Ask HN: is anybody using ShareThis?
I wonder if anybody is using ShareThis widget? Do you think having one icon for users to share is more effective than having multiple icons (Facebook, twitter, digg, email)?
darwinw
Re:My startups's new service for parents - A Story Before Bed
on Monday November 02, 2009 @12:34PM (#917301)
checked it out really quickly and decided that I'll definitely try out your service for my son tonight.
Re:Ask HN: What is something impressive you have built or achieved?
on Tuesday August 11, 2009 @07:17PM (#756726)
Single handedly created http://Tripntale.com
Re:Ask HN: What has your startup venture financially cost you?
on Sunday July 19, 2009 @10:18PM (#713775)
Long story: I started really small. I paid around $20/month for a shared hosting when the site is really small (separate app server and db server) and not a lot of contents. my amazon S3 bill is even smaller. Later on when the site outgrows the shared hosting, I used EC2 to get two small isntances (for both app and DB server). Bottom line is the $$ i get from banner is able to pay for the bandwith and hosting. The only extra I pay for is $150 a month for google adwords to drive traffic ($5 a day budget).
Short version: Adwords for $150 a month (I've been paying for this for a year)
Re:Must Google Reader copy Twitter and Facebook? "Features" add clutter
on Friday July 17, 2009 @02:26PM (#710437)
I hate the new feature to the core. I don't really care if someone down in new mexico likes what I'm currently reading. Plus, why do they feel like promoting the new feature straight in your face (it's just downright annoying). and to add salt to the wound, i've actually spent a few minutes googling how to disable it (apparently there's no way you can disable it, easily, yet). so I'm actually glad people seem to hate it.
Re:Fake Steve Jobs on Chrome OS
on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @07:11PM (#694883)
Chrome has become my default browser, second place is Firefox. and i've seen increase in chrome share in my site, up from 3% to 7% for the past 6 months.
Re:4Chan Flooding YouTube with Childrens' Clips Containing Porn
on Saturday June 13, 2009 @02:48PM (#656354)
I don't think this is funny at all. They've now managed to be a real asshole by sabotaging childrens' clips
Re:Where to invest $300-600k in Silicon Valley?
on Monday June 08, 2009 @01:04AM (#646841)
if only Bernie Madoff is still alive...
Re:Where to invest $300-600k in Silicon Valley?
on Sunday June 07, 2009 @04:31PM (#646310)
There are a lot of boot-strapped web start ups these days, I would suggest go to their "about us" section or blog if they have one and get to know the developers. Also, $300 - 600K is a big range. I would definitely think any YC funded sites should be interested in getting cold hard cash from angel investors
Wants to make a jump from developer to product manager?
A buddy of mine who is a software developer for 7 years wants to make a jump into a product manager. I don't know what kind of advice I need to give him, whether he should go for it or not. He has a solid technical skills but he also expresses his interest brainstorming product ideas and coming up with new features at times (mostly he wants to be more involved in the product lifecycle from end...
When is the best time to launch Pre anyway?
I've heard people praising and criticizing Palm for releasing Palm Pre a few days before supposedly new iphone may be released. If you're in charge, what would you rather do?
Wolfram Alpha: The Wikipedia Killer
Duck Duck go on CNN top story as a logo
Re:Thoughts from a startup on getting accepted into new incubator from...
on Saturday May 16, 2009 @01:15AM (#611901)
Wow. congrats. unfortunately I'm one of the hundreds that were rejected :)
But the best part for me is I get to meet Adeo in person, and I know I shouldn't be judgemental but he's impressed me as a darn good person that is passionate about helping out start ups as well.
I hope everything goes well with your venture, and please do share your experience with us
Tell HN: looking for RoR developers or any bright developers
Seven steps to disaster by Bruce Eckel
Revise an Email so People Will Actually Read It
Re:Do you get offended when people think you are a programmer?
on Thursday April 16, 2009 @08:10PM (#566149)
I call myself code simian all the time. I am beautiful no matter what you say!
Re:Ask HN: browser share on your website
on Wednesday April 15, 2009 @05:30PM (#564205)
Wow, thanks for the response guys. My site is travel oriented website, and that's why you can see IE is getting 50%, and a year ago it was 70 %, so I was shocked as well as ecstatic when it's getting to 50%.
For those of you who has non-developer-geeky-tech website, do you also see IE getting over 50% of browser share?
Re:Ask HN: developing for iphone?
on Wednesday April 15, 2009 @05:27PM (#564199)
thanks for the advice
Ask HN: browser share on your website
For tripntale:Chrome - 5% Safari - 5% Opera - 4% Firefox - 35% IE - 50% - IE 7 = 64% - IE 6 = 29% - IE 8 - 5%So i'm glad that IE has gone down to 50%, how about your websites?
Re:What happens if I don't pay my taxes?
on Wednesday April 15, 2009 @02:41PM (#563938)
then you're not a patriot
Ask HN: developing for iphone?
Hi everybody,I want to ask if anyone has tried developing for iphone. how steep is the learning curve for objective C, development tools, etc if you are coming from C,C++,C#, Visual Studio, Eclipse?
Re:Ask HN: Effective arguments to convince someone to get on Twitter?
on Wednesday April 15, 2009 @02:22PM (#563898)
I'm on twitter too, but I'm not using it for personal blabbing, i used it to promote my site tripntale. I only have 1 friend that is using twitter religiously to broadcast what she's doing everyday, and she's a housewife, albeit a lonely one.
Re:Ask HN: How does Twitter help your company?
on Thursday April 09, 2009 @07:11PM (#555348)
You made a good point, I saw increase in direct acesses but I need to find some ways to know that my effort spent on twitter produces that. Maybe url shortener like bit.ly can help in that regards.
Re:Ask HN: advice for my startup
on Thursday April 09, 2009 @01:36AM (#553993)
Very good feedback, thank you, and point taken.
Re:Ask HN: advice for my startup
on Thursday April 09, 2009 @01:34AM (#553991)
I only recently added the sign up box, and it's because I saw that Facebook was doing it. And I can say that for sites like mine which is not very popular, people need to understand what it is first before they're interested to sign up. And I can see the difference in sign up rate before and after I put the sign up on home page
Re:Ask HN: advice for my startup
on Thursday April 09, 2009 @01:33AM (#553989)
Hey PedalPete, wow, I really appreciate the effort you're putting in writing the review, I agree with you, I'm not happy with the home page and honestly out of ideas, but what you suggested makes perfect sense.
OKay, i need to go back to the drawing board for the experience. thanks for the feedback, really appreciate it. I'll check out Planeteye now
Re:Ask HN: How/Where can I find a part-time gig so I can work more on ...
on Wednesday April 08, 2009 @07:45PM (#553635)
how about being a freelancer, will that violate the visa requirement for part time job?
if you're talking about bay area, i'd start with craigslist.
Ask HN: advice for my startup
Hi everybody,my name is Darwin and I'm new to this community. Very excited to have found HN and have been following all the threads for quite a while before thinking of asking your advise.I have a one year old baby and I'm concerned because he doesn't walk or talk yet, he's not social and not very active, the big guys like techcrunchie, lifehackerz or scobelicious don't want to play with him....