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Javascript best practices? | geuis: Use ===, !== etc instead of == or !=. They aren't the same |
Hosts you use for your projects? | alexkay: Google App Engine and SliceHost |
Hosts you use for your projects? | swixmix: i like prgmr.com for VPS. |
When to get customers' billing info? | ApolloRising: They can do this because they have achieved enough user mass and are now a relatively known site.They did not have this when they launched.I suggest you let your users try everything and then downgrade when their time is up. They don't know what they are missing unless you show them. |
Javascript best practices? | rudenoise: I like Douglas Crockford's opinions and advice on many aspects of JavaScript:http://javascript.crockford.com/Conventions:http://javascript.crockford.com/code.htmland his book "JavaScript The Good Parts" is well worth a read, even to experiences JS developershttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596517742/w... |
clojure and JVM | ajuc: Try eclipse + plugin to write in clojure - it gives you interactive console to explore clojure.Download eclipse, then install:
http://code.google.com/p/counterclockwise/wiki/Documentation |
Is it OK to ask how a company is funded during an interview? | NonEUCitizen: Yes. If they're a few years old, they should be used to being asked this question by prospective hires -- some developers won't join until a startup is VC-funded (and some others want a bigger stake and won't join if it's already VC-funded). |
Is it OK to ask how a company is funded during an interview? | davidw: I ask as much as I can about the financial situation of a company. At worst they can decline to talk about something. At best you get a much better idea of what's going on. In any case it probably leaves a good impression - that you understand it's a business and want to know about how it functions. |
promoting and positioning very early stage web apps? | spokey: Different account, but OP here. (I've lost my password for the original account, and evidently HN does not have a password reset function.)For what it's worth, for the time being I've gone with a prominent ajaxy Feedback "drawer" in the lower right corner of every page: a bit of text and a form by which users c... |
Is it OK to ask how a company is funded during an interview? | ScottWhigham: Absolutely - the only people who won't ask such questions are first-timers who are just in love with the idea of working for a startup (for whichever reason). Ask. And don't let them snowball you with the whole, "We'll give you x shares" bit either. "x shares" is meaningless unless you know how many share... |
Moving to SF Have a couple of questions | gtani: I couldn't find a good tech event calendar, maybe that's a good monetizable thing:http://calendars.techvenue.com/cgi-bin/techvenue.pl?Calendar...There's never a shortage of things. Thursday is baypiggies and erlounge, for examphttp://www.baypiggies.net/http://groups.google.com/group/erlang-programming/browse_th... |
clojure and JVM | gtani: Holloway book is excellent, and only $22 from a monstrously large online seller!http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Clojure-Pragmatic-Programm... |
Moving to SF Have a couple of questions | wavesplash: Welcome. Most of the event activity is based in SF. There are fewer events on the peninsula. Mtn. View is kind of boring by itself (not much to do after 10pm even on the weekends) and the social scene is based around established friends networks, dinners, and movies. SF has a mix of real startup folks a... |
Moving to SF Have a couple of questions | newy: SF is definitely where the social scene in, through there are lots of hackathons etc in the Peninsula. Check out the Hacker Dojo in Mountain view, for example. I personally settled in San Mateo just to be in between SF and Mountain View / Palo Alto, trade-off between location, rent, quality of life, etc. Feel ... |
Hosts you use for your projects? | warp: I'm using gandi hosting for my hobby projects.I think their virtual servers are XEN based, having access to the actual console via ssh is nice if you like to do your own OS install on your slice. (They also have easier web interfaces for those users who don't want to do spend as much time sysadminning, but I have... |
Hosts you use for your projects? | wlievens: hosteurope.dedirt cheap VPS |
Hosts you use for your projects? | hikari17: We're using Solo on EngineYard (i.e., their AWS-based offering.) Quite happy with it so far. Thinking about moving to Flex eventually. |
Moving to SF Have a couple of questions | farmerwu: I live in San Francisco ("the City"), and I'm a huge fan of the place. And the previous posts are right about there be more social life, by far, in SF. But given your situation, I would think carefully about Mountain View. There's so much talent down in the valley. The city tends to be younger and more design... |
Building a web circumventor or proxy server | skwiddor: I thought goople app engine didnt allow outgoing connectionshttp://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/tools/devserver...Using URL FetchWhen your application uses the URL fetch API to make an HTTP request, the development web server makes the request directly from your computer. The behavior may differ from... |
What Would It Take To Startup A Telecom Company? | dkersten: Telecom Company is too vague a term. For example, I work for a company which sells value added SMS services to mobile operators (eg, our anti spam/fraud product is popular right now). This is a telecom company, as are our customers. What you didn't specify is do you want to start a carrier/operator/ISP or a s... |
