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Re:Ask HN: Where to find good icon sets? on Saturday April 23, 2011 @03:57PM (#2477437)
http://dryicons.com has some good ones and offers custom service.
Re:Ask HN: Possible ux/interaction design intern opportunity on Saturday April 23, 2011 @02:53PM (#2477305)
Just created a prototyping tool: http://www.appsketcher.com and in the process to launch it. Do you think it's of any interest to one from ux/interaction design area? I don't have a position to offer (hopefully next year) but would like to say hi.
Re:Offer HN: Free Web Design on Saturday April 23, 2011 @08:08AM (#2476699)
Thanks for your suggestions. These are all very good points. Regarding "appwork", it's my company name. Originally I wanted to call the product Appwork Sketcher but probably no one will know what it is. So now I call it App Sketcher. I will remove appwork except for the company name in the footer.

Ask HN: how long did it take you to write your website copy?

Posted by appwork on Friday April 22, 2011 @01:23PM
from the ask-hn dept.

It looks like a forever undertaking. Well, in a sense it is an ongoing incremental thing. So I should revise the question: How long did it take for you to get to the state where you can show people? I initially outsourced copywriting of my site http://www.appsketcher.com . It didn't work out and I have to craft it myself. It's a painfully slow process so I want to learn how others do it.

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Re:Offer HN: Free Web Design on Friday April 22, 2011 @12:37PM (#2474574)
Nice portfolio! I am going to launch my product and just whip up a website myself: http://www.appsketcher.com . I am no designer so took a simplistic approach. Would you be able to take a look and give me some advice? Thanks.
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup, appwork.com on Tuesday April 05, 2011 @11:34AM (#2411327)
Thanks for checking in. The release candidate is currently available for download at the home page. I will be launching the official release in the coming 2~3 weeks. You can also signup for the release notice and discount code on the home page.
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup, appwork.com on Tuesday April 05, 2011 @11:29AM (#2411309)
I followed the convention "Ask HN:" hoping to get on the ask list which seems to get more discussions. It failed to get on the list. After scratching my head for a while and I found this post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2100609 . I shouldn't have submit my post without much previous HN activity. My bad...

I am launching a rapid HTML prototyping tool - App Sketcher - for web application development. Wireframe and mockup market have become crowded in the last two years. The approach with App Sketcher is different from most other tools as it's "web native" both at design time and run time. The artifact it produces can feed into downstream development instead of being a thrown-away. I want to get your thoughts on whether the tool is on some niche and whether it has a chance in today's market place. What kind of things (such as pricing, features etc.) can be done to improve the chance? I really appreciate your input.