ForrestN

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by ForrestN 15y ago
This seems like a really interesting project, definitely seems to address a complication of using bitcoin. If you're still looking for feedback, let me know. Got a lot of ideas. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2971477
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Got some ideas for you regarding site presentation, it sounds like a really interesting project. If you're still looking for some feedback, let me know: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2971477
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by ForrestN 15y ago
If you've got anything that needs work, maybe we can help demonstrate by critiquing it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2971477
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by ForrestN 15y ago
E-mailing now. No one's too early! We don't care about what the project is, we just want to demonstrate that we're helpful.
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Offer HN: Let us critique your project?
15 points by ForrestN 15y ago|30 comments
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I've been thinking I'd like to build a simplified open-source version. It's so simple, you shouldn't need to go through the complexity of getsatisfaction if you don't need the whole custom community aspect.
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Seems like their core business is pretty counter-cyclical. If the economy goes down, it'll be harder to raise funding, but more people will want coupons and more businesses will be desperate for any short-term revenue.
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Sebastian identifies a key problem that underlies a lot of how society works: lots of people effectively have motives to avoid things they want. But I'm not sure he's right about his reading of why the problem exists. As nice as it is to th
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Sorry if this has been asked/answered before: is there a disadvantage to applying multiple times? In other words, is it better to wait until you are totally sure you have your strongest application, or is it worth taking the risk, and then
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by ForrestN 15y ago
This news can be interpreted according to your affinity for Groupon. If you're skeptical, this is yet another strike against the model, the canary in the coal mine. If you're optimistic about Groupon, this is a win, a step toward answering
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by ForrestN 15y ago
See below - the problem is not so much the quantity of marketing as the conflict of interest.
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Not a big deal, no need to apologize! It wasn't so much about the amount of advertising, or it being out of context. It's a persuasive article, and in addition to it feeling like a set-up for the conclusion (use, for example, my product), e
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by ForrestN 15y ago
This sort of reads like an advertorial for Intercom. I'm not saying he's wrong, but it would be nice to know the author was in the process of selling me a product before I've read most of the article.
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Must say I feel a swell of pride today! I had no idea Cook was gay.
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Tim Cook: New Apple CEO and Most Powerful Gay in America(sfist.com)
3 points by ForrestN 15y ago|2 comments
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I definitely share this experience, for instance in many of the recent "Groupon is a scam" threads, or anything having to do with Android. It becomes a disincentive to participate in conversations about certain topics. I think one thing tha
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I think there's a bit of contradiction in all of the hand-wringing about whether or not Apple needs Steve to survive. Given that his health has been in question for several years, and speculation about what will happen if he has to leave, a
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I edit one of the largest sites about current art, Contemporary Art Daily: http://contemporaryartdaily.com The best and first place to start experimenting with art is drawing. Don't worry about focusing on realism, unless you want to. Sit
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by ForrestN 15y ago
This is a very odd perspective. Why is it a web design portfolio's job to convince you to care about good copywriting? If your primary objective in hiring a website designer is something like SEO, improving conversions, or otherwise directl
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Notch's Ludum Dare Game(s3.amazonaws.com)
2 points by ForrestN 15y ago|0 comments
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by ForrestN 15y ago
What others say about the competition is true, but you can also tell from how he's doing the end titles that he's into custom lo-fi typography.
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I think a lot of people will be confused, as I was momentarily, because the product is nearly identical to GetSatisfaction. I didn't understand if the service was providing instant deployment of GetSatisfaction, or if you were just using th
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I don't know if this is part of the rules, but it appears he's using a minimum of existing libraries. For example, he hand drew the font earlier, and spent a great deal of time at the beginning getting the basic 3d system to work.
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I've found that by far the best strategy has been coming up with a flat quote for the rough draft, and then billing the revisions phase by the hour. This way, the incentives line up: the part that you have total control over, you are incent
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Does anyone know what he's making? I just tuned in 30 minutes ago, and he's been focused on getting his RenderWall function to work. Has he said what his eventual plan is at all?
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by ForrestN 15y ago
As. I said, I'm not convinced this will work. I think you raise a good question. Their argument would be that, like Amazon or any number of other companies that spend a ton of time at the beginning being unprofitable in competitive spheres,
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Well, in so far as I believe my argument, I guess I think others are wrong. But all of this is conjecture, that's what we're doing here, right? I could go back and cite a bunch of press releases, b that burden of proof isn't being applied t
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by ForrestN 15y ago
As you stated elsewhere, the explanation for this was that it insulated them from the pressure of takeover offers. Getting offered 6 billion for a company you started 2 years ago must be an incredibly difficult thing to turn down, so taking
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I agree with the others, one of the nice things about tech is that you can more easily afford to do this kind of thing than in other fields. One thing I would say, though, by way of advice: definitely try to complete projects as opposed to
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Thanks for the support. Clearly I have yet to master the paradigm of "adding value" that classifies it's increasingly clear that groupon is essentially a ponzi scheme with some graphic design. can't wait for the post mortem documentary a l

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