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Accelerate or slow down? | bprater: If you mean "step down" as in leaving your current employ, the critical question is this: How many months savings do you have?And if you have at least a year's saving, what is the revenue model and how quickly can you get to the point where you can ship product?Oh, and don't listen to what people around you sa... |
Accelerate or slow down? | apage43: Certainly not the time to quit your day job and then try a start-up, but i don't see why you couldn't throw together your startup in your spare time. Is there a reason you need the 'time-consuming adventure' to actually consume so much time? It'll take longer to launch but on the whole, be less risky. |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | skmurphy: The Dish tells the story of the Australian downlink that provided communications support for the Apollo moon landing. True to life and truly funny picture of engineers collaborating on some hard problems against a deadline.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205873/ |
Accelerate or slow down? | vaksel: start now.Better to do a startup for 3 years @ 20 hours a week, than 2 years @ 80 hours a weekGrowth isn't instant, it'll take time to get new users. And if you are taking the long view, you'll actually be more mentally prepared for when your startup isn't an instant success |
Why would anyone go for ASP.NET ? | akronim: > So, Why would anyone go for asp.net?Because they have an existing investment in C# and/or the microsoft stack, and a team of developers who know C#/visual studio. In that situation it's pretty hard to sell PHP. |
Why would anyone go for ASP.NET ? | scorpioxy: Because sometimes you don't have a choice. Either by policy or by inheritance, you might be stuck with that environment.In my day job, i use ASP.Net MVC framework because we're an all Microsoft shop. And although i recognize the danger of proprietary systems in the medical field, I am unable to change anythi... |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | streblo: Waking Life. Not so much a 'hacker' movie per say, but a great film for anyone who is interested in some heavy thinking and interesting cinematography. |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | sjs382: BBS Documentary |
Accelerate or slow down? | lsc: If you are self-funded, or can self-fund, accelerate. I personally see this as my only chance.Nothing has changed for me, in terms of revenue. I still have more consulting work than I can handle, at ridiculous rates. What is different now is that none of my competitors can get loans or venture capital, and I can... |
Review my site - RepSheet.com - Look up your elected representatives | jollyjerry: You mentioned reverse engineering NYTime's tool 'Represent'; Have you heard of their 'Congress API'? http://open.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/introducing-the-con...Maybe you can use this data also. |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | there: 23 (not the jim carrey one)http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0126765/if you've ever read the cuckoo's egg, 23 is sort of the other side of the story, following karl koch and the germans (though stoll was mostly tracking markus hess in the cuckoo's egg, not koch). |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | mark_h: At the other end of the hacker spectrum (the cry-yourself-to-sleep reality end not the fantasy end), there's Office Space. |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | tom_rath: The Dam Busters (1955 - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046889/ ) is excellent. You can see real-world examples of the hacker problem-solving mindset right from the start of the movie and it continues on throughout.(PC Warning: One of the main characters has an unfortunately named black dog, which I suspect is... |
Idea for Next Generation of Social Networking | rscott: Honestly, I read through this a few times and I have no idea what in the hell it does. Maybe I just missed the ball, but I have no idea what your product would do. Buzzwords galore. |
Accelerate or slow down? | axod: Do it in spare time and see how it goes :) |
How would you launch a Yelp-like site? | noodle: incentives to try and help build the community. |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | davidw: Not a movie but "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr." is great fun, and is available on DVD. There's something kind of hackerish about it. |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | aduk98: There was a sort of 'unofficial' 'hackers 2' with Skeet Ulrich playing Kevin ("My kung-fu better than you kung-fu!") Mitnick in Takedown (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159784/) - the story following the book of the same name by Tsutomu Shimonura. Also, I think they recently screened 'Wargames 2 : the dead code' ... |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | ardit33: 5th Element, I think is the ultimate guy/hacker movie. Disutopian reality, future, flying cars, spaceships, tech and gadgets, weapons, awesome soundtrack, action, funny, love story, and hot chicks...What do you want more from a movie? |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | imp: Slightly off topic, but a good hacker TV show is "Big Bang Theory" on Monday nights on ABC. It's about 4 physics PhD students at Cal Tech.The best part is that they don't water down the physics at all. One guy got dumped by his girlfriend because of their differing opinions on string theory.I just got the season... |
