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What are your HNs for other domains? | johns: I built a clone for .NET programmers and launched it right before MIX http://managedassembly.comExplanation for why it was needed: http://john-sheehan.com/blog/introducing-managedassemblycom/ |
What are your HNs for other domains? | netsp: This brings to mind an add-on question. Have any Slinksets become important hubs on any domain? I haven't really seen any with a sufficient number of comments & points to "qualify" as HNs. Strange considering how well it works. |
Can you recommend good and not too expensive web designers? | minalecs: i suggest looking on elance.com put out a proposal, and let some people bid on it. You can see examples of work, and get recommendations. The good thing, is you will be able to find talented people all around the world. |
Mechanical Turk & user testing data? | floozyspeak: 7 out of 10 is good enough to establish a pattern, but you should really try and figure out who your 10 turks were demographically before walkin off into the sunset.do some basic demographic questions if you can, and always try and avoid easily answer questions with turks because ultimately in the end they are on turk to make a buck, and they will blow thru scale questions and simple yes/nos faster than all get out to get paid.the other thing i'd do is try to get some folks you know who use the tool, or if its for a broad audience get someone you know, a friend of a friend and test them to see how they stack up against your turk findings, video tape these sessions for the dev team so they can relive the awe of "oh my frickin god" when and if it occursoverall turk is fine and your 7 of 10 is fine if its a broad range acceptance target like "everyone searches" or what not but if its really demographic specific you need to know that piece of data from the turks because odds are that 10 really represents up to 3 or 4 different demographics, which makes your 7 more like 2 or 3 |
Can you recommend good and not too expensive web designers? | patio11: I recommend anyone extraordinarily pressed for cash launch version 1.0 with either an open source web design and/or cheap template, and then after you have revenue (the plan does include revenue, right?) you can replace it with an arbitrarily expensive design.I spent 18 months running my business on top of a free design from http://www.oswd.org |
What are your HNs for other domains? | jsdalton: I used Slinkset to set up an HN for moms/parents at http://www.bababase.com. |
What podcasts do you subscribe to? | drRoflol: Java Posse, Drunk and Retired, and StackOverflow for IT-stuff.1-UP (games), Dan Carlin's hardcore history (history podcast) and Common sense with Dan Carlin (politics) for fun;) |
What podcasts do you subscribe to? | Sephr: The 404 and the Onion. |
What podcasts do you subscribe to? | nir: Most of the Long New Foundation's seminars are excellent: http://longnow.org/projects/seminars/The New Yorker Out Loud has its moments: http://www.newyorker.com/online/podcasts/outloudThe Moth' stories are great for passing that subway ride home: http://www.themoth.org/podcastBBC's From Our Own Correspondent is pretty good too: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/fooc/"Open Source Radio" (nothing to do with open source, except hijacking the term to sound "hip") used to be pretty good, but lately it's been like listening to a podcast by Reddit. Still, they might get some sense back (or you might like Reddit): http://www.radioopensource.org/ |
What are your HNs for other domains? | o_sam_o: DZone - Programming linkshttp://dzone.com/links/ |
Anyone used Lua Kepler? | mascarenhas: A more recent commercial site that is using Kepler (via the Sputnik wiki/cms) is the site for the "World of Warcraft Programming" book, created by the book's author. I have updated http://www.keplerproject.org/en/Uses (the current Kepler homepage itself uses Sputnik, too) to reflect that, and link to the Sputnik sightings page.The big con is that the included batteries have very low wattage-hour. :-) A lot of things that you can take for granted on the big Ruby/Python frameworks you will have to build yourself.The upside is that once you get the ball rolling it's very easy to deploy, and will run without issues on the most stingy shared hosting (Lua is very CGI-friendly). It can run on any server that supports CGI or FastCGI, and also includes a Lua webserver (single-threaded only at the time, though). |
What's a good recurring payment system? | tonystubblebine: Lot of good info in both of these threads:http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=526517http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=530412 |
Best way to be able to touch type | vihsmo: thanks guys. I am going to use these tips :-) |
What podcasts do you subscribe to? | trevelyan: Our own! http://popupchinese.comThere are podcasts that teach other languages of differing quality. In any case, the online+podcast approach is a much more effective way to learn than using a traditional book & tape, or even going to a classroom once or twice a week.One point -- don't be shy about repeating words and phrases out loud while you listen though. If you're just listening it takes much longer to internalize the content, especially for adults. |
