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by illdave 15y ago
Nice concept - it looks pretty similar to Paywithatweet.com which (I've heard) does actually get people tweeting about the product. The drawback with these sorts of concepts is that it means the product is shared before people actually us
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Implementing Simple Game Mechanics to Reward Your Users(seogadget.co.uk)
7 points by illdave 15y ago|1 comments
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More TechCrunch drama as Arrington-backed startup wins blog's contest(guardian.co.uk)
13 points by illdave 15y ago|3 comments
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by illdave 15y ago
Looks great - really good idea, thanks for making it. Not sure if it's just me, but it doesn't display the full page when showing me someones site to review - it shows the top third and then just grey space (using the latest version of Chro
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by illdave 15y ago
I think there's something in that - how come you're running into the problem so frequently? Is the main use case that you're looking for something like people that look for flights to X and don't realise that they could save money by going
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UTorrent hit by hackers(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by illdave 15y ago|0 comments
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by illdave 15y ago
I think what you've got is pretty cool, but you've got some extremely stiff competition from the likes of Hipmunk, and (as of yesterday) Google: google.com/flights. I also worry that your unique selling point (the fact that it helps to disp
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Apple CEO Tim Cook promotes iTunes head Eddy Cue to SVP(venturebeat.com)
1 points by illdave 15y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: What do you think is broken?
6 points by illdave 15y ago|2 comments
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Apple's Incredible Run Under Steve Jobs (Chart)(businessinsider.com)
1 points by illdave 15y ago|0 comments
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Creative redesigns of popular websites(speckyboy.com)
1 points by illdave 15y ago|0 comments
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Mormons using the Web to control their own image(washingtonpost.com)
3 points by illdave 15y ago|3 comments
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Wunderlist hits 1 million users in 275 days(6wunderkinder.com)
7 points by illdave 15y ago|0 comments
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‪Sensing Surfaces with GelSight‬‏(youtube.com)
2 points by illdave 15y ago|0 comments
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by illdave 15y ago
I would definitely be interested in that service, if just to try out minimum viable products and see if they're worth developing further - it would let you fail faster.
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by illdave 15y ago
Thanks very much - I didn't know that banks did that (I'm pretty sure the ones I'm with in the UK don't), but that does sound pretty useful - I'll look into it.
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Show HN: Review my new app grndctrl - the dashboard for your wallet(grndctrl.com)
2 points by illdave 15y ago|2 comments
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by illdave 15y ago
I use Flipboard pretty much every day, I can't recommend it enough.
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Show HN: How long will it take me to make a million dollars?(howlongwillittakemetomakeamilliondollars.com)
2 points by illdave 15y ago|0 comments
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by illdave 15y ago
Yes, every so often, mainly to vote up "Show HN" posts - at peak times I think a lot of very valid Show HN posts never see the light of day, sadly.
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by illdave 15y ago
Sorry if this is slightly off-topic (as it doesn't really necessarily improve "culture"), but it sounds like your bank could do with something like a password protected version of My Starbucks Idea: http://mystarbucksidea.force.com/apex/id
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by illdave 15y ago
Doesn't the URL need to blocked in robots.txt too? It'd be interesting to see if it does cause the site to drop out (even temporarily). Hopefully Google can patch this.
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by illdave 15y ago
I actually think that design looks really good - don't forget, people that read HackerNews may be more inclined to see these sorts of themes around (as they're usually used by people just launching a product to see if there's any interest).
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Microsoft offers $250K bounty for Rustock author(krebsonsecurity.com)
2 points by illdave 15y ago|0 comments
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by illdave 15y ago
Thanks, that's a great idea
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by illdave 15y ago
Clickable: http://gotypecast.com/ Also, here's an example of a Typecast: http://gotypecast.com/casts/1
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Show HN: gotypecast.com - be interviewed by anyone
11 points by illdave 15y ago|4 comments
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by illdave 15y ago
I really think this is an excellent, excellent idea - I'm perhaps not your target audience, but I can see instantly how it could be useful. It's definitely an interesting idea.
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by illdave 15y ago
Not to be too self-promotional, but I built a site called HackerBuddy.com that could help you find a mentor (it's all free). A lot of the advice here is about learning to code by building something for yourself, I completely agree with that
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by illdave 15y ago
Exactly. I've, perhaps foolishly, designed mock-ups and interfaces before where I've used icons instead of text explaining what it is, and I'd often think to myself "It's ok - people will probably click around to learn what that does". That

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