Hosts you use for your projects? | walesmd: Depends on the project. If it's just for a simple content site, I'll use my hosting account through ASmallOrange. If I need Ruby/Python/more resources than a shared account I'll set the client up on GAE or Slicehost. |
clojure and JVM | radu_floricica: For what you want a java tutorial is the simplest thing. Then all you have to do is translate the syntax, eg System.currentTimeMillis() becomes (System/currentTimeMillis). And of course the briefest tutorial of lisp/clojure, just enough to learn to define a function.Why? First because both GUI and seria... |
Is it just me or does Firefox suck now? | IncidentalEcon: I like speed. I like the Google Toolbar. I look forward to the day when Chrome satisfies both. |
When to get customers' billing info? | FahnRobier: Give them the option of filling in the CC info and provide a "Do it later" button?It would be interesting to see how the conversation rate differed between the group that filled in the information immediately and those that opted for later. |
Is it OK to ask how a company is funded during an interview? | byoung2: They might even volunteer it before you ask. When I interviewed at Mahalo, there was a big timeline painted on the wall. There was a big red "X" about 18 months out that read "We're funded through this date." That was in 2007, and we know how that worked out. |
Javascript best practices? | gtani: Big topic, here's things i refer to repeatedlyhttp://yuiblog.com/blog/2008/09/26/oojs/http://yuiblog.com/assets/pdf/oojs-ch-8.pdfhttp://mashraqi.com/2008/07/high-performance-ajax-applicatio...http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09/16/jquery-examples-a...http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/the-seven-rules-of-unob... |
Is it just me or does Firefox suck now? | sy11: I have similar experience with Firefox. But, I don't attribute that to upgrade. The crashes used to happen even before. |
hnnotify.com - useful to any users here? | alum: Link: http://hnnotify.com |
hnnotify.com - useful to any users here? | adrianwaj: adding keywords but the watchlist remains empty. Have you tested?looks good otherwise. |
hnnotify.com - useful to any users here? | christonog: Very cool, how valuable was the course for you, and was it mostly online? I'm on the fence on whether I should continue with my informal study or bite the bullet and take a structured class. |
Beta test iPhone Broadersheet + critique our marketing site | pclark: Marketing Site: http://iphone.broadersheet.comBeta Sign Up [prefix your name with HN]: http://bit.ly/testbroadersheet |
hnnotify.com - useful to any users here? | zepolen: Good work, though this looks like a perfect job for Yahoo Pipes.For example:
http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=672ce7db13a3ac1ec...This one filters out stuff like techcrunch/Ask YN, but you can easily make it only allow certain keywords. |
Business Cards | sarvesh: Zazzle |
hnnotify.com - useful to any users here? | aichcon: It would also be interesting to be notified when a certain user posts a comment - I have a competitor on this site and want to track his posts :) Nice site! |
Business Cards | Marion: I ordered cards from moo.com. They have premade designs. It's also very simple to make your own designs - as simple or ornate as you like.
I was happy with the ones I ordered. |
Business Cards | patio11: VistaPrint is good enough for Japanese salarymen. And we know our business cards. Caveat: after you're on their customer list expect to be upsold to, with a vengeance. |
investing to create employment | linuxconvert: That's a worthy goal. Hopefully it can be rewarding in many ways (including financial return on your investment in addition to a sense of satisfaction).I'd encourage you to aim for something that can 'go big' in terms of employing many many people. One that can potentially attract assistance (be it public... |
What platform/product do u use for your blogs? | delano: I use Jekyll for http://solutious.com/blog. I like it b/c it's a static site generator so the site itself is just a bunch of files (no database, etc...). Jekyll is also integrated into GitHub so the site itself is built and hosted on their servers. All I have to do is push my commits. |
What platform/product do u use for your blogs? | movix: Posterous - great eamil interface, effortless blog creation and updating and the Share on Posterous widget rocks |
What platform/product do u use for your blogs? | Eugene3v: I should have mentioned earlier that I want to host it or at least have my own domain point to it. |
What platform/product do u use for your blogs? | showerst: Wordpress is dead simple, flexible, and offers an infinite array of plugins (Of particular value are Akismet for spam filtering and some of the Cache plugins that make your pages serve fast).On the down side, it requires constant security updates, and has a bit of a learning curve if you're trying to customiz... |
Where do I get the first sign-ups for my social network? | anigbrowl: Advertise? Building value for one or two niche markets (on the same platform) first seems like a good strategy. If you have some unique benefit then you can go after known enthusiast markets - games, creatives, etc. or even niches within niches. Obviously, your goal is to offer something sufficiently cool a... |
Where do I get the first sign-ups for my social network? | RyanMcGreal: * Digg - Kevin Rose promoted it on his TV show.* Reddit - Early users included other YC startupees.* HN - YC startupees who were tired of the growing crassness on reddit. |
