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We have build http://DoerHub.com http://DoerHub.com to tackle this head on. You post whatever projects you are working on (hackers, researchers, scientists, ar

by dzink 13y ago

We have build http://DoerHub.com http://DoerHub.com to tackle this head on. You post whatever projects you are working on (hackers, researchers, scientists, are are 50%+ of the community, but there are also marketers, subject matter experts, designers, etc). Examples: http://www.doerhub.com/for/doerhub http://www.doerhub.com/for/doerhub (dogfooding) http://www.doerhub.com/for/robopaint http://www.doerhub.com/for/robopaint http://www.doerhub.com/for/surgery-boards-app http://www.doerhub.com/for/surgery-boards-app http://www.doerhub.com/for/coincashcard http://www.doerhub.com/for/coincashcard http://www.doerhub.com/for/synaptor http://www.doerhub.com/for/synaptor http://www.doerhub.com/for/securityfirst http://www.doerhub.com/for/securityfirst Whoever sees your project can help in little or big ways, from joining the team to becoming an advisor or a beta user. Teams are soon getting public/private collaboration tools inside projects as well. At the same time your profile shows what areas you are great at or looking for help in/learning in, example: http://doerhubassets.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/badge-67f14a8ee1fbf57976ffd7472fdc857a.png http://doerhubassets.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/badge-67f14a8ee... So you can really easily see people you have a lot in common with and share complementary skills with. An app with real-time chat and serendipity matching is in the works as well. It is entirely free, we haven't made a cent with it but some amazing projects are now in beta because of our work and people who would have never ever met otherwise (a hacker and a surgeon for example) are now doing projects together. There are growing past 600+ doers already and 80+ projects as of yesterday. You are welcome to join. We don't spread it randomly. Instead we mention it only to communities of doers we respect and would want to work with and I hope you will do the same if you join in.