What podcasts do you subscribe to? | ThomPete: http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/And spokenword.org (more than 80K podcasts) |
Anyone just feel that earthquake? | bcl: Looks like a 4.6 - http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/nc402... |
Anyone just feel that earthquake? | ivankirigin: Yes: http://www.twitscoop.com/ |
Looking for an accounting app with a descent SDK | run4yourlives: http://searchyc.com/accounting+app |
My web site got hacked, what can I do? | noodle: rename the admin account to something not "admin"close down permissions.stay updated on the newest versions of things.make sure you know what each plugin does, and make sure it doesn't do anything naughty or insecure. |
My web site got hacked, what can I do? | jpirkola: Now the admin account is changed, thanks for the tip. It was hijacked and I could not use it anymore - I deleted the user from the database and made a new one. |
What actually causes a computer/program to run slowly? | tokenadult: A badly chosen algorithm can waste immense numbers of processor cycles doing something that could be done more efficiently with a better algorithm. Sometimes a bad algorithm can run into memory size limits or other issues that stop execution completely.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic_efficiency |
My web site got hacked, what can I do? | raquo: And install that wordpress plugin that hides wordpress version meta-tag from page source (there are several of them) |
What actually causes a computer/program to run slowly? | thexa4: Most of the time a slow program is waiting on input/output to slow devices, like the network or hard drives.
Badly chosen algorithms can also lead to slow applications. |
What actually causes a computer/program to run slowly? | msie: I always wondered if a lot of programs were riddled with timeouts (directly, or indirectly through calls to apis) and if eliminating them would make the computer faster (although more prone to errors ;) ). |
What actually causes a computer/program to run slowly? | noodle: typically, i/o operations, which can be caused by numerous things. or, if you're just crunching some serious numbers.if your "computer is running slow"(tm), its probably from paging/thrashing due to not having enough ram or having too many things open. i've fixed too many "my computer is running slow" problems that ended up being someone having 100 IE windows open at once. |
Recommend chair to comfortably support my hacker ass for 12+ hours a day? | spooneybarger: i went from tons of back issues to none within 2 months of getting the freedom chair with headrest. pricey, but it was totally worth it. |
Recommend chair to comfortably support my hacker ass for 12+ hours a day? | dantheman: I have an Aeron; before I had it my back started to hurt, so I picked one up -- IMHO it's worth the price. |
Recommend chair to comfortably support my hacker ass for 12+ hours a day? | timtrueman: I realize this is cliche but my vote goes to the Aeron. |
Recommend chair to comfortably support my hacker ass for 12+ hours a day? | ericb: Anyone have any tips on the most affordable way to buy an aeron or find a used one? They're a good chunk of change.Also, is the "posturefit" lumbar support worthwhile at 60 bucks extra? |
Recommend chair to comfortably support my hacker ass for 12+ hours a day? | grinich: medicine ball. it keeps me moving around, which i think helps me stay productive. |
Recommend chair to comfortably support my hacker ass for 12+ hours a day? | hotpockets: I can't say enough about my Hawaii chair.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9_amg-Aos4 |
Recommend chair to comfortably support my hacker ass for 12+ hours a day? | mahmud: Move around. I don't have a "desk", I have many mini work-areas; about three favorite spots at home, as I like to chase the sun and reorient myself throughout the day so the sun isn't in my eyes or against the LCD screen but still nearby. I also take my laptop to cafes, library, or I just drive to a shade in a parking lot with a giant cup of coffee and a pack of marlies to get some work done :-) |
Recommend chair to comfortably support my hacker ass for 12+ hours a day? | idont: The corporate company I was working for had Wlikhahn modus chairs ( http://www.wilkhahn.com/2_produkte/2044.htm ).I tried dozens of others. I finally bought one for me. I love it! |
Recommend chair to comfortably support my hacker ass for 12+ hours a day? | gregp: Do sun salutations each morning and night (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surya_Namaskara), this relieved all my back pain and other aches. Aeron is the best way to go as far as chairs go, plus they have a killer warranty. |
Recommend chair to comfortably support my hacker ass for 12+ hours a day? | jusob: Tim Ferris has a pretty good post on it: http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/01/27/office-chair... |
What are some good "A-Z" resources for starting a company/managing a startup? | ReTelTech: Buy "Four Steps to the Epiphany" by Steve Blank and "A Good Hard Kick in the Ass" by Rob Adams. Before you do anything else, read them both cover to cover. |
Recommend chair to comfortably support my hacker ass for 12+ hours a day? | donna: This was a chair developed by an entrepreneur who pitched at the Big Success in SF and won the business pitch to be on CBS5. He was fantastic, as was his chair.
