jordanmessina

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Density.io(density.io)
200 points by jordanmessina 13y ago|185 comments
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by jordanmessina 13y ago
This would be a really big deal if it happens, essentially bringing Square Cash to the masses.
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by jordanmessina 13y ago
Is there anything that WePay is offering that Balanced doesn't?
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by jordanmessina 13y ago
Press conference is live right now for anyone interested: http://chennai2013.fide.com/fide-world-chess-championship-20...
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Magnus Carlsen is World Chess Champion(fide.com)
430 points by jordanmessina 13y ago|253 comments
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CloudBoard: keep curiosity alive with hands-on gaming(kickstarter.com)
7 points by jordanmessina 13y ago|0 comments
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A Computer Lab for the Scholars Working OverTime Team(indiegogo.com)
2 points by jordanmessina 13y ago|0 comments
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by jordanmessina 13y ago
Here's a video of the press conference after the verdict: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F82EHPP3bkM
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A Computer Lab for the Scholars Working OverTime Team(indiegogo.com)
2 points by jordanmessina 13y ago|0 comments
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by jordanmessina 13y ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uriZZ3Slz74
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OctoTales: Balanced [video](github.com)
41 points by jordanmessina 13y ago|6 comments
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Orbs CCG (YC S13) takes to Kickstarter to reinvent Magic: The Gathering(techcrunch.com)
28 points by jordanmessina 13y ago|21 comments
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by jordanmessina 13y ago
That focus also allows Balanced to build great tools to solve problems that are bigger issues in marketplaces. They've caught a number of fraud incidents for me which has been incredibly helpful (and obviously saves me money).
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SolePower: Power by Walking(kickstarter.com)
20 points by jordanmessina 13y ago|2 comments
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by jordanmessina 14y ago
> 2. Your controller is meant to be simple glue between model and view - if you're putting tons of code in there, you're doing it wrong. Yes, fat models are the way to go. This is just a good rule of thumb for any MVC framework. I feel
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Balanced: A Third-Generation Payments Provider(whit537.org)
17 points by jordanmessina 14y ago|1 comments
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by jordanmessina 14y ago
How can you call something a baseline control with completely different messaging and layout than the variation? The last two examples can't even come close to attributing the increase in conversion to larger images. This is just an adverti
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by jordanmessina 14y ago
Just curious. Do you say that because of the behavior of the men making the comments, or because of Adria's reaction to those comments?
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by jordanmessina 14y ago
Stripe checkout button only sends a charge token to a backend that you have to write. A backend that needs to trigger the actual charge and everything that goes along with that, like generating emails and receipts. Forge takes care of all o
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by jordanmessina 14y ago
Thanks so much! As for the competitors in the space, we have some things in the pipeline that will differentiate us quite a bit. We needed to at least catch up, and we wanted to launch as soon as possible. Now that you point out the homepag
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Show HN: Forge - an easy way to take payments powered by balancedpayments.com(forgesimple.com)
21 points by jordanmessina 14y ago|17 comments
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Startup Roulette(jordanmessina.com)
12 points by jordanmessina 14y ago|1 comments
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The Bullseye Framework(ye.gg)
2 points by jordanmessina 14y ago|0 comments
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by jordanmessina 14y ago
Yup, I definitely meant advertising here but had marketing burned in the brain because of the original comment.
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by jordanmessina 14y ago
I hate buying into the idea that any company /needs/ marketing. Word of mouth is very powerful. I think all companies need to position themselves for slow growth. For example, I LOVE the Weebly story: http://startupschool.org/2012/rusenko/
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by jordanmessina 14y ago
This is really surprising to hear. I think Django has some of the best documentation out there. I rarely have to go to blogs or Stack Overflow because that answer usually exists right in the docs. Could you give an example or two of issues
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Becoming My Own Boss(jordanmessina.com)
4 points by jordanmessina 14y ago|1 comments
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Training Videos For Web Developers(learn.lincolnloop.com)
16 points by jordanmessina 14y ago|5 comments
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by jordanmessina 14y ago
Nice, any plans to do more with it?
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by jordanmessina 14y ago
Very cool. Somewhat similar to my book discovery app http://quotab.ly (discover via random quotes). Where did you end up getting your data? Did you scrape Amazon or are you using their API?

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