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What's your twitter account? | pclark: twitter.com/plc |
HN Meetup at SXSW? | ian: Sounds good. I'm @soundboy on twitter. That was the easiest way to organise things last time. |
What's your twitter account? | brk: http://twitter.com/NotoriousBRK |
What's your twitter account? | jgrahamc: @jgrahamc |
Help naming an iPhone app | thepanister: cleanup ? Or cleanitup |
Help naming an iPhone app | dirtyaura: CleanBook |
What's your twitter account? | antipax: www.twitter.com/antipax |
What's your twitter account? | dantheman: http://twitter.com/madhaxor |
What's your twitter account? | enra: Previous thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=480171hint: http://searchyc.com |
Help naming an iPhone app | spoiledtechie: Bookdress
Paddress (IPhone + address)
BookTacts (Book + Contacts),
Undresser (Might sell based just on the name) lol.
Addresser |
What's your twitter account? | lacker: http://twitter.com/lackerI try to mostly tweet about computery stuff. |
Why developers at startups use 3 monitors? | noodle: 2 monitors is cheaper than 1 really big monitor. more screen space makes multitasking easier, improving productivity. |
Why developers at startups use 3 monitors? | trickjarrett: It's a documented trend that more monitors enhances developer efficiency. There is a point of diminishing returns as well, so two or three is the sweet spot. Some can see improvement with four, but not many.I apologize, I can't find the source of the study for efficiency.That being said, some prefer a sin... |
Why developers at startups use 3 monitors? | gaius: Once you've had double-headed there's no going back. Try it! |
Why developers at startups use 3 monitors? | tmilewski: Definitely try it. I will never be able to go back to one monitor.Here are some statistics:
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000012.htmlHere are instructions:
http://lifehacker.com/software/dual-monitor/how-to-set-up-du... |
Why developers at startups use 3 monitors? | joubert: Imagine you're trying to write a letter on a piece of paper but the desk you're writing on is only 3cm². Were it bigger, it would be so much easier. |
Why developers at startups use 3 monitors? | ErrantX: I can think of a couple of reasons- Sheer geekery (though that doesnt work with your comment about cost, I admit).- Multiple PC's (example: at my desk I have a dual screen setup for working on, a 3rd screen connected to a different PC for email, IM [chatterous via Gtalk ftw] & personal stuff and a smaller scre... |
Why developers at startups use 3 monitors? | AndrewO: 1) Why? As others have said, enhanced productivity. I usually keep API docs, examples, and a terminal with autotest on my secondary. Also, in my case, my machine is a laptop (I use that screen as my secondary) and knowing I have a 24" screen waiting for me is incentive to come into the office instead of tele... |
Why developers at startups use 3 monitors? | silencio: I have a main setup comprised of 3 displays with one desktop and a laptop, it's quite nice to work like this, especially when I run macosx and then have windows in vmware fusion on another display.The only thing I'm torn on is rotation. I've flipped a display 90 degrees around and I can't decide if I like it ... |
Why developers at startups use 3 monitors? | indiejade: Testing sites for browser compatibility and rendering issues, most likely; though having 1+ screens probably isn't necessary. I would think it would be much easier, and more cost-effective to go with a KVM switch than a bunch of different monitors. Perhaps could be useful for testing site renderings on di... |
Help naming an iPhone app | factor0: ContactGenie |
Why developers at startups use 3 monitors? | hs: maybe it's the 'secret weapon' for those startupsis there any data of #monitors used during early product development on various startups? |
Why developers at startups use 3 monitors? | jud: I use synergy http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ for sharing one mouse and keyboard across two monitors and OSes. I use Linux on the right and Mac on the left. Would never go back. Like someone said read documentation on one, code on another. |
Are we more introspective than users of other websites? | ilamont: I think the HN community is more introspective, but the relatively small population of readers and submitted articles that make it to the front page certainly amplifies these discussions.Slashdot has sometimes had introspective discussions, either as a tangent to some other topic or prompted by an anniversary ... |
What state [or region] is hiring the most of us? | thepanister: I really wish to move to the Silicon Valley... it's my biggest dream in my life.
Starting my startup at the heart of the Silicon Valley - Palo Alto, or maybe at Mountain view... ouch, this dream is always in my head!It's not about money or any thing... it's just emotional.