Business Cards | alanthonyc: These seem like great business cards to me:http://www.meatcards.com/Not sure about how well they take ink though. |
Where do I get the first sign-ups for my social network? | unalone: You make something that's so good you want to use it. You have your friends use it too.If your product's so shitty your friends won't use it until their friends are there first, then you've made something bad and should fix up your product.(My mock social network had 10,000 users in a month, and I got them all... |
Where do I get the first sign-ups for my social network? | alanthonyc: The members of your network have to already exist as isolated nodes. As isolated nodes, they may not realize that they are actually part of a bigger network that just need to be connected. It is your vision's job to identify these opportunities.Your social network software's job would just be to connect t... |
Contractor Vanished, Now What? | jacquesm: Find a lawyer. It looks like you're definitely out of 'hey forum friends, what should I do' territory.Make sure you build a case, keep copies of any and all communications (emails, contracts) that you've had with this character and make sure you don't lose a thing.A single email can make all the difference if... |
Rate my start-up - muZixs | pedalpete: Not a bad idea, but i think the direction you are going will be a challenge. Having people select certain artists/tracks, and then trying to match them with other users of the same taste is quite a bit different than saying to a person 'what sort of music are you into?'.However, check out the last.fm or pand... |
Review my web app, AreaTeams | frossie: Allow zipcode entry. Dragging the wee man all the way from Hawaii to the mainland so I could see what this thing did was a drag :-) Anyway, people don't always support their geographically closest team.(I have no comment on the actual usefulness of this thing, not being a sportsgoer) |
Review my web app, AreaTeams | pedalpete: USE google.loader.ClientLocation; to sniff out the current location of the site visitor. I'm in California and you're showing me NYC. Not super effective.Also (as frossie alluded to) you need an input to allow searching by location. Don't worry about zip code vs city, etc. Pass the data from the search box t... |
Review my web app, AreaTeams | run4yourlives: The home game tomorrow of the Vancouver Canucks, which I needed to literally journey across the country for, apparently starts at 10pm.You need to ensure that the time zones stay local to the map shown, as well as what the others have said. Finally, link to tickets or something. |
Review my web app, AreaTeams | javery: Ditch the adsense and look for referral programs for ticket providers, I am sure some of them have them. That seems like a much better revenue model than hoping people click on that stack of ads. |
Review my web app, AreaTeams | DanHulton: Currently down: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/base/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/webapp/__init__.py", line 507, in __call__
handler.get(*groups)
File "/base/data/home/apps/hometeamed/1.336527601886172444/app/home.py", line 47, in get
site_settings = Sit... |
Review my web app, AreaTeams | mdg: Except for the already-mentioned geo location fail, I think this is a pretty slick. I live in Columbus, Ohio, and was trying to see if it would mention tomorrow (9/23) nights Champions League match at Crew stadium. However, it was not clear how to "change your location".If you dont mind me asking, do you plan on... |
Review my web app, AreaTeams | qeorge: Would be great if you could include minor leagues and college sports. There would be a higher chance of showing listings, and cover more price ranges.I'm in Raleigh, NC, and since I see nothing available in my area, I probably won't return. |
Review my web app, AreaTeams | comster: a brief description on hn about what your "web app" is would be nice. I could care less about this one. |
Review my web app, AreaTeams | greml1n: Discovering how to enable NHL took too long. Probably a flow/method of display issue? |
Review my web app, AreaTeams | jrwoodruff: It feels like a nice exercise in utilizing the google maps api, but I'm not sure this is solving a real problem. If I want to know when the next detroit tigers home game is (hardly what I consider local here 2 hours outside of detroit), I'm going to ESPN or the tigers site.Increase the scope to include coll... |
Review my web app, AreaTeams | lastps: b4 i looked at the site i thought it was a great name for the idea i was assuming -- "area" teams in the semi-anonymous onion sense, meaning, local teams like high school, local/division ii/iii college, etc.not that focusing on the majors is bad -- it's a good idea -- i just thought it worth mentioning that the... |
Review my web app, AreaTeams | fuzzmeister: Doesn't appear to work on Chrome for Mac (4.0.211.2), could someone else confirm? |
Review my classroom web tool, Eduset | byoung2: Definitely a good start. Lots of teachers don't want do deal with mastering a learning management system like Moodle or Blackboard. What I don't see is a compelling reason to pay $5/mo for something I could accomplish with a class blog or facebook page. Are there plans to allow interaction between students?... |
Review my classroom web tool, Eduset | teuobk: Haven't tried the actual product, but the site design and execution looks professional and trustworthy. |
Review my classroom web tool, Eduset | raptrex: 1. Slideshow view or whatever you call it where you can press "next" or the right side of the image to go to the next screenshot. I hate clicking to "minimize the screenshot" then clicking again to zoom to the next screenshot2. Maybe zoom in on that email message since it may give the impression you have to u... |