http://www.GymyGym.com/ |
What are some good "A-Z" resources for starting a company/managing a startup? | systemtrigger: The HN library is a strong reading list:http://ycombinator.com/lib.html |
Recommend chair to comfortably support my hacker ass for 12+ hours a day? | quizbiz: oh the topics hackers concern themselves with :P |
Recommend chair to comfortably support my hacker ass for 12+ hours a day? | mannicken: I have an armchair like Joey's armchair from Friends and I'm loving it. It's big and I can put my legs on it, and be in any comfortable position I want.I tried Aeron at work and man, it doesn't even come close to awesomeness of armchairs.Maybe I'm just big (6'3 220). |
What do you look for in a co-founder? | beaudeal: For me, the most important trait I look for in a co-founder is trust. If that element is absent, I think building a long-term partnership would be too difficult, no matter how wonderful they may be in other areas. They also need to be reliable, as you need someone who's going to stick it out through the highs and lows. Apart from that, I look for an overall high level of intelligence and someone who compliments my skill set (e.g. someone with a killer sense of design). |
Recommend chair to comfortably support my hacker ass for 12+ hours a day? | charlesju: 1. Get an Aeron or Herman Miller ergonomic chair, the main draw to them is that they force you sit upright.2. Get a keyboard tray. When you have a keyboard tray, you tend to lean back on your chair when you are typing.3 Make sure you can fit both your mouse and keyboard on the tray so that you don't have to move your hands around too much to navigate the screen.4. Get fresh air at least once every 2 hrs. Walking around and stretching is a good way to keep the blood flowing to the rest of your body.5. Probably the hardest, but something I do, is that you need to make sure you keep to a strict diet and exercise regiment. I run 2 miles twice a week and do interval training on the bike and elliptical in between.Your body and mind is the major bottleneck to your personal productivity and happiness, treat it well my friends. |
What are some good "A-Z" resources for starting a company/managing a startup? | dwynings: Mark Davis' Blog has a collection of posts about Starting uphttp://www.markpeterdavis.com/getventure/starting-your-compa... |
Please provide feedback for fonefu.com | lincolnq: Initial thought: I like this idea. I might actually use it.I tried it out. The robot voice is a bit hard to understand, but I doubt there's much you can do about it.I signed on at the website and tried to enter the phone number in the format XXX-XXX-XXXX and it failed to log me in. When I removed the dashes it worked fine. Weird?Also, on Firefox 3/Ubuntu, the 'add to cart' link goes onto the second line (overlapping 'delete') and didn't seem to do anything when I clicked it.When I deleted an item, it was gone and there's no obvious way to get it back.You might want to allow people to add items to their cart from the web interface somehow (paste link to Amazon page?)The website's favicon is very weird.Cool idea! |
Please provide feedback for fonefu.com | tesseract: I like the idea. I am probably a member of your exact target market: I often wander into a bookstore or library to kill time, but don't always have a notepad with me to jot down titles that look interesting. If I had an iPhone I'd use Amazon's app, but I don't.I could barely understand the synthesized voice (there was a lot of hissing and other artifacts when I called; I'm nearly certain they weren't on my end of the connection).I tried a few ISBN's of books I recently purchased on Amazon and fonefu found all 3 titles, but it only gave a price on the one that was available directly from Amazon. I don't know if this is intentional on your part, or a limitation of whatever Amazon API you are using, or what. At any rate perhaps you could make the limitation more clear?When I went back to the website, I typed my phone number in the 555-555-5555 format like the example. However my login attempt was rejected a few times before I thought to try 5555555555 instead.As a non-Friendfeed user I am left wondering why Amazon wishlists aren't also supported as an export target. Maybe another API limitation (not your fault)?I'm going to add the 877 number to my phonebook - if the voice becomes easier to understand I may become a regular user. |
Please provide feedback for fonefu.com | JacobAldridge: Firstly, as always, congrats for making this happen so far. Two things pop out for me:1) The brand, url etc is all about Phones and nothing about Books. Do you plan to expand the service into other areas? Because right now it sounds like it will cut your phone bill in half, not your next Malcolm Gladwell purchase.2) As phones evolve, will your target market be dwindling. Can I go online with my current phone and look up Amazon while I'm in the bookstore? If I can, why would I call you? If I can't, surely it won't be long before I can - and then, why would I call you?But hey, you've got a revenue model, so who am I to question the niche you seem to be servicing. |
