escalona

Re:Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 2nd edition on Friday April 20, 2012 @09:13PM (#3870487)

I started learning Ruby and Ruby on Rails a few months ago. I've found it much easier to learn the basics of Ruby before diving into Rails. I started with reading Learn to Program by Chris Pines. The book is aimed at someone new to programming. Does a great explaining programming and Ruby.

Re:Ask HN: Review my startup - EventSnag on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @09:25PM (#3213960)

Great response. I agree with most of your points. I'm considering removing the "Discuss this deal" box all together since it's never used. I think a comments box under the deal would be better.

Re:Ask HN: Review my startup - EventSnag on Friday November 04, 2011 @10:43PM (#3198689)

Thanks for the feedback. I've noticed this as well. For some reason the page doesnt render properly on mobile devices. Working on getting that fixed.

Re:Ask HN: Review my startup - EventSnag on Friday November 04, 2011 @10:21PM (#3198643)

Thanks! Discounts usually range anywhere from 20% to 50%. Most tickets we get are not priced too high to begin with so we take at least $5 off. We're pretty flexible though and try to do whatever works best for the promoter.

Ask HN: Review my startup - EventSnag

Posted by escalona on Friday November 04, 2011 @07:20PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hey everyone,I’m looking for some feedback from the HN community. Just for a little background info, I’m a non-technical, single founder and decided to work on a startup.EventSnag is essentially a Groupon for event tickets. I launched in San Diego a couple months ago. At the moment I’m focused on getting deals for live music and concerts but plan to expand to other events such as sports and...

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