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What's your favorite April Fools Joke today? | dpcan: I always like trying to figure out which of the products http://www.thinkgeek.com made up for April Fools. |
What's your favorite April Fools Joke today? | beeber: liking this re justin bieber (beeber?) http://gruvr.com/blog/justin-bieber-to-change-spelling-of-su... |
Are you working on an iPad application? | keefe: http://news.ycombinator.com/newpollNo, I'm not working on anything for iPad. |
Bootstrapping a Startup Alone | thaumaturgy: So you like challenges?You definitely want to talk to a business attorney and pay for some professional advice on the best way to set this up. You really don't want to put the next year of your life into this and then end up in a fight with the U.S. government over it.You might consider incorporating in Nevada. Nevada and Texas have protections for businesses against piercing the corporate veil, as well as some protections from the IRS. Your business just needs a contact in Nevada, and there are a number of businesses that provide this as an affordable service. If any legal trouble comes up, you can "hide" behind your Nevada contact; the courts have supported all but one case of this, I think.Make sure you cover yourself for taxes and all the other paperwork. I have no idea how not being a citizen will affect your tax situation.Be aware that you may be endangering your marriage. Although your wife can support both of you, it would be natural for some amount of resentment to develop if she isn't able to see clear, regular progress on your project, even if she's an amazing person. On the other hand, it may take you weeks of frustration and dedication to produce anything that looks like progress, depending on what you're doing.Be sure that you have the motivation and self-discipline to spend 8 uninterrupted hours per day on your project, at a minimum. You should clock in, and clock out, and otherwise treat it just like a full-time job. Set goals: at the end of the week, you'll have X done. At the end of the day, you'll have Y done.Depending on what you're doing, it can also be one of the most challenging things you've ever done -- maybe even grueling. Or, maybe it'll be easy. Easy would be good, because you'll have enough legal, tax, and business challenges as it is.I boot-strapped a small business, by myself, with no savings, a few years ago. It's not a "startup" in the HN sense, but it's been making money since the beginning, and it's doing really well now. That said, some masochistic streak within me makes me go out and do the hardest things I can find, and this has been the hardest thing I've ever done, by far. The stress from it has resulted in a few minor health problems, and I now have chronic sleeplessness. I have an indescribable amount of gratitude for the help I got recently in the form of a girlfriend that likes me and likes my projects.So, help is good. "Alone" is not fun. Try to have help. |
Bootstrapping a Startup Alone | keeptrying: You can own a business but you cant work for it unless you have a visa. If you write a business plan and can get some funding you would be able to get a H1 for yourself. This is obviously not easy but people have done it. And in a down market, its much easier to get a H1 as the bigger companies arent using up the supply. |
Bootstrapping a Startup Alone | davewasthere: Definitely viable!There's nothing to say you can't be a share-holder in a company - or a director of one you create yourself. You just can't be an employee without a work permit. (although if you incorporate overseas, I think you should be able to pay yourself through that and declare it as income earned overseas. I'm unclear on US law, but that seems universal in most countries I've lived.)I think you're in the ideal place to take a few of your ideas to market and see if you can gain traction. Good luck with it! |
What's your favorite April Fools Joke today? | msluyter: Google's new java annotations are rather funny: http://code.google.com/p/gag/ |
What's your favorite April Fools Joke today? | compay: Canned Unicorn Meat: http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/unicorn-meat.shtml |
Bootstrapping a Startup Alone | char: If all you're building is web products and you can afford to live for a few months, just start building!! You don't need to have a 'business' to do this. Please don't pay for legal advice or try to incorporate. You can do all of that later when it actually makes sense. |
Can we get a "hide story" button? | kes: I'm going to go out here on a limb, and vote no. It's not needed - that I can see - and would only serve to clutter. |
What's your favorite April Fools Joke today? | hubb: if you've been following the starcraft 2 beta, and you know a little bit about professional starcraft 1, then you'll probably find teamliquid.net's SC2 promod (http://www.sc2promod.com/) hilarious |
What's your favorite April Fools Joke today? | dbz: I made the IT guy find the 10 lirpa viruses my anti-virus software was picking up but wasn't able to remove. Funny thing; he never found em =/ |
What's your favorite April Fools Joke today? | dfranke: http://www.freelunchproject.com/ |
Bootstrapping a Startup Alone | dean: Like others have commented here, I believe you can start and own a business in the U.S. even if you are not a citizen. If being an employee of your business is the problem, you may be able to work around that by issuing shares to yourself and paying yourself in dividends. You definitely do not have to be a citizen to own shares in a U.S. corporation. |