Please provide feedback for fonefu.com | sobriquet: I enjoyed being able to clearly learn what your product does in 4 easy steps.However, step 1 (No registration required) is not a step. It told me what not to do, which is confusing. I recommend making it "how it works" in 3 steps, with a bubble or callout saying "no registration required!"Also, step 4 made me think I should buy the books in the store, which is exactly what you don't want them to do... The icon (books in shopping cart) and words "Purchase your books" don't clearly tell me to drive home empty handed.I like the concept, would definitely check it out if I was more of a frugal shopper, but I often just buy in store to have the instant gratification.congrats on getting this out there! That's a great accomplishment in itself |
What do you look for in a co-founder? | suhail: Undeterred motivation. |
Please provide feedback for fonefu.com | aston: This seems like just the type of app Twilio was built to be built upon. Are you guys using their API, or something you rolled on your own? |
Re-implementing an Open Source project in another language | bdfh42: This one is pretty simple. If you were to write a clone of (say) PhpBB without looking at the original source code but just re-engineering the functionality you wanted to replicate then you would have a new piece of software over which you could claim copyright and which you could license as you wish. This is just the same as sitting down to write (for example) a new word processing program that emulated key features of MS Word.However, porting an existing GPL code base to a new language would I strongly suspect be seen as a simple "fork" of the original code and you would (quite rightly) have to release your new code under the GPL license. This is fair and just - you can't just rip off other peoples intellectual property no matter how much work there is involved in doing so. |
Please provide feedback for fonefu.com | wmli: First thought about the name: Phone-f*ck-you |
Recommend chair to comfortably support my hacker ass for 12+ hours a day? | BjornW: I use some chairs that were in use by a local supermarket and which got thrown out due changes in the interior. It may sound silly, but keep in mind that the people behind the counter need to set for long periods of time just like your average hacker. These chairs can be lifted to the point where I (my height: 1.96m) cannot put my feet straight on the ground anymore, have several 'joints' to setup and are the most comfy chairs I've ever used. I don't know the brand, so you probably need to ask at your local supermarket. Best of all I got mine for free. |
What do you look for in a co-founder? | dwynings: Relentless Resourcefulness ;) |
Please provide feedback for fonefu.com | kulkarnic: Two thoughts:
1. You might want to tell the user of other books similar to the one she queried for (this could be a reason to call, simply because the user wants to see more books of th esame kind in the store).2. There should be a reverse service too; which lets you browse books at the store depending on what you looked at Amazon from home. |
Recommended sites for advertising tech jobs | rayyan: try techcrunch.com; http://www.startuply.com/ and mashable.com |
Recommended sites for advertising tech jobs | mpk: I have a list of startup/tech stuff related job sites I've collected over here,http://www.moondust.dds.nl/jobs.html(No ads, static html, not a blog, etc). |
Recommend chair to comfortably support my hacker ass for 12+ hours a day? | memorius: I have a Stokke Balans Duo chair which is the most comfortable thing ever, and perfectly suits someone who both wants to move around restlessly, lean forward to type, lean back to think... used daily for 8 years and it's bulletproof.http://www.opsvik.no/index.asp?page=works_11002_balans_Duo_a...I'm not sure if they still make them, but maybe you will find one secondhand. |
Please provide feedback for fonefu.com | Angostura: Just an idea. Could you extend this so that I could send a text with an ISBN number or numbers and you would return a text with the prices.I hate the idea of trying to hear a robotic voice in a busy store and then having to write the price down on the back of my hand while holding the phone in my third hand. |
Recommend chair to comfortably support my hacker ass for 12+ hours a day? | clord: The best thing for your back and posture is to stand (with occasional resting on a stool). Many professionals stand while they work, and I try to do it when I can too. It's good for the circulation and it keeps you focused on your task. That's because if you're bored, you won't play flash games; instead you'll want to take a short walk. I think it's because it's easy to go wander off if you're already standing.These guys make fantastic standing desks, but they can be a bit pricey: http://www.standupdesks.com/My day job has adjustable desks that go to standing height. |
