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review my app whereslunch.org | pclark: comments:Hurrah, email optional & no verification & having a delete my account button!I think you need to prettyfy your UI! Little bit of CSS and curves goes a long way :) |
review my app whereslunch.org | rogercosseboom: At first I have to question how this can compete with places like Yelp, etc. (we have a dumber app here in NYC called menupages.com) but your use of Google Maps totally sold me.I would suggest changing the language regarding accounts, specifically instead of 'login with openid' which some people may not... |
Please Review My New Site. | eduardoflores: - Let users add photos/videos
- Make design more fun, cheerful, drunken...
- Maybe link to social networking sites |
review my app whereslunch.org | EGF: Would love to have this populated for the NYC area. |
HTTP compression from client to server? | yan: How much data are you submitting? Usually, the overhead of everything else that goes on outside of your browser is a magnitude slower than the data transmission itself. Unless you're submitting hundreds of kilobytes, I wouldn't worry about compression. |
review my app whereslunch.org | kbrower: when buying a domain make sure the .com of your .org isn't porn |
HTTP compression from client to server? | cperciva: I never noticed before, but it seems you can't send compressed data from an HTTP client back up to the server.Not true. It is perfectly valid for an HTTP client to send an entity (as part of a PUT or POST, for example) with Content-Encoding: gzip. RFC 2616 specifically mentions this case, in fact.That said,... |
Please Review My New Site. | Allocator2008: I appreciate the fact that there is a disclaimer about not drinking and driving. Perhaps one could further add a disclaimer that once one gets into the order of a dozen or more shots in a single night, one runs a risk of dying from alcohol poisoning, and that can happen with these kinds of "drinking game... |
my islandreefjob.com application..social hack? | eatenbyagrue: Not sure it's clear what the point of your website is... |
review my app whereslunch.org | lacker: You default to Austin, Texas. Why not detect the user's location from their IP address? Even if it isn't perfect, it's better than always guessing Texas.Also, it would be nice to see more about a restaurant than just a name and a rating. I can't really trust the ratings when there's only one or two per restaura... |
review my app whereslunch.org | axod: Create an account:"Internal Server Error"Boo :( |
What software do you use to make screencasts for you product? | josefresco: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=289420http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37987http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=436523http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=133349all found with http://searchyc.com |
What software do you use to make screencasts for you product? | tomsaffell: I'm glad you asked - I've been wanting to compare notes with others on this for a while...I use CamStudio. It's free, and easy to use. It doesnt have many bells or whistles, but I don't need it to. I get it to output a very high bitrate avi file. The real issue for me is how to then encode and stream the vi... |
What software do you use to make screencasts for you product? | thorax: I've been using Jing for a while now.http://jingproject.com |
What software do you use to make screencasts for you product? | amjith: A setup for screencast definitely goes beyond a screen capture utility. You need a way of capturing and displaying keystrokes without interfering with the application you are trying to demo. Does anyone have any recommendations? What about adding text to the video at certain locations, like annotations?edit: Wh... |
What software do you use to make screencasts for you product? | bprater: Over at the peepcode, they have a nice video for explaining this: http://peepcode.com/products/screencasting-on-the-mac. Not free, but very good. |
What software do you use to make screencasts for you product? | jaskew: http://freescreencast.comdisclaimer: I made it.But seriously, I do use it constantly. |
review my app whereslunch.org | jdbeast00: I don't get why this is getting good reviews. How is it different from the already-established sites? Even google does it itself on google maps. |
Dealing with fraud and liability? | Tangurena: You've got 2 major risks here.Your question indicates you're concerned about someone using a bogus card, using your site, and then you're out the money/fees (this is indistinguishable from a chargeback due to an unhappy customer). As far as I can tell, this is a "cost of doing business" and other than some c... |
review my app whereslunch.org | lonestar: I assumed you were choosing location based on IP, but I guess I'm just lucky to live in North Austin.It wasn't clear to me what I could do once I created an account until I read deep into the site; some text on the homepage like "Create an account to add restaurants and ratings" would help.I'll definitely sta... |
What software do you use to make screencasts for you product? | braindead_in: i used Windows Media Encoder 9, converted it to wmv and then used ffmpeg to create an flv. |