small projects to network with other programmers | aneesh: I think this is an interesting idea.I decided to throw together a quick-and-dirty webapp for this purpose, inspired by an HN post (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=426127). I'm taking a little detour & learning Python & Django along the way. I'll submit it here when I have a reasonable prototype ready, may... |
Why would anyone go for ASP.NET ? | icey: Microsoft has done a lot of things wrong in terms of its various software offerings. Visual Studio is one of the things that they have done a pretty good job on though.Asp.net is also very attractive to the legions of .Net developers who may not have much exposure to the web way. It mostly abstracts web interacti... |
Accelerate or slow down? | glow: Thanks a lot for the comments.As I read through some of the comments, I see that my arch-nemesis "time management" probably is one the reasons I'm sweating over this. Using the right amount of spare time effectively and letting it take it's time is probably key, but oh so hard to do.You've given me good food for ... |
How would you launch a Yelp-like site? | TooMuchNick: Po Bronson's book "The Nudist on the Late Shift" says that CitySearch cold-called all kinds of businesses in every city it launched in. Have you read enough articles about Yelp to see if they did the same?Incidentally, how do you plan to win people over when they're already on Yelp? I'm confused about what... |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | prakash: no wonder the netflix prize is such a hard problem. |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | aditya: More sci-fi than pure tech, I just saw:
"The man from earth", http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756683/Highly recommended. |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | Setec_Astronomy: Not all are hacker movies per se, but these have great general geek appeal:Existenz http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0120907/Cube http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0123755/The Nines http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0810988/The World's Fastest Indian http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0412080/October Sky http://us.imdb.com/ti... |
Why would anyone go for ASP.NET ? | nopassrecover: ASP.NET annoys me so much with leaky abstractions BUT ASP.NET MVC is the best thing since PHP. |
iPhones are mundane. What's the new grail? | seraph321: OLED screens that either fold, or roll up, could free us from the tiny-screen limitations of current mobile devices. These are supposedly very close to reality. The next step is lasers that just draw the image directly on the retina, but that's a bit further down the road. |
Idea for Next Generation of Social Networking | tokenadult: If you can filter out trolls, sign me up.I conceive of this as primarily a project to increase the aggregate intelligence of the worldI can introduce you to a very valuable network of participants for that who have already been talking to me about forming new online communities. If you'd like to seed your p... |
How would you launch a Yelp-like site? | axod: You have your work cut out for you. There's a massive competitive market for getting customers opinions. The usual method is to pay them."Get paid to fill out surveys, try product samples, etc etc" is big business.I'd start with a handy feedback widget that small businesses can put on their websites. (If you have... |
How would you launch a Yelp-like site? | jfarmer: Talk to every small business in your city or neighborhood. Give them an X-day free trial and a sign/sticker that tells customers what to do.Give customers an incentive to give suggestions if they're not doing it on their own. Pay out of your pocket (IIRC Yelp did something like this, paying for reviews) or h... |
Why would anyone go for ASP.NET ? | mindviews: > So, Why would anyone go for asp.net?The .NET development environment.Visual Studio is dead simple to install and use. Add-ins have been easy to install, too. (I'm looking at you, Eclipse!) The .NET Framework has great breadth and depth. It integrates well with MS SQL Server. There are plenty of quality... |
How do you handle/manage/record requirements? | matthias: 1. Open up requirements from the last project.
