michaelperalta
Could Technology Make Us More Honest In the Real World?
A Well Deserved Hangover
When Commitment Becomes Your Biggest Flaw
Fucking Fan: Why Apple Will Win
Disappointed Not Angry
Don't Die On My Time
Did We Overvalue Music?
Are They Rivals?
Starting Even If You Fail
Shock Value: The Meat Dress
What Kanye West & You Have In Common
The Acquisition That Wasn't
My first time being threatened with a lawsuit
Show HN: Redesign after feedback
I appreciate all the feedback I received on my Ask HN post, thank you. If you have any further feedback I'd love to hear it. www.Varely.com
Why Write?
For selfish reasons being a good writer and communicating well lets you expose your true talents and intelligence. I honestly think evaluating someone through their writing for the most part can be a more effective test than looking at a persons resume. Anyone can bring a resume and hit all the write points but writing well lets you communicate your interests and passions. You can really show how passionate you are about a subject and how well you an articulate your ideas. In start ups I think thats one of the most important things and in general its valuable.
I also agree when you say you are going to write you conduct your life as if you are going to write. I think it makes you a little more present in your situations because you realize that you want to take note of life. You want to recognize the small things in life that may go unnoticed but are significant.
I would say some of the benefit, and again this comes more with scale is that the content will be arranged mainly in two ways being by popularity and newest which when compared to reddit is similar though the culture for reddit is more of posting links and discussing other peoples content where I'd like original content on Varely. Definitely do need to think of clearer incentives.
Also the topics are just popular ones but you can post about anything you'd like and tag your post with it. I should also clear that up too. I really appreciate the feedback!
Ask HN: Review my start up www.Varely.com
We just launched a little over a week ago and have gotten some good response to the actual content. We've seen an alright amount of traffic but haven't been able to get many sign ups so far. I am curious to see what everyones opinion is and any feedback you may have. Thanks!