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Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by matt1 on Monday November 12, 2012 @11:44AM (#4773531)
Cool product and a nice start.

Few suggestions:

- As Jeff pointed out, it wasn't immediately clear what this did. After playing around with it I got it, but stating it in plain words on the homepage would likely help your conversions.

- Similarly the "Apply for a subdomain now!" heading would be better suited being used to tout the benefit to the customer. Meaning, your visitors don't care about applying for a subdomain. They care about collaboratively completing a task (maybe) so gear your headlines and copy towards that.

- It wasn't clear that the logo leads you to a demo -- I had to read it here that that was the case.

- When I hover over the "enter a task" field in the demo my cursor turns into a circle with a line through it and I can't click. I'm not sure if that's intentional because the functionality isn't there yet or a bug with the implementation in my browser.

I signed up and am looking to seeing where this goes.

Congrats on launching!

Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by harscoat on Monday November 12, 2012 @11:49AM (#4773562)
Great feedback. Thx. The Subdomain is to see who could become a paying customer. We thought Matt.says.do and [email protected] could be simple way to communicate "on this channel (says.do) I need your help for these tasks".
Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by jeffclark on Monday November 12, 2012 @11:07AM (#4773347)
While I appreciate a minimalist homepage/landing page/whatever, it would probably be a good idea to state what problem this product solves.

Or even what it does.

Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by harscoat on Monday November 12, 2012 @11:22AM (#4773414)
To get thing done quickly by 1 or large groups of people. It's inspired by what I did as a firefighter dispatching trucks & teams to emergencies.
Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by tjbiddle on Monday November 12, 2012 @11:37AM (#4773480)
Explaining it on the homepage would be better :). I only figured it out through context of looking at the Android App's screen shots.
Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by harscoat on Monday November 12, 2012 @11:40AM (#4773500)
New task assigned to ourselves, thx!
Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by c1sc0 on Monday November 12, 2012 @01:13PM (#4773931)
I second this. I understood what it does, but the why? (benefit) is not clear.
Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by harscoat on Monday November 12, 2012 @01:19PM (#4773954)
Think of it as my Fireman "Golf11" channel that was giving us orders that we could fulfill or reject (bcs busy). A civilian channel complementary to 911 would be helpful in "war time" (Sandy) or in peace time ("bake some cakes for School party")
Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by blacktar on Monday November 12, 2012 @11:37AM (#4773481)
I like the design and the ux. Task management is a pain in the backside and I'm still searching for something that will actually work for me, for both my personal to-dos and the organizations and groups that I help manage. I do agree with jeffclark that it would be a great improvement to better communicate the pain it solves and who it's for like smack bang at the top of the frontpage e.g. "Awesome task distribution for teams" or something. And getting rid of the about in PDF form and make it html instead would probably also be a good thing.
Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by harscoat on Monday November 12, 2012 @12:23PM (#4773717)
It's just the start. In any case cheers for your input. "Awesome task distribution for teams" is right on.
Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by afaict on Monday November 12, 2012 @10:39AM (#4773216)
It's a task distribution infrastructure. Useful for teams!

You should also link to the PDF that explains a little more: http://simon.says.do/assets/documents/simonsays.pdf

Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by driverdan on Monday November 12, 2012 @11:20AM (#4773408)
Why is this a PDF? Why isn't this a page on your site?
Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by harscoat on Monday November 12, 2012 @11:25AM (#4773430)
Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by harscoat on Monday November 12, 2012 @10:45AM (#4773237)
Yes thanks!
Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by trendspotter on Monday November 12, 2012 @11:58AM (#4773605)
I was confused. There should be a clearly visible video explaining it in 30 seconds.

Explaining why it exists, how it works and what it does; the problem, the solution.

The WHY is missing - WHY do you offer it? Why does it exist? - WHY should I care? - WHY should I be a part of what you do? - WHY do I need it?

Related: "Start With Why" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp0HIF3SfI4

Besides that I wish your project all the best. It looks very interesting!

Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by harscoat on Monday November 12, 2012 @12:07PM (#4773645)
The why is to give the internet muscles! Make us do stuff, rather than "retweet" & like...
Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by drd on Monday November 12, 2012 @11:58AM (#4773609)
After reading the PDF file and comments here I still don’t get the advantage, except having the task management functionality as a cool URL . Isn’t this a function of project management tools? Can’t I even perform this function using generic tools such as twitter? Would you mind to provide a use case or a scenario to clarify? Thanks.
Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by harscoat on Monday November 12, 2012 @12:19PM (#4773705)
Use case eg.: a Startup office is inundated by Sandy, I ask my team, friends (people I can ask for help in my contacts) to bring brooms + a pump +... now! and I want to have instant feedback if somebody takes care of it, who, or how many, and who can not do it. Them, just click yes or no.
Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by drd on Monday November 12, 2012 @12:46PM (#4773813)
This looks promising guys, good luck.
Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by harscoat on Monday November 12, 2012 @12:09PM (#4773656)
Simpler than project management (no calendar, very few options) and less verbose than email: yes/no task accepted or rejected.
Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by harscoat on Monday November 12, 2012 @09:57AM (#4773032)
If you click on the big red logo you go to the demo. http://demo.says.do
Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by trendspotter on Monday November 12, 2012 @11:48AM (#4773554)
It is not obvious that there is a demo behind the logo. I didn't find it and I would have never found it. It would be better if there was a message mentioning it, like:

"Curious? Check out our demo to learn more" http://demo.says.do/

Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by sigwann on Monday November 12, 2012 @10:21AM (#4773134)
Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by dlafont on Monday November 12, 2012 @11:41AM (#4773512)
Quantified the right way. Excellent. +1
Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by harscoat on Monday November 12, 2012 @02:02PM (#4774203)
btw I am "Dens" on the app. Task me anything!
Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by mtbfloh on Monday November 12, 2012 @11:11AM (#4773369)
really cool!
Re:Show HN: Simon.Says.do – easy way to dispatch tasks to 1 ... by harscoat on Monday November 12, 2012 @11:24AM (#4773420)
Thx motivating