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by edmack 13y ago
It judges the reading age is too old and there is too much text and bullet points :)
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by edmack 13y ago
Yeah, apologies about that - we've had a mime type issue with our node server that's broken the icons in some browsers
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by edmack 13y ago
Neat - we roughly implement the Fog algorithm
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by edmack 13y ago
For people lucky enough without real slides to put into the rater, it looks like this: http://imgur.com/SSvMQ2N
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by edmack 13y ago
Sadly not yet - this was my sunday night hack project, so only got one format in there :)
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by edmack 13y ago
It takes your slides (PPTX format), and analyses each one a bunch of ways, to spot common pitfalls. For example, it checks the reading age, how busy the slides are, how colourful (or not) your colour palette is. It also checks if you put to
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Show HN: Automatic feedback on improving your PowerPoint slides(sketch-deck.com)
22 points by edmack 13y ago|15 comments
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by edmack 13y ago
Ha. This is identical to most of my tech backend!
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To rival the valley, Angels in the UK need to believe in entrepreneurs(blog.sketch-deck.com)
2 points by edmack 13y ago|0 comments
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by edmack 13y ago
Interesting. One thought is that currently people get free VC introductions by their colleagues, so this could attract the most unscrupulous introducers. However, the incentive structure is pretty robust.
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by edmack 13y ago
Hey! I had a play with it, some quick thoughts: * It could be helpful to open a browser tab with a welcome to Amber.Io. There is some amount of welcome text, but more hand-holding and big visual 'this is what we are' would be help
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by edmack 13y ago
1) No stepping stones. Do the thing you want now. Startups are not that risky, particularly if your very young 2)+3) Having time to yourself, time to develop ones many facets is important. But these questions sound like your deep down insid
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A practical, simple guide to doing UX(blog.sketch-deck.com)
2 points by edmack 13y ago|0 comments
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by edmack 13y ago
Hey - I've been in exactly this position last October, with a fairly messy end. We had to give up on the company. More than happy to talk it through with you and let you know what worked well/didn't for us. Twitter: @MackMack
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Confidence is a lie(blog.sketch-deck.com)
2 points by edmack 13y ago|0 comments
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Making a great product: Lessons learned(blog.sketch-deck.com)
1 points by edmack 13y ago|0 comments
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by edmack 13y ago
Thanks emhart! In the companies I've worked at, I've always sketched first. It's exciting to remove the middle painful bit. Looking forward to seeing what you think of the beta :D
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Show HN: SketchDeck - build slides faster(sketch-deck.com)
23 points by edmack 13y ago|3 comments
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by edmack 13y ago
I'm a big fan of Trello for a visual way to lay them out and share them. It's a nice balance of feature rich but visually simple.