Please provide feedback for fonefu.com | fiaz: Great concept!!!This is exactly the type of thing that I would use given that I do not have an iPhone (or something similar). Even if I did have an iPhone, I think the convenience of punching in the ISBN and getting a direct answer trumps having to launch Safari, navigate to Amazon.com, do a search, select the title, pinch (zoom in/out), etc.I'm definitely going to try this one out (and this is coming from a hard core skeptic!).I would suggest adding an SMS interface. Also, if I could get an email reminder of the books I was looking for then that would be pretty cool as well. Also, if I could get some information about discounted bundles then it would be a sure thing for me to actually use regularly.I agree with JAcobAldridge's comment about a dwindling market. My suggestion in response to this would be to build an iPhone/Android/[whatever] app next and keep all channels open. |
What do you look for in a co-founder? | sho: - intelligent, capable, agreeable, etc (obvious)- complements my skill set- understands, and unafraid of, risk- if a programmer, compatible with my philosophy (ie not a super-perfectionist who will spend 3 weeks on the "perfect" deployment system, or someone who will argue with me about text editors or some crap)- someone who has travelled and has some perspective of the world, ideally having lived overseas .. maybe this is a personal thing but is important to me- understands what he/she is getting into and will not bail out halfway before we even have a chance to succeed because they can't live frugally (or whatever)- single, or is willing to act like they're single- committed, as in they have resigned or will soon- I know they can work independently and finish things, ie in the (recent) past they have decided to do something (anything!) and actually done it and can show me. Can be anything at all. This is unbelievably rare, you know- Just have that je ne sais quoi air of "this person is serious, they are going to do this, I am comfortable getting on board with this person" feeling which, on the flip side, would be the kind of ineffable quality which makes investors invest in someoneThere are probably more but those spring to mind. |
how do you prevent computer related eye fatigue? | shubhamharnal: www.gunnars.com has a range of glasses to deal with this; I have a pair from them and they really do work. |
how do you prevent computer related eye fatigue? | jpirkola: I have noticed that the surrounding brightness conditions should match with monitor, that way it is not so bad for eyes. I am also using lower resolution to make everything look bigger on screen. Taking a hourly break is a great idea as well. |
how do you prevent computer related eye fatigue? | wesley: I'd like to know. I've been having eye problems for months now. Doctors (I went to 2) just give me eye drops.My symptoms are a little different though, when I press on my eyes (the upper part) it actually hurts (nowhere else) and when I don't put in drops I'll get a grainy feeling in my eyes, like there is sand in my eyes or something.. |
how do you prevent computer related eye fatigue? | vlisivka: I use program to force short breaks (see workrave.org). I also use short play of fast arcade game (sopwith to first death, 20-30 seconds) to relax a bit. |
how do you prevent computer related eye fatigue? | PeterKovacs: Make sure that you mention to your eye doctor that you stare at a computer screen all day. I have a separate prescription just for the computer and since I got them my eye-strain (not to mention neck-strain and headaches) has all but vanished. You could need a pair of computer glasses even if you don't normally wear glasses especially when you get into your 30s. |
how do you prevent computer related eye fatigue? | cubicray: some tips here:
http://www.ipnlighting.com/blog/2007/02/22-ways-to-reduce-ey... |
how do you prevent computer related eye fatigue? | pierrefar: One tip I learned ages ago is to look at and focus on differently distant objects regularly. So every 5-10 minutes (now it's a second nature habit), I scan the room and randomly focus on objects nearby and objects at a distance. Focus on 3-5 objects per scan, each at a different distance.If you have a window nearby, even better: look outside and admire far away things.Of course, if you get out of your seat and take a walk while looking around, you get the double combo of moving and reducing eye fatigue.Also adjust the brightness. After a lot of experimentation, I discovered my comfort zone of having relatively dim screens. And get a flat screen! |
how do you prevent computer related eye fatigue? | rodrigo: I was using regular red eye drops on a daily basis, but they seemed to increase the damage. Now i use this natural eye drops made from Hamamelis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamamelis) and they help a lot, seemingly without side effects. |
