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I'm looking for a technical co-founder/partner. | allenbrunson: I really like the tone of your proposal, and I'd take you up on it, except I'm not really a "software as a service" type of programmer. ruby, python, css, rails, and stuff like that are not my forte. I tend to deal more with lower-level unixy technologies: TCP/IP, shell scripting, C++, servers, multi-thre... |
I'm looking for a technical co-founder/partner. | apsurd: I must say this is a lot more intriguing and value-based than most of the other: 1) I'm an idea guy.
2) I need a code monkey to clone ___.
3) Profit.
Thanks for being upfront and geninue (imo).I would certainly entertain the idea of working with you. I'm a 37signals kinda guy and roll with tha saas model.... |
Should I return back to studies or continue to work? | RiderOfGiraffes: > The programming I do does not require advanced CS
> knowledge, even though it never hurts to know them.
It's more than not hurting to know them. Although you may not ever use the knowledge directly, knowing these things affects your thinking in a myriad of subtle ways.My degrees in mathematics ... |
How Can One Correctly Assess Their Own Ability? | RiderOfGiraffes: Clickable links:http://gagne.homedns.org/~tgagne/contrib/unskilled.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning-Kruger_effecthttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2000/01/18/...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_effect |
How Can One Correctly Assess Their Own Ability? | RiderOfGiraffes: Find and spend time with people who know more than you. You will know different things, and you might be clever, but you need to be in an audience that drags you up, and keeps you honest.There are things I'm really, really good at, and I know that because I can do them and others - who I respect and a... |
I'm looking for a technical co-founder/partner. | nearestneighbor: What makes you particularly qualified at sales and marketing other than not being a "tech guy"? |
I'm looking for a technical co-founder/partner. | bravura: Just to clarify: "As we get busier and as we acquire customers, I'd be hiring more developers and support staff, most likely working under you."You mean that the developers and support staff would be working your co-founder, right? Not that you would be working under this person? I read it the wrong way the fi... |
How do you prioritize your features? | petervandijck: 2 things:1. Don't build the 100 features all the competition has, build the 1 feature that's fundamentally different from how they do things.2. Measure usage |
How Can One Correctly Assess Their Own Ability? | Mz: Something that has been helpful for me: I try to separate the skills/knowledge from my ego.I went through a period where I was something of a "star" on a few small email lists and was constantly heaped with public praise. I was uncomfortable with that but was told I had "poor self esteem" and these kind, loving f... |
Ideas man vs Practical Man | Mz: I would suggest you seek out a good partner that balances your strengths and weaknesses.I have read something (don't recall what or where) that talked about people who were failures until they found the right partner -- like song writers that could do one part of it but not all of it and didn't get successful until... |
I'm looking for a technical co-founder/partner. | Loopy: I've been thinking awhile that i might make a similar post to this one at some stage. Not being a programmer and beginning a startup that requires programmers without one at hand already is quite difficult. That being said I personally would never do a pure software startup. However of late i've come up with ple... |
Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com | pierrefar: Clickable: http://www.studylance.com/ |
Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com | aw3c2: How do you pay? |
Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com | kleine2: Overall it's pretty nice.I like how you can post your question and it gets you to sign up slowly step by step.
UI is pretty nice and also fast.About us should have some more meat.
FAQ and Contact us at the top don't work.
Should have a similar quick way for tutors to get started like you have for questions.
