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by tstegart 14y ago
I made Rounded-ness up for lack of a better word. Check out https://parse.com/ or http://www.hipmunk.com/ The look and feel is close to your button on the bottom of your main page. Rounded corners, bold fonts, subtle gradients, drop sh
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by tstegart 14y ago
You would have to know a lot of serious entrepreneurs and a lot of serious angel investors to make that happen. Crowdsourcing adds a regulatory hurdle, but it makes the money easier.
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by tstegart 14y ago
I like it. Design seems a little dated - its missing the rounded-ness of today's apps - but very functional. How do you plan on seeding enough entrepreneurs and angel investors to make it useful? Sadly, I think if you used the word "crowdfu
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by tstegart 14y ago
I'd go with the first one. You can make it scale with other ideas later on or with new products, and you'll have a solid base to work off of. The viral app idea is a crapshoot these days.
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by tstegart 14y ago
I don't think that's a barrier to people exchanging large amounts of money. Granted, it could have been left off today for testing and asking for feedback, if that's what you mean. But in the long run it is needed to effectively complete th
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by tstegart 14y ago
Does it work for you? What would make it break for me? Its only that link. Just says "Unknown"
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The Hacker News home button is broken for me
2 points by tstegart 14y ago|3 comments
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by tstegart 14y ago
Most Newsstand apps are made by larger media companies because they have the money to make them. Indie developers aren't on Newsstand too much right now because we can't figure it out. My own magazine is just an app for the iPad without New
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by tstegart 14y ago
Newsstand also includes background downloading, issue management and an issues list. Some sort of library is also needed, so users can see what they have downloaded and what is on the device. Most indie developers I know struggle with these
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by tstegart 14y ago
Does Parse support Newsstand yet? I mean in an easy-to-set-up-we-already-did-everything-for-you way, not just in a "yeah, you can use Newsstand with Parse" sort of way.
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by tstegart 14y ago
There were a few recent articles on this on HN, you might find some great projects if you do a search. You could also start your own tiny project, a lot of people post code for common problems that other people can reuse in their own projec
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by tstegart 14y ago
That's a good reply. Number 3 might work really well.
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by tstegart 14y ago
How are you vetting people, to make sure I'm not introduced to a loser who will send me spam?
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by tstegart 14y ago
I second the above. The current text "Intelligent fully automated email newsletters and social media sharing for your website" is pretty useless. Tell a business owner how it will save them time or money and how its better than what you sus
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by tstegart 14y ago
Clickable: http://cansend.com/
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by tstegart 14y ago
There are a few mentioned in this article on tips for portfolio sites that might give you some inspiration: http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2008/12/10-characteristics-o... One of the ideas I thought was great was to have a portfolio blog,
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by tstegart 14y ago
What's your plan for revenue? I know there are people who make money by putting people in contact with others, but they're generally very important people who don't sign up for these things.
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by tstegart 14y ago
Clickable: http://intro.getletsapp.com/
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by tstegart 14y ago
Does anyone know how an app download bot would technically work? Wouldn't a bot owner have to control a lot of Apple IDs? Plus credit cards for a paid download app bot. It doesn't seem feasible to me, but they must be out there if people us
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by tstegart 14y ago
This is awesome. You could also add in the HN time frame to make it easier to see where in the past you are (the bit below each HN post that says "30 minutes ago, or 2 days ago"). Is there a way to just see Ask HN posts? One of the most ann
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by tstegart 14y ago
I don't think that's true. YC start-ups have a built in fan base, but the site isn't hostile to anyone.
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by tstegart 14y ago
Nice site design, that's some good web design work.
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Ask PG: How do we get dead links reactivated?
7 points by tstegart 14y ago|3 comments
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by tstegart 14y ago
You might want to provide a bit more context with regards to what your start-up is trying to accomplish and what you want people at HN to comment on. The design looks great, but other than that, what are you looking for feedback on?
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by tstegart 14y ago
There is a thread discussing i-Ad revenue here: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1022402 There are a lot of mobile advertising networks. A lot of the analytics companies have ad networks connected with them (Flurry, Mobclix),
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by tstegart 14y ago
You rock Cam! Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge.
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by tstegart 14y ago
Ok, now I'm unclear again. So if a British author living in England writes a story for us and we pay them $1000, we don't have to withhold anything? To use a better example for HN, if you hire a programmer from Europe to do some work and th
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by tstegart 14y ago
Thanks for taking the time to do this, its been a great resource.
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by tstegart 14y ago
Ugh, I was under the impression it was only applicable for people you paid more than $600 to. Well, that's a pain in the ass. How likely is it that the foreign contractor gets their taxes back? Is it possible to streamline it for them in an
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by tstegart 14y ago
I've got a question a lot of people might find useful. An American company employing freelancers from another country. When do you start withholding taxes on their income? Ever? Never? Can you just pay them a lump sum and forget about it? W

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