Can we get a "hide story" button? | tokenadult: It's a good thing that all the "Ask HN" threads (more generally, all the threads without external URL links) are now aggregated under the "ask" link at the top of most pages, as the feature request threadhttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=363linked to from the bottom of most pages seems to be missed by everyone these days. |
What's your favorite April Fools Joke today? | crbailey: If you're a Settlers of Catan fan, check out the DealBase deal on the Isle of Catan: http://www.dealbase.com/Isle-of-Catan/Hotel-Catan-deals/Deal... |
Can we get a "hide story" button? | pistoriusp: When you click read a story on HN it kind of "hides." At least it becomes less prominent than the other stories.I often struggle trying to find links that I have read when there are a bunch of links that I haven't read. |
Can we get a "hide story" button? | dood: This would make the HN frontpage much more useful to me, and also make me see more new stories.It is pretty frustrating to keep visiting the homepage and 1/3 of it is stuff I know I have no interest in. |
Bootstrapping a Startup Alone | jhancock: Why 18 months to get your green card? Is yours a recent marriage? Is your wife not a permanent resident? Not sure why a spouse-sponsored permanent residence process is estimated at 18 months for you.I'm going through this with my wife right now and so far USCIS has been very quick. We're just entering month 4 of the process and it looks like we may have it all wrapped up by month 6. |
Can we get a "hide story" button? | CoryMathews: Hide would be great.or even better a filter option.Then I could say filter-remove:ipad |
Bootstrapping a Startup Alone | fbailey: Well since you are not a US citizen maybe you can incorporate somewhere else, if you really have to. A UK limited might be an option. |
What's your favorite April Fools Joke today? | adriand: Shameless self promotion - http://tweetsworth.com/eSubmitted it here for testing a few days ago but few people realized it was a joke. |
What's your favorite April Fools Joke today? | btilly: Picassa Lifesize isn't bad: http://picasa.google.com/lifesize.html |
Can we get a "hide story" button? | wingo: Would be an interesting data collection exercise, too. |
What's your favorite April Fools Joke today? | marknutter: I find them all annoying. April 1st is basically my break from the internet. |
Bootstrapping a Startup Alone | jraines: I've been in Park City (30 min from Salt Lake) for a year and half and have been pleasantly surprised at the vibrancy of the SLC startup community. A couple things to check out:www.launchup.org - startup "barn raising events", excellent networking opportunity. I met a designer presenting at one of these and we went on to form a company that was contracted to build a Twitter app that eventually sold for 6 figures. Exciting!Funding Universe's CrowdPitch events. Great for networking even if you go as a spectator.www.boomstartup.com - Accelerator; you'd need to find a cofounder and not sure if the visa issue would exclude you, but there will probably be networking events around this.www.siliconslopes.comBYU Web Entrepreneurs GroupThere's a lot more, too. Informal meetups, overlap with social media events (sometimes--other times these can be painfully dull) . . . overall I've found founders here, big and small (and yes they do get big here), to be very approachable and helpful. Get on Twitter and search for some entrepreneurial types here and you can check out the Twitter lists they are on to find more.I'd offer to meet and help, but I'm moving to Los Angeles in a few days and can only hope I find it as startup-friendly as Utah. |
What's your favorite April Fools Joke today? | turnersauce: For any DJs out there, the "Enable Auto DJ" button in Mixxx changes to "Enable Pee Break Mode" on April 1st.http://www.mixxx.org/ |
Bootstrapping a Startup Alone | ibsulon: This is the kind of time where you build something larger than the minimal viable product. Something you may want to consider is building an open source project, then charging commercial support once you get a green card. |
Can we get a "hide story" button? | Tichy: I'm pondering a Countdown Greasemonkey script, that would hide all articles I haven't clicked on within 5 minutes.The problem is I keep coming back to procrastinate, and end up reading the irrelevant articles, too. Maybe auto-hiding them would help :-) |
What's your favorite April Fools Joke today? | jalammar: I'll have to make this a shameless plug, but it's probably the only way any of you will get to know about this.My startup, Qaym.com is a restaurant rating site in Arabic. We're located in Saudi Arabia. April fools isn't a big thing here or in the Arab world in general. But people know the concept. Today we announced that we're changing the site to become exclusively a camel rating site.We even made a logo:
http://blog.qaym.com/2010/04/blog-post.htmlAnd a homepage to boost:
http://www.qaym.com/Most people got it off the bat. Many were confused. And a couple were actually upset, even after they've figured out it was a joke! |
Can we get a "hide story" button? | resdirector: Perhaps HN should learn via your upvotes which articles to show you.And the same principle could be used for comments, too. |