Cl... |
Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com | Shamiq: Please, don't send passwords over the clear via email:Your account has been activated.Login: somename
Password: [redacted] |
Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com | Shamiq: Looks pretty :)Question: What is the default timeout for a question? It seems that homework help is typically one of those "I need this answer sometime tonight, before I have to turn it in." So, wouldn't it be wasting tutor time if the question is old and the asker is no longer interested? |
Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com | pospischil: I definitely like the concept. My hang up is -- how is this different than mahalo answers? (more focused, sure, but the mahalo folks could answer these questions, no?) Doing something to verify the tutor's expertise might help with this (could be simple quizzes or something).Another general note -- as a ... |
Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com | vaksel: these types of sites are a dime a dozen, you really need to differentiate yourself from cramster, justanswers, etc. + there are a whole bunch of free options. |
I'm looking for a technical co-founder/partner. | nessence: Whoever gets together with this guy could potentially learn more in 1 year than they've learned in the past 5. International business experience, candid honesty, and flexibility are fairly difficult to procure. Is there risk? Of course. |
Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com | roundsquare: Site looks nice. However, the area where you post the questions could use a little tweaking. A few thoughts:- You have the page numbers and the "Finish" link. I instinctively clicked finish without looking, because I assumed a "next" and "previous" would be there. I think you should add those.- Actuall... |
Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com | CSunday: The site looks great!...But, just by looking at the homepage, It could be difficult for a NEW user to understand what's actually going on, especially pertaining to the description where you say "decide the price"POST YOUR QUESTION1. Type your question
2. Decide the price*
3. Choose the best answerI'd also sugg... |
Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com | DrewHintz: When creating my account, I left the default of "Student" so now I can't answer questions. I suppose I'll have to create a new account and chose Tutor so that I can answer questions. How about making it an editable value in the account page, or also letting students answer questions? |
Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com | 3pt14159: While trying to set up an account the menu boxes freeze up. OS: Ubuntu 9.10, Browser: Chromium. |
Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com | jamesbressi: During sign up, please change "accept TOS" to something like "accept terms"... the lay person may not understand what TOS is... just a suggestion. |
Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com | babyshake: Post Your Question.What kind of question? Can I ask how to get rid of my cat's fleas?The title of the site makes it somewhat obvious, but you should make it even more obvious in your call to action.Also, I can see that you're using jQuery. I'm curious what you're running on the server. |
Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com | drewcrawford: 1. I'd really like to see some copy. A nice 1-2-3 big and bold where I can see it.2. Your sort/search isn't well thought through. Ideally I'm looking for high-dollar questions, in either CS or mathematics (fields in which I am knowledgeable), that need answers. I can sort by cost, (ascending cost is ... |
Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com | ianbishop: When you click on the ? next to qualifications to become a tutor, it shows a wad of lorem ipsum in the notification.Oh and please don't display bids publicly to Tutors that have already been answered (still have it show up for Tutor who answered) or timed out. |
How do you decide where to direct your charitable giving? | mark_l_watson: Just an opinion, but my wife and I both like Heifer Project, and I also like afsc.org/ |
Favorite Movies? | nfnaaron: Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, and Blade Runner. Three "impossible love" stories.The Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven.The Wild Bunch.Tampopo. |
Facebook canvas app vs. FB Connect/Platform? | geuis: There's a couple things to consider (having learned the hardway recently).The company I work for, http://theinsider.com, uses Facebook Connect on our site. Before I started there, they had a fairly basic implementation of FB Connect that was put in place when that program was first made available. About 2 months... |
Facebook canvas app vs. FB Connect/Platform? | cellis: I've had a much harder time with Iframe apps (more bugs, less solutions) than FBML ones, for php implementations. Unless you have all the gotchas figured out for connect, you should go with FBML.As for 2), doesn't this happen with XFBML, too? |
Facebook canvas app vs. FB Connect/Platform? | jfarmer: This is all from first-hand experience. I've been intimately involved with the Platform since its first launch and know most of the companies in the top 20.Facebook has the destination site they want. You are not going to help them build it. The second you become even marginally inconvenient they will pay a... |
Favorite Movies? | spooneybarger: probably not my 3 favorites but they quickly come to mind when i think favorite movies: evil dead 2, citizen kane, talladega nights |
need advice on how to write lots of data fast | fauigerzigerk: Put the data in a message queue asynchronously. A second process can take the data from there and put it in a database or wherever it's easiest for you to analyse. |