how do you prevent computer related eye fatigue? | christefano: I play action video games: Action video games improve eyesight:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=540072
Seriously, I make sure that I: 1. use large displays so that I'm not squinting
2. have decent fonts to write with (Panic Sans is my current favorite for code)
3. blink a lot
4. have a lot of lutein in my diet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutein |
how do you prevent computer related eye fatigue? | manniwood: Agree with poster who said ambient light should match brightness of monitor. I always turn my monitor brightness/contrast WAY down so that I don't feel like I'm staring at a light bulb all day. This simple adjustment does wonders for the eyes. |
how do you prevent computer related eye fatigue? | dupersuper: I use a program called F.lux to automatically adjust the brightness of your screen based on the time of day and your location. It gradually dims the monitor as it gets later in the day and brightens up in the morning.http://www.stereopsis.com/flux/ |
how do you prevent computer related eye fatigue? | niels_olson: First, keep in mind you may be having symptoms of a refractive error or systemic disease (diabetes, allergies, thyroid disease, etc). So keep that in mind.I'm forwarding this to a soon-to-be ophthalmology resident fiend. To make his read more functional, please describe your symptoms more specifically.These are just some questions I came up with. It's not a validated screening tool or anything like that:When do your eyes hurt? Do you experience loss of vision? Blurry vision? Does it feel like you're in a tunnel? Do they hurt the same on the weekends? Holidays? Summer vs winter? Do you have seasonal allergies? What medications do you take for seasonal allergies? Are your eyes red and irritated? Do you have headaches? Do you feel nauseated? Do you feel physically exhausted, like you couldn't hold your arms up to comb your hair? Do you experiences auras? Have you recently lost weight? Gained weight?The more people who could answer the questions, the more useful it might be, at least in painting a picture of what the common symptoms are.This not medical advice. If you are seeking medical advice, you should consult a physician. That said, I'm interested. Having been all the way to an orthopedist and having a office ergonomics study done several years ago (my issue was numbness in my hands, fixed with proper positioning), I empathize.Here's a search of the PubMed database to get started on further reading:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=D...Honestly, my brief survey of the literature suggests that the usual culprits are at play and there's nothing particularly evil about computers:1) Make sure your terminal and keyboard are situated so you have good posture (that whole sit-up-straight thing really works). Otherwise the strap muscles of your neck and head will definitely get strained throughout the day, leading to a headache.2) Loose weight. Sleep apnea is a common cause of headache, which may be mistaken for eye pain. Type 2 diabetes is at least partially reversible with weight loss and is famous for causing numerous eye problems.3) Take breaks. Your extraocular and intraocular muscles move your eyes constantly. 5 times per second. This means two things: "eye strain" probably isn't a muscular problem. 2) A lot of that movement helps monitor your environment and helps your brain construct better 3D representations. Staring at a flat screen of constant brightness may well screw with your brain. This is entirely speculative on my part, but I suspect it is similar to the headaches one gets in the fog on a ship at sea or in the desert: there's so little detail to train your eyes on. Alternatively, it may be similar to the experience of driving at night in the rain. The constant near-to-far ranging and trying to filter rain from road can definitely cause a headache.4) Most reports are favorable toward anti-glare screens. I think this is at least partially missing the point that antiglare screens are also polarizers that cut down about half the emitted light. At the very least, the two effects are difficult to untangle. I suppose if you have a large window behind you, then the anti-glare value might be helpful. Otherwise, I'd say save your money, dim the screen, and use Flux. That said, one study looked at blink rate as a proxy for asthenopia and found anti-glare coating reduced blink rate. I'm not sure how far to follow that though because the activity was watching a DVD, not actively typing text.5) Some studies look at age. Not much you can do with that one, my friend.6) One study looked at environmental vibration. So, I suppose, if you're writing code in a plane or on an oil rig, you should use a larger font. Or find dry land.7) Think about radiologists. They do pretty much all these things: good posture, dark room, no windows (no glare), they take breaks, and the old doctors (faculty) get new doctors (residents) to stare at the screen whenever possible :-) |
