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   by rrhyne 18y ago

   Designing the symbol an application will be known by for thousands of users is NOT a walk in the park. In programming there is an intended result, and for all intents and purposes, it doesn't matter how you get there. It's a 1 or 0 proposit
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   by rrhyne 18y ago

   I can't be bothered to upload. It's a problem, but personally, I'd be worried about security implications of sharing a folder on my hardrive with a webservice? I like your presentation. Very clean. on the Features page, I think changing the
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   by rrhyne 18y ago

   I use mailchimp since wayback and I like them. The later versions are really robust, but i don't think they have an api. Sounds like you want less of a SaaS?
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   by rrhyne 18y ago

   Second dropping the 'Casts' terminology. I would go with webcasts or streams. I would use google's keyword suggestion tool and find out what people are using to search for webcasts, then use those terms. I think you'll loose initial users p
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   by rrhyne 18y ago

   So far from looking at my Mint stats after putting the site up here 5 hours ago, I've gotten only 50 uniques, 3 new user accounts, but only 1 person actually using the app through the AIR install. That looks like a 2% conversion to user rat
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   by rrhyne 18y ago

   Yes, you can create your own flash card sets through a batch sytax or simple form. Curious, did you install the AIR app? If not, I'd love to hear your reason, as I'm worried most people won't install or will fall off during the lengthy air
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   by rrhyne 18y ago

   Bad idea? Don't want to install? Website doesn't get the idea across? Help me out here! :D
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   by rrhyne 18y ago

   shouldn't be, oooh how cool is this micro service... http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/popling.net Got the right url? http://www.popling.net
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   Ask HN: Review My App - Popling.net, Learning without studying

   10 points by rrhyne 18y ago|6 comments
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    by rrhyne 18y ago

    You need more traffic. Who has a line on people getting shipped packages? E-commerce sites. You could develop a plugin for zencart or any of the other major shopping cart systems that lets users plug their twitter name in to get updates. Th
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    by rrhyne 18y ago

    YES
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    by rrhyne 18y ago

    I'd go with one step, dragging the app over to applications, (I admit it's a bit wonkey) over the 5 separate windows AIR manages to spawn.
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    by rrhyne 18y ago

    Exactly... why they feel the need to go so much further than Apple or even microsoft go with desktop apps is beyond me. The sandbox security restrictions are HUGE as it is and add days of programing time already, why halve our install base
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    by rrhyne 18y ago

    The install process kicks AIRs butt. The sample app tweetanium downloaded as a DMG. I dropped it in my apps folder, opened it, clicked the customary OSx "you got this from the internet", warning and boom I was twitting. Comepare this to AIR
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    by rrhyne 18y ago

    Telling that the developer comes by to warn us about the music playing automatically. Think he has advised against it before?
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    by rrhyne 18y ago

    This is farking great! It needs some usability fixes but what I really want to know is... WHY AREN'T THEY CHARGING ME to make tests!?!??! Don't give this away for free! Maybe I could earn credits by taking tests, but please, make some money
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    by rrhyne 18y ago

    Ha! beat me to it. I loved this line: "Web developers should be able to easily create Chromium extensions." Thinking about this after seeing a HN user looking for a FF exten dev. I've developed a simple extension I haven't released yet, and
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    by rrhyne 18y ago

    Ever read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance? You can go bonkers defining quality.
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    by rrhyne 18y ago

    Have great content, comment on other blogs, and link to other blogs, so they will link to you.
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    by rrhyne 18y ago

    I'm white as a sheet and I'll be rioting if McCain wins. Heh.
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    by rrhyne 18y ago

    I think this is kind of a shame. The guy has insane amounts of motivation, insane skills, and even funding for his project, yet he makes a copy of something else. Seems all he was lacking was a great original idea.
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    by rrhyne 18y ago

    That's too bad, this sounds like a great monetization scheme that's close to painless for the user.
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    by rrhyne 18y ago

    Would this work in a JS+HTML AIR app? The Plura for websites iframe code seems like it would work if you got the AIR sandbox requirements right. Also, what is the average CPU percentage your developers run on their clients systems?
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    by rrhyne 18y ago

    Uh, we started this administration with a Budget surplus, and now we are more in debt than ever. How exactly is that fiscally conservative? Not saying democrats are, but if that statment it ever was true, is definitely myth now.
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    by rrhyne 18y ago

    So you are saying, work hard at getting good press?
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    by rrhyne 18y ago

    Why shouldn't any developer be able to make almost any app, then make money on it? If this app made 30k, build a truly great app and retire.
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    by rrhyne 19y ago

    Always nice to have some backup 'gold' laying around in the event of a recession. Heh.
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    by rrhyne 19y ago

    Most of the comments here are about very linear thought processes like: problem->simplification->solution. Those are great, and valuable but I think the most fun ideas are the ones that come from having a head full of random shit fl
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    by rrhyne 19y ago

    Blog. When you do, link to other blogs in your segment, they'll link to you. Comment on other blogs, become a valuable member of the community. Then convert traffic from your blog to your network.
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    by rrhyne 19y ago

    The flamming naked girls are the point.