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Hmmm...there is no "action" that a visitor can take on your website. At least I can see none...

And 2ndly (and I am speaking from my own perspective as a coffee lover), the landing page, and the whole site for that matter, will do better if I see more pictures of coffee... At least that's what I think your site focus is on...good coffee right?

Re:Clever android app on Friday October 15, 2010 @10:25PM (#1797150)
I think the features are cool!

Now if they will only make some way for 3rd party apps to easily embed their functions...that would be perfect!

The design and layout of the site looks great. I like simple and clean designs. What's the main value that Shotblox has over say Flickr, Divvyshot, etc?
Thanks byoung.

I am prepared to pay well for really interesting and refreshingly novel activity alternatives. I know that it will be hard to find good writers from MT, but I what I really want is just basic information like what, where, when, how much, and the website link or contact if available.

What I am not sure about is whether giving detailed description and parameters for the job, together with a reasonably good reward, will be likely to produce reasonably good results...

What about any alternatives to MT that you know of?

Ask HN: Is Mechanical Turk good for getting recommendations?

I am building up a database of recommendations for interesting and off the beaten path activities people can do in various cities around the world...Europe, US, Asia, etc.To speed up the process, as well as get content from places I have no friends in, I am thinking of posting a job on Amazon Mechanical Turk but I don't know about the quality I will get.Do you guys think it will work? Or maybe...

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Ask HN: What is your favorite event management software?

Seems to me that the event management market is full of many relatively similar competing services.In ticketing, eventbrite seems to be the undisputed leader and well on its way to totally dominate the market. But in other segments like participant management, event promotion, I don't seem to be able to find any single or even handful of services that enjoy a similar market position.Just...

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