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Geeklist has launched from private Beta

14 points by cek 14y ago

mc32 14y ago
Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but I think, the logo is somewhat ambiguous and reminds me a bit of this brand of toothpaste in SEAsia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlie where they were either ignorant or dismissive of the implications of their brand. (sadly, in the Chinese language, the name of the product is still insensitive. I know the mirrored and ligatured G's are a nice typographical feature, but I think they should think about changing it to avoid misperception. In this world, perception sometimes is more important than reality. EDIT: Not to say it resembles the toothpaste logo, but rather reminds me of blackface/Golliwog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golliwogg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golliwogg). It's an unfortunate coincidence, though, as I said, maybe it's just me making it up to be more than it is.
- sh1mmer 14y ago
  I'm pretty sure you are reading too much into it. Even with the reference I have to try hard to make the association.
arrowgunz 14y ago
Now that you're out of Private Beta, how about changing the big logo on the front page to reflect the change :)
- chapel 14y ago
  Thanks, fixed.
  - arrowgunz 14y ago
    Hey, the logo actually looks better now. It look clean without the private beta text below it.
i386 14y ago
Not sure I know what this product is by reading the announcement. EDIT: The first sentence of your product launch blog should tell me what it is and why I should give a damn about it. I don't care about how lean you have been, how many people you had in your private beta or how many people want into it. Sell me on why I need what you just broke your backs building.
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hnwh 14y ago
First thing I was expecting from a site called "Geeklist" was "Sign in with Github"... a little disappointed..
- chapel 14y ago
  I want it as well, at the moment you can hook up to Github and publish your commits and repos on Geeklist. Soon you will be able to directly log in with it as well. We have been pushing new features almost daily for the last few weeks so it is coming up very soon.
  - ThomPete 14y ago
    You can sign in with github once you have entered.
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almightygod 14y ago
Why is this press release on Hacker News?
vbtemp 14y ago
Well. I guess it seems to be a thing now.. What is everyone's opinion on this?

14 points by cek 14y ago

mc32 14y ago

Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but I think, the logo is somewhat ambiguous and reminds me a bit of this brand of toothpaste in SEAsia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlie where they were either ignorant or dismissive of the implications of their brand. (sadly, in the Chinese language, the name of the product is still insensitive. I know the mirrored and ligatured G's are a nice typographical feature, but I think they should think about changing it to avoid misperception. In this world, perception sometimes is more important than reality. EDIT: Not to say it resembles the toothpaste logo, but rather reminds me of blackface/Golliwog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golliwogg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golliwogg). It's an unfortunate coincidence, though, as I said, maybe it's just me making it up to be more than it is.

sh1mmer 14y ago
I'm pretty sure you are reading too much into it. Even with the reference I have to try hard to make the association.

arrowgunz 14y ago

Now that you're out of Private Beta, how about changing the big logo on the front page to reflect the change :)

chapel 14y ago
Thanks, fixed.
- arrowgunz 14y ago
  Hey, the logo actually looks better now. It look clean without the private beta text below it.

i386 14y ago

Not sure I know what this product is by reading the announcement. EDIT: The first sentence of your product launch blog should tell me what it is and why I should give a damn about it. I don't care about how lean you have been, how many people you had in your private beta or how many people want into it. Sell me on why I need what you just broke your backs building.

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hnwh 14y ago

First thing I was expecting from a site called "Geeklist" was "Sign in with Github"... a little disappointed..

chapel 14y ago
I want it as well, at the moment you can hook up to Github and publish your commits and repos on Geeklist. Soon you will be able to directly log in with it as well. We have been pushing new features almost daily for the last few weeks so it is coming up very soon.
- ThomPete 14y ago
  You can sign in with github once you have entered.
- deleted 14y ago
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almightygod 14y ago

Why is this press release on Hacker News?

vbtemp 14y ago

Well. I guess it seems to be a thing now.. What is everyone's opinion on this?