2. Rejig them a bit.
3. Send them off and get back to building things....we also use backpack |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | Allocator2008: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. I saw it during a company outing to the cinema when it first came out. Lots of fun. Not a hacker movie per ce, but very cool animation, set in the future,etc. Also my first introduction to "gaia theory" which was interesting though actually I am on the reductionist, "se... |
How would you launch a Yelp-like site? | mcdowall: Definitely try to incentivize the business owners to update their listings. I think you will find if you can provide them a login to view some form of stats then word of mouth would carry a lot of weight here |
iPhones are mundane. What's the new grail? | matthias: the floppy dot. it just floats: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JILWKaQgUC0 |
How would you launch a Yelp-like site? | byrneseyeview: Do what Yelp did: try to launch a totally-unlike-Yelp site, and realize that Yelp is what your customers want.But seriously: that sounds like a valuable app, but it's hard to tell how you should launch without getting some details. Maybe you can start giving feedback to businesses you patronize, and just... |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | bd: The Prestige (competing magicians inventing new tricks, cameo by Nikola Tesla):http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/prestigeIron Man (fun movie where the main character is hacker/inventor):http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/ironmanThere Will Be Blood (not a hacker movie per se, but still kind of startup-relevan... |
How would you launch a Yelp-like site? | answerly: Yelp paid contributors to get the ball rolling with their community:http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2006/tc200...But it sounds like your service is less like Yelp and more like uservoice.com or getsatisfaction.com for the small business market. |
Idea for Next Generation of Social Networking | physcab: Your project sounds interesting, though it's difficult to see what the actual deliverable will be. It looks like you just want to model social behavior through innovative ways. I would suggest that you do some practical stuff first, and forget about "revolutionizing" the industry. Perhaps your time will be ... |
iPhones are mundane. What's the new grail? | puzzle-out: plastic logic, paper replacement - http://www.plasticlogic.com/product.html |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | thomasswift: On the social engineering tip, I'd say "Catch Me If You Can" is a good watch. It's a little too hollywood, but there are some good bits. |
Why would anyone go for ASP.NET ? | physcab: In my experience (and I'll preface this by saying that I'm not quite an expert yet) ASP.NET is fairly easy to bring people with no web experience up to speed. Our development company switched from LAMP to ASP.NET, C#, and MS SQL Server. While I wasn't involved in the decision-making process, I did ask them w... |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | lallysingh: Blade Runner's on there, too.Oh, and cowboy bebop.Another vote for:
Hackers
Sneakers |
How would you launch a Yelp-like site? | mschwar99: Along the lines of do one thing and do it well: Start narrow but deep in an area that you either know well or have connections to. Excel in a small, defined area in order to build buy-in from businesses and credibility with your audience and then branch out.Whether it is a core of local businesses, online b... |
Why would anyone go for ASP.NET ? | jpcx01: ASP.NET isn't the worst technology to use for a startup. There's lots of useful prebuilt components for it (commercial usually, but the value is still there).Microsoft is also offering some pretty good hosting platforms for startups, and usually you can pick up licenses for low cost. EC2 now is also offering Wi... |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | bocalogic: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086856/ |
How would you launch a Yelp-like site? | bisi: How are you going to make money ? |
How would you launch a Yelp-like site? | andrewljohnson: The key to Yelp was their content acquisition strategy. Yelp is of course the classic chicken and the egg type website, so they needed clever ways to get things rolling.They incentivized them with things like private dinners, free dinners, and inside information that only the top Yelpers could see for a... |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | iuguy: You already had the best (Primer)
After that, in no particular order:Sneakers. Brilliant film.Hackers - I think it's old enough now to be allowed but it was really laughable at the time - in the kind of way swordfish will be almost respected 20 years from now.Wargames is the Hackers of the early 80s.Pirates of S... |
iPhones are mundane. What's the new grail? | gills: This one is kind of cool: http://www.engr.washington.edu/facresearch/highlights/ee_con... |
Why would anyone go for ASP.NET ? | DanielBMarkham: I've spent some time digging through the .NET internals (through books and code) and have/had a good familiarity with IIS and the HTTP pipeline Microsoft has set up.ASP.NET is an oddball. It's roots, as many have pointed out, were to make web programming look like windows programming. That's the crappy ... |
How would you launch a Yelp-like site? | callmeed: My side-project, ClipClipSave (clipclipsave.com), let's small businesses create printable coupons.Maybe we can team up in some way–incentivize participation by offering some sort of discount. |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | pasbesoin: GATTACA might be worth adding to the list.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca |
How would you launch a Yelp-like site? | lallysingh: Yelp's got a lot of space for improvement, you can do well here.For example: the iPhone app doesn't let you write reviews. The best time to write a review for a place is when you're there. But Yelp wants me to go back home and log in through a desktop to do that. EPIC FAIL.Do some use case & scenario ana... |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | jobeirne: Army of Darkness. |