Please provide feedback for fonefu.com | comatose_kid: Hi everyone,Thanks a lot for the comments! - all of the feedback is insightful.I will let the community know when I make the updates. |
Please provide feedback for fonefu.com | durana: Congrats on launching a service that should be very useful to lots of people.Have you seen Amazon's TextBuyIt? https://payments.amazon.com/sdui/sdui/productsServices?sn=te...What are your plans for the future of this service? Anything that would make me want to use it over Amazon's service? |
Please provide feedback for fonefu.com | cmars232: Looking fwd to trying this out next time I'm in a bookstore. Very interesting! |
Please provide feedback for fonefu.com | _pius: Very cool.A little recommendation would be for you to create a sample account using the "555-555-5555" number you default to in the login field. That way, curious people who are interested in the interface can click through and see what they're going to get. |
how do you prevent computer related eye fatigue? | releasedatez: Here are a few nice articles:http://lifehacker.com/5146058/eye-relax-reminds-you-to-stop-...http://www.wikihow.com/Exercise-Your-Eyeshttp://www.centre4activeliving.ca/workplace/trr/tools/yoga_a... |
how do you prevent computer related eye fatigue? | dazzawazza: One of the best things to stop fatigue I have is a white board. It forces me to stand up (which is good).I can walk around and think. I get to use my eyes in a different way and white boards rock. It's great fun.Everyone get a whiteboard! |
Recommended sites for advertising tech jobs | PaulMorgan: http://www.dice.com for US tech jobs. |
how do you prevent computer related eye fatigue? | jcl: I've read that putting a light behind your monitor helps relax the eyes (i.e. illuminating the wall around the edges of the monitor) -- and it seems to work OK for me.I think the theory is that it increases the amount of light entering the eye peripherally, which contracts the pupil slightly, helping focus. |
how do you prevent computer related eye fatigue? | corysama: One factor that helps me is to set my IDE syntax coloring schemes to minimize the amount of blue one the screen. Mostly yellow, green and brown text with hilights of grey or cyan on a black background.Staring at glowing text is much better than staring between the glow in a futile effort to mimic paper. Blue light makes focusing more difficult. |
Please provide feedback for fonefu.com | tptacek: There are retail places where I am price-sensitive when shopping. Borders isn't one of them. I'd worry that the positive comments you're getting here are very biased towards the HN audience.The place where I'm most price-sensitive when shopping is probably Best Buy. |
How was Vimeo built? | pclark: it uses mootools for a lot of the pretty UI stuff, and it's ruby on rails. |
Recommend chair to comfortably support my hacker ass for 12+ hours a day? | taw: Get used Aeron, they're pretty cheap. |
We launched our startup (GroupieGuide) today. What do you think? | monological: http://groupieguide.com/ |
We launched our startup (GroupieGuide) today. What do you think? | fortes: Quick feedback / pet peeve: You've done a great job of making it easy and quick to see how to create a group, but I'm curious about what the groups look like & do. Screenshots or a link to an existing group would do just fine. |
We launched our startup (GroupieGuide) today. What do you think? | suhail: Some might ask how is this different from Ning.com or Tangler.com?What are you going to say? How are you going to win? How will you overcome the customer lock in at established competitors? |
We launched our startup (GroupieGuide) today. What do you think? | babyshake: First of all, the picture on the homepage is hilarious.But I would need to be convinced why I should use these groups instead of Facebook Groups, when my friends and I are already all on Facebook. |
We launched our startup (GroupieGuide) today. What do you think? | vaksel: The background pic is a little confusing to me |
We launched our startup (GroupieGuide) today. What do you think? | tonyd138: How does this make money? You were compared to Ning.com or Tangler.com, asked how will you get their customers. I think calling them customers is a stretch, none of them make money. |
Recommend chair to comfortably support my hacker ass for 12+ hours a day? | n1mr0d: i've had the aeron, the freedom chair, and now this http://www.staples.com/office/supplies/p4_Staples-Tillman-tr...best chair. ever. |
Anyone interested in working for clients, not just building startups? | hotshothenry: I do both. I'm currently developing my own startup thing on the side, working full time as a web developer, and doing web development/design work for clients |
