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by rsbrown 16y ago
Indeed we can. The problem is motivating our audience to crowdsource the data entry for this.
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by rsbrown 16y ago
run4, this is exactly the kind of feedback I was looking for. I read your reply to my partner and it has already catalyzed a vibrant discussion on this end. I still believe we're onto something, but you strike right at the heart of what we
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by rsbrown 16y ago
Did you see the "dishes" tab? Getting the UI right on that search page has been a struggle for us. We return both "restaurants" and "dishes", but the results are split across two tabs.
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by rsbrown 16y ago
Yeah, this is a symptom of the chicken and egg problem. We've seeded our DB with menus outside of our local market (Memphis) but the data is sparse right now. Restaurateur response in Memphis has been okay: 5 paying customers at $30/month a
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by rsbrown 16y ago
We're actually about to finalize a deal with the local paper to white label our content. Thanks for the tip about signonsandiego.com; maybe channel publishing will be our niche.
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by rsbrown 16y ago
Excellent suggestions. Many thanks.
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by rsbrown 16y ago
Sounds like we may not be doing a very good job getting our message across. Good suggestions re: SEO and social features. Thanks!
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by rsbrown 16y ago
We're actually in the process of working on several of these exact things. Thanks for the feedback.
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by rsbrown 16y ago
Don't be sorry! Looking for honest feedback. Re: the reviews, we're actually trying to differentiate from other websites by offering "recommendations" instead of "reviews". For example, when I'm simply looking for a place to eat lunch today
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by rsbrown 16y ago
I hear you. Even when I do want to go out and eat, I find that it's much more likely that I am wondering "where should I go?" rather than "what's on xyz's menu?" Because of this, we recently added a new feature where "foodies" can recommend
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by rsbrown 16y ago
This is a potential weakness of our current implementation. Because we are aiming at independently-owned restaurants, we have kept each entry separate. This means you do have to create a new menu for each location. We have plans to allow fo
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by rsbrown 16y ago
We're trying to address two pain points: 1) For consumers outside of NY and SF (which seem to be covered by menupages.com), there is no searchable menu database. Since their acquisition by NY Magazine, menupages appears to have little/no gr
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Ask HN: What is my company doing wrong?
11 points by rsbrown 16y ago|37 comments
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by rsbrown 16y ago
Our current implementation allows for multiple price points per dish (e.g., "cup: $1.99", "1/2 bowl: $3.99" "bowl: $4.99"). We will soon be releasing an upgrade to our menu editor that also allows for "add-on" options per dish (e.g., "add s
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by rsbrown 16y ago
Except for the tiny percentage of superstars, musical artists have always made more money through live performances than recording contracts. Ticket sales, merchandise and other such revenues are much less susceptible to pirating.
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by rsbrown 16y ago
"why fight the biggest revolution in information flow since the printing press when you could easily work with it by adding services that actually add some value beyond the free act of making a digital copy?" This is very intelligent insi
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by rsbrown 16y ago
Great feedback -- many thanks. "... user generated photos of the menu items as well. I'm not aware of any sites that currently do this" We do! User submitted content has been relatively slow, but we have an iPhone app and allow users to upl
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by rsbrown 16y ago
In fact, we do offer embeddable menus. We currently reserve that for paying restaurants but I'd be happy to talk about providing content for you. scott -at- marksmenus.com
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by rsbrown 16y ago
Great suggestion -- I haven't seriously looked into integrating the Yelp API yet.
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Rate my startup: MarksMenus.com
8 points by rsbrown 16y ago|13 comments
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by rsbrown 16y ago
"There's no credible evidence to support that claim." My experience supports it. Can you point to credible evidence to support your claim?
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by rsbrown 16y ago
I'm glad Google is taking breaches of privacy by employees seriously. Not all companies do. In fact, Google's apparent policy stands in stark contrast to that implied by the alleged IMs from Mark Zuckerberg reported earlier today: http://n
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by rsbrown 16y ago
"it's hard to imagine getting a > 200% productivity increase" It depends on how you measure productivity. If it's measured in LOC/hour or something, then pair programming will definitely seem like a huge productivity hit. If you measure
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by rsbrown 16y ago
The temptation to leave Facebook is motivated by principle, not pragmatism. Of course whatever personal information I have submitted to websites over the years has been snooped at some point or other. That doesn't make mean we should meekly
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by rsbrown 16y ago
I've really wanted to avoid joining the list of friends who have expunged their Facebook identities. This makes it very tempting to jump ship, though.
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by rsbrown 16y ago
Amazon has a really nice MP3 market that is well-suited to compete with Apple/iTunes. I contend that my hypothetical MP3 player would be designed primarily to drive content sales in that marketplace. Therefore, they don't need early mover a
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by rsbrown 16y ago
Though not nearly as intense as the experience related in this anecdote, it is that same compulsion to maintain focus that makes pair programming so valuable for me ... and so difficult and uncomfortable. No doubt in my mind, though: I writ
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by rsbrown 16y ago
I hear you, but it seems to me that the market for MP3 players consists of two groups: 1) High-priced, high-quality devices (iPod, Zune) 2) Low-priced, low-quality devices What I am suggesting is a low-cost, high-quality device (like the Fl
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Ask HN: Why doesn't Amazon manufacture an MP3 player?
2 points by rsbrown 16y ago|5 comments
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by rsbrown 16y ago
This was my impression when I interviewed with them. I passed two phone screens and interviewed on-site, but my resume died in committee. The on-site interview was pretty brutal for me, because it was very heavy on CS theory and I interview

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