Nacraile 13y ago
Totally random, unsolicited, off-topic feedback: this project seems cool and I suspect I might well be interested in using it, and I just bounced because I couldn't figure out how to explore it a bit without signing up. Basically exactly the same thing as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7489870 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7489870 This is probably a weird irrational hangup, but I tend to assign a fair amount of weight to account creation, and am in general extremely unlikely to register for anything before I am certain that I actually want it. I lurked HN and reddit for, like, a year each before I finally was compelled to create accounts due to people being wrong on the internet. I am unlikely to join your community if I can't lurk anonymously for a while first. I have no idea whether this makes me strange, of if there is a substantial chunk of the population who acts similarly.
- dzink 13y ago
  Really appreciate the feedback. (you can also email us at feedback@doerhub.com ) We're thinking about doing that and will ask users as well. The primary reason is because we are making it personal - if you show are great at Perl and want to know more about Marketing we are trying to show you people and projects who know more about the latter and are looking for help in the former. For an early outside prototype (cheaply hosted so traffic crash is likely) you can see here: http://peoplesearch-doerhub.herokuapp.com/viz/ http://peoplesearch-doerhub.herokuapp.com/viz/ . We want to make people luckier by default, instead of just browsing a growing number of projects in unrelated areas.
- Dewie 13y ago
  I think that being able to browse a little - some kind of search function, perhaps - before signing up would be great.
  - dzink 13y ago
    We'll add an option for project leaders who want their projects explicitly promoted outside of DoerHub to be able to chose to be featured. We keep the quality of the network really high, so some want to stay inside. There are actually entire universities using DoerHub for cross-discipline projects, and some of them want to stay in a closed environment.
    - goldbattle 13y ago
      It would be really nice to have a "Explore" feature similar to github, where you can see projects, and maybe be able to search for tags. A big call to action button on the main page linking to the explore area would really allow people to look at projects and see how the site is getting used.
- Monkeyget 13y ago
  Love the concept. I'll also add my own remarks: -I agree with the parent remark. You can't even give someone a link to a project. -The Purchase and Ownership sections of the EULA are a bit odd. -Discoverability of projects is poor. -Interest tags seem a bit random. I want to add programming to my profile. What do I pick? programming? web dev? X language?
HeyLaughingBoy 13y ago
http://www.doerhub.com/for/surgery-boards-app http://www.doerhub.com/for/surgery-boards-app Is this oral surgery on a ship? The "FR137" marker and door structure suggest that it is.
- dzink 13y ago
  I think it's oral boards exam for surgery people, not oral surgery. The photo is uploaded by the project creator and the project is now in beta after the two founders met on DoerHub as far as I know. A hacker reached out to the surgeon who posted the project.
pubb 13y ago
HTTPS on the signup form (or everywhere)?
avalaunch 13y ago
I love the idea. It really sounds awesome but no matter how often I visit, I can't stop myself from bouncing within the first minute. I'm by no means a designer or a ui expert, but it just feels so damn uninviting. The fonts are too small for me and the content is full of buzzwords, marketing speak, and the whole "connect, lead, mentor, impact, reinvent" thing sort of exhausted me. Connecting with others should be easy. Reading that made me feel like you added friction instead of removed it. All in all, the whole site feels very "global corporate" instead of grassroots movement. Sorry if that came off overly harsh. I wish I had suggestions to give instead of just criticisms but design really isn't my forte. I can tell what works on me but not how to fix what doesn't.
- dzink 13y ago
  This is awesome! Thank you! Would you be open to pinging me at feedback@doerhub.com? I would love to follow up with you.
- iambateman 13y ago
  Shameless plug...I liked DoerHub, but wanted a simpler UI...so I built http://lilhelp.org http://lilhelp.org this weekend. Whatcha think?
davros 13y ago
Interesting idea. I prefer to work with people in my local area, is there a way to filter on that? I'm thinking of ways to foster more cooperation in the local startup scene and a sub-set of something like this might be an interesting option. Just a thought.
- dzink 13y ago
  Yep, we ask for location and have local functionality for universities and hackathons. Will need to open it up more for self organized groups.
ejp 13y ago
Could you elaborate on the github permissions required if I sign in via that method? Write access to all public repos is what I'm interested in particularly.
- dzink 13y ago
  We are about to give you the ability to pull in your GitHub repos and turn them into doerhub projects you can then open up for contributions from your non hacker friends and other subject-matter expert doers.
greggman 13y ago
Sounds awesome. Please make a web based chat. Nothing worse than being forced to type on a phone when I'm already on a computer
- dzink 13y ago
  Yes - that's mostly done already and it's coming!
Tarrosion 13y ago
Unsolicited respectful feedback: if I landed on your homepage without the context of this HN article, I wouldn't really understand what you're offering. Lot of jargon on the homepage. Even with the context, I'm not quite sure what I'm looking at on http://www.doerhub.com/for/doerhub http://www.doerhub.com/for/doerhub I will probably investigate further because I have a vague idea of what DoerHub is and that it might be useful to me, but I wouldn't if I landed there cold.
- dzink 13y ago
  Would you mind sending me a quick email to feedback@doerhub.com ? I would love to get your feedback on the next iteration of the page.

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Nacraile 13y ago

Totally random, unsolicited, off-topic feedback: this project seems cool and I suspect I might well be interested in using it, and I just bounced because I couldn't figure out how to explore it a bit without signing up. Basically exactly the same thing as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7489870 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7489870 This is probably a weird irrational hangup, but I tend to assign a fair amount of weight to account creation, and am in general extremely unlikely to register for anything before I am certain that I actually want it. I lurked HN and reddit for, like, a year each before I finally was compelled to create accounts due to people being wrong on the internet. I am unlikely to join your community if I can't lurk anonymously for a while first. I have no idea whether this makes me strange, of if there is a substantial chunk of the population who acts similarly.

