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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")