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Ask HN: How do you manage mobile app designs and specifications?
2 points by red_anorak 9y ago|0 comments
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by red_anorak 10y ago
I was into techno, house and electro DJing for a long time. I'd say the best advice for enjoying djing is not to dwell on the technical aspects any more than they interest you. I'm rather out of touch with the current state of thi
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by red_anorak 10y ago
Interesting. I built a website a few years back called LampNote, which was based around the idea of "virtual noticeboards" approx every 100m apart from each other. In an earlier incarnation of that project I had considered solving
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by red_anorak 12y ago
I've been to a few hackathons over recent years. On occasion I've found them very useful. Forcing yourself to come up with a good idea that you or a small team can build quickly is a great exercise. They've also helped improv
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by red_anorak 13y ago
>> "SEO and social media bullshit" This stuff does seem like bullshit when you're working on it, but it's unfortunately crucial these days. It takes so long to build up the brand and visibility that I don't be
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by red_anorak 13y ago
In my experience of being a developer and building my own idea I actually found there were occasions when my inbuilt technical idealism caused me to make some wrong decisions on my product. I found it quite difficult to make product decisio
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by red_anorak 13y ago
Thanks for the info
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by red_anorak 13y ago
Some fair points. I didn't necessarily feel that I was dependent on the local media and tech scene, it was a more the case that they I felt they weren't doing their job. Even if they just wrote a blog post saying "this guy&#x
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by red_anorak 13y ago
Yes, it's a reference to notices posted onto lampposts. A lot of people said they loved the name. I did wonder how well it would travel, whether or not people from outside the UK stuck notices on lampposts, if they called them lamppost
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by red_anorak 13y ago
Things I would do differently... I think my product is too clearly the work of an idealistic technical person, and is slightly dated in the way it just expects people to join in because it will be useful if everyone used it. It's compl
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Why being invited to try Circle made me think about a whole load of other stuff(gist.github.com)
54 points by red_anorak 13y ago|21 comments
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SEO for Internet civilians(redanorakltd.tumblr.com)
1 points by red_anorak 13y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: LampNote(lampnote.com)
1 points by red_anorak 13y ago|0 comments