bkal

Re:Ask HN: Learn Philosophy The Hard Way on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @11:03AM (#4229517)

One suggestion is to try and first familiarize yourself with the different types of philosophy. Philosophy is a pretty broad topic, so find something that is interesting to you (such as metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, etc..) and then read the relevant philosophical works. A great resource to get a general overview of many philosophical concepts is the Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy: http://plato.stanford.edu/

Re:Rate my name on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @07:35PM (#3984641)

well, based on everyone's feedback I think it is apparent that I will NOT be using the name eventricle... I think the most important lesson to be learned here is the value of perspective

Re:Rate my name on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @07:33PM (#3984631)

definitely interested in those names, ty for the feedback

Re:Rate my name on Friday May 04, 2012 @02:05AM (#3927268)

the heart connection is irrelevant, it was just something that seemed like it could work. Thank you for commenting, you helped confirmed my suspicion that the name is indeed too complicated.

Re:Rate my name on Friday May 04, 2012 @02:03AM (#3927262)

blunt is good, I prefer the honesty. thank you for commenting.

Re:Rate my name on Friday May 04, 2012 @02:00AM (#3927254)

true, in hindsight I really didn't "assume the worst" as much as I could, thanks for the tip

Rate my name

Posted by bkal on Thursday May 03, 2012 @10:09PM
from the self-post dept.

Hello all, I have been working on a service that is a platform for events (posting, sharing, receiving, etc.) and although the site is almost in a launch-able state, I don't really know how I feel about its name. Currently, the name of the site is, "Eventricle". To elaborate on the underlying meaning of the name: just as the ventricle of the human heart disperses blood to every part of the...

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Re:Looking for designers: good places other than 99 designs or Odesk? on Thursday April 19, 2012 @02:51PM (#3864507)

Just checked them out, very cool sites. Thanks for the advice.

Looking for designers: good places other than 99 designs or Odesk?

Posted by bkal on Thursday April 19, 2012 @02:00PM
from the self-post dept.

My co-founder and I are looking for a designer to completely re-do the look of our site. I have a pretty specific idea of what I want, but the design is far from "web 2.0" looking. My partner knows code but nothing about design (or where to find them), and I am just as clueless. One entrepreneur I talked to recommended either 99designs or odesk, but I was curious if, in addition to these sites,...

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