It's enough to tell you that the ... |
What state [or region] is hiring the most of us? | hunterjrj: In Canada, Vancouver is a fair place to move for tech jobs. Your best bet though is east, in Waterloo or Toronto. Heading further east, there are good number of software companies (including game shops) in Montreal.Calgary is always an option, depending on the oil sector. |
What state [or region] is hiring the most of us? | noodle: west. more specifically, SV, seattle or portland. they all have good tech industries as well as awesome local culture.but those are my choices, ymmv. |
Why developers at startups use 3 monitors? | racy_rick: Left monitor has mozilla with tabs and behind that a terminal with database command line.Right monitor has outlook and my main terminal window plus itunes in the background (or whatever I'm listening to).It is incredibly nice to compare 2 files across the monitors. Also it is nice to be able to have ie6 or i... |
Review My App | "LifesBook" = Twitter + A Diary | markca: I think you meant http://www.lifesbook.com/ |
Review My App | "LifesBook" = Twitter + A Diary | utnick: good luck, but I dont think u will find many customers for this due to the fact that:wordpress if free &
twitter is free and lets u keep your updates private if you want i believeit does look very well done though |
Help naming an iPhone app | mqm: Squeaky...as in Squeaky Clean? |
Review My App | "LifesBook" = Twitter + A Diary | callahad: "As you would expect after a user has been using the site for a few months the data (their entires) we store for them becomes really quiet valuable to the user."True enough, but please don't hold your users' data hostage. |
Review My App | "LifesBook" = Twitter + A Diary | thinkzig: First, as always, congratulations on launching and getting something out the door. I think that's one of the hardest things to do, so kudos to you for getting something out there.I kinda like this idea though I'm not sure I'd pay $9.99 a month for it. Also, if you were industrious enough you could do this y... |
Do you use wireframes to mock up your site? | noodle: no.i don't like them, really. in the past when i did some, i felt it took too much time in comparison to the benefits i got out of it. my concepts change too much, sometimes in big ways, even after a mockup is complete, even after work has begun./not a designer, but plays one on tv |
Review My App | "LifesBook" = Twitter + A Diary | unalone: First off: You stole Tumblr's icons. That's a really, really shitty thing to do. They paid good money for those icons and you blatantly ripped them from the site.Not just that. You copy your "translucent borders" from Facebook, your "close window" dialogue from the original lightbox and your feedback tab links... |
Do you use wireframes to mock up your site? | michaeledwards: Use Balsamiq. Kicks total ass. Super super simple and highly productive. Non-technical users find it easy to work with and this is very valuable.You can mock up an entire site in an hour. Balsamiq is actually quicker than paper mockups when you take into account ease of changes. |
Why developers at startups use 3 monitors? | mannicken: I use two 15 inch laptops (Vista and Kubuntu) and one 22 inch screen in the middle.Depending on the type of work I do (Windows development or nix) I physically switch main screen between two laptops. For example, when I do Outlook add-in dev, my screens might look like this:Vista laptop: Outlook where I test... |
Do you use wireframes to mock up your site? | ErrantX: Software? :P
I did go through a phase of using some crappy software package to lay out sites. But in the end it seemed to take more time.Now I generally sketch briefly on paper (just ot remind myself) design in photoshop, slice graphics out, position and apply CSS and throw in the data :D |
Review My App | "LifesBook" = Twitter + A Diary | sjs382: I guess this is as good a time as ever to be concise and blunt. You have competitors that do exactly the same thing, better, for free, that have traction, and a recognizable brand. Good luck. |
Review My App | "LifesBook" = Twitter + A Diary | peternicholls: Iv killed the site, clearly lots of things i need to fix. lesson learnt. |
Do you use wireframes to mock up your site? | andrewljohnson: I use HTML and Javascript to mock up my site. Then I redo it a couple of times. I prefer just to talk it over, think it over, and get started.Of course, I'm talking about a totally new start-up website, not something I have to spec for customers.What's a wireframe anyways? |
