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by vlokshin 13y ago
I've been using Lyft/Sidecar (mostly Sidecar) and I've noticed the same exact thing. It's common for any pricing model (slow rise, without passing the customer's "worth" threshold). The cab drivers' disdain for taking credit still annoys me
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How to Communicate With Designers: Speak by Purpose, Not by Pixel(blog.darwinapps.com)
7 points by vlokshin 13y ago|0 comments
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by vlokshin 14y ago
Awesome. I think I tried one of their products in the early days -- have you had good luck with these? Are you talking about this one specifically: http://www.uistencils.com/collections/frontpage/products/bro...
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by vlokshin 14y ago
:) try drawing frames. That's what I use the business card for. It definitely helps to organize thoughts a bit.
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by vlokshin 14y ago
I DO NOT recommend that. I recommend quick sketches until an idea is clear. That's why I go pencil -> thin pen -> thick pen. I only move from pencil to thin pen when an idea is clear, and thin pen to thick pen when the actual visual
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Everyone Should Learn to Wireframe. Start with Pen + Paper.(blog.darwinapps.com)
7 points by vlokshin 14y ago|7 comments
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by vlokshin 14y ago
You CAN stop, it's just very difficult to hold back and deny your product the latest and greatest when you're already at full-speed :)
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Your product is like a sandwich: most will buy it without the pickles(blog.darwinapps.com)
7 points by vlokshin 14y ago|2 comments
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by vlokshin 14y ago
Brilliant timing with this blog post - that should be the biggest take-way from this to the HN crowd.
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by vlokshin 14y ago
I'd love to see something like this if you could give some insight into how you approached this. Parts of the app change constantly, so for me -- the boostrap-esque tooltip walkthroughs have always seemed most logical
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by vlokshin 14y ago
Although I respect what you're doing for conversions -- I find it odd how difficult it is to get to a demo of the video or read anything about the practice, not theory, that went behind creating this (i.e. what software was used to record,
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by vlokshin 14y ago
Wow. Hits very close to home. I was born in St. Petersburg, and my family immigrated to the US when I was 6 years old. My parents are kind, quiet people who weren't risk takers -- the idea that they left everything behind was always bizarre
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by vlokshin 14y ago
Direct competition to Sidecar? (Lyft as well, but Lyft schedules the drivers a bit)
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by vlokshin 14y ago
Sorry to hear, and hopefully this doesn't deter you from trying again (if that's what you want to do). Sounds like it'll be a lot easier next time around from what you learned, and landing the job you have now was made possible by the same
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by vlokshin 14y ago
You're completely right. From the comments/feedback, sounds like I generalized here a bit. I 100% believe in doing what you're passionate about / what you love. If that means contributing to a team of 1000, or a team of 1, so be it -- the "
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by vlokshin 14y ago
A lot of solutions simply mean breaking down a problem into further derivates than you think. "becoming attractive to VC's" wouldn't be a solution, there are about 100 details you'd have to get right first. Brainstorm those details and focu
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by vlokshin 14y ago
You're right, and it should be just "follow your dreams". Doing your own thing has a lot less to do with it, and just happens to be a part of my dream. Also, I'm not exactly "doing my own thing" -- I'm simply getting to work with a team tha
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by vlokshin 14y ago
You're breaking apart a very minor detail. (most) People on hackernews can do this math, as can I. Ironically enough, I had a much longer write-up for that section, and deleted an entire paragraph. An audience / readers are fickle, if you w
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by vlokshin 14y ago
"Magical information and assistance like this just doesn't seem to exist." Agreed, but that's why the majority of the world ends up living life as a cog. None of this shit is easy, and no one is going to handhold you through the process. If
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Leaving your job to go create something awesome(blog.darwinapps.com)
66 points by vlokshin 14y ago|26 comments
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by vlokshin 14y ago
I really do love all of these, but I hate knowing that few are viable, and few will ever be real products. "Awesome ideas" are exactly why we built LaunchSky.com -- a tool to quickly and effectively validate if an idea is truly viable (an
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by vlokshin 14y ago
Thanks! I know tumlr has its own iPhone version that overrides default (if you leave it as so in settings), but we hadn't given much thought to customizing it. A surprisingly low amount (5%) of our readers are on iOS, but maybe it's in part
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by vlokshin 14y ago
While this solves the problem of getting "stuck" in the blog, you can do a lot more than just a link back to your homepage Tumblr customization isn't that difficult -- and I think people with a basic understanding of HTML/CSS should be able
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by vlokshin 14y ago
I hate to be "that guy", but clicking your timer more than once seems to be cutting the intervals down each time (ex: click it 10 times, and it goes crazy fast). I only say this because I love that you actually went ahead and embedded a tim
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by vlokshin 14y ago
seeing the same thing here too. Looks like a screw-up. Will probably be back up in 5 mins, but posting this comment to validate OP's sanity :)
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by vlokshin 14y ago
If I had to take a guess, a UX expert is not part of the core team and someone was probably contracted for the design. The idea/product/execution are 90% AWESOME, but then the little UX neglects things like what's mentioned above + dull tex
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by vlokshin 14y ago
This article makes me want to start a blog section to LaunchSky.com -- just to post this article to it and our signed up beta-users. Based on the customer survey's we've asked a large group of the beta sign-ups, this is a fairly significant
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The Infographic follow-up: How much does an App cost? About as much as a car.(blog.darwinapps.com)
5 points by vlokshin 14y ago|0 comments
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by vlokshin 14y ago
front end, no. It changes too much. Back end, maybe. Only for the core logic that (probably) won't change. Basic rule: don't let work create more work if the benefit's not worth it. You probably knew that already, so just stick to it.
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by vlokshin 14y ago
nice simple concept, and I have to show some (comment) love for DC/NoVa/MD :)

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