How do you handle debates with non-scientists? | yan: it's not my fault if they're not well-informed or wrong!Maybe it is you? |
What software do you use to make screencasts for you product? | Hoff: Apple's Podcast Capture is a potential option here.It's part of Mac OS X client, and connects with Podcast Producer running on Mac OS X Server.Which means it's either free or (if you don't have a Mac OS X Server box around) it's not free. |
How do you handle debates with non-scientists? | lacker: If your friends think you have been rude, then you have been rude. That's how "rude" works. There's no official definition for what is rude behavior or not.Why don't you ask your friends why they find you rude and aggressive. They probably can explain better than we can. |
Please Review My New Site. | unalone: It seems like a fun idea, but it doesn't feel fun. I think the tag cloud is detrimental. It makes drinking feel like work.The logo doesn't appear in Safari, as was noted.Beyond that, this feels like you could have much more than drinking games on the site. There aren't enough drinking games to make a directory... |
What software do you use to make screencasts for you product? | PStamatiou: screenflow for OSX is fantastic. |
How do you handle debates with non-scientists? | russell: If you are arguing evolution against ID, forget it. Their minds are cast in concrete and wont change. This is pretty much whenever arguing facts against beliefs, particularly true believers. If you are arguing pseudo-science, you are the one needing a little head cleansing. |
How do you handle debates with non-scientists? | DanielBMarkham: What's the purpose of your argument?If it's to prove that you are right and they are wrong -- well, sounds like you're pretty good at that.If it's to understand what the other person is saying and to come together towards a common understanding of a respectful disagreement? That's mature discussion. It'... |
What software do you use to make screencasts for you product? | SingAlong: I noticed a handful of sites having thir screencasts done by http://demogirl.comI had this problems of converting my screencasts sometime ago Most tools I found were either trial or were putting a big moronic "limited version" text in the center of the screen apart from limiting but found a good and free con... |
review my app whereslunch.org | thasmin: I really like the concept. A few suggestions for the UI:1. Why make me choose a city at all? Start me at the US and let me enter an address and show all places on the map.2. The map is very small. At the minimum it should take up the available area. Keep the same height / width ratio if that looks better.3. Th... |
What software do you use to make screencasts for you product? | jraines: Camtasia Studio kicks the crap out of all the free products I've tried (Wink, CamStudio, some builtin Windows Media thing).It's easy and produces small, high-quality output files in just about any format you desire.I plan on trying some of the ones mentioned here, though. Anyone know of a good one for Ubuntu? |
How do you handle debates with non-scientists? | khafra: If you're trying to get someone to change his views by debate, it most likely won't work. You'd probably do well to read up on influencing people, Dale Carnegie or NLP or something. If you're trying to convince undecided, rational third parties, and your interlocutor is "playing fair," you could trying procee... |
What software do you use to make screencasts for you product? | kungfooey: I recommend Wink. It works in Windows and Linux and creates it in a Flash file you can embed on your site with notes, etc. |
Please Review My New Site. | latortuga: Typo from the About page: "If your still reading this..." |
How do you handle debates with non-scientists? | RiderOfGiraffes: I read recently (sorry - can't remember where) of a scientist at a party that was also attended by a number of astrology (not astronomy) practitioners and aficionados. He noticed that they were in discussion, and although some clearly disagreed with others, they were accepting of positive points, and o... |
What software do you use to make screencasts for you product? | andrewhyde: http://www.synium.de/products/screenium/index.html is what I use. |
Wrong choices during development, who pays? | DanielBMarkham: Consultants are supposed to consult, not make business decisions. If you hired a consulting firm, expect them to give you advice for you to make a decision.If, on the other hand, you care only about results, you should have asked for a flat-rate bid on completed work by a development company. In that ca... |
What software do you use to make screencasts for you product? | ucdaz: I find that screentoaster.com is pretty straight forward and NO INSTALL required. |
Services for startups / gigs for hackers | yan: I was also at the NY meet up. This is off-topic, but do you know if there are labeled photos of people attending? I'd like to double check who everyone was and who I was talking to. |
Should You Publicly Post Uptime Stats for a SaaS site? | timf: As a consumer, SaaS sites that post information like this (that I find credible) definitely influence my buying decision (I don't have anything to say to you as a SaaS site owner yet).Check this site out, it has a lot to say on this subject (and good examples in their 'hall of fame'):http://www.transparentuptime.... |