Review My App | "LifesBook" = Twitter + A Diary | callahad: Meta-feedback:To be successful, you need the tenacity to keep going and the humility to realize where you erred. Welcome to the crucible.What could you do next time to avoid these particular responses? |
Luck or Hard Work? | vaksel: Both.You need hardwork to exploit the luck you get. |
Luck or Hard Work? | Tangurena: A lot of "luck" is previous preparation - aka hard work.And some luck is genuine luck, such as when your main competitor is out flying a plane when VeryLargeCorp wants to buy the software that both of you produce, reducing your competitor to irrelevance, and giving you a huge boost. |
Luck or Hard Work? | HSO: both necessary, none sufficient |
Luck or Hard Work? | pg: Luck is a multiplier of work. It's exceptionally rare to benefit from pure luck-- to find buried treasure, or something like that. Usually you have to be working on something to give luck room to strike.Luck can also set you up in a better position initially. E.g. you could be lucky enough to be born in a count... |
Luck or Hard Work? | icey: "The harder I work, the luckier I get" - Samuel Goldwyn |
Luck or Hard Work? | mixmax: http://www.maximise.dk/blog/2009/02/getting-lucky-is-hard-wo...Disclaimer: Shameless self plug... |
Luck or Hard Work? | GrandMasterBirt: Without hard work any lucky oportunity can fade awayWithout luck you just work hard nonestop with little payoff |
Luck or Hard Work? | cmos: every time my company has almost gone out of business, something has happenend to keep it around. Sometimes it's a spike in sales, other times a last minute investment.I consider myself the hardest working luckiest guy in the world. |
Why does everyone buy Aeron chairs for programmers? | noodle: to each his or her own. if you don't like aerons, skip em. |
Why does everyone buy Aeron chairs for programmers? | aaronblohowiak: I love a full Yoga ball, like Dwight from the office. Aeron is a good 2nd. The best ones have many ways to adjust them and |
How would you implement something like twitter/facebook? | aaronblohowiak: Don't try to make a Facebook or twitter for your first app. Make a toy that fits on a platform you like. If it is fun/useful, other people might like it. Learn as you go. |
How would you implement something like twitter/facebook? | dbul: Think very basically. Just program with the tools you have and do research as you need to implement something you aren't familiar with. If it is your first time writing a site, you may end up having to scrap it and go to the beginning (with experience you may be able to come up with a rough plan beforehand).Faceb... |
What's the best way to accept credit cards online? | aneesh: Short answer: There's no free lunch here. Whoever processes credit cards for you will take a small cut.Long answer: See the following discussionshttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=470128http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=389692http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=115723http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1201... |
How would you implement something like twitter/facebook? | nategraves: You may want to look into some PHP frameworks like CodeIgniter or Zend (if that's your language of choice). For your API, you could start with a simpler REST API that allows users to make requests through URLs and get back their data as XML. Finally, you could do some distributing by using a service like ... |
How to avoid arguing over trivialities? | comatose_kid: Have coding standards. This way, you only have to argue about these kinds of tedious issues once. |
Why does everyone buy Aeron chairs for programmers? | SwellJoe: I suspect age has something to do with this. A huge armchair probably isn't going to be very good for your neck and back for very long periods; the way you'd have to hold your head for working at a desktop computer (or, god forbid, looking at a laptop) in such a chair would be horrid. If you're young, you w... |
Why does everyone buy Aeron chairs for programmers? | dave_au: I have a friend who does his programming from an armchair and I often wonder how long it's going to be until his wrists start to be effected by the massively subergonomic elbow/wrist placement that it forces on him.Anecdotally, my sister is a chiropractor and the Aeron (when properly adjusted, which can take ... |
Why does everyone buy Aeron chairs for programmers? | justlearning: I don't exactly remember, but I do recall reading about posture in office chairs in nytimes, something about the sitting errect was not the right way and the traditionally sloppy way was more easy on the back!
