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Re:Ask HN: Any to-do app utilizing game mechanics? on Saturday December 24, 2011 @05:23PM (#3389857)

I found something similar: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.philipk.taskxp&...

Will give this one a try.

Re:Ask HN: Any to-do app utilizing game mechanics? on Saturday December 24, 2011 @05:19PM (#3389849)

Amazing! Exactly what I was looking for!

There doesn't seem to be an Android version, are there similar apps for Android that you know of?

Ask HN: Any to-do app utilizing game mechanics?

Posted by dritanm on Saturday December 24, 2011 @05:10PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I use gTasks for now to manage my to-do list. It works fairly well with Any.do on my phone and I see it on my Gmail interface as well. However, my lack of motivation is legendary, I figure if there's a to-do app which employs game mechanics it would get me to actually complete my tasks.To illustrate, remember playing those good old jRPGs? When you complete certain task you are rewarded with...

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Re:After traveling to over 25 countries I created an app I wanted on Saturday December 17, 2011 @12:55PM (#3364672)

Could you please remove the 'sign in with facebook' option? or at least allow other methods of authentication (I prefer Google but ideally people should have the options).

As an avid traveler, I've been relying on friends' friends wherever I go. I could see your app flying!

Re:Google: Patently Absurd on Wednesday August 03, 2011 @11:11PM (#2844339)

Being a plaintiff doesn't always mean you're the one suing. It could be an appeals court case where the positions are reversed. Also, you could sue an NPE in order to invalidate their patent(s), or to seek an injunction.

Re:Ask HN: How to do proper valuation of a web appliation? on Monday March 21, 2011 @07:27AM (#2349228)

I have never sold (or bought) a web app before, but I have had to value various different types of assets due to my job. The most common valuation technique would be to use the Discounted Cash Flow model. In short, you project your pre-tax cash flow for say the next 10 years, and discount them at the required return which the investors are looking for. This rate is determined by a multitude of factors, such as the stability of your business model, target market, etc.

Then at the end of your projection, you simulate a sale of your business by 'capping' it at a certain rate. Then you add this terminal value to the sum of all the discounted cash flows calculated above, you have the total value for your business.

Of course in hi-tech sector things fluctuate too much too quickly. But the model should be the same, you just have to adjust your discount rate and terminal capitalization rate to account for those fluctuations.