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by rsoto 9y ago
I don't know if it's popular, but last year we released PullToRefresh.js[1] 1) We started it because other options out there required to change the whole structure for our site, so the focus with ptr.js was to make it as easy as p
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by rsoto 9y ago
What I'm saying is what I remember back then, the article says it was up to $2,500 but I remember it was more as I myself was considering submitting a design. $750 cash + $250 gift card is the price in these days.
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by rsoto 9y ago
Threadless was such an inspiration for me 15+ years ago. They found a niche and created a wonderful marketplace in which the artists got paid well (I remember each design was bought for $5K) and so the consumer would get more variety, so th
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by rsoto 9y ago
The art of game design: Even if you're not aspiring to be a game dev, this book teaches you a lot about project scope, management, psychology, mechanics, balance and user experience. Flight of the buffalo: An excellent book about leade
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by rsoto 9y ago
Yes, it might. But the truth is that in 3 weeks the traffic has increased and the only thing that changed was AMP.
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by rsoto 9y ago
I do user research for a living, and even technical users appear to be blind to this kind of features. Maybe they're delighted by how fast the site loads after they tap the result, but can't see them making the connection between
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by rsoto 9y ago
> If your AMP site is actually better (faster, cleaner, better adapted to mobile, etc ...) Well yes, it is faster because of the strict guidelines you must follow; it's cleaner because we are not including the menu stuff and things
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by rsoto 9y ago
Even outside the carousel; three weeks ago we implemented AMP with our content marketing strategy and we have received 34% more visits. I don't think people our target is more inclined into clicking on AMP results as they're non-t
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by rsoto 9y ago
I'm going to mention Jitsi Meet[1] since nobody has mentioned it. 6 months or so ago I started looking for a simple, reliable and cheap option to share a screen. I don't like GoToMeeting because it's too enterprise-y and ther
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by rsoto 9y ago
Can't say for sure, but we mexicans are very hypocrite about racism. We look at the US and can't believe how they treat their immigrants, but we do the same in the south border. I have heard that we treat them even worse than what
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by rsoto 9y ago
One thing that bothers me about twitter is that there is a special case of harassement that is just impossible to report: trending topics. Here in Mexico (can't say if that happens anywhere else), every week or two there are hate trend
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by rsoto 9y ago
Hey, it looks very cool. However, it's hanging my browser. Haven't looked at the source, but maybe this should be implemented with web workers to increase perceived performance. Anyway, great work. Congrats!
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by rsoto 9y ago
As I said, I'm not complaining, so don't take it wrong. But that's not a «logo rank», that's an image evaluation. What it should do first is figure out whether it looks like a logo, or not; if it's a simple shape, w
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by rsoto 9y ago
I saw this on /r/design last night[1], haven't tried it yet, but based on the comments, it's not as intelligent as advertised. It ranks low the uniqueness of the Nike logo and high a dumb meme. I'm not complaining,
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by rsoto 9y ago
Agree, that could have been a great article, but the cool bro attitude and writing style is just too much for me. It's hard to read if I'm rolling my eyes every 3 sentences.
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by rsoto 9y ago
The naive answer would be to automate it: put up a Stripe or Paypal form and let them pay for your product. However, if you're in B2B, the client would need to trust you, as in meeting you, the sales process, even training. What I wou
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by rsoto 9y ago
Not exactly the home page, but PullToRefresh.js[1] was on HN's front page last december and since we've basically doubled our traffic, altough sales haven't been affected by it, since we are offering a product only for Mexico
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by rsoto 9y ago
Hiring is more than the job tasks: there's work culture, politics and external factors. At least here in Mexico, the people usually are very political (we call them 'grillos'): they tend to form groups, brain wash other emplo
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by rsoto 9y ago
Remember that there's not just one answer. While other answers may work in different degrees, you should find your marketing mix. While I agree with some strategies (particularly inbound marketing), I think that viral marketing has ver
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by rsoto 9y ago
This reminds me of The Schedule Makers[1], a 30 for 30 mini documentary about a couple that has been making baseball schedules for 25 years. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT0CMOGKKhU
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by rsoto 10y ago
- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop - HEADLINE: Remap Ctrl+Q to quit to something else This is an UX mess, as it's too easy to mistype for another key (like W or 1) and ending up closing the program we're currently in. This destructive actio
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by rsoto 10y ago
I'm sorry, I'm not really into chat protocols, but what does XMPP federation mean? For what I understand I will be able to login via Pidgin into my Gmail account, but not from a custom domain, am I right? Either way, GTalk was suc
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by rsoto 10y ago
I think what you're looking for is https://500px.com/
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by rsoto 10y ago
That's me for the better part of 2015, having a product that gives me value, that I use every day and yet no one was interested in it (also, it was bleeding a couple hundred a month). What I can tell you is that if your product is too
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by rsoto 10y ago
I'm curious about your use case, care to elaborate a bit more? That color coding system you mention is for code syntax, so I'm picturing that Sublime for a text document might highlight seemingly random words used in coding (funct
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by rsoto 10y ago
Sure thing! Here in Mexico, the tax law requires you to receive and store your digital invoices. These are in XML format. Theoretically you would receive them in your email and you're good to go, right? I thought so to, I was wrong. Th
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by rsoto 10y ago
I'm running my invoice reception service ( https://www.boxfactura.com/ ) officially since July 2015. One year after that it became ramen sustainable and since it has grown at an acceptable pace for the last few months.
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by rsoto 10y ago
Box Factura | Fullstack dev | CDMX | Onsite We're looking for a fullstack developer to help us build the best invoice reception service in Mexico. Requisites: - 2 years experience on Rails (or similar frameworks) + TDD - API design, de
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by rsoto 10y ago
Hiroshima, I just love the city. Although I would certainly not work there, as the working conditions are a bit stressful. I'll try to focus on my SaaS and have a nice, steady income to turn my dream true.
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by rsoto 10y ago
After a rough first year when nobody wanted or saw potential on my product, my SaaS ( http://boxfactura.com ) is profitable, healthy and we have high hopes for 2017. I learned the hard way to stop focusing on liking everybody, and

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