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dbro
16y ago
What about looking at this from the perspective of the site owner? Facebook comments can do more for the site owners than the alternate comment systems. Increased exposure through facebook news feeds should help introduce their sites to new
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dbro
16y ago
Read some good books. start with this one: http://www.amazon.com/Intelligent-Investor-Definitive-Invest...
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16y ago
This would have been helpful to me when I was starting out building http://domainjig.com - which is a simpler site than the author's. That said, I'd offer these responses to those looking for some advice: 1) Yes, wrapping every database c
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16y ago
You could do more to get the potential customer comfortable with your product. 7 days and $50 is a lot to request of people, when there is competition for this service. It looks like one of those competing tools was created by you, http://
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16y ago
I have no graphic design skills (or ego). thanks for the comment.
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Thanks for this comment. The reason it doesnt work is that the input box is built from scratch, so devices that use on-screen keyboards (usually mobile devices) don't know to automatically display the keyboard. On android devices, long-pres
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16y ago
In most browsers, copying from the input box will work. But I don't yet support pasting into the input box.
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Yes! I just launched this (quietly): http://domainjig.com to provide related suggestions and check availability, both instantly. I'll be announcing it here (and elsewhere) soon. In the mean time, any comments/suggestions are appreciated.
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16y ago
For many web companies, the brand = the URL. Otherwise, you might wind up with some like "www.clownpenis.fart" (see http://www.tressugar.com/SNL-Skit-Clownpenisfart-1965732 )
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16y ago
This is good advice! A domain name needs to fit the web site, and your approach to attracting visitors and maintaining relationships with them. But the original post never described these aspects of the business/service being considered. I
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16y ago
To resemble the atchange script, try this usage of inotifywait: while true; do inotifywait -qq -e modify [filename]; [command]; done or as a shell function, defined in .bashrc to have the same form as the atchange perl script: fu
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CA high speed rail cartoon debate (humor)
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16y ago
A few questions: Is this a hobby project or are you hoping to build and sell many units? If it's a hobby project, are you doing it primarily to learn about building hardware? Or do you want this information so much that you'd be willing to
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What is the goal for the project? There are many platforms that might be appropriate. Why not start by writing code for an iPod Touch and then see how it goes from there? You will probably refine your ideas during prototyping, so starting w
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16y ago
You will get much better advice if you can be more specific about your ideas. Some examples would be helpful. I've built a few gadgets that collect data, analyze it, and then send it to a data store on the web. Think carefully about your ne