dzink 13y ago
Really appreciate the feedback. (you can also email us at feedback@doerhub.com ) We're thinking about doing that and will ask users as well. The primary reason is because we are making it personal - if you show are great at Perl and want to know more about Marketing we are trying to show you people and projects who know more about the latter and are looking for help in the former. For an early outside prototype (cheaply hosted so traffic crash is likely) you can see here: http://peoplesearch-doerhub.herokuapp.com/viz/ http://peoplesearch-doerhub.herokuapp.com/viz/ . We want to make people luckier by default, instead of just browsing a growing number of projects in unrelated areas.
Dewie 13y ago
I think that being able to browse a little - some kind of search function, perhaps - before signing up would be great.
- dzink 13y ago
  We'll add an option for project leaders who want their projects explicitly promoted outside of DoerHub to be able to chose to be featured. We keep the quality of the network really high, so some want to stay inside. There are actually entire universities using DoerHub for cross-discipline projects, and some of them want to stay in a closed environment.
  - goldbattle 13y ago
    It would be really nice to have a "Explore" feature similar to github, where you can see projects, and maybe be able to search for tags. A big call to action button on the main page linking to the explore area would really allow people to look at projects and see how the site is getting used.
Monkeyget 13y ago
Love the concept. I'll also add my own remarks: -I agree with the parent remark. You can't even give someone a link to a project. -The Purchase and Ownership sections of the EULA are a bit odd. -Discoverability of projects is poor. -Interest tags seem a bit random. I want to add programming to my profile. What do I pick? programming? web dev? X language?

HeyLaughingBoy 13y ago

http://www.doerhub.com/for/surgery-boards-app http://www.doerhub.com/for/surgery-boards-app Is this oral surgery on a ship? The "FR137" marker and door structure suggest that it is.

dzink 13y ago
I think it's oral boards exam for surgery people, not oral surgery. The photo is uploaded by the project creator and the project is now in beta after the two founders met on DoerHub as far as I know. A hacker reached out to the surgeon who posted the project.

pubb 13y ago

HTTPS on the signup form (or everywhere)?

avalaunch 13y ago

I love the idea. It really sounds awesome but no matter how often I visit, I can't stop myself from bouncing within the first minute. I'm by no means a designer or a ui expert, but it just feels so damn uninviting. The fonts are too small for me and the content is full of buzzwords, marketing speak, and the whole "connect, lead, mentor, impact, reinvent" thing sort of exhausted me. Connecting with others should be easy. Reading that made me feel like you added friction instead of removed it. All in all, the whole site feels very "global corporate" instead of grassroots movement. Sorry if that came off overly harsh. I wish I had suggestions to give instead of just criticisms but design really isn't my forte. I can tell what works on me but not how to fix what doesn't.

dzink 13y ago
This is awesome! Thank you! Would you be open to pinging me at feedback@doerhub.com? I would love to follow up with you.
iambateman 13y ago
Shameless plug...I liked DoerHub, but wanted a simpler UI...so I built http://lilhelp.org http://lilhelp.org this weekend. Whatcha think?

davros 13y ago

Interesting idea. I prefer to work with people in my local area, is there a way to filter on that? I'm thinking of ways to foster more cooperation in the local startup scene and a sub-set of something like this might be an interesting option. Just a thought.

dzink 13y ago
Yep, we ask for location and have local functionality for universities and hackathons. Will need to open it up more for self organized groups.

ejp 13y ago

Could you elaborate on the github permissions required if I sign in via that method? Write access to all public repos is what I'm interested in particularly.

dzink 13y ago
We are about to give you the ability to pull in your GitHub repos and turn them into doerhub projects you can then open up for contributions from your non hacker friends and other subject-matter expert doers.

greggman 13y ago

Sounds awesome. Please make a web based chat. Nothing worse than being forced to type on a phone when I'm already on a computer

dzink 13y ago
Yes - that's mostly done already and it's coming!

Tarrosion 13y ago

Unsolicited respectful feedback: if I landed on your homepage without the context of this HN article, I wouldn't really understand what you're offering. Lot of jargon on the homepage. Even with the context, I'm not quite sure what I'm looking at on http://www.doerhub.com/for/doerhub http://www.doerhub.com/for/doerhub I will probably investigate further because I have a vague idea of what DoerHub is and that it might be useful to me, but I wouldn't if I landed there cold.

dzink 13y ago
Would you mind sending me a quick email to feedback@doerhub.com ? I would love to get your feedback on the next iteration of the page.