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Ask HN: Can I surf your couch? (Seattle YC meetup)
2 points by rriepe 17y ago|1 comments
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by rriepe 17y ago
Founders at Work seems like a great book. I'll check that out. Overall these tips are great. Thanks.
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Ask HN: Can I crash on your couch? (Seattle YC meetup edition)
7 points by rriepe 17y ago|0 comments
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by rriepe 17y ago
It's always nice to have a product that would make a killer addition to a Google App. Best of luck to you guys.
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by rriepe 17y ago
Site looks great. You've got some gradient drop-offs on both the right and left sides. If you can't see it, here's a method I use: Paste a screenshot in photoshop. Hit Ctrl+U and turn the saturation all the way up. Then change the hue so th
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by rriepe 17y ago
It's not a matter of skillsets; it's a matter of communication. Having a co-founder lets you bounce ideas off one another. It lets everything you do take on its own natural evolution. It's hard to explain unless you have a co-founder that y
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by rriepe 17y ago
Very interesting. I think phone skills are something a lot of people overlook. I don't have the resources to do a study on this, but another tip is to smile when you talk on the phone. It might just be because my voice is deeper (making som
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by rriepe 17y ago
Measuring the amount of papers is questionable as well. One paper with a ridiculous breakthrough (cold fusion, etc) could outweigh all the others.
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by rriepe 17y ago
Kindle and Prime are both things I already kinda want, but haven't pulled the trigger on. I'd go for this in an instant.
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by rriepe 17y ago
The "no defaults" rule is super important. It gets you out of the habit of just leaving stuff as-is, and into the habit of making design decisions. That's all design really is: A series of decisions. If you're not making them, you're not
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Facebook's fountain of youth(matchstrike.net)
1 points by rriepe 17y ago|0 comments
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by rriepe 17y ago
Drop the "house" gimmick and this could be great. I'd like to have a mobile mini-office, but it really doesn't need the shingles and all that.
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by rriepe 17y ago
Really sorry about that. We're trying to get it up ASAP.
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by rriepe 17y ago
Another similarity between iPad and Wii: People ruthlessly made fun of the name when it was first announced.
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by rriepe 17y ago
I wish I had caught it! I'm on the design side of things and feel a bit slow after missing it. I considered writing on of which resolution is better for the device, but I figure I'll leave that up to the test of time. I do think 4:3 is a gr
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by rriepe 17y ago
"Opened at 180 degres" Millions of dollars go into designing and manufacturing a product, then some jackass misspells something on the front page.
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How Apple hides the iPad’s dirty little secret with an optical illusion(matchstrike.net)
8 points by rriepe 17y ago|13 comments
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by rriepe 17y ago
Ideas aren't worth much. Waiting is the only sane option. It might be painful, sure. But most of the time, you'll give it a few weeks and realize it wasn't that great of an idea to begin with.
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by rriepe 17y ago
You're right. In the reddit comments, the girl definitely wasn't sold on the guy yet. She just really liked the gift.
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Intentionally unprofessional: Design techniques that could backfire(matchstrike.net)
3 points by rriepe 17y ago|1 comments
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Conan fiasco will lead to a stronger definition of branding. Here’s why.(blog.ivylees.com)
1 points by rriepe 17y ago|0 comments
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by rriepe 17y ago
Well put. Almost any good idea taken to its extreme is a bad idea.
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Bad Practice of the Month: First-party pop-ups(matchstrike.net)
4 points by rriepe 17y ago|1 comments
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by rriepe 17y ago
Welcome to Hacker News. We're not really like Digg, reddit, or other online communities where people discuss links. Please see the guidelines for more information: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Criticism is, of course, apprec
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The web equivalent of donating an organ(matchstrike.net)
6 points by rriepe 17y ago|2 comments
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The Great Facebook Brand Backlash(blog.ivylees.com)
5 points by rriepe 17y ago|2 comments
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by rriepe 17y ago
Great suggestions and observations. But I'll remind everyone, especially those considering a startup, that they're not rules. Most likely, this article will be horribly wrong on at least one point in five years. It could be wrong because of
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by rriepe 17y ago
There's several: Google "CSS sprite generator" I'd categorically recommend against all of them, however. I feel it's a better practice to manage it yourself. Of course, if you need to convert multiple sites fast, they might be worth a try.
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by rriepe 17y ago
If you're combining images into one at any point, then there's probably a better way to do it. If you design from the beginning with CSS sprites in mind, you should always be working from your spritemap image. Then it's a matter of time spe
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CSS sprites shouldn't add production time (and 4 other tips)(matchstrike.net)
24 points by rriepe 17y ago|10 comments

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