least wasn't intent to do so. In The Wiki Game, problems are randomly generated. In 3 Degree of Wikipedia (my app), they are created by other players, and limited to 3 degrees only, so each connection puzzle can actually encapsulate a concept that's meaningful and worth learning. Besides, all puzzles are dynamically ranked to filter out the bad ones (like HN). I intent to make it an app for learning. Hope this answers your questions. Ivan
- alnayyir 16y ago
  Did you at least have consent from them to rehash their idea? http://hackerne.ws/item?id=1981552 http://hackerne.ws/item?id=1981552 Boom-shaka. You're in good shape chief.
  - maxawaytoolong 16y ago
    Why does he need consent? There are already 5 other apps in the app store that do the same thing as the wiki game, his is at least has a twist.
- steverb 16y ago
  So it's more like WikipediaMaze then... http://www.wikipediamaze.com/ http://www.wikipediamaze.com/ But I doubt that it matters that it's similar game play. How many roll the dice & go around the board games are there?
clemesha 16y ago
Hey there! I'm the creator of http://TheWikiGame.com http://TheWikiGame.com, and the first thing that comes to my mind is: "New Competitors Help Validate Your Market" So, I'm totally cool with ThreeWiki.com! :-)
- alnayyir 16y ago
  Good enough for me.
csytan 16y ago
As his friend, I'm surprised that you would accuse him of ripping off a competing site. Since you don't know him, I'll tell you straight up that it's not in his character to do something like that. When Ivan showed me the initial prototype of his app (over 6 months ago), neither of us had heard of The Wiki Game. We had however, heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon) before though, and I'm sure many others have too. If you've ever worked on an idea, especially for the internet, you'll find that nearly all of them have been thought of before in some shape or form, so it's not surprising that they came up with this independently. edit: language

mattezell 16y ago

Very nice site, ivanzhao. As you have already heard previously, I wasn't immediately aware of the mouseover intensiveness of the site- something that left me pondering - "surely, there has to be more"... This said (and said without having viewed on a mobile device), your portfolio was fun to peruse. Since the logical leap to be made - considering this is a portfolio post on HN - was "surely, there must be more", I quickly discovered a lot of visual click fun to be had. Considering my typical click-in-click-out viewing patterns, the fact that your site inspired me to spend .6 seconds to learn to use it and then to also stick around to take it in speaks volumes about your creative presentation (IMHO).

jberryman 16y ago

Enjoyed your photography.

PostOnce 16y ago

Don't worry about these dorks; if you'd founded Google, they'd accuse you of ripping off Yahoo. Good work, and good luck.