Atlanta Hacker News Meetup? | Oompa: I'm down. Name a time & place and if I can make it, I'll be there. |
Am I just blind or should HN increase its default font size? | bbg: I typically leave all my sites "zoomed" with Firefox.And when I temporarily want something bigger, I use Ctrl + scroll-up (Mac). |
Am I just blind or should HN increase its default font size? | spuz: Yes. Not quite as much as you do, but it is also the only site which I have Firefox increase the size of. I'm happy with that though; that's what the zoom feature's for, right? |
Am I just blind or should HN increase its default font size? | jrschulz: I don't find HN's font too small, but I usually have Firefox set up with a readable minimum font size in the first place to evade that problem. This breaks a few sites' designs, but that is rare (and the "victims" are most of the time guilty of other design mistakes, too). |
Keyboard Recommendations? | mechanical_fish: My Kinesis Advantage meets at least one of your criteria. ;)http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/advantage.htmAnd given that I spend so much of my life in front of a keyboard, I'd argue that the Kinesis is reasonably priced, for me. But your mileage may vary. |
Am I just blind or should HN increase its default font size? | aw3c2: Yes! Limiting the maximum width of text lines would be great too. |
need advice on how to write lots of data fast | daleharvey: discodb looks great for analysing analytics dataappending data to a file is a pretty cheap operation, just make sure you append properly and dont do something like read the whole file, append the string, then write it all, a lightweight server like mochiweb will probably have you handling more traffic than ... |
Keyboard Recommendations? | makecheck: I've really come to like Apple's default keyboard; the keys are extremely flat, spaced apart, and almost silent. Although, the function keys are half-sized for no good reason. |
Am I just blind or should HN increase its default font size? | teuobk: To be honest, I don't find it too small. Sorry. (No presbyopia yet, yay! ) |
Favorite Movies? | mrlyc: Little Miss SunshinePleasantville |
Am I just blind or should HN increase its default font size? | icodemyownshit: I turned 30 last month, maybe that's the problem. ;) |
Keyboard Recommendations? | SwellJoe: I use a couple of small form-factor IBM keyboards I bought on sale for about $10 each a few years ago...looks like the Rapid Access III is the current model that looks pretty much the same, and they sell for ~$50. IBM historically makes really solid keyboards with a nice feel. The small form-factor brings Esc... |
Am I just blind or should HN increase its default font size? | regeiger: It's not too small for me. But, the overall presentation could be made more readable.I'd like to a larger font size, or even just bold, for the topic. At first glance, the "Ask HN" page just looks like a mash of random text. |
Am I just blind or should HN increase its default font size? | jacquesm: It depends, the 'gray' stuff is hard to read (and sometimes that's where the interesting bits are). Apparently that is to encourage brevity, but since that doesn't seem to work it might as well be legible.Ctrl-+ does wonders though. I've recently switched to a larger screen that I routinely run with 20+ pt fo... |
need advice on how to write lots of data fast | cperciva: I know that writing to log files is hard drive intensive. I also know that the preferred method is to write to a databaseNo. Databases are far more disk intensive than logging; they use vastly higher disk bandwidth, and depending on the database, often use lots of disk seeks too. |
Atlanta Hacker News Meetup? | MicahWedemeyer: Don't we all already do this at barcamp/asw/startup riot/startup drinks/etc/etc/etc? |
Keyboard Recommendations? | joe_bleau: IBM Model M. Noisy as hell, built like a tank, best tactile feedback around (due to the buckling spring technology). Currently made and sold by Unicomp (http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net). |
How do you do your usability testing? | good_guys_win: Amass a large number of facebook "friends" that you don't know, then ask them (in the chat) to beta test whatever it is you create. If they ask questions for answers that should be self explanitory then you need to redo it until it's obvious.Hint: if you get facebook friends that are high and drunk all t... |
Favorite Movies? | covercash: Stardust, Finding Forrester, anything Pixar, The Princess Bride, The Fifth Element and Hackers. |
Atlanta Hacker News Meetup? | gte910h: Perhaps something at Gordon Biersh, Einsteins or the Vortex on a Monday or Tuesday?I think the week of thanksgiving is a bad idea. |
need advice on how to write lots of data fast | neodude: One of the questions you need to ask is: what you are going to do with all that data? If all you need is to store the data and never read it again except sequentially, then flat log files are probably the best way. But if you ever need to, say, calculate aggregates or do any kind of visualization, a database w... |
need advice on how to write lots of data fast | newhouseb: I think you're looking for scribe:http://developers.facebook.com/scribe/ |
Atlanta Hacker News Meetup? | quizbiz: I would be happy to host people at Emory University. Email me nir.levy@emory.edu |
Atlanta Hacker News Meetup? | abalashov: I'm down (live in Midtown). |
Keyboard Recommendations? | Riley: I've been really happy with my Das Keyboard Professional. I've been using it as my main keyboard since it was first released about 15 months ago.http://www.daskeyboard.com/daskeyboard_original_professional...The only downside is the $129 USD price. You'll have to decide if it's "reasonably priced". I got nice ... |
Atlanta Hacker News Meetup? | jhancock: Where is the atlanta hacker events list/twitter/etc?? I may be able to come to an event and would like a channel for event notices. |