What's your favorite April Fools Joke today? | Malk0lm: Kernel.org and their upsidedownternet. ¡unɟ sʎɐʍןɐ s,ʇı |
What's your favorite April Fools Joke today? | aneesh: Let me Google that for you (lmgtfy.com) links point you to Bing search results. |
What's your favorite April Fools Joke today? | splat: The article "Orthographic Correlations in Astrophysics" by Zuntz, Zlosnik, Zunckel, and Zwarf on the arXiv.http://arxiv.org/abs/1003.6064 |
What's your favorite April Fools Joke today? | jolie: I like Tremulous Exclusively Going to Xbox Live: http://tremulous.net/ |
Can we get a "hide story" button? | nathanb: Perhaps what would be more useful is an RSS feed. That way you get standard newsreader features like mark-as-read and show-unread and sort-by-newest for free.Of course you don't get the sorting, but them's the breaks. |
What's your favorite April Fools Joke today? | mookster: Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz to be fined by FCC? http://zomg.yahoo.com/fcc-to-possibly-fine-yahoo-ceo-for-swe... |
Register side project as company? | alexbiz: I would say that depends on whether or not you expect any income to start and also if you are assuming any liability with your side project. Registering as a company will help shield you from this (at least in the U.S.). |
Bootstrapping a Startup Alone | anamax: Check with a real immigration lawyer. I suspect that you can leverage your wife's work status, but IANAL.I'm thinking that she can start a biz even though she's employed. You don't take a salary, she takes money out of the biz just like every other S-corp/LLP and puts it into your joint account. Community property can be your friend.... |
What's your favorite April Fools Joke today? | peter_severin: New Eclipse logo: http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20100401_newlogo.ph... |
What's your favorite April Fools Joke today? | dazmax: Stack Overflow made everyone's profile pics into unicorns. It was the only one that got me today, 'cause I just noticed my own at first. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | BigZaphod: To be honest, as much as I love the iPad (well, as much love as is possible without ever actually having used one), it is even getting a little overdone for me. :) Still, it's not going to go away for awhile so you better just accept it (or spend the next 6 months annoyed).That said, I do believe it's a revolution in computing - but, perhaps ironically, it might be one that hardcore geeks/power-users will not participate as much in.The industry is changing. |
What's your favorite April Fools Joke today? | shivam14: Cisco IOS QoS configuration guide - flesh tone recognition to classify and monitor suspect pornographic imageshttp://packetlife.net/media/blog/attachments/413/nbar_flesh_... |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | maxharris: I'm not sick of it. I really, really want one. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | Judson: I could be completely wrong, but even if you hate the iPad down to its core, you have to at least recognize it as one of the next "development" frontiers. I think people are interested, at least initially, at the different way people are developing for the iPad. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | tjpick: online there seems to be a bit of buzz. At work, where there a quite a few iphone/ipod users, there doesn't seem to be much interest.I'm personally more interested in getting an e-ink device but none of them has really caught my eye yet, they all seem to be pretty industrial looking. And keeping an eye on the qualcomm mirasol technology. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | CamperBob: No, there's also some guy over on Reddit who doesn't care, apparently. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | stefanobernardi: Dude, make yourself like it, cause it'll change everything. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | CoryMathews: I would be really happy if all the articles stopped. They say the same exact stuff and its REALLY annoying. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | callmeed: If you're a startup founder, I don't think it matters if you give a crap ... I think it's more important to find out if your customers or potential customers give a crap and if it makes sense to pay attention.We've had several dozens inquiries from customers this week. Granted, we're in a niche industry and YMMV but, frankly, I think it's foolish to simple ignore a technology simply because you personally don't care. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | barbolani: Count me as well. I'm fed up with so much hype. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | dpcan: I'm glad someone started this thread, as I've been looking for somewhere to vent/rant a little.I know this thread is more about being bummed out by the hype, but the hype seems like Apple Gush instead of honest reviews. I saw clip on Hulu for Good Morning America where a lady said that you can't run Flash, but don't worry, people are making apps, so it should be here soon. Huh? People don't have a CLUE what they are even buying. It's just Apple and shiny so they are jumping on it.http://www.hulu.com/watch/139237/abc-good-morning-america-fi...The reasons I would not buy an iPad:1) I don't want to have to hold my computer like it's a clipboard for everything I have to do. And I don't want to buy a tacky "stand" of some kind so I can sit back and watch or use the thing.2) If I want to