Review my classroom web tool, Eduset | joez: Why the monthly plan? I know subscription is the holy grail because people set it and forget it. But are you implying teachers should cancel it during the three summer months if they aren't teaching?And do teachers really pay for two months and then go oh... sorry kids but I realize this isn't going to work and c... |
Review my classroom web tool, Eduset | vyrotek: Looks clean and simple. I definitely see the Facebook/Twitter design influences. I have a sister who who teaches High School Biology who might use such a thing.But, I worry that she wont be interested in the price. As byoung already mentioned, there are a lot of other (free) services out there that facilitate ... |
Review my classroom web tool, Eduset | sachinag: While I applaud your initiative, I cannot believe that teachers would feel comfortable using something made by a single person who just graduated/will graduate? high school this year. You can keep your name, but I'd recommend taking out your relative youth.Also, I'm always a big fan of competitive analysis c... |
Review my classroom web tool, Eduset | Wilduck: I do like how professional the site looks, however, it took me a while to find out what it would look like to use eduset. What I did find to be very helpful was the video showing linked from "click here to take a tour of eduset". The content of that video was informative, but not at all what I expected. I woul... |
Review my classroom web tool, Eduset | zemote: This is almost an exact replica of my startup http://edmodo.com which is completely free for multiple groups (eduset charges for more than 1 group), and already has decent traction with 87,000 registered users. |
Review my classroom web tool, Eduset | oxygen: I like the design and the core concept. My suggestions:1) The video was helpful and I would out it right under the "Try it for free" tab2) In terms or pricing strategy, I like the idea of giving away one class for free and then adopt a per class pricing at around $30. I am sure there would be some teachers out ... |
I think my startup is going to fail, what should I do? | taitems: Can you tell us what the startup is called? Or at least what kind of work you guys do? |
I think my startup is going to fail, what should I do? | noodle: better question: after a few months of full-time equivalent work, why don't you have something you can launch? or is it not that type of company? |
I think my startup is going to fail, what should I do? | credo: >>How can I avoid this sort of failure?It seems like all of these "failures" were related to your dependence on some other people. Once they gave up on you, you seemed to accept the effort as a "failure".I have two suggestions
1. Perhaps pick your partners a little more carefully
2. Work on a venture that doesn'... |
I think my startup is going to fail, what should I do? | byoung2: How can I avoid this sort of failure?The only way to avoid failure is to stop trying. Unfortunately that is the same way to avoid succeeding. I think you need to find less flaky people to work with. |
I think my startup is going to fail, what should I do? | seasoup: Ask them to sign over all rights for the company to you. Prepare to be busier then you've ever been. Launch. The worst case scenario could be that you get no users... if that happens, search out a new partner, it should be easier to find one with a prototype already built.If the other worst case scenario ha... |
I think my startup is going to fail, what should I do? | anigbrowl: Straighten out the situation with the rights, first. Establish who owns what, so that if your buddies decide it's not right for whatever reason, you still own the right to do things with it. If it's a joint contribution (eg you did the coding, but you all3 came up with the idea and your buddies each suggeste... |
Review my classroom web tool, Eduset | patio11: Your core customers will happily pay $35 for a bingo activity which they'll use once. You're offering an application which revolutionizes the way they work, and charging $5 a month.Thus, the usual pricing advice: charge more. |
I think my startup is going to fail, what should I do? | launch: Wow, this sounds remarkably similar to my situation except there is me and just one other friend and we've been doing it a couple months less than you.I'm going to talk with my friend this weekend and get things sorted out. The worst case is that I will just launch the site as a minimalistic version and then w... |
I think my startup is going to fail, what should I do? | sachinag: Dude, you've been taken advantage of. You did all the hard work; while your friends may have brought the idea to the table, they're not invested the way you are. Your friends are the assholes who give "business guys" (like me) a bad name.I can do a fabulously slick presentation in half an hour (I've charged... |
I think my startup is going to fail, what should I do? | dpcan: It sounds like you constantly depend on other people too much. Have you thought of bootstrapping and just doing everything yourself?My favorite quote of all time is "Only victims make excuses." I think you need to stop being a victim. |
I think my startup is going to fail, what should I do? | holygoat: Your friends are flakes. Get as much ownership as you can (all, maybe, or perhaps just the code — it doesn't seem like there was a great deal of formality) and go it alone. They're not helping. |
Review my classroom web tool, Eduset | NoBSWebDesign: "Eduset completely changed the way I interact with my students."
