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by shawnreilly 13y ago
I would recommend getting some in-person customer validation. Since your customers are developers, I would goto the local Tech Meetups and talk with other developers about your product and the pain point you're solving. Performing the
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by shawnreilly 13y ago
I've been in this exact situation and my advice is to keep going. Either keep building your product and compete with them, or contact them and attempt to merge. But don't give up just because someone else launched first. Only rare
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by shawnreilly 13y ago
What will happen when everybody uses an Ad Blocker? I can think of two positives; The Advertising Industry will finally wise up and realize that the consumers do not like having Ad's forced upon them interrupting their content. This wi
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by shawnreilly 13y ago
When it comes down to it, I don't hate Ad's. But I can openly admit that I despise the Ad Experience. You are basically forced to view/hear the Ad. The consumer has no choice. I find it to be a flawed User Experience. I fault
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by shawnreilly 13y ago
Reminds me of the first Project I did with my Pi (last year) except I was using Squid and two Ethernet Ports (Apple's USB to Ethernet Adapter is basically plug and play with Linux). I eventually did a Wifi version, very similar to this
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by shawnreilly 13y ago
Unfortunately, not everyone has common sense. Stating the obvious seems like a simple solution. Sorry for the Clutter.
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by shawnreilly 13y ago
In my opinion, Tools like Cordova (Phonegap) and Titanium exemplify a continuously evolving Grey Area between Web App and Native Mobile App Development. But even with this said; I think it's important to understand the differences betw
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by shawnreilly 13y ago
I've never been to a PennApps Hackathon, but from what you describe (1000+ people), I'd imagine that it's pretty much impossible for event organizers to prevent this. I think the key here is the 'left unattended' pa
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by shawnreilly 13y ago
I would recommend getting the hd5770 and trying the 10.8 upgrade before going all out on a build for Mavericks. My experiences with 10.8 on Mac Pro 1.1 (flashed to 2.1) have been hit or miss, and I'm honestly not sure about Mavericks.
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by shawnreilly 13y ago
I think it would have been better to compare this build to the iMac or the Mini. While I definitely applaud osx86 builds, I don't really find this build comparable to a Mac Pro of any recent generation. I think a much better comparison
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by shawnreilly 13y ago
My advice would be to focus on the customer and validate. There are so many variables when it comes to big name success stories. It could almost be considered a waste of time to break it down into a success formula, there are just too many
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Ask HN: Teambuilding for Techcrunch Disrupt SF Hackathon 2013 Sept 7th-8th
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by shawnreilly 13y ago
Sometimes it's fun to see what you can do with older hardware. I got an old HP Laptop for free (DV6409US) and decided to turn it into my 2nd Laptop for Startup Weekend / Hackathon events. I put in 4GB of Ram for $60 and installed
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by shawnreilly 13y ago
I've been in a similar scenario. I bootstrapped my first Startup. It failed, and I lost a lot of money. We developed (in Stealth) an amazing product in the "Ambient Discovery" space. We didn't call it that, but that&#x27
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by shawnreilly 13y ago
I would recommend The Lean Startup by Eric Reis. I wouldn't want to try and generalize the book, but essentially you propose a hypothesis, and then test your hypothesis using a Build/Measure/Learn feedback loop. This creates
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by shawnreilly 13y ago
Just curious, what would you do if Airbnb offered you a job at this point?
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by shawnreilly 13y ago
I see where you're coming from, and I've also seen similar results at local StartupWeekend Events. But to me it's more than just the idea and the problem they're solving; It's having the right Team. I've seen m
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by shawnreilly 13y ago
I really identify with this project. This is actually a super hard problem to solve, and I commend you guys for taking it on. Here is some genuine feedback / constructive criticism; If you want to attract quality Idea Guys, you should
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by shawnreilly 13y ago
It is Hackathon Culture after all; Do something because you can, or just to see what is possible. Unfortunately, you guys are getting lots of negative pushback here. Sometimes, it's not what the Tech does, but how you leverage the Tech
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by shawnreilly 13y ago
I think this is starting to become an interesting experiment with regards to User Privacy, and Awareness of Privacy. This is the 2nd time that Path has been blasted for shady collection / use of User Data. It reminds me of the saying "Fool
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by shawnreilly 14y ago
Thank you!!!
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by shawnreilly 14y ago
The value prop for App.net (in my opinion) relates to User Privacy. This all ties back to the "You are the Product" model of existing Social Networks that leverage the Advertising Industry as their core (or secondary) revenue model. The imp
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by shawnreilly 14y ago
Awesome Project! I'm curious how this relates to the Mobile IP Standard (RFC 5944). Is Multipath TCP intended to Augment Mobile IP? Replace it? Not related at all? I would be very interested to hear from the Developers / Researches how they
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by shawnreilly 14y ago
I'm not trying to get involved with defining what a hackathon is (or isn't), but I do know that Startup Weekend (www.startupweekend.org) has been hosting events that have prizes and winners for quite some time now.
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by shawnreilly 14y ago
From my experience, different people view Hackathons differently. I wouldn't want to make any blanket statements about why one should or shouldn't go, or what the focus should be. I don't really think there is anything wrong about being com
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by shawnreilly 14y ago
Paul's original article (linked by aegiso) is awesome, and I couldn’t agree more. When I did my first Startup (that failed) I was trying to do something that was Fun. After experiencing failure and learning my lesson(s), I realized that Fun
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by shawnreilly 14y ago
Great article. I totally agree; User growth is an uphill battle that requires a well thought strategy to 'cross the chasm' and beyond. However, I did not see any mention of Value, which I find to be inherently important. When it comes to Us
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by shawnreilly 14y ago
I think this is a great start to solving what has evolved into a real world problem. However, I think that this idea needs to be explored further. As others have indicated, the resulting User Experience for the Sender is not that great. The
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by shawnreilly 14y ago
In my opinion, it's never too early to start building relationships with Investors. However, actively trying to fundraise might be a different story. From my experience, Investors want to see Traction because it demonstrates both Execution