What's your biggest frustration, fear, or challenge?
I want to help HNers, but first I'd like to know what common challenges we have.What is your biggest challenge in life/business right now?
YonghoShin
Ask HN: How does Basecamp accept CCs without billing address?
Example: https://signup.37signals.com/basecamp/Premium/signup/new?source=basecamphq.comI thought the customer ALWAYS had to give a billing address on top of their Credit Card to prevent fraud charges.How does Basecamp charge with no address?
Convergence Kills: Why We Will Never Have Flying Cars
Re:Ask HN: Would you build a startup with "LOL" in its name?
on Sunday September 12, 2010 @02:07PM (#1684195)
I highly recommend reading this free report (123-page PDF) from Igor International (naming and branding agency):
http://www.igorinternational.com/process/igor-naming-guide.p...
Re:HN Poll: What is your personality type?
on Thursday September 09, 2010 @02:05PM (#1676231)
The most common type at HN (INTJ) is one of the rarest found in general population. (2.1%)
http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/my-mbti-...
Simple Cross-Browser HTML Video?
I'm looking for simple HTML code for video that will work in all browsers (including iPad Safari, Chrome, IE, Firefox). It seems like everyone is using their own version.What's the simplest version?
Re:I assume I'm below average
on Friday July 02, 2010 @03:15PM (#1482038)
When others are fearful, be greedy. When others are greedy, be fearful. - Warren Buffett
Re:I want to live
on Thursday June 17, 2010 @11:32PM (#1441236)
Devote time to creating meaning in your life, something that you dedicate your default free time to. When you find out what you're driven by (hint: it's not a job), you'll wake up each day with a heightened sense of awareness and excitement.
Highly recommended book to read: Life on Purpose, Brad Swift
Re:Ask HN: Interest in launching your own mini-TED conference?
on Thursday May 13, 2010 @06:04PM (#1345861)
We list all TEDx events at http://www.ted.com/pages/view?id=348
But I see what you mean about auto-notification. If you could sign up with an account for TED.com, input your current location, and automatically receive updates from nearby TEDx events, would you use it?
Re:Ask HN: Interest in launching your own mini-TED conference?
on Thursday May 13, 2010 @02:09PM (#1345074)
TEDxCambridge launches in 3 days. :)
http://www.tedxcambridge.com/blog/
Re:Ask HN: Interest in launching your own mini-TED conference?
on Thursday May 13, 2010 @09:40AM (#1344180)
How did you hear about it?
Re:Ask HN: Interest in launching your own mini-TED conference?
on Thursday May 13, 2010 @09:40AM (#1344176)
I'd like to help out, but admission is up to the local organizers.
Ask HN: Interest in launching your own mini-TED conference?
Hey - I'm Yongho, part of the TEDx team of TED Conferences. If you are familiar with TEDtalks and the TED conference, TEDx is a program for hosting your own local TED-like events. (more at http://www.ted.com/tedx) HN is a community of entrepreneurs and innovators, but I'm curious - how familiar are you with the TEDx program? Have you heard about it? Have you attended a TEDx event? What have you...
Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy
Demetri Martin: If this guy wasn't a standup comedian, he'd be on Hacker News
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKnzPHtf9u4
Demetri Martin's standup routine, If IPart 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKnzPHtf9u4 Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98RECgRc5HA Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hUHDIOazIU Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzsEtafv-FA Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyfipbbArq0 Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjlkfl9i-lA
Re:How to become rich even if nobody is following you on Twitter
on Sunday February 07, 2010 @02:28PM (#1108102)
Maintaining 400 projects is impractical, but it is possible to create 400 micro-businesses that don't need to be taken care of.
For example, you can create a website, write 10 high-value blog articles and make a landing page for a product you want to sell that is related to the articles. (This costs <$10) You have to put in the initial hours to tweak the content, maximize conversions and get good SEO, but after a certain point you can just let go.
Of course, you will get nowhere near the revenue you can get if you put in the hours to actually build the business. But if the purpose of the site is to maintain a certain level of income (like a lifestyle business) and grow no more, then this is definitely feasible.
Jeremy Schoemaker (online marketer) uses exactly this approach. 1) Find a niche, 2) create a product to help people in that niche, 3) create a system that will stay intact even if you don't touch it for a year.