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by bryanh 16y ago
Rather impressive, and congrats on the partnerships! I would really try to showcase the features through a user narrative (this is a novel writing app after all!) and lots of screenshots of novels in progress with the app. Also, photos of t
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by bryanh 16y ago
I run a similar service called BitBuffet that delivers those one-use download links after payment, its linked to PayPal and is very easy to setup. If any HN'ers want to give it a spin on your next project that involves digital downloads, le
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by bryanh 16y ago
Check out http://ninite.com/ . The name is extremely forgettable (I have it bookmarked under mass installation), but it lets you install dozens of Windows apps with one click!
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Is there a tutorial on learning simple one liners like this? I find myself frustrated after seeing simple and obvious solutions like the above, but can never bring myself to code them as such.
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by bryanh 16y ago
This takes "feature X shouldn't be too hard to implement" to a whole new level: "Recognizing broccoli can’t be that much harder."
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Ask HN: How do you deal with friends' "Facebook for X..." pitches?
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I get the impression that patio11 is doing exactly what he wants to do.
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I agree with a lot of advice here, especially those that point out that your own initiative is most important, but I would recommend my site: http://everymentor.com/ A lot of folks around Hacker News are probably aware of it (because I br
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by bryanh 16y ago
Thanks for the feedback, right now it is HEAVILY weighted towards hackers and such (my main push has been in Hacker News) although one girl found a wedding designer match. That's kind of unexpected!
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Definitely, thanks for pointing that out.
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A lot of folks signed up for multiple accounts. Just think, finding some with the exact mirror of you might be difficult, but you could fill both roles with two different "mentors". But, I still totally see your point. During streamlining,
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by bryanh 16y ago
At risk of tooting my own drum (did I say that right? ;-), you could always sign up at http://EveryMentor.com and try to get matched to a mentor there. I envision it as the online equivalent to a workout buddy. There are a couple hundred
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by bryanh 16y ago
Oddly enough, I had a blind customer call me to ask something about my service BitBuffet. She sold music online through us and took a minute after I solved her problem to tell me how great my site was for the blind. I had no idea! I just fo
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by bryanh 16y ago
Have you thought about all the legitimate uses for a capital market? Say, issuing stock to fund a plant that will make a product? No one denies that investors will play equities for short term gain, but for every one of those there are more
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by bryanh 16y ago
It's worthwhile in this situation to note that they baked the cake too.
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But would you be targeting an sector as attractive to the investors as Google? The investors weren't worrying about the making "just anything" useful or profitable. They wanted Google profits and Google uses.
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I spend weeks and weeks deciding on a name. So far I've had Rankiac and BitBuffet, both of which were almost 80% completed before I ever had the domain. EveryMentor wasn't available and I had to WAIT for the domain to expire for about 20ish
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You'd likely need to roll your own mini-crawler to dig out the shorten links, and where applicable, create new ones and replace them. Questionable indeed.
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Once again, by moving a crucial portion of the game online, you can mitigate the effectiveness of a pirated game while being able to deliver content that enhances the game for everyone. The problem is, what if I want to play it on a flight?
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Steve Jobs: "Thanks to everyone for coming today. Today is a big day. Today we release an update for Mac OS X that quadruples SSD performance and furthermore, all Macs will come standard with a SSD hybrid... etc..."
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by bryanh 16y ago
You can have the attitude of "just a job" and still be a valuable asset to a company. To some people, work is "just work" and sometimes the "just a job" mentality is an extension of that. If you ask me, its called life balance. It's just a
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by bryanh 16y ago
I run BitBuffet.com where we enable end users to sell digital downloads and we use PayPal exclusively. These horror stories are somewhat uncommon (we've never experienced one or heard of a customer experiencing one). My advice: go with PayP
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As a developer myself, I love hearing: > Implementing this should not be to hard...
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I'm pretty sure they don't have the ability to drain your bank account for a dispute, but I could be incorrect.
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A good chunk of advice for the dirty, messy world that is patents. Unrelated: its very cool to randomly stumble upon someone using a theme I compiled: http://midmodesign.com/news/general/our-special-wordpress-th... :-)
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I've always thought that you should make the plans & pricing page provide more information than simply your plans & pricing. The most obvious one is to clarify or explain features. That way, you can legitimately funnel more people t
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Been using it for BitBuffet.com. Right now, we're not looking at enough volume to warrant the difficulty in switching over. Unless you are looking at 2k+ a month, its almost easier to just stick with PayPal. My rule #1 with PayPal: drain it
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by bryanh 16y ago
I know on my amateur jazz band's album, we used Auto Tune. We're not ashamed of it either. Do we have time to practice the tunes 100 times or try a dozen takes? No way! It does feel sloppy if professionals are using Auto Tune, especially in
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by bryanh 16y ago
I wonder if Digg could have sold the relaunch off as a "failed premium service for users" and treat the power users really well. Obviously, everyone gets pissed off and Digg backs down and opens if for "everyone" and refunds any paid-in fee
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I thought the line "Bribing, it turns out, has as much effect on the briber as it does on the bribee" was particularly telling. I mean, bribing someone (successfully) touches on everything: a sense of exclusivity, an appearance of prominenc

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