mstipetic

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   Show HN: Practice foreign languages with books (parallel translation and speech)(paralleltext.io)

   10 points by mstipetic 11y ago|5 comments
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   by mstipetic 11y ago

   Yes, you can post on FB with a unique link that will show you a Web interface. However, the point of the app would be to get feedback quickly, so the fastest way would be from other people using the app right now
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   by mstipetic 11y ago

   Please do! you can also find us at contact at getlooksgood.com
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   by mstipetic 11y ago

   Yes, we could do more on the "hustle" and "fake it 'till you make it" part. We'll look into the website selfies to make them nicer, thanks!
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   by mstipetic 11y ago

   Yes, some of those tactics are being employed, however the number of users is so low it doesn't really matter. To get technical, since this is HN, the photo distribution part is done by a Lua script running inside of redis instance whi
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   by mstipetic 11y ago

   We've had them on our radar for a while, thanks! We've been looking for a group like that to concentrate on and try to spread out from there
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   by mstipetic 11y ago

   This is great advice, thanks! We'll look into it
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   by mstipetic 11y ago

   Yes, I agree. I've realised we might have taken a too large swing with a app like this. My thinking about marketing this is something similar to what you're pointing to - finding a specific subreddit, online group, or even a city
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   by mstipetic 11y ago

   Yes, of course. We've been having trouble finding such person. We'd be happy to give a stake in the project to the person if he/she would see it through. If you know any people who would be open to that, please let us know
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    by mstipetic 11y ago

    Everything you said here sounds great and it's opportunities like that that keep us going. We have lots of ideas where this thing could go, for instance partnering with retail stores and literally having Looks Good integrated in wardro
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    by mstipetic 11y ago

    Thanks for taking the time to answer! We've been thinking of going the route of approaching the route of Content creators/Influencers, that intuitively seems like the correct way. Have you done something like this, do you have any
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    by mstipetic 11y ago

    Thanks for the advice! That would be great, of course, but as others have mentioned here, we're the bootstrappiest of bootstrapers, so that's not an option for now unfortunately.
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    by mstipetic 11y ago

    Wow, thanks, that's great to hear!
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    by mstipetic 11y ago

    We've had countless discussions on these exact topics. We've included the ability to post comments and it would be fantastic if the comments were as specific as that. We've tried to think of a system where there are predefine
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    by mstipetic 11y ago

    This functionality is there, of course. We had it displayed, but people we showed it to were basically screaming to reduce the amount of text, so we cut it out, since that should be a given. I'm not so sure I agree with the approach of
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    by mstipetic 11y ago

    I've tried objectively looking at Tinder's website and I don't think I'd realise what the app is about unless they were as ubiquitous as they are now. If you try to forget what the app is about and go to the page, what w
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    by mstipetic 11y ago

    Thank you both for the feedback! We've tried feeling the water with with /r/femalefashionadvice and the feedback was rather positive, that's what keeps us going still. I have a feeling that feedback from total randoms mi
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    by mstipetic 11y ago

    Thanks for your feedback! The main problem with starting an app like this is that it basically doesn't work without having a substantial number of users. Even with a dozen people onboard, it will still feel very empty. We need a way to
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    by mstipetic 11y ago

    Thanks! We've been sticking to some traditional (boring) methods, such as ads and trying to contact some content creators and influencers. So, you'd recommend trying more person-to-person or "guerilla" marketing tactics?
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    by mstipetic 11y ago

    but if you quit now to build something new you're just aspiring to get back to this point equally unprepared to take your idea from launch to success. This is a very good point, thanks! So, even if things don't work out,
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    Ask HN: “If you build it, they will come” doesn't work. How do we market our app?

    85 points by mstipetic 11y ago|72 comments
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    Using AWS Lambda, DynamoDB and S3 for a Serverless Deployment(medium.com)

    1 points by mstipetic 11y ago|0 comments
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    by mstipetic 12y ago

    A friend and I are finishing an iPhone app right now, it should be out soon http://getlooksgood.com/ (the website is still work in progress)
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    by mstipetic 13y ago

    Yeah, they are exaggerating a bit there. No "Skype-level" successes, but things are starting to happen here. A lot of my friends (myself included) are looking into some sort of startup option.
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    by mstipetic 14y ago

    We've been looking at Couchbase for our startup, and have found it a great fit for our needs. Unfortunately, we needed the functionality of 2.0, which wasn't available at the time. Since then we've been building on Postgre. Seems we'll have