use 2 hands to type, or play a game, do I lay it down on some surface and lean over it like a piece of paper? Sounds like a back breaker.3) I purchased an EEE PC thinking it would be great, I could use it everywhere, and for anything. Turns out, it's sitting in a drawer because I have no use for a limited PC that's too small and hard to type on to do anything of value.You CANNOT tell me that typing on the iPad will be better. Typing on my iPhone is already the worst typing experience imaginable. I used to email all the time from my blackberry, now I don't even bother.4) It's a handheld iTunes store, and I can't even download and try apps that aren't approved by Apple. I'd be more interested in an Android iPad honestly.5) Is that a glass screen? If so, anyone with kids should back off now. I don't even let my kids carry glass plates to the table for dinner. Or maybe you'll be able to buy a giant Otter Box protective case for it, lol.Thanks again for the rant outlet. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | pohl: What's the point of spitting into the wind? Huge waves of hype create opportunity. Reframe and benefit. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | thenotself: I'll be honest, I wish it didn't exist. I'm happy with one less platform to support. It can't be ignored though now that it's here. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | ThomPete: It's a little overdone for sure to an extent where its almost overhyped. It's going to be interesting to see if Apple can live up to the hype they are indirectly responsible for themselves.What is interesting about "iPad being used as X" is that those types of users (doctors, real-estate-agents, politicians and children) won't need an iPad but simply just a tablet.The iPad is a consumer product because it can be used for many different things and for that it makes great sense.But I would rather have a much cheaper (and perhaps more durable) version for real-estate agents, doctors, children (someone really should make a tablet for children) etc.So the hype IMHO really is about tablets in general, it's just that most people only know the word iPad, just as many thinks that the browser is google. |
Going to Grad School, which language/framework should I learn? | djb_hackernews: You shouldn't be thinking languages, you should be thinking concepts. Take a look at your course schedule, find books and papers on those topics and get cracking.
Your software development skills will probably be superior, or at least way more than is needed for a grad program. If all you know is how to write code, you'll have a tough time expressing the concepts you are learning in the classroom. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | macco: No, you are not!
But it is a great lesson about PR and marketing. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | dannyr: I did't really care much before but with Netflix, Hulu, ABC, and CBS offering streaming videos, part of me now wants to get an IPad. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | moultano: The thing I'm finding interesting about this: There are a whole world of devices that could have had essentially the same effect if they could have attracted this much attention. Somehow though, it seems like Apple's brand manages to get everyone on board, both consumer and developer.I'm not being dismissive. Apple's brand seems like a great tool for moving the industry forward. Changing the way people use computers requires both consumers and developers to agree that this is a platform worth investing in, and Apple consistently pulls that off.What other company could have convinced the entire industry that they needed to port some version of their product to a new proprietary platform? |
Bootstrapping a Startup Alone | faramarz: Check out http://webstartupgroup.comThese guys are based in Utah and have frequent events at Brigham University. Mixers are great for meeting your future employees, partners or collaborators. Get in involved and definitely start building a personal/professional brand from day one.In Toronto, we have the MaRS Discovery District. Which is a mix of private and government money funding startups, hosting entrepreneurship classes for free, office spaces, mixers, cash prizes for app. competition, keynote speakers etc. Outsiders may also find the content useful http://www.marsdd.comIt shouldn't be hard to locate a similar program in your region.Good luck |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | csomar: If you don't like it, so why open another thread about it?There are always people who like and people who hate. You don't like? Okay, don't up vote iPad Stories, don't read them, don't comment. HN users like? So they up vote, comment...This is a community and everyone has a taste, choice, opinion... Everyone is free to discuss anything, if another one like it, he joins, another one joins, another one... made popular!And now I want to say "I'm really sick of such posts, where a user want the whole HN community to behave in the same way he does" |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | vitobcn: I don't have anything against the iPad. However, many of the related articles that made it to the front page don't actually provide much content. That bothers me more, but we can only blame ourselves for that.Regarding the device itself, I think it will be a huge success, but in general I try to avoid having a love/hate relationship with any