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by bdmac97 17y ago
Isn't Amazon (or Newegg) the cheapest place to buy pretty much anything like that online already?
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by bdmac97 17y ago
It seems really silly that you have to CC the recipients and tell them to ignore the message and instead look for a different message from some other address... I think that's gonna be a problem. You should try to figure out another way t
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by bdmac97 17y ago
The element bar guy was awesome and the negotation was fun to watch. I didn't understand the final deal though. The 4% royalty made sense when the VC was wanting to completely buy the company out from under him (100% equity) but once he t
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by bdmac97 17y ago
I've been thoroughly enjoying the show personally. There are certain parts that are obviously overdone/dramaticized for TV but I'm sure it's necessary for non-entrepreneurs to be interested. A good sign that it's doing OK is its recent shi
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by bdmac97 17y ago
The main problem I can see is that, as with most copies, you are going to lack their insight into that domain which is what makes their product so compelling. You will always be several steps behind them in usefulness and will always be tr
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by bdmac97 17y ago
Your text on the main page needs help. You said it right above but on your site you have "Do you tweet? Sure you are." which makes no sense. The site overall doesn't look very professional (which will make people not trust you). I can see
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by bdmac97 17y ago
I just had my iPhone "scanned" at MSP at security as my boarding pass... So it's doable.
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by bdmac97 17y ago
Uhm... no? Why would it be "dirty" to do that? As long as you have a valid way to access the data you're just doing your customer a favor. I think it's only dirty if you're not upfront with the customer about what you are going to bring i
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by bdmac97 17y ago
Ok, I will play around with that. I was/am just worried that w/out something saying "This is what we do" people will show up and go "Uhm... what?" and then leave. Maybe a smaller tagline on the homepage not in a banner? The other thing is
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by bdmac97 17y ago
Hmm, that's not something I've seen happen before. I just tried it on Recipe Puppy and my back button was functioning normally. What browser were you using?
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by bdmac97 17y ago
No offense taken. I've got pretty thick skin! Would removal or shrinking of the banner that explains the site move the screenshots up high enough? I hope that the submissions will be community moderated soon. Downvoting them "enough" wil
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by bdmac97 17y ago
I appreciate your feedback and thank you for the clickable link. The banner text is there to try to tell people what the site is about on the landing page. I didn't want them to have to go to another page to figure that out since normally
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by bdmac97 17y ago
Thanks for the feedback. I really need to relocate the blog link somewhere else. I have been playing with the tagline quite a bit and you're right, I don't think I've found one that works quite right yet.
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Ask HN: Please review re-release of launchly
4 points by bdmac97 17y ago|11 comments
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by bdmac97 17y ago
Well for starters it would make conversions from free to paid that much more confusing and unlikely... I have to switch to a different website to get these other features???? What about all my friends on this website? Uh... wait, what?
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by bdmac97 17y ago
Hey thanks for mentioning launchly jbr. That was very kind of you. Completely agree with everything you said too. It took quite a bit of work for me to make all the necessary changes to get that reputation system in place last week and I
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by bdmac97 17y ago
My first comment is that it loads VERY slowly. I mean like ridiculously, painfully, unacceptably slowly... Nobody outside a venue like this would wait that long. Especially considering while it loads I have absolutely no clue what the si
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by bdmac97 17y ago
If you are looking for feedback on your site and exposure to an audience of other developers, designers, and entrepreneurs then I'd highly suggest my own startup service, launchly ( http://www.launchly.com ). Check it out! There is a free
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by bdmac97 17y ago
Tap4Help
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by bdmac97 17y ago
Hmm, strange. I just tried it in Safari and it worked. Still not working in FF3.5 on OS X for me.
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by bdmac97 17y ago
I know very little about iPhone programming so forgive me if this is ludicrous but just thinking out loud... We had an app launch on launchly awhile back that was basically trying to be the iPhone version of GetSatisfaction or UserVoice. Y
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Ask HN: Anyone else having problems with Google Analytics?
2 points by bdmac97 17y ago|3 comments
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by bdmac97 17y ago
I've just been using Founder... especially since it's jut me here.
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by bdmac97 17y ago
What about Rochester, MN hackers?!?! :-)
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by bdmac97 17y ago
Don't you know that asking for re-reviews is frowned upon at HN? That's the whole reason I created launchly afterall! Launchly does iterative feedback for web startups. Check it out at http://www.launchly.com
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by bdmac97 17y ago
Hmm... I guess you have a point there. It's frustrating a bit as a developer because in all likelihood if they've done their jobs as developers they DON'T have access to your password at all. The problem is how do you trust a new site whe
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by bdmac97 17y ago
I noticed that too but in their defense the signup was ridiculously painless. Only required a login and password. Email was optional. No confirmation required.
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by bdmac97 17y ago
Great idea for a site and I love the look of it right now. Simple to see what the site does and visually appealing. You should add your site to my startup launchly ( http://www.launchly.com ). I started launchly (with a HN launch as well)
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by bdmac97 17y ago
Clickable: http://www.sixcentral.com Site looks pretty nice. Slick UI. Seems like a useful product to me but I think there are others apps out there that handle this sort of thing. I don't have any clients so I can't really say how it
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by bdmac97 17y ago
Founder of http://www.launchly.com - we provide feedback and analytics to other web startups to help them succeed. Currently the only "employee" so I guess I'm CEO, CTO, CxO too!

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