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by andkon 11y ago
The reason this thread exists is because other options with strong ecosystems and better performance which accomplish the above mentioned stuff just don't seem to exist. I'd actually love to see some performance numbers comparing
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by andkon 11y ago
I've been thinking through this a lot and intend to do a similar thing - but not immediately, and not without traction. These days, I think that moving down to SF without traction will probably mean you'll get a lot less made a lo
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by andkon 11y ago
1. "Interesting" is way more about your own interests than it is about some inherent trait of a problem. Cultivate your own interests, live an interesting life, and build the skills that would let you contribute. That's a way
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The Crazy Ones(konoff.co)
1 points by andkon 11y ago|0 comments
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by andkon 11y ago
No problem! So far it's decent, but for the stuff I like (consumer-facing businesses) it's definitely nothing like the Bay. There's a lot less money for early-stage startups, there's a lot more government money (which is
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by andkon 11y ago
I'm a startup founder living in Toronto, and thought I'd post in counterpoint. I live in a small apartment, and pay myself using any money I can cobble together from grants, contracting, investment, etc. I have no interest in buyi
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by andkon 11y ago
http://jobs.problogger.net has been helpful for me. You can usually get someone pretty good for $0.10/word.
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by andkon 11y ago
It's good to be flexible, but it's also good to be stubborn and to find a way. I ended up finding government-based funding that let me get off the ground - I also had to learn how to code, so having a big runway was pretty importa
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by andkon 11y ago
Lovely design. It takes a long time to figure out what it is. Either lead with the problem and follow up with your solution (which I'm not convinced is a good strategy for games) or lead with the description and follow up with your tra
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Mountains vs. Molehills(konoff.co)
1 points by andkon 11y ago|0 comments
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by andkon 11y ago
I've travelled a lot, and worked as a travel blogger, but never 'quit my job to travel.' It's a lot cheaper than you'd expect. You could probably do it for $10-$20k a year. I think it's hard in that it's h
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by andkon 11y ago
An update - just got mine! So far I've mostly just been confused about how to add apps, and about why none of them seem to have any data in 'em (Trello is just blank). I find chat/messaging pretty tough, which I get, but the
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by andkon 11y ago
Sweet tactics, very useful, but I disagree completely with the headline for one reason: growth is necessary for success, but not sufficient. Growth doesn't happen without something really great. You can optimize growth techniques in th
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Ask HN: What do you think of your new Apple Watch?
4 points by andkon 11y ago|3 comments
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by andkon 12y ago
You want to have lots of links so you rank high, but you can't do that by buying links. They're fairly worthless. A good alternative is all the linking you get from press, guest posts on external sites (though I feel like that shi
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by andkon 12y ago
"The stock app works the way it should without me having to find another service" is a good thing, not really a problem. I'm glad Apple's improving their software offerings, because not everything of theirs is "work
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by andkon 12y ago
Agreed, with one caveat: Lake Merritt is sleeeeeepy. If you're around 30 or have kids, it'd probably be your scene, but there are definitely better parts of Oakland for younger folks.
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by andkon 12y ago
Not as much as I used to be, but I used to go anywhere from one to three times a week. I'd usually attend hot yoga classes. It was a great way to get over cold Canadian winters, it helped me stay limber even when running 3x a week, and
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by andkon 12y ago
Maybe that's a good idea: multiplying the opportunity cost ends up punishing the people who hold valuable land and don't develop it. The more valuable the land, the greater the punishment. That seems exactly what you'd want t
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by andkon 12y ago
Sometimes company trajectories stall out, and you'll end up pressing yourself against the roof trying to push that company back up. Physics will beat you. But! Your founders may get things going again. As far as your actual questions..
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by andkon 12y ago
Agreed with more literature! More than that: as a guiding principle, read stuff by people who aren't like you. The OP's list has exactly zero female authors in it. It's hard to grow personally when you aren't confronting
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by andkon 12y ago
Interesting. I have a different interest from most people in this stuff, but I like to create stuff that balances range of expression with ease of expression. The key is enabling expression, not just giving a place to passively consume. Goo
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by andkon 12y ago
I'd also really appreciate an invite, thank you in advance kind person! http://scr.im/andkon
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by andkon 12y ago
First off: what's an entertainment startup? Do you mean something like games, or something like Vine? Or something like Maker Studios? Like with any startup, you should consider if it's actually a startup: could this get huge? Cou
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Ask HN: What's the startup that has an API for visual design?
1 points by andkon 12y ago|0 comments
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by andkon 12y ago
I'd be interested to see what sort of anarchy would happen without a product manager picking which features fit and didn't. The premise of 'developer anarchy' seems to suggest that they'd figure it out - but I wonde
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by andkon 12y ago
So I've been using this for a few hours now. The automatic messaging is hilarious ("Lisa are you a fan of avocados?") and weirdly effective. Also, it's been showing me that my non-robot tinder game just sucks, and could
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by andkon 12y ago
This is a really, really cool idea. I think the danger with BPA is that if you're hiring them way too early (like... a year before they'd be firing on all cylinders), then you risk them disengaging and churning out. NFL teams have
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by andkon 12y ago
I think reality TV would prefer if mincome made for worse outcomes.
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by andkon 12y ago
There's a reason that I have always loved reading TTAC and will always continue to read it. These guys are thoughtful and interesting to a degree that is only rivalled by how insular and myopic most car people are. They taught teenaged

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