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Great podcast. I made a short screencast on Pair Programming with Tmux the same day. I'd love to know what you think: http://readncode.com/blog/pair-programming-with-tmux-screenc...

Thank you so much for bring this to my attention. I have now changed it to LeagueGothicRegular.

I apologize for any harm I may have caused with the previous font. Please let me know if you are having trouble viewing the font.

Steven, I'm sorry about that. I'm working on making it more readable. Thanks for understanding.

I agree. That is a good metric. Some say you should only build products that you would use yourself. While I use surveys, I don't think I'm the target market. So, your metric of building something that can keep you focused is much better.

Thanks for the feedback. I am working on the $1 to be processed separately from the 25 cents so that you can write the amount off.

That's a good idea to give customers the option to do it on their own. However, in that case I cannot guarantee to their respondents that the company will make good on their promise.

I agree. However, freelancing takes a bunch of time and focus and it's up to you to make sure you still give your startup enough focus. Otherwise, it may be better to take a lax job instead.

Thanks man. This is very helpful feedback from someone who has done it.

This is hard to test before having a product because most companies will say they would donate to charity, but then do not when it comes down to it.

I will let you know how it goes.

Thanks again.

Great feedback. Thank you.

haha, it's a deal. I definitely need customers right now. So, if you get a survey, email the company and tell them about eval.me

I have some measurements for that and as I get more customers, I will be able to answer that question for you.

Thanks man. I changed that and will push the change tonight. Let me know if you find any other bugs.

Thanks man. There were quite a few Romanians that messaged me, so I think there is a startup spirit in Romania.

For anyone interested, I am organizing a Startup Meetup in Cluj on Dec. 20: http://www.meetup.com/cluj-rb/events/43578682/

Thanks. That's a great idea.

I want to keep it manageable for my users. If you give a user infinite options, they will be overwhelmed. So, I am not entirely sure how to strike that balance.

Currently a company chooses 5 of 20 charities, and their customers choose 1 of those 5.

Because it's a lot easier to spend other people's money. Instead of hiring people when you need something done, you learn it and do it. That way, when you do hire someone you are more knowledgeable and careful with your decisions.

I think it's a good way to teach yourself to be "lean" (in the parlance of our times)

Good point. That's not inherently obvious.

The correlation goes more like this:

Scenario 1: Company wants to take 20 minutes to complete their survey so they make more money. You delete it.

Scenario 2: Company wants you to take a 5 question survey, and they will donate $1 to a charity of your choice if you do it. You are more likely to actually take it because the company showed they're willing to do something selfless in return for your selfless act.

[email protected] I definitely would love to give you some feedback.

First, thanks for the feedback. It's very helpful.

1. I thought shorter = better in domain names. No?

2. It's an interesting point. Some think it's too much. Some told me it's too little. This covers credit card charges as well. Anything less than $1 donated is not worth it (hence why iPhone apps are .99).

3. By that reasoning any software should be free. But I would like to continue eating and sleeping in a bed at the same time.

4. Interesting point. I hadn't thought about it sending that message.

5. The research I looked at shows that if the company does a selfless act, their customers are more likely to be genuine in their acts. So, while you might give trash answers to get in to an iPad drawing, you're less likely to do that for the Red Cross to get a $1. Basically, people who like giving to charity typically aren't the type to give junk answers to surveys.

6. Response rates vary by industry. The university I worked at had a 80% response rate, whereas a local bank has a 10% response rate. So I tried to use an average response rate.

Thanks again for the feedback.

Thanks so much for the feedback. I appreciate it a lot.

3. I will do that. Maybe a feature comparison page. Good suggestion.

4. What do you mean by a "panel of respondents" ? Do you mean that I would have people of different demographic areas taking public surveys?

Thanks. I will try that. Talking to a designer friend right now, since I am not sure what would work best.

If you have any other suggestions, please email me ([email protected])

Thank you for telling me this. I will get on it.