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by mmcdan 16y ago
For better or for worse... I doubt Jeff Bezos, Meg Ryan, Larry Page, or even Jacqueline Novogratz would be attending and interacting at a conference that wasn't at least some bit elitist. To know that the fellow attendees are "peers" who ha
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by mmcdan 16y ago
I thought this was a good comment up until "Contrary to many people on HN, I don't do startups for the money." By what metric are you judging this?
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Ask HN: Any hands-on product design/prototyping jobs?
1 points by mmcdan 16y ago|0 comments
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by mmcdan 16y ago
I honestly don't think that was his argument. His argument was more like: "You started off with a cool idea that no one wanted, accidentally found something people were willing to beg for, then got rid of what people wanted to work more on
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by mmcdan 16y ago
I really like the bottom toolbar as a design element. It drives home the point that this is a full-featured web application. I also like that you have a narrated video. Suggestions: -Decrease(or remove) the outer blur/glow on the Rela Logo.
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by mmcdan 16y ago
I like the general design/colors. It looks non-threatening and inviting. Does it take location into account? Suggestions: -Increase the width of the content area. Things look too close together. -Try adding a drop shadow on the rounded rect
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by mmcdan 16y ago
Only the "ia" has the strikethrough. I think it's to show that the product name "Socl" = "Social" - "ia". I agree that it is confusing though.
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by mmcdan 16y ago
Thanks for your feedback. What would make it more useful for you? Finding teas that contain ginger isn't too useful, but apple and cinnamon-flavored teas that help improve digestion would be useful for me, at least. I get the health benefit
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by mmcdan 16y ago
You're right, the diversity of vendors is pretty small at this point. My first goal was to make the # of searchable teas as large as possible. Next on the TODO list is to add those smaller shops that have some delicious custom brews. Soon t
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by mmcdan 16y ago
Nice:) At what point does a search engine become an index/directory? The site scans the tea websites for product updates periodically, but it does add contextual knowledge about the domain(tea) rather than general matching like google.
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by mmcdan 16y ago
Good call... still debating which direction to go with it. My initial prototype was search-box based. But I found I actually had more fun exploring the teas by slowing adding filters rather than typing exactly what I was thinking of.
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by mmcdan 16y ago
Thanks, will send an email!
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by mmcdan 16y ago
I'm using JQuery, Rails w/Passenger, and super-fast searching with Sphinx. Rails is awesome. This combo makes coding awesome and efficient... I wouldn't even bother with Wordpress.
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Show HN: My first MVP - A Tea Search Engine(theteafinder.com)
24 points by mmcdan 16y ago|32 comments
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by mmcdan 16y ago
Successful use of rmagick also requires that you explicitly call the ".destroy!" method on all images(including intermediary ones) to ensure that memory is freed up. Looking at Ruby's Object space shows that this method successfully marks t
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by mmcdan 16y ago
I've used AIR apps(as a consumer, not a developer) and there are times when I get a little frustrated with the experience. Still, I use the software because it saves me time and makes my life 10x easier. Overall if customers are criticizing
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by mmcdan 16y ago
The project-based method of learning really appeals to me. It encourages goal setting and taking action, in this case writing code, and doing whatever is necessary to get stuff done. When you finally start dabbling on the academic side, you
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by mmcdan 16y ago
It's technically true that tea is only made from the camellia sinensis plant, but you can get the same experience from other "hot, tea-like drinks" as well such as Herbal and Rooibos "teas". Please take a look at http://www.theteafinder.co