johnqfake

Re:Ask HN: Why is the save icon still represented by a floppy disk? on Friday November 04, 2011 @09:01AM (#3195857)

I don't know of anything better that I can think of. I also don't necessarily think a replacement is needed. Long after floppies are consigned to myth & legend, the icon can live on. I see road signs featuring steam trains but I've never seen a steam train, I see rotary phone images and I have only hazy memories of using one in the 80's. The purpose becomes its meaning and its origins are pretty irrelevant.

Re:Ask HN: Any other hackers looking to start a startup with me? (or o... on Thursday November 03, 2011 @05:46PM (#3193818)

I'm looking for someone to help with the business-y side of things. Posted recently but it was badly timed/uninteresting/drivel and nothing came of it (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3188364).

I've got the technical side covered but interested in anyone who can help me get started/further.

UK but amenable to travel.

Ask HN: Possibly lucrative idea - no business sense

Posted by johnqfake on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @02:55PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I've been working for a little while on an idea which I honestly think has some real potential. To be really vague, it's a sort-of Groupon-style iPhone app for restaurants, but rather than one centralised system, I had forseen customers buying the system and running their own apps from there.The package consists of iPhone app code (which will be customised) and a PHP backend. The original idea...

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