Idea for Next Generation of Social Networking | nixme: Talk to robg. I think his venture and yours might have some overlap and he might be open to your ideas. |
Why would anyone go for ASP.NET ? | eatenbyagrue: - Huge library of high quality components- One of the best available development environments (Visual Studio)- C# is much better for structuring your code base for large teams and long lived projects- If you're really using a database, SQL Server is way, way better than mysql.I prefer Rails myself, but I ... |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | ojbyrne: There's no computers in it, but Coppola's "The Conversation" is a classic - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conversation - it's about electronic surveillance. There's a great scene near the end that reminds me of debugging - the wikipedia article has a picture and descriptive caption of that scene:"At the end... |
What LaTeX resumé template do you use? | nshah: I personally prefer LaTeX to any other typesetting or word processing software and I use the Modern CV template to be found at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/modernc... |
What LaTeX resumé template do you use? | Rod: I write my resumé in LaTeX. I did not use any template. What I did was:a) I collected a few sexy-looking resumés from various illustrious academics.b) I selected the features I liked the most from each of those sample resumés.c) I created my own LaTeX document from scratch, including the features I liked the most ... |
Why would anyone go for ASP.NET ? | pragmatic: Because C# is a very good language.How many security holes have been found in the asp.net stack vs the php stack? I recall seeing a php security issue on reddit or news.y about once a month (anecdotal of course). But you don't have those problems with asp.net.Yes php provides simplicity in the language but... |
Is Content Management a solved problem? | brk: My personal experience is that there is a lot half-baked shit out there for CMS systems and few, if any, really deliver on the dream.Part of the problem (IMO) is that they're trying to allow very non-technical users to do pixel-precise web layouts and the technology just isn't there yet. |
Is Content Management a solved problem? | ericwaller: Content management is very definitely NOT a solved problem.Even if you restrict the domain to just blogging software, there are a ton of unsatisfied people (myself included). Blogging software is still bad enough that a bunch of people are still writing their own.A possible solution is something that's more... |
Is Content Management a solved problem? | arockwell: If there's a 100 different systems out there that's a pretty amazing sign that CMS is not a solved problem. I think part of the problem is there is no way to build a one-size fits all solution. Any solution will need to be customized by a technical person. |
How would you launch a Yelp-like site? | AndrewWarner: Here's what I learned from the interviews I did on Mixergy:Jon Bischke told me he launched his community on eduFire by asking his personal contacts to add content first.Seth Godin told me that you need a heretic message. (Yelp's message was that communities trump experts.)Jason Siminoff told me he had Goo... |
Is Content Management a solved problem? | gibsonf1: Cms is a feature of a wider business organizational tool in the same way GTD is a feature. It is the wider business context that makes these features truly useful. |
Is Content Management a solved problem? | nx: Even if it was, why wouldn't you release? |
Funding my app myself | ieatpaste: You'll need to add a clause where a certain share of the stock (I assume you own 100%) to be bought back by the company each year. The percentage will take in account of the risk since the company will keep on growing. In any case, you'll have to have to have a business attorney to write the term sheet due t... |
Is Content Management a solved problem? | sjs382: "Content management" is too broad to be "solved".
For certain types of content it might be, but the types of content you can have is endless, even for the web. |
Is Content Management a solved problem? | apsurd: I think there are enough specific end-user needs to justify tons of specific CMS instances. It's funny to me how much wordpress is hacked up in order to try and accommodate more business oriented clients. I think tons of freelancers sell their clients hacked wordpress sites because it gives their clients CMS a... |
Is Content Management a solved problem? | davi: I did some looking around a while ago and couldn't find anything that gracefully gives users ACL-like, fine-grained control over who can see which of their postings. This seems like a clear hole in the space, too me.I'd like to be able to create a group of users -- let's say by email address, so they wouldn't ev... |
Is Content Management a solved problem? | bufferout: I think the first point to realise is that there's a huge scope as far as potential CMS functionality is concerned.At one end of the market are the big enterprise level CMSs complete with workflow, permission groups, asset management, etc.At our end we've created a hosted solution (http://www.cushycms.com) t... |
How would you launch a Yelp-like site? | zach: Assuming the following:- A small percentage of internet users potentially interested in your site will find it.- A small percentage of those who come to your site will become regular users and create content.- A small percentage of those who create content will account for most of the site's content.I presume you... |
Is Content Management a solved problem? | lux: I make a CMS and sell it for a living (we also have an open source version). I'll be the first to say we're nowhere near 100% there, and won't be for a long time.CMS is a bit vague because it encompasses so many areas that overlap, so one product is inherently not going to excel at all of them. These areas include... |
How would you launch a Yelp-like site? | apsurd: I think there are a lot of small businesses that still don't have websites. Or they have static, aging websites simply because they don't have the resources to commit to their internet venture.My startup is working on getting businesses online, from the ground up in a simplistic yet proactive "learn as you go" ... |
