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Re:Coffee in Crisis on Thursday July 30, 2015 @11:56AM (#9975851)
It's especially unfortunate because decaf coffee is usually gross.
Re:Show HN: Utility to get the UDID of beta-testers' iPhones on Monday January 19, 2015 @03:27PM (#8913869)
I've used this pretty frequently and it was great. Nowadays the new testflight makes this obsolete for external testers, but is still useful for internal testers to quickly get their UDID.
A lot of hardware manufacturers offer their own SDKs for interacting with their beacons, not letting you get the UUID of the beacon itself. Are you interacting with all providers' SDKs?
Re:Show HN: My first game – Destructomath for iOS on Thursday November 13, 2014 @12:27AM (#8600082)
Developer here! This is the first game I made, doing the game design and the development and my friend doing the art/audio. I'm excited to see what you guys think.

Thanks!

It's only in the US App store :(
Is this US only? I want it in Canada!
Re:PaintCode 2 on Wednesday May 07, 2014 @04:11PM (#7712370)
Interface builder is pretty limited for customizing design elements.
Re:Model-View-ViewModel for iOS on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @11:20AM (#7057810)
As someone only familiar with the MVC paradigm and being fairly new to Cocoa/Objective-C, does your book cover an "implementation" tutorial or some sort of introduction to writing a project with MVVM?
Re:Vastrm is the Warby Parker for shirts on Monday September 09, 2013 @01:48PM (#6354951)
Warby Parker's value proposition isn't in a custom product, it's in having a product free of massive markup. Not sure where you are see the relationship between the two.
Re:Vastrm is the Warby Parker for shirts on Friday September 06, 2013 @01:21PM (#6341518)
This is like Zappos or a ton of other companies that offer free return shipping.. very little correlation to Warby Parker as mentioned.
Re:Become a Maker - DIY on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @02:29PM (#5246483)
Why is it targeted to kids? I was weirded out when it asked for my parent's email address.
I can think of a few.

1) The gallery and buy now overlap but not enough. You should be able to buy prints from the actual print page. Consider using the buy style view as your gallery (Much like a product listing page)

2) The homepage is nothing but a directory. The carousel is moving too fast, use it to showcase recent or popular prints (no carousel.)

3) Consider why the user might actually be coming to the page? The entire bottom half (about, recent posts, twitter) can be combined into a sidebar which would be more economical space-wise

There are just a few starters.

Re:The reverse tech founder search on Friday January 25, 2013 @01:48PM (#5116971)
I can appreciate that rationale.
Re:Why you should wear a bow tie. on Friday January 25, 2013 @11:15AM (#5116081)
Not that I wouldn't take fashion advice from HN, but I would never take fashion advice from HN. I can guarantee there are more important things you can do to change your appearance and 'have an effect' than wearing a bow-tie. An example would be having a proper fitting suit, which most men can't seem to understand. This can show attention to detail.

I'm not going to go on because frankly there is probably a threshold for interviewers - if you look like shit, its a bad thing, if you are passable then that is status quo. It won't matter how well you dress beyond that unless you're being hired as a stylist.

Re:The reverse tech founder search on Thursday January 24, 2013 @11:36AM (#5110394)
Sorry to be a cynic but isn't this a textbook case of a non-technical founder? Not sharing any information about the idea? It must be super secret and great.

Additionally, I'm a bit confused as to how this is a 'reverse tech founder' search.

Re:Hack Design Teaches Design To Hackers on Thursday January 17, 2013 @10:25AM (#5073099)
I think the problem is that people think you can "teach design". Knowing how to use the tools isn't hard in the slightest, if you don't have good taste then it's impossible to ever design something that looks good to the general eye. Knowing how to use Photoshop or HTML/CSS is like knowing how to use a pencil - it doesn't make you an artist. I'm not saying this is a waste of time, but design isn't something you just teach.
Re:Show HN: BookTurf, college textbook marketplace on Monday January 14, 2013 @11:25AM (#5055245)
I think one of the most important things you need to handle is the empty results page. Don't have your users reaching a dead-end, especially right now since you have a small user-base. You should continue the experience for the user, possibly by providing them with a link to where they can buy it themselves (be it on Amazon or Chegg) and maybe throw in an affiliate link if you're set on earning money.
Re:Ask HN: stand up comedy course or MBA? on Tuesday January 08, 2013 @10:35AM (#5026646)
Stand up comedy. As a business school graduate, I can say that there aren't enough courses doing speaking. I'm signing up for an improv course next month so that I can get better.
Those are the hardest 'easy to remember' passwords ever.
I'd say the best way is to be in college and seed it among your friends/connections that have their own circles in college. Ex: residences (perhaps a don who can speak to the freshman on their floor), clubs, classes, etc.
Re:Startups, your landing page sucks on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @01:32PM (#4877730)
Really depends on what you actually do as a company
Re:Startups, your landing page sucks on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @10:35AM (#4876669)
"We allow startups to get the right exposure to media while bloggers are able to filter the stories they get."

So what does this mean for a blogger? Filtering stories I can get? To read? Write?

Startups who are still figuring it out like to use ambiguous blanket statements in order to "capture as much of an audience as possible". They are afraid they are missing out on potential users if don't appeal to everyone.

Re:Startups, your landing page sucks on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @10:12AM (#4876556)
The irony here is how bad the press42.com landing page is; your value proposition is pretty unclear with your one sentence. Try working on your own landing page before dishing out criticism, (not to say that what you said isn't true).
Re:Why we have never hired an MBA on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @11:58AM (#4778971)
A fellow Ivey! I did my HBA however.

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