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Working on a vending locker concept that supports payment collection via mobile money in Nairobi, Kenya. The long-term idea is to automate small kiosk operations by leasing the locker technology for monthly fee. I have figured out most of the hardware work and currently in prototyping phase. Open to getting a co-founder with electronics and embedded systems background.
Moving forward NPM should require 2-factor authentication for popular packages.
Twitter is it's own enemy. There's no way to adjust video quality for a smoother streaming experience. Twitter Lite has a horrible user experience; you have to manually click on each image to load and the images seem to be full quality which defeats the purpose of data saving. Why can't they build an app like Facebook Lite? Facebook lite is small in size to download (less than 1.5MB) and has nicely compressed images and videos.
They already have a MEAN stack course.
Posted by
davidbwire on Sunday July 23, 2017 @04:03AM
from the johnemb.blogspot.com dept.
This may be partially unrelated. If one of the reasons of you wanting to deeply know your co-founder is the fear of her leaving the company in future please consider having a vesting schedule with one year cliff. This will allow you ample time to know each other well.
I have found that the best way to be really good at something is by practically doing it. I would suggest that you start building out your business ideas despite the little coding you may have. You coding and design skills will greatly improve. It's also been the most efficient way, for me, to learn.
I disagree with you. Google won because it had and still has a better search and less clutter on the search page.
With a better search experience users came and advertising became a major money maker.
Twitter API does not currently provide a way to request read only permission to access direct messages.
Posted by
davidbwire on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @02:59PM
from the show-hn dept.
Thank you for your analysis of the post I made earlier. I have learned a thing or two from it.
If the sale fails, I'll definitely do it on the side but with a few tweaks.
Posted by
davidbwire on Thursday February 02, 2017 @09:25AM
from the ask-hn dept.
I have been working on different ideas within the faith-based space (Christian Community) for the last 2 years. But for $1,500 I got from friends, I have paid all bills from my pocket.The first concept (sanicms.com) failed with good reasons, but it brought in a new idea (Notisha.com) which I'm now selling before launch.I'm selling because I've basically run out of cash to push it through the...
It's terrible of them to do such things. Sometimes I wonder if they truly care about their members.
Posted by
davidbwire on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @07:15PM
from the medium.com dept.
Posted by
davidbwire on Thursday January 19, 2017 @03:11AM
from the show-hn dept.
Techies represent a small percentage of the entire population and the articles were mostly circulating within a closed loop.
When an app installs it has zero permissions. When the app needs privileged access like microphone access a system notification pops up saying "To record a voice message allow AppX microphone access". You can choose to grant the permission or ignore it.
I concur with you. I realized that social apps were taking too much of my time an uninstalled them from my phone. I only use my laptop to access fb and Twitter and I'm very happy with the move.
Android 6 fixes this excessive need for permissions by mobile apps. You only grant permission at runtime and can withdraw it at anytime.
Android is more popular in emerging markets. In most of these markets cash or mobile money payments are common. Most banks locally charge a monthly fee to have your card enabled to do online payments which is a pain in itself. Oflate things have started to change as most retail giants have started offering branded prepaid cards for both online payments and loyalty points.
>> How do you plan with filtering content by religion?
When registering for Notisha we'll ask you the religion you profess. With this information we'll be able to suggest to you content from teachers from your religion.
>> Can you post sample content?
Here is a sample content that may be sent to Christians who've subscribed to the Marriage & Relationship topic
Marriage requires that you learn to keep your mouth in check. You can't control what enters through your ears but you are 100% responsible for what comes out of your mouth. Knowing when to open your mouth and speak, and when to shut it in silence is part of the maturity expected in every couple. Many people destroy their own marriages by the missiles that come from their own lips. "Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity." (Proverbs 21:23)
Things to note; the content is brief and quotes a bible passage at the end.
Posted by
davidbwire on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @08:55PM
from the self-post dept.
Notisha is a microlearning platform for faith-based communities.Here's our demo video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4IxzMP4pSI).PROBLEM1. Most believers have a very shallow understanding of what they believe in.2. It's very hard to find high quality, structured and spiritually nourishing content that can be consumed in between our busy schedules on a daily basis.SOLUTIONWe are creating a...