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   by dshipper 16y ago

   Agreed, thanks for your thoughts.
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   by dshipper 16y ago

   Thanks for your comment scrrr, and while I see where you're coming from I don't agree. You brought up airline pilots and how they shouldn't seek failure. Obviously you don't want them to seek failure while they are in the sky. But in fact t
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   If you're not failing you're not trying.(dshipper.posterous.com)

   95 points by dshipper 16y ago|47 comments
4. 574.▲
   by dshipper 16y ago

   No problem thanks for your help!
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   by dshipper 16y ago

   I absolutely agree with everything you said here. Avoiding failure isn't the key. You HAVE to fail. As long as you learn from the experience then the failing is worthwhile.
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   by dshipper 16y ago

   Hey, I wrote a little piece about more technical things that we did to get our servers back up here: http://dshipper.posterous.com/44286486 feel free to shoot me an email if you want to know more
7. 577.▲
   by dshipper 16y ago

   No problem I really enjoyed putting them together
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   by dshipper 16y ago

   Thanks I'm glad you found the post helpful!
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   How We Went From Being Virtually Unknown to 3k Signups a Day in 5 Weeks Pt 3(dshipper.posterous.com)

   34 points by dshipper 16y ago|12 comments
10. 580.▲
    by dshipper 16y ago

    We'll definitely look into that it's a cool idea. We are looking around for some way to pivot WhereMyFriends so that could be a interesting direction
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    by dshipper 16y ago

    Thanks I'm glad you liked the app and definitely glad we can continue in the tradition of good Facebook apps from HN regulars
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    by dshipper 16y ago

    Did you by chance already make an account in the past few days?
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    by dshipper 16y ago

    Haha thanks for the suggestion I'm glad you enjoyed the post
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    How We Went From Being Virtually Unknown to 3k Signups a Day in 5 Weeks Pt 2(dshipper.posterous.com)

    45 points by dshipper 16y ago|11 comments
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    by dshipper 16y ago

    While I can see where you are coming from I don't think that our success boils down to "just getting listed on Mashable." We didn't just snap our fingers and one day get on Mashable. We had to come up with an idea, design it, execute it and
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    by dshipper 16y ago

    Yup that's what it is. It's a simple app to draw your friends on a map.
17. 587.▲
    by dshipper 16y ago

    Part two comes tomorrow!
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    How We Went From Being Virtually Unknown to 3k Signups a Day in 5 Weeks(dshipper.posterous.com)

    10 points by dshipper 16y ago|11 comments
19. 589.▲
    by dshipper 16y ago

    Thanks for your thoughts I really appreciate it. And I think it's gonna end up being around $200 for the month.
20. 590.▲
    by dshipper 16y ago

    That's true I guess I didn't express myself as clearly as I could have. What I meant to say is that our intent in posting was in no way malicious and we are going to add something that tells you we are posting to your wall. I agree that it'
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    by dshipper 16y ago

    We are about to add something that states that on the home page. Sorry about that our intent isn't to spam just to spread the app.
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    by dshipper 16y ago

    Agreed. Awful experience we hope not to repeat.
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    by dshipper 16y ago

    Now we store them as big ints. It has really helped us. What other details would be helpful to you? My email is dan at danshipper.com if you have more questions
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    by dshipper 16y ago

    Thanks for your thoughts. I really think a key to design is to keep track of websites that you like the look of and try to make something similar. Once you've mimicked enough designs you'll be able to do more original things. All it takes i
25. 595.▲
    by dshipper 16y ago

    Thanks! It's true but I guess it wouldn't be fun if it wasn't difficult. Let's keep this going.
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    Our site was featured on CNN and Mashable this week. Here's what I learned.(dshipper.posterous.com)

    31 points by dshipper 16y ago|20 comments
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    by dshipper 16y ago

    Thanks so much I really appreciate your help, and sorry for my delayed response to your email. Hopefully we can get your API running with our setup.
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    by dshipper 16y ago

    Thanks so much for all of your help so far!
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    by dshipper 16y ago

    Do you know if we would be able to implement on Rackspace's Managed Cloud hosting? Considering we haven't slept in forever it seems like it would be hard for us to learn how to set up a new server manually at this point :)
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    by dshipper 16y ago

    We are using PHP, Javascript and MySQL