I looked up one link at nytimes - http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/12/health/12real.html - suggest... |
please review my Firefox extension | codeismightier: I wrote this extension a while back and I'm wondering what you guys (and gals) think. It uses DirectedEdge's API (they are regulars here, thanks guys!). Are the "popup bubbles" useful? Any suggestions for improvement or new features would be very helpful. |
Why does everyone buy Aeron chairs for programmers? | kaiserama: I personally like my Aeron chair for 2 reasons. 1, because of it's mesh material. I can sit in it for extended periods of time and not have much fatigue or get sweaty like I can with some of those pleather chairs that you have to assemble when you get them home. 2, for the many many number of ways you can... |
What's the best way to accept credit cards online? | kaiserama: I have used PayPal and Google Checkout on a site, if you sign up for the business/payments pro version of PayPal you'll be able to collect payments in 2 ways on your site. Either via PayPal payment, or credit card. The credit card payment can be transparent to the user if you are either using a shopping ca... |
What's the best way to accept credit cards online? | mis: Thanks, you guys have been very helpful. Good starting resources here. |
Luck or Hard Work? | pasbesoin: At the level of anecdote, the misfortune that many lottery winners eventually encounter (lose it all, and/or enter social isolation) makes me think that luck is not sufficient. Without work and preparation, you will not be able to capitalize on luck when it does occur.Now, if someone wants to prove the cont... |
Luck or Hard Work? | sho: The question is bad, the binary options are false.Imagine I build and launch twitter2.com. I put a lot of hard work into it. It fails, of course. Was I unlucky?Obviously there is (at least) a 3rd dynamic at work. It's hard to nail it down, but let's called it insight.When I first saw twitter, soon after it was lau... |
Feedback on my twitter app - hashlike | thepanister: hmmmm not bad.I see that your business model is Amazon referrals... :) |
Feedback on my twitter app - hashlike | kirubakaran: Very interesting.Some suggestions:1. Consider adding: img {border-style: none;}2. Consider right aligning images in the column. This will make the differing sizes not stick out as much.3. (twtr) can be replaced with an icon. (hummingbird?)4. Change "How-to" to something else or just remove that title.All t... |
Feedback on my twitter app - hashlike | dotpavan: nice idea of converting blurbs/tweets about stuff people talk into a list.. It might be a nice idea if you had some kind of ranking with things that are most talked about on the top.. got the thought from tweetdeck which shows wordclouds with largest words being the ones most talked about, to see the trend |
Feedback on my twitter app - hashlike | raptrex: found an error:
http://www.hashlike.com/hashlike/by
shows dark knight by smsq when your in the hashlike profile |
Why isn't Cramer being prosecuted? Didn't he claim to break the law on TV? | Allocator2008: To break the law, he would have to intentionally "talk down" a company, right around an important event for that company, like an IPO or an acquisition or a major product release. It is hard to prove intent. I could say "ACME sucks" because I honestly believe ACME sucks, or I could say they suck because ... |
Why isn't Cramer being prosecuted? Didn't he claim to break the law on TV? | noodle: he was heavily investigated and subpoena'd by the SEC. |
Please review my app: RightSignature.com - Easy Online Document Signing | snowstorm: how do you compare yourself against echosign.com? |
Why isn't Cramer being prosecuted? Didn't he claim to break the law on TV? | anamax: > I sort of expect people who admit to crimes in interviews to at least be investigated, if not prosecuted.Why? |
Feedback on my twitter app - hashlike | DTrejo: mwerty, good luck on dealing with items that have movie and book versions with the same name.http://www.hashlike.com/moviesInstead of under books, "The Black Swan" was listed under movies. |
Would you pay for a shared office/startup space? What would it need? | markm: We paid $420/mo. for shared office space at the heart of Toronto's tech centre, courtesy the great guys at Lyricfind Inc. We had more than enough amenities wise. In fact all we needed was wireless Internet, 2 desks and 2 chairs and a bathroom.It was VERY nice to have access to a meeting room and kitchen, and g... |
Would you pay for a shared office/startup space? What would it need? | il: As a freelancer working at home, I would love such a space. Working at home is boring and lonely. and coffeeshops are distracting and have poor internet connectivity.
I know coworking spaces exist, but there are none currently that really fill all of my needs.An affordable space where I could work surrounded by hac... |
Would you pay for a shared office/startup space? What would it need? | andrewljohnson: $1 Bob. |
Would you pay for a shared office/startup space? What would it need? | z3r0p4r4d0x: I know in Melbourne, Monash University has a sort of similar service, but they call it an "incubator" though.
