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by nedwin 14y ago
I think this is partly because whenever I've had an abrasive moment with someone like this, it's rarely because of the relatively minor issue at hand.
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by nedwin 14y ago
I read a bit of subtext into this. If you've got 2.5 weeks to turn a hackathon project into a "company" to pitch to investors, it could be that the underlying issue your cofounder has isn't related to the copy. It could be related to the fa
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The Whisky Rule(blog.mynameisned.com)
12 points by nedwin 14y ago|4 comments
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by nedwin 14y ago
Adding "your mileage may vary" (YMMV) to the end of that sentence might not have been quite as poetic. I'm ok with that.
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by nedwin 14y ago
As per the text in the link he's had to play at "smaller" and "newer" venues who aren't locked into those contracts. This means he might have to play more shows at a particular venue if it's smaller.
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by nedwin 14y ago
We've used a whole heap of tools to try to track brand pages and it's always a pain the arse. No one has a clean interface like this and guys like SocialBakers charge like a wounded bull.
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by nedwin 14y ago
This is pretty good. What's the game plan with it?
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by nedwin 14y ago
This assumes that you're only ever going to build one app and that you learnt nothing from the process. It also assumes that you want to consult for other people rather than building your own projects. Feels like they learnt a lot from the
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by nedwin 14y ago
I'm glad that he's actually thinking about this stuff versus pure profit.
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by nedwin 14y ago
In the example image it's a message that has been sent to a group.
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by nedwin 14y ago
Feedback welcome :)
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Show HN: My personal site is like Flavors.me with HTML5 and lazers.(mynameisned.com)
7 points by nedwin 14y ago|5 comments
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by nedwin 14y ago
That is exactly what they are doing.
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by nedwin 14y ago
I actually thought the blog post was the opposite of how you read it. They're basically saying "it doesn't matter that we got funding - our users don't care" (which they don't) but they also know this will raise their profile in terms of fi
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by nedwin 15y ago
Why is this getting downvote?
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Ask HN: Recommendation on tools for assessing developer skills
1 points by nedwin 15y ago|0 comments
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by nedwin 15y ago
Note the site is powered by VHX.tv so I think they might have beat you to the punch here. If memory serves me well that team is ex-Boxee.
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by nedwin 15y ago
Nice. And then maybe high scores and leaderboards?
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by nedwin 15y ago
Nice work, it's an interesting mechanic. You might want to look at some kind of scoring system + sharing of that score to increase sharing of the application. ie "I guessed 10/20 of my friends profile pictures". This would allow you to use
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by nedwin 15y ago
Looking great and positioning is really nice (just photos). We used Zencoder for a similar purpose last year and it helped to encode video files as well. The pricing on these services to make your image-related pain go away is totally worth
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by nedwin 15y ago
Might not necessarily be relevant to Hacker News under pg's charter but I would suggest reading why these people can't get permits for their solar panels. "basically people installed solar panels, which require proper authorization, which t
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by nedwin 15y ago
They're demonstrating that users are getting value out of it. School administrators will pay for this system if they can demonstrate teachers want to use it and are able to get better performance out of their students by using it. These use
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You don't need a logo, you need a type face. This is the best way to find one.
15 points by nedwin 15y ago|18 comments
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by nedwin 15y ago
1. a) Find the highest person at the company who you can get an intro to. b) Find the highest person at the company whose email address you can get a hold of. 2. Email them with a short email describing who you are, what you're doing and wh
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by nedwin 15y ago
Tumblr's previous paid promotion system was massively effective. I'm glad they've brought it back in this new form.
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by nedwin 15y ago
I actually find this more useful. I've spent countless hours trolling through trying to find .psd templates, admin panels, keynote templates and quick and dirty Wordpress themes for MVP's. This will greatly reduce the friction in scouring a
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by nedwin 15y ago
Considering the amount of incredible tech talent at ThemeForest I'm surprised they haven't built a better way to consume all of their content. Same goes across the whole Envato company. Hopefully they're planning a hack day or similar for t
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by nedwin 15y ago
"when the truly outstanding in other fields are paid a lot less?" You mean like sports stars? The command higher fees because having their name attached to a project reduces the amount of marketing expenditure of a project and increases the
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by nedwin 15y ago
Exactly. A "one-size fits all" model isn't going to work in the fragmented music market. Pop artists & their labels already know how to make money selling music, this model is more in tune to the less-than-mainstream.
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by nedwin 15y ago
Love this. It's almost a list of things you should set as priorities for your startup. How do we get started on development? How do we get to launch? How do we get blogged about? How do we get a paying customer?

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