What software do you use to make screencasts for you product? | davidw: I'm holding out hope that those horrid things are just a passing fad. I can't stand them:-/ |
review my app whereslunch.org | tjr: I tried to add a restaurant in my city, and I could either (a) add a new restaurant or (b) add a new location. It took me a while to come to the conclusion that adding a new location meant adding a new instance of a chain of restaurants, adding a new restaurant meant adding a new chain. (I think.)So okay, I'll s... |
Should You Publicly Post Uptime Stats for a SaaS site? | callmeed: I could be wrong, but I'm inclined to think it's only helpful for SaaS apps serving geeks/hackers.If you're serving Joe Consumer or a specific industry/niche market, I'm not sure it matters.I do like it when my service providers have a "system status" page, so maybe that's an option. |
What software do you use to make screencasts for you product? | AndrewWarner: If you check out myself you can see that I do much more than screencasts with CamStudio. I use it as a full video editing program. (mixergy.com) Email me if you want direct questions answers about video (mail at awarner.com). |
Please Review My New Site. | brent: "We are here to provide a source of entertainment for any sort of drinking game/activity. We wanted to provide the best place to find any activity for drinking so feel free to look around and add a game/activity or two."This is not as concise as it should be. Cut it down to like 7-8 words. |
First freelance job. Any tips on contracts? | answerly: I am not an attorney, but I have negotiated both sides of freelance software agreements in the past.Has the company you will be working with hired any freelancers/contractors in the past? If so, they may have an agreement they've used in the past. Starting with their agreement may save you some time because... |
What is your favorite TED talk? | xiaoma: As someone in the education field, I found Alan Kay's talk really, really inspiring:http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/alan_kay_shares_a_powerfu... |
What would you want to be if you couldn't work with software? | mg1313: Filmmaker :)...and I am already learning about this. |
What would you want to be if you couldn't work with software? | russell: Idle rich. |
First freelance job. Any tips on contracts? | mrtron: Getting paid out can be painful. Make sure do everything possible to make that easy. Properly document your time/efforts and send proper invoices at the proper time. |
basic word wrap in vim | cschneid: I'm pretty sure these two lines do what you want. It keeps it as one physical line, but wraps at word boundaries instead of at the exact character when doing logical wrapping. " Break lines intelligently when wrapping
set linebreak
set display+=lastline |
Should I drop out or not? | masterhacker: Stay in school and get a job. I think you can handle working and studying. That way you can pay part of the tuition now, plus school can be useful. |
review my app whereslunch.org | truebosko: I like it.However, my personal primary issue with your app is that when I go to it to find lunch, it's just too much information. When I'm looking for lunch I don't want to spend 10 minutes browsing around and researching. I want something quick.Suggest me a few places that might fit a criteria. Have a quick... |
First freelance job. Any tips on contracts? | mattchew: I'd recommend writing your own contract/agreement if you can. Keep it short and simple, what you'll do, how much you'll get paid, when you'll get paid. Also, that you own the code.I'd recommend being up front about possible reselling. Your customer may gripe about it, but better to talk it out now than mak... |
First freelance job. Any tips on contracts? | fizx: IANAL, this is not legal advice. If you want to do this by the books, get a lawyer. If you want to wing it, take the advice. This is my experience contracting for small to medium business and startups. YMMV, especially with large companies.Contracts mostly don't matter. Communication matters. Getting paid m... |
What software do you use to make screencasts for you product? | critic: Windows Media Encoder, then upload wmv to blip.tv, who convert it to flash and host it (Got this idea from the Clojure guy)Not sure why the other Windows Media Encoder user got downmodded. Perhaps it would be more useful to explain why you think your approach is better (other than your hate of Bill Gates)? |
What would you want to be if you couldn't work with software? | burnout1540: Journalist or just another suit. |
What to do with a spare linux box? | inimino: You could give it away to someone who really needs it.A lot of low-income families and kids don't have computers, and there are organizations (Free Geek is one) that accept and distribute donated machines. |
Ask HN:Payment Platforms for Validating Users | russell: You should remember the transaction charges. I think most payment systems charge 20-30 cents per transaction. I dont know about PP. I don't have a PP account and would probably object to giving you my CC number unless I found your service compelling. I certainly would not give it just to look around. This... |