of my devices.btw, kudos to Apple for their PR work! |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | fjabre: You simply can't ignore the force with which the iPad will reshape the tech industry for decades to come.Would you have said the same thing about the Mac in 1984?Well this is that big of a deal. It's going to reshape the way we interface computers for the foreseeable future so we all better get used to it..I for one am really excited.. It's nice to have some real leadership in this industry. Where would the tech world be without Apple: HPs, JooJoos and netbooks? Yikes.. that's a world I don't want to live in... |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | briancooley: Even though I agree the device is overhyped, I'm very excited about it because real, live end users are excited about it. That includes a lot of people like my parents who aren't tech savvy at all.As someone striving to develop on the platform, I find it thrilling. People hate their computers. They love their iPhones. I'm hoping this device can deliver something close to the same experience for casual computing. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | wglb: Possibly. But then if you are a maker, you might see opportunities. If you are a consumer, maybe not so much, unless you are a particular kind of consumer. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | jsz0: Like it or not it's a big story. It's easy enough to just not read the articles if you're not interested. I ignore a lot of stuff I don't care about on a daily basis. I don't feel like I deserve a merit badge for it. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about shiny gadgets? | lanstein: No. I don't care about gadgets in general, regardless of visual properties. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | jonknee: I'm less excited about this launch than about any other Apple product (hate the closed platform and lack of ports), but I'll end up buying one because it's got a ton of buzz. Everyone's going to want their site/app customized for the iPad just because they keep hearing about it. Easy sales, it will pay for itself in the first meeting. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | jqueryin: -- BEGIN RANT -- I'm with you on this one. It's receiving far too much hype. It's a glorified iphone with a big screen and no phone capabilities. I really can't fathom how there are so many apple fanboys out there. You can get a laptop for $500 with a hell of a lot more functionality and hardware than the iPad. Hell, the laptop doesn't even need you to purchase a boatload of extra accessories just to get basic functionality that comes standard on every laptop. If I told you I would sell you a flat monitor for $500 and you could purchase a separate keyboard, docking station, charger, and USB connector you would call me crazy. Apple just has a knack for hyping people up. This has less to do with the iPad and more to do with people believing the hype. Apple sells hype at a highly inflated rate.On to the pros: Apple's product designs are highly aesthetic. I can't deny the fact they have some of the sexiest of devices. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | hackerblues: I think it's definitely only you. For example, the guy below spent most of his press coverage talking about the iPad.Saudi to behead Lebanese convicted of witchcraft: lawyer
http://www.france24.com/en/20100331-saudi-behead-lebanese-co... |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | natch: Not only do I not give a crap about you not giving a crap, I also don't give a crap that you don't give a crap that I don't give a crap. Are we done? |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about shiny gadgets? | _delirium: I also don't. I use a 5-year-old laptop and 3-year-old non-smart phone, mostly because I don't see any reason to upgrade. New software is interesting, but new hardware, at least over the past 5 years or so, makes me yawn. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about shiny gadgets? | aasarava: I used to. For instance, it was fun to have a Palm Pilot back when few people had handheld devices.But then somewhere along the way I came to realize two things:1) The fun of getting new gadgets tends to be short-lived. Unless I absolutely can't find my away around with it (like my TomTom GPS), any device I get eventually ends up wasting space on some corner of my desk.2) Most people worth talking to are more interested in what you do rather than what you own. As the guy from Sh!t My Dad Says put it, "You didn't invent it, you just bought it. Anybody can do that." |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the iPad? | trii: I dislike the devices limited features but understand the reasoning for it. I also dislike the iphone for the same limitations. I'm personally waiting for the Notion ink Adam which I understand has been delayed today as well. A more powerful tablet with a longer battery life and a daylight readable screen for about the same price (estimated $350-$800US). Then again I'm one of the 'geeks' that want a feature set and not a carefully controlled user experience. And yes I own a jail broken itouch and the experience is not compelling enough to buy into the larger unit.It is a first generation Apple device - you're essentially testing the product - no guarantees that it is the polished product you would expect. Knowing the amount of users I will have to support that will purchase the device scares me - we ran into the same issues with the hinge fiasco on the Macbook airs. Yes they eventually warranty covered those repairs, but for at least 6 months we were dealing with "accidentally damaged" $1700-$2700 bricks.The hype is scary and some universities are already jumping the gun, see seton hall: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10471690-17.html