Is Content Management a solved problem? | seldo: There's certainly a lot of half-bakery out there in CMS land, but as others have said you can't "solve" content management any more than you can come up with a single standard size for books and publish all books that way. All content is different, and the way it's produced is different.I think there is a market... |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | jasonlbaptiste: I'd personally say The Friday After Next just sneaks into the top ten. |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | code_devil: Dare I say "Italian Job", the guy who hacks into the Traffic System. I think they said in the movie that napster was his idea, but someone stole it while he was sleeping. |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | tlrobinson: On the documentary side of things (all of which are available free/legally online):1. "Code Rush", documentary about Netscape open sourcing Mozilla.http://www.viddler.com/explore/coderush/videos/1/2. "Revolution OS" was a pretty interesting documentary on Linux and the free software movement.http://video.go... |
Is Content Management a solved problem? | henning: Maybe the best approach is to do as Ruby on Rails did -- do something real, and then create your tool/infrastructure around/in reaction to that (in Rails' case, it was Basecamp and subsequent applications, as well as contributions by other working practitioners -- not stuffy people sitting on committees writin... |
Is Content Management a solved problem? | niels_olson: Previous commenters have demonstrated a recurrent theme, that the CMS problem is "huge" and "far from solved".But what you must understand is that almost every use case you come across is a niche market. It's a huge number of medium-to-small problems with medium-to-small user sets. A medical school has dif... |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | tlrobinson: Mission: Impossible (the first one, not so much the others) |
Why would anyone go for ASP.NET ? | jonnycoder: I support many internal ASP.NET apps at Intel because our internal employee services applications started as classic asp/com on oracle db over 13 years ago. ASP.NET is really great if designed/written properly. Like others have said, once you are a .NET shop it's easy to find .NET talent. I'm currently work... |
Is Content Management a solved problem? | jsdalton: I'm not sure how you define a "solved problem." Do you have an example? When it comes to end-user software applications, I can't think of any problem that has been solved categorically (contact management, calendaring, browsers, word processing, spreadhseets).That's why I would take the other comments in this... |
Do we need to have payroll in C-Corp ? | Shamiq: I remember reading about a required minimum salary for officers, so...Where are the tax accountants? |
Is Content Management a solved problem? | nshah: CMS is definitely an NP-hard kind of problem... no matter how many features a CMS has, end users will always find something lacking...One of the other issues I have found with CMS is that the software does not evolve as fast as the business requirements... so good luck!!! |
Review my site - RepSheet.com - Look up your elected representatives | aresant: My two cents - that name is fantastic. Has PR appeal all over it. This sounds like a brilliant strategy, good luck. |
Do we need to have payroll in C-Corp ? | andrewljohnson: No, you don't. I have a C Corp and and no FTEs - just contractors - including myself. We're incorporated in California. I set up the company with legal counsel, at considerable (though thankfully deferred :)) expense. Both my lawyer and banker agree I don't have to have any employees.I don't know about ... |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | vidioradeo: Maybe not so much hacker, but let me suggest Slacker. |
Do we need to have payroll in C-Corp ? | aaroneous: Payroll doesn't have to be complicated - through our bank (Bank of America) we have an automated payroll system that handles everything, including all the tax forms and it is free (since we meet some threshold of employees w/ direct deposit at BofA). |
Do we need to have payroll in C-Corp ? | Zarathu: No. I own a C-Corp with three equal shareholders.In Texas, you need to decide on the frequency of dividend distribution. We distribute on the 1st of every month. That's all you need.You also need to have documented shareholder meetings and so forth, but I'm digressing. |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | michaelneale: The Devil Wears PradaIts about fashion, but I see a lot of parallels with fashions in software coming and going and returning. |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | gravitycop: Dup. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=396120Ask HN: What's a modern equivalent of the 80's "War Games" movie?4 points by gur 45 days ago | 5 comments | flag |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | ciscoriordan: Primer - Ultra low budget film about a couple of engineers who accidentally invent a time machine in their garage while working on a startup.Blow - Not really a hacker movie, but it's rags-to-riches-to-rags storyline should be interesting to a lot of entrepreneurs.Day of the Jackal - Not a hacker movie ei... |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | stevedekorte: TRON |
Is Content Management a solved problem? | fergie: Content management is definately the way forward for any website that contains a significant mass of editorial content.The challenge in choosing a content managment system (CMS) is that it is typical example of 'enterprise software' (in my head I am saying 'enterprise' in a silly voice and rolling my eyes), and... |
Payment options for online services? | cnu: Amazon Flexible Payment System? - http://aws.amazon.com/fps/ |
What are some (good) hacker movies? | mct: Perhaps it's more of a good "science movie" than a good "hacker movie", but I adore Carl Sagan's Contact. I get chills whenever I watch the scene where the signal is first detected. |
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