Show HN: My Start-up for managing roommates

Re:Show HN: My Start-up for managing roommates by ernestipark on Sunday March 04, 2012 @09:16PM (#3665095)

It's funny, I was talking with a friend about making something like this since I might be moving into a place with almost 10 people. I won't be able to use it for real for a few months, but it would be nice to test out the system without having to invite someone. The overall design looks very nice and clean though.

Edit: I can't see what my house name is when I'm logged in. Is this because I haven't invited anyone yet? I invited a friend and they entered my house name but it was not recognized.

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Re:Show HN: My Start-up for managing roommates by rschmukler on Sunday March 04, 2012 @09:21PM (#3665112)

Thanks, it's mostly Twitter bootstrap based. We definitely think that this application gets way more useful as a house has more roommates.

The problem with letting you browse around before inviting is that all of the tasks require some other user. I am very open to the idea of doing something so that people can somehow get use to stay dedicated so they don't forget about us while they wait for their roommates to join up.

Any ideas? Maybe a little preview video or something?

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Re:Show HN: My Start-up for managing roommates by ernestipark on Sunday March 04, 2012 @09:27PM (#3665127)

Video preview would definitely be nice. A useful video would be something like "Hi I'm John, I live in a house with my three buddies and we manage our house chores/expenses/etc with GoodMate. I make sure my rent is paid using x feature. I check what chores I have to do here...", etc etc. I'm very curious as to how everything works so a video would be great.

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Re:Show HN: My Start-up for managing roommates by rschmukler on Sunday March 04, 2012 @09:28PM (#3665130)

fantastic idea. I'll work on something just like that!

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