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Re:Show HN: gig-finding app for freelancers on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @11:45AM (#3949078)
Thanks. Sprucing up the splash pages is next, putting on my marketing hat after some sleep :)

Show HN: gig-finding app for freelancers

Posted by bullrico on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @10:39AM
from the show-hn dept.

My (revised) MVP - the concept is to put all job-finding activities in one app: job search/listings, emails/replies, resume/portfolio pages. Automate the searches, have an email editor that sends out themeable HTML emails, know which recipients are interested, and point them to a portfolio site of sorts.Briefly,the main features: * Aggregates jobs via job board APIs based on skills (searches...

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Re: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2012) on Wednesday February 01, 2012 @05:54PM (#3540487)
SEEKING WORK - Remote

Combo designer/developer (more front-end). I am a generalist who can sketch and design your UI, turn that into a prototype, wire it to the backend and deploy it. Though I work best (fastest?) when I'm working on the front-end, I am not afraid to dive in and mess with models.

* Ruby on Rails

* CoffeeScript

* Backbone

* jQuery, jQueryMobile

* HTML5/CSS3/Haml/SASS/Compass

* Git

Portfolio: http://impressar.io/a/2gx4tvs8iei

Email bobby at impressar.io

Location: Philippines

Re:Show HN: land that gig by making a great first impression. Feedback... on Saturday January 28, 2012 @01:53AM (#3521509)
They can use their own email address, although a temporary @impressar.io address is built-in - just to add a layer of protection (against spam). If you reply to the @impressar.io address, it gets shown in the Messages section.
Re:Show HN: land that gig by making a great first impression. Feedback... on Friday January 27, 2012 @05:11PM (#3520417)
Send them over to bobby [at] impressar.io. Response has been good so far, I'm hoping people can make good use of it when the monthly "Who's hiring" thread comes out next week.
Re:Show HN: land that gig by making a great first impression. Feedback... on Friday January 27, 2012 @05:05PM (#3520391)
Thanks for the feedback. The churn rate is a concern, I'm hoping to discover useful features to add that can make the app more enticing to keep around.

Show HN: land that gig by making a great first impression. Feedback appreciated.

Posted by bullrico on Friday January 27, 2012 @09:33AM
from the show-hn dept.

http://impressar.ioAnother 'scratch your own itch' MVP, bear with me.I'm a long-time telecommuter, and my gig-hunting success depends on two critical elements: an email cover letter that is visually appealing, and a corresponding portfolio landing page with content tailored to that specific email. Last year I decided to automate this process, and after months of lost weekends and late nights...

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Re:Ask HN: where are the UI designers in HN? on Monday July 12, 2010 @10:59AM (#1508033)
True, true. I design/code UI (Ruby/HAML/SASS) and also design/code my own apps (http://mockaroo.com, a prototyping app and http://findmycofounder.com, cofounder dating).

Ask HN: Review my app: Mockaroo, easily add interactivity to your mockup images

Posted by bullrico on Tuesday June 22, 2010 @09:16AM
from the ask-hn dept.

After years of explaining UI designs to clients over Skype, we decided to scratch our own itch. Mockaroo is a mockup simulation tool for turning UI designs/drawings into clickable prototypes. It is geared towards designers and entreprenuers: for designers to present image-based mockups to clients and get feedback, and for entrepreneurs to test out app ideas (add links to uploaded napkin...

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Re:Ask HN: Site/service connecting startup concepts w/ hackers for co-... on Thursday June 17, 2010 @12:05AM (#1437906)
I coded up an app for this a few of months ago - http://findmycofounder.com
Re:Cofounder Google Doc-inspired app - in 24 hours on Monday January 18, 2010 @01:20AM (#1059524)
Just click the "Add my cofounder wish list" link in the home page. We're uploading the contents of the Google doc at the moment. Let me know if you encounter any errors.
Re:Co-founder Google Doc - stage 2 (a semantic wiki) on Sunday January 17, 2010 @09:49PM (#1059337)
We launched a similar app over the weekend (loved the idea of a cofounder meeting site), it's at http://findmycofounder.com/. We based the design on the comment thread (well, most of it). We added searching by geography, skills, primary focus, etc. It's an evolving thing, so suggestions are more than welcome.
Re:Do you need a co-founder? (Google Docs list) on Saturday January 16, 2010 @02:30AM (#1056646)
This looked very interesting, so we coded up an app based on some of the comments - it's at findmycofounder.com, more details on Twitter (@FindMyCofounder). We figured we could launch this in 24 hours or so, do try it out in a couple of hours.