krumjahn
Re:Why we are taking our startup to Hong Kong and other crazy stories ...
on Sunday December 18, 2011 @10:48PM (#3368429)
I'm part of the incubation program at Cyberport in Hong Kong. You can check it out here: http://www.cyberport.hk/en/about_cyberport/our_5_centres/ent.... I've been back for 5 months and I love it.
Re:Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (December 2011)
on Thursday December 01, 2011 @10:46PM (#3302594)
J Plus. Hong Kong. Full time/intern.
Ruby developer and designer.
Mobile apps for sports. Part of Cyberport's incubation program. Check us out http://www.jpluscorp.com.
If interested, email keith [at] jpluscorp.com
Re:Subtle Patterns: Free textures for your next web project
on Sunday October 09, 2011 @11:15PM (#3092139)
Super awesome. Is the green pattern you've used for the buttons available too? Thanks alot!
Microsoft offers free phones to webOS devs
http://twitter.com/#!/BrandonWatson/status/104681012000337920
Brandon Watson, director for Windows Phone 7, on Friday extended an invitation to WebOS developers to check out Windows Phone 7, assuring them that Microsoft would give them everything they'll need to build applications on Microsoft's mobile operating system.Email him at: [email protected]
Re:Ask HN: Build Site vs Use Magento for eCommerce site?
on Wednesday September 22, 2010 @11:30PM (#1718460)
I built a magento ecommerce site about 1 year ago. Here's a quick summary of my experience:
Pros - Beautiful themes out of the box - Easy to setup initially (i.e. payment plug-ins,etc)
Cons - Extremely slow on a shared host (i.e. netfirms) - If your host is slow, using the admin panel to manage the content is painful
The performance issue killed it for me. Unless you can spend some more money on a good hosting service, I'd stay away from it. Otherwise, it's pretty awesome out of the box.
Google’s UX Team: How people behave online
Re:Ask HN: Amazon asked me to develop for the Kindle, shall I?
on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @12:32AM (#1531165)
I've been thinking about this too. I feel awesome that Amazon reached out to me but does that mean it's better than Droid/Berry/Nokia? If I agree to any new opportunity, what if it's the next Microsoft KIN/ZUNE (I doubt it)? Even if Amazon sells a million kindles a month (12 million a year), it would take them a few years to catch up to droid/berry/nokia? It seems like a high risk/high reward situation when I don't even know if the Kindle app store will work out at all. Whereas, the other markets are proven. I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm just talking about a different angle of approach.
Re:Ask HN: Amazon asked me to develop for the Kindle, shall I?
on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @12:20AM (#1531145)
Thanks for the encouragement. I actually tried to ask them for a discount on a kindle but was rejected. As for being their go-to guy, I'm not sure what I can gain down the road. Maybe another beta license for the "KindlePad"?
Re:Ask HN: Amazon asked me to develop for the Kindle, shall I?
on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @12:16AM (#1531138)
Thanks for the information. The sales figure is impressive but it's for a book. I'd expect app sales to be less than a book publisher's because users bought the kindle mainly for the ability to consume content, not apps.
Ask HN: Amazon asked me to develop for the Kindle, shall I?
I just got off the phone with someone from Amazon inviting me to develop for their platform. They noticed that I have a top 100 niche app on the iTunes store and think that it would be a great fit for Kindle.Pros: - First mover advantage. I get a limited beta license to release my app first on the platform. - Apparently they have a better app discovering mechanism on their storeCons: - Unproven...