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   Peter Thiel: Facebook Co-Founder Eduardo Saverin Did A Poor Job, Got Rich Anyway(techcrunch.com)

   4 points by lachyg 16y ago|0 comments
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   Tippr Proposes “Open Deal Format”, A Standard For The Group Buying Industry(techcrunch.com)

   2 points by lachyg 16y ago|0 comments
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   by lachyg 16y ago

   I would say he answers most of them. The ones that I've seen, he's answered.
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   by lachyg 16y ago

   Please excuse the terminology I used, I'm referring to programmers as the technical people.
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   by lachyg 16y ago

   But to the best of my knowledge, he doesn't engineer the insides of the products. He doesn't work out how the scroll wheel will actually make song skip, or pause, or play. He works out how it will look, how we will interact with it, how it
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   by lachyg 16y ago

   Technical encloses design? I always thought it was just the programming. By design, I mean product and user interface design.
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   by lachyg 16y ago

   When saying designer, I mean a really strong product design, but also someone that can make things look nice. Someone that's highly skilled, not just someone who can navigate photoshop.
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   Ask HN: Technical, Business, or Designer

   20 points by lachyg 16y ago|35 comments
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   by lachyg 16y ago

   Apalon.com are great. They've done a bit of work for me, and their prices are fair, and they're decent to work with.
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    by lachyg 16y ago

    Heard of http://geckoboard.com/ ?
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    by lachyg 16y ago

    http://collectivejam.com -- I saw conversions of around 20%
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    by lachyg 16y ago

    This is what I'm trying to work on. How did you train your search engine? What sort of collaborative filtering techniques? How would that work? I'm intrigued! Would love to chat further via email.
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    by lachyg 16y ago

    I guess, since I didn't see it (and I'm sure a few others won't), maybe you should think about making it a tiny bit more prominent?
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    by lachyg 16y ago

    I think having the dates on the homepage would work, including the time of day, and run time.
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    by lachyg 16y ago

    I really love the site. It's a great concept. The next step is providing a service charge (25%~?) to build the computers and ship them to people. I'd also make it much more ajaxy, it's currently too slow! Also, if it's possible, a picture
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    by lachyg 16y ago

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    by lachyg 16y ago

    Here's my process. I define in my mind what I want, in terms of style and needs, find similar sites, or sites with styles I'm after. I then find the designer of the site, and contact them. Here are my other strategies for finding designers:
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    by lachyg 16y ago

    I found this bit to be the best: http://cl.ly/8892d1205d53681bea61 (Context: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDD03yeLnU )
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    by lachyg 16y ago

    I stopped reading it when I realised he hates Instagram because the iPhone has a poor camera...
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    by lachyg 16y ago

    No.
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    Offer HN: Set up tracking / Optimizing on your site

    3 points by lachyg 16y ago|0 comments
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    by lachyg 16y ago

    I checked out ThemeForest and Digitalpoint, the former means you have to sell 100 copies to actually make something, and the latter won't pay more than $500 for anything.
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    Ask HN: Selling old Project Assets

    2 points by lachyg 16y ago|3 comments
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    by lachyg 16y ago

    Amen... I think there are about 4 of us on here!
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    by lachyg 16y ago

    The thing is, your replacement doesn't instill excitement or curiosity, it's a bit 'boring' if you know what I mean? But you're right, the coders are vetted, and there are guarantees! So I guess it's saying something.
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    by lachyg 16y ago

    1. I tweeted about it. 2. I got everyone I knew that would tweet about it, to tweet about it. 3. I got on CSSMania, which converted at about 40% 4. I got on and am getting on a few more CSS Galleries (and designers are my target market!) 5.
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    by lachyg 16y ago

    I don't think it put the above commenter off, as he signed up. Is it the top choice that put you off, or was it that you weren't actually interested in what it is we have to offer?
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    by lachyg 16y ago

    Well, someone told me it was his top choice, so I took his word for it ;-)! But thanks, I did about 8 iterations on that copy.
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    by lachyg 16y ago

    I've hand checked most of them, and it's about 98% at the moment.
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    by lachyg 16y ago

    I'll make an unsubscribe link pretty prominent, thanks!