- High School English TeacherWould be much more effective with a name (and even a picture). My first impression was that you made that quote up. Here's a good tutorial on using testimonials: http://www.marketingexperiments.com/improving-web... |
I think my startup is going to fail, what should I do? | delld: 1. Stop the car and ask them to get out.(Maybe compensate them for the journey so far.)2. Get in the drivers seat.3. Hit the accelerator as hard as you can.4. If the ride is good, you might get more passengers to ride along.5. Even if the ride is not good for sometime, you still might get the adventurous sort go... |
I think my startup is going to fail, what should I do? | DrewHintz: > one of my friends to handle getting fundingWhy do you need funding? |
I think my startup is going to fail, what should I do? | pm: I hate to be cynical, but most people are going to flake out. Many people overcommit themselves, or just say "yes" because they thought it was a good idea at the time. I've experienced this sort of flakiness - and done it myself more times than I can remember.You sound like the kind of person who prefers the soci... |
I think my startup is going to fail, what should I do? | RiderOfGiraffes: Summarising, and adding my $0.02 ...Since they want to abandon it, get them to agree in writing that they are walking away and leaving you everything. Make sure you write the agreement, and get all parties to sign it. If you can afford it, and if you think they deserve or will want it, offer them som... |
I think my startup is going to fail, what should I do? | walesmd: It appears to me that you brought in 2 friends for the sake of bringing in 2 friends, not because you needed them.One guy's job is to handle funding, of which he has yet to acquire any, and the other guy's is to handle marketing and getting users. This really sounds like the duties of one dedicate individual w... |
Where does the data for statplot come from? | RobbieStats: Thanks for the kind words. I get the data from a variety of sources:1) I pay for some data (and it is expensive!)
2) I calculate/derive some data using existing data
3) Users have submitted some data to me directly
4) I've collected some data from open sources around the webThere aren't any/many open sport... |
Review My App: SEOSiteCheckup.com | javahava: I developed a search engine optimization (SEO) tool targeted for non-programmers/small businesses, to help them easily analyze and improve their site for search engines. I haven't found many tools that do this (they generally seem a bit confusing), so I built an app that tries to do this in a more user-friend... |
Should this utility be integrated in Hacker News threads? | tokenadult: What utility? |
I think my startup is going to fail, what should I do? | keeptrying: It looks to me that you have some kind of mental block over judging people or your too quick to trust. I used to have the same problem.In American society its frowned upon to judge people but the truth is if you want to trust someone then you have to judge them by their actions.Its usually the hardest to ju... |
Review My App: SEOSiteCheckup.com | abhishekdesai: This is good tool. How different it is from other tools such as websitegader.com or mysitegrader.com? |
Where can you buy hotel/restaurant/waypoint databases? | kierank: Navteq |
Review My App: SEOSiteCheckup.com | onreact-com: "Keyword tags are missing from this page. You should include meta-keywords to help indicate what your page is about to search engines."No, it's not 1999 anymore. |
How can I find all domains that contain XYZ? | adrianwaj: try googling inurl:bananasforsale |
Review My App: SEOSiteCheckup.com | chunkyslink: I got an error when I tried to search"Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: Unknown modifier '/' in /home/jjoczpw/public_html/functions3.php on line 1702" |
I think my startup is going to fail, what should I do? | NoBSWebDesign: but this sort of thing seems to keep happening to meVery respectfully, you strike me as the kind of person who is easily discouraged.Let me tell you a story about discouragement (or the absence of). When I was in high school my parents told me the didn't have anything saved for me and I'd have to pay for... |
I think my startup is going to fail, what should I do? | seanc: Comes down to a simple choice, Red. You gotta get busy living or get busy dying.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111161/ |
Where do I go from Godaddy? Need to upgrade SQL Server Space | noodle: try a small vps. i don't know much about windows vps providers, but this looks like the least expensive option:http://vpsland.com/winplans.html |
Purchase small site as launchpad? | brianlash: AFAIK there are 2 reasons to acquire a company:a) when there's an operational deficiency (and you have the wherewithal to solve it), andb) when there's a management deficiency (and you have the wherewithal to solve it)I imagine that's every bit as true on the web as it is offline. So from where you're standi... |
Purchase small site as launchpad? | axod: It's a good strategy. Do it if you can get it for a good price. |
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