The problem is they're showing off their school site on the device as a mockup, however their site has flash. This could be corrected before they are deployed - but what other issues with that approach will there be? |
Recommend a Technical Virtualization Reference | subud: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Technical_documentationhttp://www.amazon.com/Virtual-Machines-Versatile-Platforms-A... |
I built this for my family's picture framing company...your thoughts? | whereareyou: This is a website I built for my family's picture framing company. I didn't know how or have the time to build a full blown shopping cart etc, so I am using Wufoo and a really simple pricing plan. Or at least, I think it is a simple plan - you tell me!We are advertising on Facebook because it is the largest photo sharing site on the web. Getting loads of clicks, but not many orders.I wanted to ask the HN community what they thought of it since you guys have a different perspective than a lot of my peers. Any advice would be so appreciated! |
I built this for my family's picture framing company...your thoughts? | coryl: I think your landing page needs a bit of optimization. I think you should have actual product samples/photos higher in the fold. I'm not sure the big "easiest way to print and frame" text needs to be THAT big, it takes up quite a big of vertical height. Same thing with the free shipping in 2010. Unnecessarily big, I get that you want it to be simple, but its just eating up too much space.Even after a quick skim of the text and prices, I don't really know what you're selling. Your selling me picture frames? I don't see any variety of picture frames on the main page. I have to click "place order" before I can even see what the products are.Good luck! |
Review my site, 99audit | ryanb: I'd try and explain more clearly what you guys do right on the homepage. I had to click around a bit before I got it.Aesthetically, you could also use a more modern-looking logo. |
Bootstrapping a Startup Alone | craybeard: Might be looking for a CTO with software project mgmt experience to lead a new product development effort around the Google Earth engine. AR with local content. Equity for brilliance and execution. Interested? Ping charlie dot mchenry at gmail. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about shiny gadgets? | rick_2047: come to think of it, I don't either. But I came to realize it just now. Funny how ignorant you can be. To list the things I have bought in last 5 years is just a samsung corby. I accept I bought it because it looked good. |
Do you see sales jump on the 1st of every month? | ambiate: As a consumer, I typically blow my 'toy' money on a project that will keep me busy for a week at the beginning of the month. This gives me 3 weeks to search for my next adventure and wish that I had more money. When the first of the month rolls around and as soon as that check clears... I'm going to hit up that .txt filled with things I wanted to do with money. (Today, I bought a shirt, rented a logo designer, ordered new headlights (last month's project gone bad), donated to my favorite site, and bought an ebook!)Also, I noticed CTR->conversions on the first few days of the month(or holidays) on my Adwords campaigns was phenomenally higher. Almost to the point where I dumped my whole budget in the first 3 days of the month just to see if it would pay off. |
Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about shiny gadgets? | regularfry: People who care about something make noise. People who don't, don't. That would explain the disparity on its own, without the positive feedback lowering the psychological barrier to entry for those who kinda care and find a herd to follow. |
Bootstrapping a Startup Alone | dnsworks: In terms of building your professional network, when you get to Seattle, look up @littleidea (he's also littleidea here on Hacker News). He's awesome. |
Learning about funding basics | daleharvey: smarter ventures is a good read on fund raising, given from the lawyers perspectivehttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Smarter-Ventures-Survivors-Venture-C... |
Web designer who codes, or designer + front-end coder? | bgnm2000: I've been designing for 11+ years, as well as learning code (HTML/CSS/Javascript/JAVA/ROR). I do consider myself a ui designer first, and a developer second - but that hasn't stopped me from trying to learn as much as possible so I can build my vision (nothing is more satisfying that designing what you want, and then making it work - front end and back end).That said, people like me do exist - more so as entrepreneurs though. I have met a few designers who know at a minimum HTML & CSS though. I wouldn't even look at designers who don't know that much. |
Learning about funding basics | robdimarco: High Tech Startup is a fantastic book that takes you from the kitchen table to IPO.http://www.amazon.com/High-Tech-Start-Revised-Updated/dp/068... |
Web designer who codes, or designer + front-end coder? | ryandavies: Hire just a designer, than have me do the conversion into HTML/CSS/JS. Soup :) |
