tstegart

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by tstegart 18y ago
Oh yeah, there are some doozies when it comes to this. But people bounce back. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=233166
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by tstegart 18y ago
Doesn't this sort of remove the need for secrecy and development that you were thinking about? Did they get there ahead of you because they didn't worry about the sorts of things you did?
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by tstegart 18y ago
The myspace suicide case really muddles this and makes it a problem. If the site you want to scrape from has TOS that say you can't re-use the info, (and it most likely would), then re-using the info would be a violation of the terms of ser
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by tstegart 18y ago
Well, there's the real world answer, and the legal answer. Not too sure about the legal answer, thats always murky. Some things are copyrighted, some aren't. You can't just take someone's story, or art, and use it on your own site without p
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by tstegart 18y ago
Um, will consumers buy it? Thats a problem you need to ask about. Didn't you say your target audeience is going to be there? Thats what market research is about, standing in front of someone and asking them, "would you buy this?" Usually, p
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by tstegart 18y ago
Yeah, sign up customers. If you need to do market research (and who doesn't) do it there, you have all sorts of potential customers in front of you. Ask them everything you need to know, refine your idea, rethink some of your older assumpti
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by tstegart 18y ago
App owners have incentive to add themselves to the database. Maybe an email announcing yourself to App owners would be less work than going through and adding them all yourself. It also is a sort of secondary press release and will get peop
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by tstegart 18y ago
Are you full time, or part-time? How much time do you estimate you'll be putting into it per week once its up and running?
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by tstegart 18y ago
Haha, I love the reviews you're writing. Apparently one person thinks you're on crack when it comes to Live Journal.
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by tstegart 18y ago
How many people are working on it now? You say "we" in your comments. Is there a team involved, or is this a solo project. Either way, it looks great.
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by tstegart 18y ago
I'm afraid I'm with this guy. Assuming someone holds a view is a bad idea. The TC attitude is often a result of people not getting written up more than the viewpoint of the people at TechCrunch. It sounds like you didn't want to be written
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by tstegart 18y ago
I think icons would fix the problem nicely, kind of like the App Store layout uses them.
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by tstegart 18y ago
I think he's working on implementing some of the suggested changes as we speak.
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by tstegart 18y ago
The amount of space between the categories does give that impression a little. Nothing a change to the grid won't easily fix.
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by tstegart 18y ago
I love how a simple post on HN can catch all these little things that make a big difference. Its really a great way to iron out the kinks. I'm very impressed with your response on all this stuff, moorage, its pretty amazing.
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by tstegart 18y ago
What about a Netflix style pop-up when you click on the stars, suggesting users leave comments, or write a full review? Clicking on full review takes you to a page where you answer in-depth questions (like have you bought this) and leave co
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by tstegart 18y ago
Just curious, how long did it take you to code this site? I take it you can't just make it in Sprout.
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by tstegart 18y ago
This man sounds like he's been reading "Influence: the Psychology of Persuasion" by Robert Cialdini :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cialdini
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by tstegart 18y ago
I second this. Is there a reason for needing to login when adding an app or review? I only say this because I saw an article today on getting rid of logins. What about just requiring a captcha?
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by tstegart 18y ago
To be honest, having the call-to-action to write a review separated from the main text doesn't help. Right now, you've put your ads in between where you learn about the app and where you find the review button. It almost completely ruins th
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by tstegart 18y ago
Yes, people put up a post asking for feedback or announcing they've launched. Usually its takes the form of "Ask YC: What do you think of my start-up idea?" or something along those lines. It helps not to be spammy about it, and sticking ar
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by tstegart 18y ago
It looks good. I do have one minor suggestion. Part of what you're about is helping people find apps. From About Page: "What if, ... you could find the best webapp for your needs, at any given time, and instantly compare it to all of its co
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by tstegart 18y ago
Oh stop giving the guy a hard time. Its an experiment. Experiments are meant to be wacky. If it doesn't work, he'll try something else.
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by tstegart 18y ago
That design rocks. Curious, how did you get in touch with a Russian company, and how was it working with them?
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by tstegart 18y ago
I wouldn't count on them using drop shipping though. It means putting your customer's info in the hands of a third-party. and relying on them to ship it correctly for you. If you're supplying a different product all the time, that might be
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by tstegart 18y ago
Then that's an excellent opportunity to check whether anyone here knows of a technical way to achieve your goals. Its a good discussion of the platform, and of your business goals. Do you need to specifically use Adobe AIR, or is is just cu
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by tstegart 18y ago
So the purpose is to run off a usb disk or some other portable device?
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by tstegart 18y ago
Tell us, what are your reasons for doing this? Are they valid? If its just because you want to trick someone into doing something, then yeah, probably not a good enough reason, and a bad idea. If its because you think you'll have greater ac
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by tstegart 18y ago
Not sure what you mean. It appears they only sell one product each day. Not too hard to keep track of your inventory I suppose. It looks like custom software, I can't see any 'powered by' icons or any credits. How many things will you be se
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by tstegart 18y ago
Well, is it physical? Do you need to ship it, or just download it? Getting a transaction done is different from having to ship it, keep track of inventory, keep pages updated, etc. You don't need to update inventory of software you're selli

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