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by kapilkale 15y ago
I think this is a fair summary of what we're getting at. There's still plenty of usability stuff we need to work on. The focus of this article was on emotional design. Based on initial feedback (and somewhat anecdotally) I think we built so
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by kapilkale 15y ago
Thanks for the feedback. This isn't the first time we've heard this.
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by kapilkale 15y ago
I think it's fair to withhold judgment until we have a better idea of impact on conversion, etc. 1. For us, that's exactly what we wanted. It's Mike Kus' style applied to our product. 2. The mobile app actually looks quite different. If you
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Lessons from a Design Legend (a before-and-after)(giftrocket.com)
207 points by kapilkale 15y ago|47 comments
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by kapilkale 15y ago
Holding a grudge isn't healthy, and people change over even short amounts of time. And biggest of all, as someone who runs a startup this shouldn't take an iota of your mindshare. The point of the article is separate though. Hold the behavi
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by kapilkale 15y ago
Yeah, your first sentence basically summarizes the article.
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Don't Burn Bridges: A Guide to Networking in Silicon Valley(giftrocket.com)
168 points by kapilkale 15y ago|31 comments
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by kapilkale 15y ago
I'd love to see a post somewhere that explored some of this stuff, since I don't have a clear understanding of the arguments / precedents for both sides.
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by kapilkale 15y ago
We're a payments company in disguise.
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by kapilkale 15y ago
No problem. I think you're working on something worthwhile. Everyone gets told to take a laptop to a coffeeshop and show their site to people for usability. If this is useful and cost-effective, people will switch.
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by kapilkale 15y ago
This looks cool, but I wouldn't use it yet because I have no idea what I'd be getting (this coming from someone who has used the far more expensive usertesting.com) My first reaction seeing this is that you've basically hooked up mechanical
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by kapilkale 15y ago
The promo video is great, and had me smiling the whole time. John's voice is recognizable and hilarious.
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by kapilkale 15y ago
But an excellently named HN post. I immediately clicked.
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by kapilkale 15y ago
Very cool, guys. Great way to create leads and get feedback for the startups involved.
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These guys are probably going to take over the world.
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by kapilkale 15y ago
HTML5 support for things like geolocation / camera usage is inconsistent across models and generally brittle. The upside is that mobile web is really low friction and allows for instant deployment, but there's functionality and no good mana
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Restaurant gift card market bigger than NASA space exploration budget(giftrocket.com)
7 points by kapilkale 15y ago|0 comments
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Sōsh Makes Social Actually Social By Giving You Things To Do In Your City(techcrunch.com)
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by kapilkale 15y ago
If you want to see who out of your group of friends wants to watch a movie, are you really going to IM / call / email 25 people? Organizing stuff is a huge pain in the ass. Whereberry gets you doing stuff with people you wouldn't ordinarily
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by kapilkale 15y ago
I bought one for my father, who tends to be OCD about locked doors, and he absolutely loves it.
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by kapilkale 16y ago
They're payment confirmations. No marketing emails. We'll clarify the language, thanks.
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by kapilkale 16y ago
You can buy your brother a GiftRocket to a place right next to where you live, like a coffeeshop down the street. Yelp also has a lot non-businesses. For example, here's one in the middle of the Presidio in SF: http://www.giftrocket.com/se
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by kapilkale 16y ago
Founder of GiftRocket here. AmEx gift cards are basically cash. People know that when they buy them. They come with some pretty steep fees ($4 for a $25 card + $5-10 shipping if you buy online). They probably sell ~$10B a year. Maybe more.
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by kapilkale 16y ago
Hi there 1. Yes, we remind you. 2. No. Would be possible with native apps, but we chose to have recipients click a browser link on their phone for ease of use so they wouldn't have to download an app / create an account. I agree though, thi
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by kapilkale 16y ago
We originally built this so we'd be able to send our friends in other cities a gift card to the restaurant or bar where they'd be celebrating their birthday.
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In their T&Cs it says the host is responsible (last I checked)
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by kapilkale 16y ago
This is phenomenal. Makes the application process way more interesting. Hope your quality of applicants goes through the roof.
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by kapilkale 16y ago
This is awesome. Thanks.