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Re:Google admits profiting from illegal Olympic ticket ads on Tuesday January 10, 2012 @01:50AM (#3445983)
How is that different than any company selling a product and someone using it for something illegal?

As in "Wal-mart profits from illegal baseball bats." Bats used for vandalism or assault.

Which is why I don't like the 9-5 nonsense either. Also programming isn't just done at the computer. When I am working on a problem, I am working on it at lunch, on the bus, on my cycle, sitting out side starring into space, etc. Left to my own devices I would "work" infront of my work pc 60 hours one week 5-10 the next 40 the next two. Being forced to be in the office a set time is no good for anyone in my position.
Re:Ask HN: Getting traffic to an MVP on Tuesday June 14, 2011 @09:21AM (#2652828)
I definitely will be using facebook ads, but at the moment facebook isn't really a great fit. I am specifically thinking about product MVP pages where I can see who makes it all the way to the checkout stage.

I could be mistaken about facebook ads at this point, but it seems better suited when users would actually share your page. They will just get the out of stock message at the moment.

Thanks for your feedback.

Ask HN: Getting traffic to an MVP

I would like some suggestions for getting traffic to my MVP. I know about "creating great content" but that seems beyond MVP and more the VP stage. I have used google adwords, with some success, but I would like some other options too.I tried searching the archives, but I didn't find anything like this.Thanks

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Re:Google Docs adds Pivot Table support on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @05:52AM (#2559614)
Just in case you didn't know there is an open source version: http://openproj.org/
Re:Ask HN: what is our startup missing? | moodocity.com on Friday October 29, 2010 @03:28PM (#1848651)
Thanks so much for the feed back! This is about the 5th or 6th iteration (2nd live web site)

> when I visit your site as a new user, what do you want me to do?

I knew this but lost track of it along the way, and have added a prominent prompt to login. I am aware of elance, but I had not thought of using it for this.

Thanks!

Re:Ask HN: what is our startup missing? | moodocity.com on Friday October 29, 2010 @02:54PM (#1848491)
Thanks for the feedback. We are definitely planning to connect an app of some sort to the site.

I think/hope that as any social site the community will be somewhat organic. I do notice now however that the users private mood journal (an aspect that is one of the direct benefits to the end user) is not prominent from the main page and I will be correcting that shortly.

Thanks again!

Re:Ask HN: what is our startup missing? | moodocity.com on Friday October 29, 2010 @02:41PM (#1848427)
Thanks for that, we will definitely look in to those two options.

Ask HN: what is our startup missing? | moodocity.com

Hi, I am the technical co-founder and sole programmer/ "Graphic Designer" for moodocity.com this is a side project for both of us, for now.Our goal is mapping the mood of the world while giving users the ability to track their emotional health and express themselves to other users.I know the site is missing a graphical indignant, but I can't see it. As in I have a very limited ability to know...

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