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Ask HN: thoughts on .io domain?

every variation (that I like) of the .com domain for my business is taken. As is .net - both just redirect to landing pages. However, the .io domain is available and although my business has nothing to do with input/output, the .io domain sounds good.Can anyone think of a reason to avoid .io?

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Re:Ask HN: the "startup" look on Friday September 16, 2011 @03:02PM (#3005806)
that's what I'm using at present, but I've hit my limit as a developer.
Re:Ask HN: the "startup" look on Friday September 16, 2011 @03:01PM (#3005804)
Normally I'd agree with you but the admin themes are really only suited to basic CRUD apps. I have to present a lot of complex data without overwhelming the user, hence the need for a UI designer (lots of stats and reporting involved).

Ask HN: the "startup" look

I'm looking for a UI designer to help with the front end on my web app. I've been looking on dribble, carbonmade and sortfolio mostly. The problem I'm having is that a lot of the designers on those directories have very "pretty" portfolios but they're not quite the look and feel I want.Startups like Quora for example have a mostly text based UI with very few graphics. That's the sort of UI I...

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