Do you see sales jump on the 1st of every month? | ScottWhigham: Not really anything exact but sometimes at certain times of the year, yes. We are in the training business so first of month, last of month seem to coincide with "end of quarter" or "start of new training budget" for us. |
let's do a startup website link party | ScottWhigham: I don't really follow "startups" outside of HN. Guy K's alltop probably has some links though. |
Web designer who codes, or designer + front-end coder? | faramarz: I think you're right, those people are graphic designers/designers. Don't expect them to code, they won't know how.Front-End Developer/Designer better suits the job task.I started out as a designer and naturally made my foray into to css and html. Now I rarely even do mock ups in Photoshop.. and just start hand coding the css.But if you're looking for killer UI design, Hire a Designer who does nothing else. You need a specialist for the best work. |
How many have learned a language they hated just to get a job? | klodolph: I learned "corporate" to get a job. It's comes with a huge collection of bizarre operators with baffling precedence rules and a template library that spews out errors to rival C++ STL circa 1999. It also changes, my most recent job introduced me to the "cloud" type which got everyone excited but then we learned it causes segfaults whenever it interacts with the standard "security" classes, and suddenly I'm managing two separate platforms. |
Web designer who codes, or designer + front-end coder? | jqueryin: My experience is that you'll find more front end developers that bridge the gap than designers.Personally, I'm frustrated that the majority of designers won't pick up such simple things as XHTML and CSS when developers are expected to know such a vast array of languages, conventions, and photoshop to boot.I think you'd have an easier time if you specified you're looking for a frontend developer with skills in design. Just ask for work samples, I'm sure they're up to par. |
Web designer who codes, or designer + front-end coder? | proexploit: I wouldn't be confident that a designer who can't code in HTML/CSS would understand the restrictions of the medium. I've seen a lot of great "website designs" done in Photoshop that wouldn't make terrible websites due to load speed, structure, or other unconsidered elements.I'd say the answer somewhat depends on the specific candidates and your budget. There's rockstar designer/coders out there and there's good designers and coders.Try hiring a front-end coder who does their mockups in Photoshop. That could narrow out serial wireframers (wireframes are good, just not when used to build a design) and help you find someone who's the best of both worlds.Maybe you're also getting a lot of non-coders because of the location you listed the job as well. Try posting a job here on HN, asking for a referral to a good designer or a more established "design+coding" marketplace. |
Introduction to web design? | jamii: I eventually found http://www.betaversion.org/~stefano/linotype/news/169/This is exactly what I was after - step by step instructions, decisions made for me, gotchas explained. I highly recommend it for anyone else in the same position. |
How do you solicit "known people" to play a role in your startup? | pg: http://ycombinator.com/apply.htmlYou can also do it through friends of friends. There are probably at most 3 hops between your immediate friends and some of the people you want to reach. So just start traversing that tree, asking for intros. |
How do you solicit "known people" to play a role in your startup? | curiousgeorge: Don't ask people to play a role in your company unless they're going to work for it. Once you start growing people will want to be associated with your success and you won't find it hard to engage.Asking for recommendations from people who know what they're doing is an entirely different matter. I'd guess that's what they're looking for -- social proof you are reliable and not/crazy. |
Review our app (To→done) | bgnm2000: I like it, its simple, easy to use nice concept.My only other comment would be, the nice thing about a list - is I can see all of the things I've put on it, its an organized way of knowing I've spelled everything out. What if I forgot a task I wanted to do with this format (that I thought I had entered)? There'd be no way to know.The biggest problem for me, would be motivating myself to use the app consistently, even though I do certainly like it. |
VC funding milestones - are they normal? | maxdemarzi: http://cdixon.org/2009/08/15/the-problem-with-tranched-vc-in...Basically, it's "normal" but not really great for you.More about downside protection for the VC, so they can cut their losses.Also as you reach these milestones, your company should be worth more (since you created value), but by doing this the VC sets the price for the future milestone based investment tranches at the lowest price (zero milestones reached). |
Review our app (To→done) | ryduh: Clickable link: http://todoneapp.com/ |
VC funding milestones - are they normal? | cperciva: Some VCs try to negotiate tranches. Based on how rarely this comes up, I suspect they're a rather small minority.The right answer is probably "We're negotiating our first round of funding right now. We'll negotiate our second round of funding later." |
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