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by hallmark 16y ago
I agree completely. Without the background writeup, this is just free advertising on HN. Yes, physcab promises the writeup/postmortem later, if the site proves successful. But in the mean time, leave us alone? In the past week or two I
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by hallmark 16y ago
I admit I was talking about the latter. I went with the tl;dr, didn't read your blog post, and made the assumption that you were talking about all free apps, not just the apps with paid subscription content being served through them. That
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by hallmark 16y ago
It may depend on the project, but here's one positive example. I went to the home page, then clicked on one of the featured projects. I've used Chicken of the VNC before, so there I went: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/ Next, cl
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by hallmark 16y ago
The hole I see in your argument is that I have never seen developing free apps on the App Store as some sort of loophole. Apple has supported the existence of free apps. On paid apps, they get their 30% cut. On free apps, they get a tok
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by hallmark 16y ago
I don't intend to be disrespectful to you, but were you perhaps arrogant and an asshole? In the past, when I was passionate and full of ideas on a particular subject, I have later looked back and noticed my behavior to be.. less than what I
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by hallmark 16y ago
In your own experience, did the app need to be localized at the initial launch or did you see boosts in sales after localizing your app later on?
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by hallmark 16y ago
Hey guys, first off, congrats! You'll get many snippets of advice here, and tons of web resources to chase down and read. If you want to revert back to a live site quickly, may I recommend direct help? I'll step in first and offer my servi
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by hallmark 16y ago
The official marketing message is bring the "magic of iPad" to the desktop. Apple knows how to ride their own wave. The glossy pictures give Grandma the impression that the UIs will merge and everything will be better because of the new
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by hallmark 16y ago
I am delighted that Thunderbolt isn't reusing the USB plug form-factor. Early rumors showed Light Peak plugs that were the standard rectangular USB shape with fiber optic channels blended in: http://www.macrumors.com/2011/02/19/apple-to-i
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by hallmark 16y ago
I know this may sound as if I'm just trying to make a dirty joke, but I am being sincere. To me, the domain reads, "pee 2 poo dot org" Yes it's a short domain, but is it a good branding choice? I see you work at Twilio, so if you aren't i
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by hallmark 16y ago
I'm sorry, but this analogy is too loose for me; I must rebut. Suppose the toolmaker maintains these profits by keeping his thumb on the wood-seller who can barely support his family selling 80 cent pieces of wood. If the toolmaker paid th
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by hallmark 16y ago
One key point that ryancarson points out in his post ( http://thinkvitamin.com/web-industry/why-you-should-fight-ap... ) is this: ".. publishers may no longer provide links in their apps (to a web site, for example) which allow the customer
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by hallmark 16y ago
As a counterexample to the feeling that women entrepreneurs are ostracized and especially that the Hacker News crowd is an old boy club, 8-month pregnant (self-described) HN user natgordon received quite a warm and enthusiastic reception he
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by hallmark 16y ago
To add insult to injury, the quality of the cover flow images is horrendous. The JPEG artifacting makes the sub-headlines difficult to read, so it's not just an aesthetic complaint; it is yet another usability problem. PS - I decided to op
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by hallmark 16y ago
Related story here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2155845 I prefer the related story - it links directly to the project page for said awesome video. It skips the scatterbrained TC commentary and adds a few details, such as the mech
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by hallmark 16y ago
I had a friend who used to write down notes of his friends and acquaintances in a little notebook. [1] He'd use this for exactly the purposes you describe. I thought it was a great idea but too much work for me. I'll give Recap a try! [1]
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by hallmark 16y ago
The title is a bit misleading. It's actually two ways to make people get things done (which aren't very profound) and one way to help a small minority become excellent (somewhat interesting). How about, "Provide a cooperative environment a
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Donate $1 to Charity, See 99 Cents Get There(philanthroper.com)
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by hallmark 16y ago
Except that this site breaks the ability for visitors to contribute their own answers [1] and displays content that is often old and out of sync. It does nothing to attempt to improve upon the original site, other than obtaining a better G
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by hallmark 16y ago
Just because you have so much leeway, don't be sloppy in your choice of what to do with your free time. [1] For example, if you're actually considering the pizza delivery scheme, first research the maximal amount of efficiency that you woul
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by hallmark 16y ago
It's easy to find holes in this announcement: Beanstalk doesn't have X, or they compare unfavorably to AppEngine and Heroku in certain areas. The bigger news here is that Amazon has staked a flag in the ground and decidedly shown their int
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by hallmark 16y ago
Yes, US East region only for now. From their official FAQ, other regions in the future: http://aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/faqs/#regions
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by hallmark 16y ago
It is actually very easy to create a Friend List just for 'Game Friends.' When you are adding a fake game friend, you can immediately add them to this list. Facebook makes this step easy.* And to my surprise, it is also somewhat straightfo
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by hallmark 16y ago
How about cloud-based services? Apple has indicated their interest in this direction by plunking down a gigantic data center in North Carolina. And they have demonstrated their skills, judgement, and foresight at creating hosted services a
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by hallmark 16y ago
The Uzu app for iPad uses up to 10 fingers. It is a particle visualizer, only notable to me because it was reviewed by Ars Technica. The video linked from the review gave me the sense that it was a labor-of-love for the creator and probab
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by hallmark 16y ago
WakeMate ( http://wakemate.com/ ) developed a hardware device to track sleeping patterns. Although they end up hooking into a webapp for further sleep analysis, prototyping and production of a hardware device is sufficiently different from
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by hallmark 16y ago
How about, "I'd like to move my email away from Google Apps, for various reasons." I am always interested to know what pitfalls other smart people have run into.
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by hallmark 16y ago
When you are using the resources of an API, you are entering a community. And when you abuse another respected member of the community, it responds. These bookmarking services weren't cutting off a developer client to protect themselves, w
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by hallmark 16y ago
I don't think words per minute is the best measurement of programming speed, if we are trying to assess the efficiency of translating thoughts into code. The speed of navigating between files and functions and editing blocks or terms (dele
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by hallmark 16y ago
Sometimes advice sounds perfect for any situation but actually needs to be applied judiciously. It is easy to succumb to the "wow" factor of another person's story of their success. I will use Henry Ford to counter nielr1: "If I had asked

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