jongold

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   by jongold 14y ago

   Backbone - 3-5 days (especially if you switch to Marionette quickly to help with the repetitive stuff rather than actually…remembering it) Ember - 10000000 years
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   by jongold 14y ago

   Are people using this/Brunch/Yeoman inside Rails apps? I can't work out the usecase - or do you use this in conjunction with a separate app generating your API? Sidenote: the design is gorgeous.
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   Thoughtbot: Ruby Science(learn.thoughtbot.com)

   1 points by jongold 14y ago|0 comments
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   by jongold 14y ago

   This sales-letter style seems more prevalent in eBook/video downloads than SaaS (though we've all seen 37signals' A/B tests). Reeks of a 'PAY $200 TO SEE HOW TO LOSE 100LBS IN 2 WEEKS'. edit: actually, with no offence intended - your book's
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   by jongold 14y ago

   Actually, while I'm on your site, let's go back to your App Design Handbook. - Better layout; good that it's all on one page. Long scrolly site (Lost World's Fairs etc etc) are great but this is better shorter. - Similar to the Facebook/Mai
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   by jongold 14y ago

   Couple of things: - Get rid of the MailChimp, Facebook logos etc. On scanning it's shady. - The whole site comes across as a bit of a skeezy sales letter. You're a designer, you're better than that. I realise this is the favoured approach f
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   by jongold 14y ago

   I read it a few months ago; good at what it professes to be - a quick guide for beginners. Definitely worth reading and got me over the first few learning hurdles of Node.
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   by jongold 14y ago

   What would be awesome: a way to sync my nvALT/Simplenote notes (in Markdown) into Evernote along with mixed-media content (scanned receipts, web clippings etc) that I'd create in Evernote only
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   by jongold 14y ago

   He was in an early YC class that exited.
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    by jongold 14y ago

    I played with a production prototype yesterday, it's really cool. Would make a great gift or trinket. Well made and from a team ( http://mintdigital.com/ ) with a history of shipping cool products — http://stickygram.com/ https://www.f
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    Do(dcurt.is)

    13 points by jongold 14y ago|2 comments
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    by jongold 14y ago

    I've been testing this for the past week or so - used it for a couple of client presentations and it's absolutely fantastic.
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    Fujitsu Release Sexist Laptop(dailymail.co.uk)

    1 points by jongold 14y ago|0 comments
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    by jongold 14y ago

    I've been interested in a virtual assistant since 4HWW came out - never thought I was busy enough to justify something like GetFriday. I dealing with general fake-work but seems like there's just as much work involved in getting someone els
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    by jongold 14y ago

    What the hell is that about?
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    by jongold 14y ago

    That looks perfect, thanks.
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    Ask HN: What's the best option for easy payment processing?

    8 points by jongold 14y ago|8 comments
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    by jongold 14y ago

    Decent post - it's always interesting to see people write openly about times when they messed up (and heartening to know that everyone does)
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    by jongold 14y ago

    San Francisco doesn't belong to anyone.
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    by jongold 14y ago

    Assuming you're not in the HFJ webfonts beta I'd replace Gotham (with Proxima Nova, maybe?) before you get sued into oblivion.
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    by jongold 14y ago

    Hit the (skeuomorphic) nail on the head. There are many forms of skeuomorphism, and it's important to distinguish them from each other. Visual kitsch is cheap in a different way to outdated metaphors that hold back the possibilities of digi
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    by jongold 14y ago

    Hey - was in your beta when it first came out - tried it once and then didn't go back. To me it just wasn't instantly gratifying - too much setting up to do before it got compelling. Happy to give it another go because it's been quite a whi
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    by jongold 14y ago

    Totally agree with this post - I was a 'JavaScript =~ jQuery' guy before I picked up Backbone - writing hopelessly average jQuery spaghetti (with the best of intentions - I'm a designer and had never looked at JS as a programming language.
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    by jongold 14y ago

    FreeAgent is fantastic for invoicing - slick, simple UI, and baked into accounting & tax calculation tools (I've only used it in the UK but I believe they rolled it out to the US recently too)
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    by jongold 14y ago

    Had a quick run through over lunch - looks really promising :) Going to use it to rapid prototype an app this week - just one thing, any prospect of coffeescript in the pipeline?
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    by jongold 14y ago

    I'm from the UK - meant the VWP :) Thanks for the replies everyone
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    Ask HN: Foreign YC Founders - did you move to California for the program?

    44 points by jongold 14y ago|15 comments
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    by jongold 14y ago

    On the same network? Assuming you're running a server can't you just got to your local IP:port? (or bazookaBen.local:port on a Mac)
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    by jongold 14y ago

    All over this article - all too often people think 'minimal design' is 'using Helvetica and getting rid of the gradients and drop shadows'. There's a whole lot more to it than that, and it all goes back to studying Müller-Brockmann and embr
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    by jongold 14y ago

    Awesome - two of my favourite recent startups.