http://www.monashincubator.com.au/Content/Pub/ContentDetail....I think it's making a profit, it's packed! |
Would you pay for a shared office/startup space? What would it need? | davidjeffries: There's a place called WorkSpace here in Vancouver that's similar to this. Check it out: http://www.abetterplacetowork.com/ |
Would you pay for a shared office/startup space? What would it need? | DenisM: $100-$300 is about what I would pay, $100 being an easy pick and $300 is something I would really think about. I don't care about printers and file servers, I care about WiFi, kitchen, small locker (for my own tea etc) and a whiteboard. Not sure about monitors, these may turn out handy.Check out http://www.seat... |
Would you pay for a shared office/startup space? What would it need? | Frocer: SF/Valley has something like that specifically for tech startups: http://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/I think they charge ~$1500 per person, and I think its a total waste of money. I rather work out of my own apartment or house at the early stages. |
Would you pay for a shared office/startup space? What would it need? | jwb119: You may already be aware of this, but the current buzzword for what you are talking about is "co-working".It is gaining quite a bit of traction here in nyc.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coworking
http://www.nwcny.com/ |
Would you pay for a shared office/startup space? What would it need? | RobGR: I would pay $100 / mo. I would like a desk, bathroom, and internet, but I don't need the receptionist. There should be a server closet where a member can leave a low-powered server, like an ordinary desktop, running, but pay extra for that of course. I am less interested in having a good location and confere... |
Would you pay for a shared office/startup space? What would it need? | cliffh: I use Cubespace http://cubespacepdx.com/ in Portland.The amenities I use regularly: cube, printers, kitchen, coffee, snacks.Amenities I appreciate having available: meeting rooms, private phone rooms.The community is good to have around. Entrepreneurial, networking events, other users in interesting non-technic... |
Would you pay for a shared office/startup space? What would it need? | wyclif: My local example: http://www.itstheoffice.com/ |
Would you pay for a shared office/startup space? What would it need? | epe: There's one in Denver that I've heard good things about:http://hivecoop.pbwiki.com/Despite having an 8-5 job already, at $100/mo. I would be tempted to sign up just for a place to work on side projects. |
Would you pay for a shared office/startup space? What would it need? | drawkbox: There is one in #phx called http://gangplankhq.com. I haven't been yet but it is a fun group of people. I think co-working spaces will begin to take off as more people contract and are in service on demand. This is actually taking off as of late in many states and cities. |
Would you pay for a shared office/startup space? What would it need? | psyklic: In LA -- http://www.blankspaces.com/I heard the founder of this speak. He said he is turning a much higher profit than typical brick-and-mortar businesses. He rents out some of the space very creatively for non-office things as well, such as birthday parties. He is also very active in the community, for instan... |
Why is there a disproportion of the ratio between men and women in the field of CS? | hrabago: ... in the US or other developed countries.There was an article posted here in HN last year related to this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=194070The short of it is that it's because women have the freedom to make that choice, and they choose not to go into CS. |
Please review Twollars | SingAlong: Eiso,Twollars is a cool idea. How do you bridge the thing? Real money vs Twollar money. I mean, do you actually donate money when someone donates money? or is it just a service where you allow others collect donations?P.S: I've been noticing you've been using using Twollars a lot yourself. Did you launch it ... |
Would you pay for a shared office/startup space? What would it need? | nradov: Another current one is Regus HQ. http://www.regus.com/officesolutions
The company I work for used to rent some space in their Mountain View, CA office. That was several years ago and I don't know the current prices. |
Please review Twollars | michaelfidler: Eiso mentioned you but I never made the connection. It's a great idea! I work with a few charities who are looking to leverage social media to help them through these tough times. I need to talk with one of you about this more. BTW I know I don't comment here often, but I read you posts regularly and sha... |
Please review Twollars | vaksel: whats stopping the Charity-Water to make a fake twitter account and do Give 1000000 Twollars @username.Also, you need to give an incentive for the businesses to use this, instead of sending the $$$ directly. For that you'll need to build up your core group of users, and then tweet stuff like "IBM has donated $1... |
Would you pay for a shared office/startup space? What would it need? | jgilbert: i've always wished for a live/work space in walkable cities/neighborhoods (maybe san francisco, london, new york, amsterdam). i just needed a small closet type single bedroom like i stayed in in europe, an additional, separate work area with maybe a monitor to hook up my laptop and, of course, good internet ... |
Please review Twollars | chiffonade: You're using the @ symbol incorrectly. |
Please review Twollars | Tichy: Cool - I recently thought about the same thing, when I wondered what happened to "kudos". Hope it works out for you - the idea with the charities is great! |
Is GRE useful outside graduate school? | how_gauche: GRE is completely inapplicable to grad school, I'm pretty sure it's used with a cutoff to thin out the applicant pool.I didn't study for mine one iota and did pretty well (got into Yale) -- I think if I'd spent some time preparing I could've had close to straight 800s, but I don't see that alone getting me ... |
How do you recognise good business guys if you're a programmer? | SwellJoe: A friend of mine is working on a startup, and she's non-technical (not retardedly non-technical...she used Linux on the desktop for many years, and has designed and built a number of very nice looking websites, but she's not a developer or an engineer by any stretch), so she'll be looking for an engineer. Sh... |
How do you recognise good business guys if you're a programmer? | aristus: I'm not a business guy but I've been around a lot of them.Honesty and self-honesty are key. Curiosity too. They best business people tend to teach as they go... but the worst like to lecture as they go. So talkativeness is not always a good sign.Greed in a business person is not fatal, but needs to be watched.... |
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