Most of early stage startups struggle with product design(UX, Graphic etc). Their priority is mostly on releasing the MVP and get customers.Designers and Techies on HN, how was your experience working as cofounders with each other? and how you could have divided the roles to get better results?
We are in beta. Invite Code: HN
disclaimer: I am the developer behind it.
I am trying to create a service in this space. Basically I help you sort/search through all the resumes, obviously after knowing your requirements well enough.
If you are interested, send me an email at [email protected]. I can provide you with details.
Obviously there are details which need to be ironed out.
Technology: RoR
Currently we are two guys, one purely technical and one purely business.
We have a MVP out. Checkout at http://hmpgr.com, Invite Code: HN
We are looking for 1 or 2 co-founders (mostly tech and partly business).
Current location: India (but we do not want to feel restricted by location)
Comments and suggestions are most welcome.
I am following the approach of putting minimal yet useful version out and then tailor according to early adopters. That way I will not end up cluttering it with things not needed. Like for instance 3 exercises are ok, but if its goes more than that, I will have to develop a feature where you could hide an exercise you are not interested it (and may be add it later if needed).
But I will do it very soon. Best would be if you sign up and you would some to know immediately. Or follow us on twitter for updates @hmpgr.
BTW thanks for showing the interest. Would love to get more feedback if you find anything interesting to share about the app experience.
> About going back to computer...
This app is mobile ready and can be "Added to Homescreen" for easy access.
My quest currently is to understand that do we really need all that details about the running (like paths, comparison with other runs etc.) because more data brings more complexity. I feel, in many cases, being simple is a feature in itself. Just my thought.
I am actually targeting that section of the users who want really simple apps.
For full-fledged requirement, I agree, MapMyRun, Runkeeper apps do the justice.
Thanks again for all the inputs. I really appreciate.
The uniqueness is in terms of its simplicity and minimalistic nature. The apps which you mentioned are all great.
Running app is just an execution for the same requirements in the minimalistic sense. I agree it will not appeal to everyone, but I am trying to find out if there are any of us who likes such minimalistic apps.
I try to avoid emails but since you asked I will send it out to you.
I will be releasing a developers kit very soon which will allow you to make such small apps for the Hmpgr platform. I will definitely let you know once I release that.
If you wish to contribute specifically to Running app, then let me know and I will send you required details as soon as I am done with developers kit.
I agree with what you said. Its what anyone would expect from an app like this.
Warning: what comes next is very opinionated :) Let me put my perspective and I am aware its a bit different. And its a bit difficult to explain, so hear me out totally.
The point about exercising is all about staying healthy. Its about consistency with which you exercise. Now let me give you an example where an automatic tracking was not helping me. An expense tracking app. Now I am talking about actually improving my expensing habits and start saving for rainy day. There are lots of app which connect to your credit card and automatically know when you spent what and gives you pretty graphs. The problem with that most of the time it happens so automatically that it does not change your behavior. Changing spending habits requires those restrains which you put on yourself everytime you put your hands in the pocket for fetching your card. Thats when I found that really tracking it myself (and not automatically by some third party) is the only way be aware of your expenses.
Same goes with exercising. Thats why this app only supports "yesterday" and "today" button. So its forces to record as soon as you ran. This forces a habit. And I believe in habits.
I know its counter-intuitive and may be its just me. But thats what I am trying to verify :) Thanks for the reply though. Loved it.
The apps on hmpgr are all personal apps just like notes app lets you record your notes.
I would say pick up a single system, say database (relational or document) or routing, OS, DNS, Web server, A compiler, Filesystem, NFS, etc. and study the hell out of it.
Once you know how to understand a particular system in depth, everything else will start falling in place.
Running is extremely minimal and hence supports very limited options. I am trying to understand the market from the perspective that "Should such minimal apps exists?"Kindly check it out and let me know what you think about it? Would you use it? Or I am going completely in the wrong direction.Feedbacks are welcome on usability, look and feel as well.Website: http://hmpgr.com/apps/running Invite...
What you enjoy the most?Most of the blogging platforms use some kind of toolbar.I was wondering are there any blogging platforms which support markup and being useful.I am focusing on live editing. Not like you write a bunch of markup files and a processor converts them to html.
So no layering. But since the concept is all about very simple apps, I guess that should not be too much of a hassle. I am open to suggestions.
Edit: Thanks for liking the notes app :)
Thanks a ton. I am actually building a demo account. I was intending to put some demo data before I release it.
But since you asked, here it goes:
username: [email protected]
password: password
try it and let me know.
edit: use Invite Code: HN
Click on each app to see more details about it.
Back story: As a hacker, when you build a small application, its either web-based, iOS or android. All alone you cannot build for all the platform. So the first idea which came to me that why not build only web-apps which are responsive and hence can run smoothly on all platforms. But the problem was having a great experience on a web app is difficult. But if you think about it, its not true for all cases, you can have great experience and utility if the app itself is extremely simple and minimal.
And this is true in many many apps. In fact its true for Hacker News itself. So I thought of building a store for apps which are extremely minimal yet useful. The four apps (Running, Pins, Movies and Notes) are all my creation. Some of them you might find useful on a daily basis and some are useful only on specific occasions. The technology used is Ruby on Rails and we will be releasing a developers kit for folks interested in building apps on hmpgr.
Why would you build apps on hmpgr? Because you are guaranteed atleast one user (that's me :). Just kidding. Hopefully its going to be much more than that. The idea is to easily get attention of fellow users who are already on hmpgr platform. The system gives you the option to install/uninstall apps on your choice basis.
Obviously, the system has bugs and am still working on them so use them and give me feedback.
Great idea @cjbarber. I was thinking of doing a separate Show HN but this seems like a great idea. Thanks for building it.
Say on Netflix or Amazon or Apple TV, how do you select what to watch next?
Correct me if I am missing something. Sorry it's a 3 day old thread but somehow every time I think about any downsides for the candidate I am still trying to find one really good one. It's not that I am trying to run this idea and hence I am biased. I am thinking in unbiased terms if you believe me.