What to do with a spare linux box? | ichverstehe: Get a VoIP account, set up Asterisk, throw in Adhearsion, do fun stuff. I rickroll random incoming calls. People recently stopped calling me. |
What to do with a spare linux box? | liangzan: There're many things you can do with a spare linux box. I do keep a few 'project ideas' links just in case I got some spare time on hand.Home file server with ZFS - http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/Proxy Server - http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/macvittie/archive/2008/10/0...Map-Red... |
First freelance job. Any tips on contracts? | wenbert: Putting yourself in the client's shoes always worked for me. For first time clients, it is the best way to gain their trust. I have never met face-to-face most of my clients. I live in the Philippines and they are either in the US/Canada/Australia. I have a day job and work mostly at night and on weekends. I h... |
First freelance job. Any tips on contracts? | newy: [Not legal advice] General tip - always remember everything is negotiable. Just because someone hands you a form contract doesn't mean you have to sign it as is. IP's tricky, but basically you own what you author until you assign the rights (unless it's a "work for hire", which generally doesn't apply, see the ... |
basic word wrap in vim | mhartl: I posted the same question at StackOverflow, which also yielded some useful advice: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/467739/how-do-you-get-vim...Basically, my terminal app was at fault, not vim. Switching from xterm to gnome-terminal fixed the problem. |
What to do with a spare linux box? | manny: I was also thinking of maybe doing that Folding@Home stuff. |
Please Review My New Site. | aptimpropriety: I'd remove the need for a log-in to vote on games. Regardless of 'abuse', which should be relatively easy to monitor, if someone feels particularly passionate about up-voting, perhaps they should be able to express it.Considering a large percentage of individuals who play such games are likely underage,... |
First freelance job. Any tips on contracts? | tjmc: First thing to know is - there is no such thing as a "standard contract". It's always useful to have a lawyer look over a contract before you sign it.
Then - never be afraid to request changes. I've found employers are usually happy to make reasonable contract changes and clarifying things like termination notice... |
First freelance job. Any tips on contracts? | Encosia: Dealing with small companies, I usually start by suggesting a simple NDA to protect them and make them feel safe. If they don't want more, I skip the administrivia and we move on to solving their problems.It's been my experience that you're a lot better off being informal about the legalese and just invoicing... |
Please Review My New Site. | rksprst: It's nice to see a fellow asp.net website. It also looks like you're using the mvc beta. Though, the site could use a designer. |
What would you want to be if you couldn't work with software? | plinkplonk: Fiction Author |
First freelance job. Any tips on contracts? | rrival: If you haven't been heavily client-facing inside a large company please, for your sake, remember to make sure you have written signoff from your clients at every stage re: expectations and deliverables. Clients spending their own money or with an incentive to keep costs low (been at this 10+ ys) have all read t... |
First freelance job. Any tips on contracts? | bprater: Check Elance, they have several sample agreements you can choose from. In fact, many of the rent-a-someone services will offer these.Personally, I kept an agreement around for years. Over time, I would add or subtract from it, but in general, once you have an solid contract agreement, you shouldn't need anothe... |
Ask HN:Payment Platforms for Validating Users | bayareaguy: I'm not sure where payment fits in but I read a while back that craigslist uses http://www.reducefraud.com to validate users via a telephone call. Google App Engine signup does something similar with SMS messaging.Would a telephone number work for what you are doing? |
What would you want to be if you couldn't work with software? | jcapote: The people that make the machines in the How It's Made show |
Services for startups / gigs for hackers | pclark: You know, I've love a service where I can ask hackers how to do stuff.Like Yahoo Answers, but hacker answers. |
First freelance job. Any tips on contracts? | popschedule: Break your projects up into milestonesfor example:Milestone One (Prototype, wireframe, database development (if it's dynamic, or just design) then make them pay up front before you start this.Milestone Two (Slicing and Integration, programming, etc) break that up into another payment.and usually I make a f... |
What would you want to be if you couldn't work with software? | medianama: Mathematician or a Sportsman... who knows! |
Slinkset or not? | pclark: why not just host the reddit code yourself? |
advices for presenting a project | mkuhn: I have a slideshow for you which will help you improve your slideshow skills: http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpointDefinitely one of the best I've ever seen. Its a tutorial what to do and how to do it. |
