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by sgdesign 14y ago
What I like about put.io is that if somebody else already downloaded the same torrent, your download is instantaneous. Of course, you still have to download the file from put.io, which can itself takes ages (at least from here in Japan). I
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Agreed, it's much better to adapt your grid to your content than pick a ratio first and then jam things in there.
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Looks great! I actually had a very similar idea myself: http://talkbee.heroku.com/ Never really got it off the ground because I realized it was too complex of an idea for a single person. Two-sided marketplaces in general are hard, but es
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Wow, I'm number 10! I don't know if I should be happy that people like my stuff, or scared that I've spent so much time submitting and commenting on Hacker News this year...
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Agreed, but the problem is that a lot of young startups simply don't have those skills at all. So for the first hire, they can't afford to get someone inexperienced since there won't be anybody that can mentor them. Add to this the number o
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by sgdesign 14y ago
From a logical standpoint this makes no sense at all, but it was still a fun mental experiment. I guess if this was true, innovation would go up when countries suck, thus leading to a better situation and less innovation, which means the co
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by sgdesign 14y ago
I'm using WordPress. And just because I'm a designer doesn't mean I can't code :)
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by sgdesign 14y ago
It pretty much looked like this, the only thing I added later was the filters and rankings.
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Would love to have you! At least, until you set up HNGifu ;)
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by sgdesign 14y ago
The last meetup in Kyoto was a success, with about 30 people. Since this is the Kansai meetup, we're changing cities this month and going to Osaka (Juso to be exact). We'll have a bigger space so we're hoping to get even more people!
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Announcing the next Hacker News Kansai meetup: October 26th, Osaka(hnkansai.org)
27 points by sgdesign 14y ago|7 comments
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by sgdesign 14y ago
I created The Toolbox in about 10 hours ( http://thetoolbox.cc ). If you feel like a project will take more than 10 hours, I would suggest scaling your idea back. Of course, if you have more than 10 hours available then go for it, but a lot
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by sgdesign 14y ago
If you've built side projects before, post them here! I'll start: - http://patternify.com – A pixel pattern generator that produces CSS Base64 code (made with jQuery) - http://thetoolbox.cc – A directory of useful web apps and tools (ma
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The Side-Project Project(sachagreif.com)
95 points by sgdesign 14y ago|47 comments
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Upvoting this just so more people have a chance to see it. Although judging from when I was there, I'm not sure if you guys really need even more members!
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by sgdesign 14y ago
This is part 2 of me (Sacha Greif) and Nathan's podcast about eBook marketing. As usual, feel free to ask us questions. And here is a link to the HN discussion about part 1: http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=4600394
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by sgdesign 14y ago
What do you mean? You couldn't download the book? Did you get in touch with me?
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by sgdesign 14y ago
To complete the series, here's the third "design-ebook-that-was-launched-on-HN-and-made-a-surprising-amount-of-money": http://bootstrappingdesign.com/ :)
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Speaking for myself (Sacha), I raked in 10k a month the first month . That initial boost came mainly from HN. Sales dropped off dramatically since, and now it's probably more around $1-200/month, if that.
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by sgdesign 14y ago
I didn't do that myself but I think it's a very valid strategy. The only problem I can see is that it might hurt your momentum: sometimes you just need to go ahead and write without having to wait for feedback or A/B test results for every
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by sgdesign 14y ago
I can't tell if you're being serious or sarcastic… I guess you have a point both ways: it's true this is a way to promote both our eBooks. But we are also sharing valuable information and addressing real questions that people have asked us.
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Looking forward to it!
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by sgdesign 14y ago
1. As a designer I don't have a specific focus, I work on web apps as much as iOS apps. Haven't worked on an Android app yet, though. 2. I haven't had anybody pirate by book as fas as I know. Maybe it's because of the low price point? That
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Happy to answer questions as well!
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How Sacha Greif and Nathan Barry sold $39k worth of eBooks(sachagreif.com)
81 points by sgdesign 14y ago|28 comments
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by sgdesign 14y ago
You could do worse things with your day than learning who JGC is.
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by sgdesign 14y ago
This is a very hypocritical stance. I don't know what you do for a living, but assuming you're a programmer, aren't you "monetizing knowledge" every day? And you say there's "no need" to monetize this, but what about the need to put food on
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by sgdesign 14y ago
I would suggest reading Brennan Dunn's eBook: http://doubleyourfreelancingrate.com You might also want to start by making a name for yourself by working on your own projects (iPhone app, web app, etc.). If you make something cool, you're
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by sgdesign 14y ago
The "big no-no" is having important information that is only displayed on hover, not hover effects in themselves.
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by sgdesign 14y ago
I'm pretty good with technology compared to the average person (or at least, those whose job description does not consist of spending their whole lives in front of a computer), and even I managed to wipe out a lot of my iOS data when simply

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