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Re:Ask HN: Video of Apple Keynote? on Thursday September 13, 2012 @03:06AM (#4515110)
almost to obvious - look at the source headbang thanks!
Re:Why the U.S. Wants To End the Link Between Time and Sun on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @12:36PM (#4449457)
"3:00 pm" is in the middle of the night, the time to wake up for work will always "change"..

well, one time .. but do you !really! care about how the folks in +600 yrs measure time? I'd guess they invent some kind of "glacial-period-light-saving-time" by then...

Re:Ask HN: Recommendations for learning and improving UX/UI skills? on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @09:40AM (#4317157)
Check out http://dribbble.com/ for inspiration on graphic design.

Widely adopted UI Patterns for solving UX Problems: http://ui-patterns.com/patterns

search on slideshare for UX / Usability presentations for Devs

Re:Ask HN: Do startups usually design their own site or outsource the ... on Friday June 29, 2012 @03:42AM (#4175659)
no we havent released a MVP yet and i also think a mvp needs at least a "decent" design. (depending on your customers of course)

but we will do some user tests before the design is ready, just to find major flaws in the interaction & interface.

Re:Ask HN: Do startups usually design their own site or outsource the ... on Friday June 29, 2012 @02:38AM (#4175513)
we currently do interaction design / wireframes ourselves and plan to get a visual/graphic designer onboard in the next weeks.

one point learned already here: a visual designer could have given valuable input early on. so try to gather some ideas from designers early on

Re:Show HN: Launching my Realtime Social Video Startup on Sunday March 20, 2011 @02:52PM (#2346976)
btw. the ads appearing within the videos are non-clickable.. dunno if this is good or bad for you ;)
Re:Show HN: Launching my Realtime Social Video Startup on Saturday March 19, 2011 @06:54PM (#2344971)
kind of fun, you need to somehow generate interaction .. by a gaming/voting system so its like a game.

oh, yeah.. analyze the chatlogs.. just discussing the whole thing in-chat ;)

Re:Ask HN: What is wrong with my Launch Page? on Thursday March 10, 2011 @06:58PM (#2311359)
hey, some feedback:

- on first glance i don't get the idea of the site, somehow not even compelled to start the video (maybe try a more "compelling" preview-screen there)

- some "bussines buzzwords" like Online Conversation and Audiences . .. maybe try a quote instead (ask a friend if you dont want do make one up) in the quote, state the one or max. two TOP benefits i have from the site.. and also give me a hint who needs your thing. like: "lloquy helps me maximize my readers engagement.." (Jon Doe, BigBlog.com)

- signup might increase with a green or orange signup button, conveys success and gets attention

I think you really need a 1-sentence pitch to tell whats the benefit for me as a user? (answer for what? so what? now what?)

Best regards Patric

Re:The rise of personal robots for gaming, communication and healthcare on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @01:37PM (#2194158)
what do you think will be a robots job in 15yrs from now?

my bet: barbers, healthcare of elderly, ... whats yours?

Re:My Twitter app needs a complete design overhaul. What do I do? on Saturday February 05, 2011 @11:44AM (#2183371)
well it can't look THAT awful ;) if the functionality is good the first few folks won't mind .

i cant remember who said that: "if you feel comftable shipping your product - you waited to long"

Re:My Twitter app needs a complete design overhaul. What do I do? on Saturday February 05, 2011 @07:38AM (#2182968)
hey, i'd try the following

1. try to ask users of your app if they fancy to help you out, if youre lucky a design-gifted one is among them.

2. if you want to invest little $ try out oDesk.com or some crowdsourcing sites like http://brandstack.com/ http://www.crowdspring.com/ http://99designs.com/

good luck pa