First freelance job. Any tips on contracts? | luminousbit: I HIGHLY recommend adding a LOT of language to the contract that deals with the exact terms of payment. Some things to consider:1) What are the late penalties if they don't pay on time?2) What are the penalties if they (or you) cancel the contract?3) What happens if you can't meet a milestone or deadline ... |
advices for presenting a project | TobiasCassell: "Presentationzen" by Garr Reynolds and "Slide:ology" by Nancy Duarte will be exceedingly helpful to you. Here are links to their blogs and Amazon descriptions. Good luck!http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321525655/103-6148611-3957...http://blog.duarte.com/ht... |
What would you want to be if you couldn't work with software? | manvsmachine: The Stig |
First freelance job. Any tips on contracts? | ballpark: Thanks so much everyone. You guys are great. I have some reading to do. :) |
Review our startup - MightyBrand.com | redorb: I think your prices should be $5/month "blogger" then I would just rename the others and perhaps shift the price downward too, "startups" will probably do this themselves with google alerts or other services.I think your market is small; I feel those who know enough to care about brand mentions - care enough to... |
Review our startup - MightyBrand.com | rockbilly: * I greatly appreciate that the 30-day trial doesn't require a credit card. Bravo! Finally someone gets that right.* Why do you start at 3 brands? I'm guessing that there are enough users that would like to monitor a single brand maybe for $12-$14/mo?* The plan pricing isn't good. The Big Shot plan costs... |
Review our startup - MightyBrand.com | unalone: I hate that Feedback tab. I don't know what service provides it, but it ruins my process of browsing the site, it's ALWAYS slow to load, and I think a contact form is much more useful.The design is clean. Two things: make a hover effect on the "Free Trial" button, it feels oddly static right now, and "60 sec s... |
Slinkset or not? | known: You may consider http://www.kubelabs.com/phpdug/ |
Review our startup - MightyBrand.com | jbenz: The design is really great. Very clean, lots of white space, clear call to action. Just wanted to say: Good work! |
Review our startup - MightyBrand.com | eisokant: It looks like a great site especially since you allow filtering to some extent. I was just deleting my account with Techrigy.com earlier since they just didn't get it right, MightyBrand has a lot of potential.When I tried blocking an author though I got the following error from Google Chrome:The webpage at ht... |
Review our startup - MightyBrand.com | ivankirigin: Definitely a cleaner design than BlueSwarm. Nice work. |
Review our startup - MightyBrand.com | symptic: With a name like MightyBrand, while I think you've got a solid design already, it just doesn't come across to me as something bold enough to sport the name 'MightyBrand'. I'd look to add bold, heavy, red coloring rather than orange. The white feels clean, but it also feels a bit too open.Also, in terms of conv... |
Slinkset or not? | pierrefar: Spam is a problem in all systems. You'll have to deal with it somehow.Also try Drupal and modules. |
What is your favorite TED talk? | Radix: save thread |
Review our startup - MightyBrand.com | rokhayakebe: Finally a startup with "Pricing". |
Review our startup - MightyBrand.com | kbrower: Definitely interested in this and would become a paying subscriber, if:
1. prices were lower
2. it was more comprehensive(went through tinyurls for your domain, scanned other social websites) |
How do I make myself competitive for a master's in CS after college? | lacker: Apply for a PhD. If you get in, you can bail after you get your master's, and they pay you if you are a PhD student. A professor at a top-25 CS grad school once told me they accept almost every American citizen who applies to the PhD program because it's so much cheaper - so worst case, you should be able to go... |
Review our startup - MightyBrand.com | pedalpete: I think your messaging is a bit off in the "add brand" sectionI created a brand, and then it asked for keywords or phrases, so I entered keywords, not the brandname itself as I thought this was a tag kinda think, maybe you were doing analysis on cross-section of Brands (that's capital B, 'cause you are calli... |
Slinkset or not? | brett: We're working on making things more flexible. If you have any specific questions about what you need please feel free to email me, brett at slinkset. |
How do I make myself competitive for a master's in CS after college? | tokenadult: I agree with the advice already given that the best way to be admitted to the programs you desire is to be ready to apply to a strong Ph.D. program.But why do you desire the master's degree? Can't you meet great minds in private industry? |
Review our startup - MightyBrand.com | brandnewlow: three things.1. The "keyword" concept can be better explained. I wasn't sure what to put there during registration. It was only after I saw it in action, and saw that it was actually asking for specific search terms, that I understood. Then I went back in and changed the keywords for my brand to specific... |
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