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I have been using ixl.com with my 5 year daughter. We have fun solving it together. She always clap when she reaches challenge zone and receives awards. Not really a game but fun way to learn basic Math. Very highly recommend it for kids.
No timer for me. I drink plenty of water and hence have to take frequent breaks. Never timed it but it might be around 45 min.
I totally agree. Getting something out in few weeks is amazing especially if you have a day job. I too released my first project
http://caniafforditnow.com/ and it took around 2 weeks to get it out. But I had some ruby on rails experience.
"Time and tide waits for no man" (Quote from Shakespeare, Julius Caesar)
You have to make things happen, not wait for the things to happen.
Thanks for you suggestion. We have posted in facebook and buzz. Also called few friend personally. It is financial app and we ask for some data to make the decision. Since they are not users they don't feel that motivated to provide all the information. So we started targeting the financial blog to get real users.
Posted by
satishf on Friday November 05, 2010 @01:28PM
from the ask-hn dept.
We had an alpha version of our personal finance app last week and released it on HN/Reddit for review. Based on the feedback, we have redesigned it and are now looking for feedback from some real users who are motivated to use the functionality of our app.To that end, we have been following few related blogs and adding genuine comments to posts and in the process mentioning our app with url to...
It might be little late to check for affordability at the point of sale. Once your in a store your heart takes over your mind.
I am in US only for few years (4) and it is hard for me to believe that someone can have such a huge debt. How can you have such huge credit card debt.
Even if it is more productive, I just don't feel like eating alone.
I entered an example book for which I got $0. But still I had to go through the same work flow.
This is going to be my first app so raising my profile will also be very rewarding.
This will be a niche website which falls into the 'iv) sell your audience's attention (advertising)' category.
Are we talking about Google Ads or accepting my own ads directly from vendors?
At what traffic rate, will I be in a position to get my own ads from vendors?
This will be a niche website.
Posted by
satishf on Wednesday September 22, 2010 @01:04PM
from the ask-hn dept.
Can it generate enough money from ads to sustain itself.