Atlanta Hacker News Meetup? | jsolson: Sounds grand. |
Keyboard Recommendations? | humbledrone: I am in love with my Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000. Of course, if you don't like split keyboards, it is probably not for you. The two things like like about it most are the soft faux-leather palm wrest (very comfy), and the negative slope shim that it comes with. The shim makes the keyboard ... |
How do you do your usability testing? | hshah: Here is a presentation that includes tactics on how to do usability testing as a startup:http://www.slideshare.net/cindyalvarez/user-testing-tactics |
How do you do your usability testing? | makecheck: I think the most important thing to do is limit your input. Find 5 people at most, and definitely document everything they say, but don't open up to the whole world. Otherwise you'll end up with so many conflicting opinions that you won't be able to make any decisions. |
How do you do your usability testing? | yeti: Find 3-5 people/friends, get them in front of a machine and run through it. No fancy software, just sit next to them and observe, ask questions if they seem stuck or confused. We do it every couple of weeks, seems to work well. Also consider paying for 1-2 hours of a usability experts time to review your site ... |
Keyboard Recommendations? | rudin: "I know why you're here, d4ft. I know what you've been doing … why you hardly sleep, why you live alone, and why night after night, you sit by your computer. You're looking for it. I know because I was once looking for the same thing. And when it found me, I realized I wasn't really looking for it. I was looking... |
Atlanta Hacker News Meetup? | matterco: I will be there |
I've got a tricky SEO problem. | jmount: You can definitely over-think SEO, but the main thing that worries me is re-directs. In my experience the search engines don't like them much and react differently depending on what re-direct code you return (temporary/permanent). I would suggest some capsule or extraction of your sub-domain site as your home... |
Keyboard Recommendations? | roundsquare: Sorry, this isn't very helpful, but I thought I'd take this opportunity to show the world this keyboard:http://www.walyou.com/img/datahand-keyboard.jpgActually, I did have a coworker who used this. He typed absurdly fast with it. However, whenever someone else wanted to use his computer, he went on a sea... |
I've got a tricky SEO problem. | brk: I'm not sure that it deeply matters in your case.For the most part, there is no SEO magic that can override valuable/new/insightful content in the long-run.Run your blogs as you normally would. People who like them will link to each one respectively. They will get mentions on Twitter. They will get indexed appr... |
Atlanta Hacker News Meetup? | apurva: Any Gatech folks amongst us?
Will be fun to catch up with some folks in college...
Btw, did anyone manage to go to Atlanta Startup Weekend? |
Solution for eye strain? | kirubakaran: Look away often, preferably at distant objects.Take breaks, go for a walk and look at natural things like trees, lakes etc.Sit with your eyes closed for ten seconds.[these are the things I do] |
Solution for eye strain? | uptown: I suggest you play with the color schemes for your editor. I've found white backgrounds w/ text tend to tire my eyes more than a deep blue background w/ gray text. |
Solution for eye strain? | nihilis: You must realise that the eye is delicate, and long term stress can lead to adverse effects; However, I frequently just wash my face/eyes whenever I feel I'm strained, and do some other things for a couple of minutes. |
Solution for eye strain? | Mz: For me, fever is one of the things that causes problems with screen brightness. I have serious health problems. Getting generally healthier has reduced the frequency with which such things are a problem for me. You might try treating for fever and see if that makes any difference. |
Keyboard Recommendations? | mbrubeck: I really like IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad keyboards, mainly for the trackpoint ("pencil eraser" mouse device), which requires less hand movement than a typical trackpad, mouse, or trackball.They have an external USB version for desktop use:
http://lenovoblogs.com/designmatters/?p=2364 |
Solution for eye strain? | hoelle: I recommend (in addition to the other tips here) that you try switching your IDE to a variable width font.Heresy, I know, but reading is about shape recognition, which is more difficult in mono-spaced fonts. |
Solution for eye strain? | rudin: I was given some advice on this once:Lie in bed at night (make sure it is dark so your eyes don't try to focus on anything). Do some eye exercises (up-down, left-right, generally just moving them around a bit) while your eyes are open. I think the rationale behind this is that when you stare at a screen not only... |
Solution for eye strain? | JimmyL: Try changing your ambient lighting - when I had an ergo exam at work, they suggested that I make sure that the areas beside my monitor were of a similar brightness to the monitor (the idea being that it's stressful for your eyes to adjust brightness when you look to the side of your screen). I can't say I've no... |
I've got a tricky SEO problem. | iamclovin: I'm not sure if I understand the problem correctly but will using canonical URLs help solve the problem? The gist of canonical URLs is that you let google know there might be duplicate content, but the base url to index is your canonical URL. Quite easy to implement as well.http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-... |
Solution for eye strain? | jrockway: I could not help but be amused by the fact that your blog post renders as grey text on a yellowish-grey background. (Not your fault, I know...) |