We launched our startup (GroupieGuide) today. What do you think? | JimmyL: I clicked on the five thumbnails located below the main image with the expectation that something would happen - maybe a larger image of whatever it's a thumbnail of, or some more description of what integrate email, for example, means.Likewise with the six sample uses under create a website to - if recruit readers for a book club is listed as a suggested use, and it's visually presented as a button-shaped thing, I expect to be able to click on it and see a demo (either live example site or screenshot) of what it would look like if I chose to use your site for that purpose.Having a GetSatisfaction link on individual group pages is unclear - is the user being invited to give feedback on the individual page, the group, or the service in general.When editing a group's page, have some easy way to see what the thing will look like when viewed by a normal, non-logged in user - the same idea as Facebook's feature to see what your profile looks like when viewed by someone else.Also, maybe some more explaining what the service is. Until I got to the screen below the fold, I thought the site would be a way for a band's groupies to organize themselves, or for the best strategies to become a groupie. |
Anyone interested in working for clients, not just building startups? | noodle: why does someone just have to build startups? i do both. actually, i do all 3 -- i have a full-time job, work for clients freelance-style, and spend time working on personal startups when i manage to come up with an idea worth executing on. |
Anyone interested in working for clients, not just building startups? | billroberts: Services-based companies are of course a well-established and perfectly respectable type of business, but a very different kind of business to a product company. I worked in a service business for many years and it has good and bad points. It's less risky, because in general you don't do any work unless you know you are going to get paid for it, whereas with a product you have to do lots of development and marketing before you really find out whether your product will sell or not.You do get lots of variety, but on the other hand you don't get so much choice or control of what you are working on.A successful product business can be more successful (in terms of profit) than a service business. Because if lots of people like your product you sell a lot of it, with very little marginal cost of production.For a services business to make a lot of money, then you need to have a lot of staff. Then you need an HR department and middle managers and procedures and a dress code and before you know it you're a pointy-haired boss :-) And then making sure all those mouths remain fed is a tough task for the sales team. If you are short of work, you have to keep paying the salaries and you can lose money really quickly, whereas in good, busy times, the profits you can make are capped by the number of people and acceptable charge rates.Of course you don't need to try to get big - you could set up a small service business and keep yourself in a pretty good lifestyle, without trying to become the next Accenture.My choice to go for a product style company was mainly because of the creative aspects of it - I wanted to be able to decide myself what would go into the software, rather than having to develop someone else's idea of a product all the time. |
We launched our startup (GroupieGuide) today. What do you think? | physcab: The site is very well designed and put together. I was pretty confused by the landing page though. I should be able to understand your product in 5 seconds and that didn't exactly happen.Also I'm curious to know what problem this solves or how much demand is really out there for this product. Need a site? Google Sites does the job well. Need a discussion group? Facebook Groups has that covered. Need to collaborate? Google Docs, Google Calendar, E-mail, all fit the bill fine.If you're main pull is to provide custom design/branding, then why are users held to the GroupieGuide domain? Doesn't it defeat the purpose?I interact with a research group on a day to day basis, but I simply did not see enough value for me to create a presence on your site. Maybe I missed the point--in which case you need to make it more clear why your product is not for me. |
We launched our startup (GroupieGuide) today. What do you think? | cool-RR: And I thought it would be a guide on getting groupies. |
Are you concerned about the Conficker worm? | Xichekolas: No.I use Linux. |
How was Vimeo built? | unalone: pclark got the core of it. As for look/feel: part of it is a really concerted effort on the part of the guys that designed it to keep things as streamlines as possible; part of it is that they went over-the-top to add fun cartoony art everywhere. |
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