joshtimonen

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   Slo-mo on Raspberry Pi and Laser etching Jeans: That Maker Show #2(thatmakershow.com)

   3 points by joshtimonen 13y ago|0 comments
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   by joshtimonen 13y ago

   I also dislike the trend away from bordered buttons in iOS 7. Users shouldn't have to guess whether something is a label or a button. Trading off that usability for just a little visual cleanliness seems like a bad deal.
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   by joshtimonen 13y ago

   Great points, thanks. I like extending the thought experiment to real world objects like toilets, because they too have 'user interfaces', even if we don't immediately relate them to computer operating systems. This also remi
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   by joshtimonen 13y ago

   Pretty cool.
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   by joshtimonen 15y ago

   We've posted some follow-up comments on how we're trying to improve the quality of Date.fm here: http://blog.date.fm/post/13881727508/how-quality-and-simplic... Would love to hear your thoughts.
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   by joshtimonen 15y ago

   If you're not fussy you can do that. You could widen your range to anywhere in the world and ages 18-99. But you may not be within the person you like's age range or geography criteria, so that strategy would only take you so far.
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   by joshtimonen 15y ago

   Would you want to expose people to your entire social world when you're still experimenting with whether or nor your even compatible with them? Dating experiments often go sour, or you might find out that someone is truly crazy. That's wh
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   by joshtimonen 15y ago

   You know, we discussed many ideas that have such public elements, like "Where you are" public statements, but we ultimately decided against it because we felt it might be susceptible to stalker behavior. And I don't think a lot of people w
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   by joshtimonen 15y ago

   I encourage everyone to spend 10 minutes on hotornot.com, and then try date.fm for 10 minutes. Once you've done that, I think you'll see just how different it feels. While our monetization strategy is a simple ad banner, we think it's muc
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    by joshtimonen 15y ago

    Thanks for your feedback. I've rewritten this bit to hopefully make the point better. I agree this is NOT what users actively do on these sites. But I think this is what the service is essentially doing under the hood in many cases. I ag