Solution for eye strain? | cgherb911: I'm planning on getting laser eye surgery in 10 years when I can't go higher in my contact and glasses subscription. I think entrepreneurs can handle the deadliness of eye strain in order to change the world. |
Solution for eye strain? | snprbob86: Billiards!Everyone here will surely suggest frequent breaks, which is great advice. I'm going one step further to suggest that you play billiards during those breaks. However, you must play correctly. Be sure to line up shots with both eyes open. Alternate your focus between the tip of the cue, the cue ball,... |
Solution for eye strain? | suhail: Wow, you should be seriously concerned. First things first, stop wearing your contacts...completely. You're drying out your corneas basically. Seriously, even though it sucks, stop wearing your contacts and get eye drops and use them every few hours. Rinse and repeat until your eyes get better else go to a doct... |
Please post information related to Non-Traditional Payment Models | zackattack: trialpay.com |
Solution for eye strain? | makecheck: Blink. :) It's silly, but it's really easy to stare at the screen for long periods of time, especially when reading. Catch yourself doing this, and force yourself to blink more often.Instead of just turning away to adjust your eyes, do your whole body a favor: stand up and walk away. Go find a drink, and ... |
Solution for eye strain? | bugs: The most obvious solution is not to level down the computer usage (although that should be a step). Rather than asking the community you most definitely should go to an eye doctor as this is a serious problem that you have to wear sunglasses while working on a computer.If you don't take that suggestion work in a ... |
Solution for eye strain? | noodle: take breaks.not necessarily standing up and walking around, but change your range of focus. look out the window every once in a while, or something similar.its simple, but it works wonders for me. |
Solution for eye strain? | GeneralMaximus: Question: do you have a good quality LCD screen?I have 2 laptops: a MacBook and a Dell Vostro. I can use the MacBook comfortably for 5 to 6 hours at a stretch, whereas using the Dell for even 1 hour is a pain, even with brightness turned down to zero. Problem is, low-end laptop makers use crappy screens... |
Solution for eye strain? | xtho: Go, see a doctor. Read up on workplace ergonomics (make sure there is no window behind the screen). Try another monitor. Don't wear contacts when working. Don't work at night or in the early morning. Maybe use a dark background. |
Keyboard Recommendations? | weaksauce: The microsoft internet keyboard has all the trappings of the perfect keyboard. (except it is not USB.) The arrow keys are in the preferred upside down tee, it has a huge delete button, the home and end keys are in the correct logical left to right order, the page up and page down are in the correct up and do... |
Solution for eye strain? | peterlai: Even though I'm young, I'll occasionally wear reading glasses with a 1.00 prescription. I most need my glasses when working with CSS and pixel perfect layouts. For me, the use of reading glasses significantly reduces eye strain by the end of the day. |
Keyboard Recommendations? | jacquesm: I have an old SGI keyboard that I'm totally partial to. The previous one died about a year ago and I searched high and low for another, finally buying a complete indy just for the keyboard.It's heavy, sturdy and doesn't move around on the desk when I type.You'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands if you w... |
Solution for eye strain? | colonelxc: Somewhat related (though not directly related to your problem): Flux ( http://www.stereopsis.com/flux/ )It changes the color temperature of your display. By reducing the amount of blue in the evening, the idea is that you can fall asleep easier and not tire your eyes out late at night. It's done purely by ... |
Keyboard Recommendations? | urlwolf: for anyone interested in getting the best keyboard possible, check http//:geekhack.org. Nowhere on the net will you find more keyboard knowledge.I have + ~5 keyboards. Using a kinesis contour now. |
Solution for eye strain? | psyklic: My "eye strain" usually consists of me wearing contacts for too long. Especially in front of a computer screen, they dry up a bit and irritate my eyes. Wearing glasses when the eyes get irritated is the best solution here! |
Keyboard Recommendations? | fuzzythinker: The kensington slim type is the best kb I ever had out of my 18 yrs or so of computer usage. It's tactical feel best even the Lenovo laptop keypad. It is one of few kbs that has 4.5 stars rating from 100+ users on amazon. It's also one of few kbs that is not a mile wide. I just wish they just drop the... |
Facebook canvas app vs. FB Connect/Platform? | chaosprophet: I'm currently building a flash game, that is primarily aimed at Facebook users. I plan to start it off as a FB canvas app, in order to establish trust with users, and after I have reached a critical momentum, I plan to switch over to FBConnect. |
Is it necessary to be a child prodigy? | jacquesm: hey Rick,Don't become a part of any pyramid schemes!Regarding the rest of your post:In my opinion it is absolutely not necessary to be a child prodigy at all, what is necessary is a certain drive and some self discipline.If you work only marginally harder than your peers it is quite amazing how that pays off ... |
Is it necessary to be a child prodigy? | Tichy: These referral schemes basically consist of selling junk to your friends. If doing that is what you consider prodigal and worth aiming for, I don't know what advice to give you.College: you typically go to college only once. You have the rest of your life to earn money and buy lots of cars. While I don't conside... |
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