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Re:Ask HN: Swift or Objective-C? on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @09:08AM (#10894306)
Swift is the future, Objective-C is the past.
Re:Ask HN: Sunrise Calender users, what app will you switch to? on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @09:04AM (#10506513)
That is probably the best third-party keyboard.
Product Hunt
Sweet! Thought about doing this for Twitter, but rate limiting messes with re-constructing timelines for people with lot's of followers.
At Startup School NY, Chase Adam talked about winning a contest with Watsi by paying bar bouncers to not let people in if they didn't vote for them first.

This could probably be abstracted to app promotion.

Re:Show HN: Matter – A tiny collection of UI components on Sunday August 30, 2015 @12:08PM (#10143660)
Plans to extend it past a tiny collection?

Ask HN: Why is Twitter messing with Meerkat?

Twitter has had an interesting relationship with their developer community in the past - besides the obvious reason that Twitter just bought Periscope, why would they mess with Meerkat?Wouldn't competition be good? Meerkat is pioneering the mobile live stream model for Periscope. From what I hear Periscope is a supieror product (not sure if I believe it) so why would Twitter signal their fear...

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Thanks :) I appreciate the feedback! I love the PH community.
Quickly jump back to any day in PH's history and view the products.

Built using Swift and the PH API. GitHub repo: https://github.com/thomasmeagher/ProductHuntTimeMachine

Re:Ask HN: Companies that make startup videos? on Friday November 28, 2014 @10:22PM (#8672975)
Sandwich video has done product videos for Slack, Coin, Airbnb, Square, etc. http://sandwichvideo.com
Re:Ask HN: Which Android/iOS apps do you use every day? on Tuesday November 11, 2014 @08:33AM (#8589678)
iOS: Twitter, Reporter, Day One, Sunrise, Pocket

Ask HN: Are Foursquare-like tips on the Internet a bad idea?

Foursquare tips are all about niche information that help people make decisions.It seems like something should exist that allows people to leave and discover tips on the web. Similar to visiting physical places for the first time, visiting a new website can be difficult to navigate--you do not know whats good and bad yet. With tips, you could get the inside perspective right away and find out...

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I use an iOS app called, Reporter (http://www.reporter-app.com/). It prompts you with push notifications to answer a set of custom questions throughout the day- Are you looking at a screen? Who are you with? Where are you? How many cups of coffee have you had?

The reports also capture "background" data using the phones sensors: number of steps, temperature, volume, elevation, phone battery, etc.

Its great for lightweight tracking and all the data can be exported in CSV or JSON formats. Reporter can definitely help you track sleep hours, food eaten, and productivity (weight and body fat % can also be captured).

I wrote an article about the 500 reports I've captured over the last 107 days: https://medium.com/p/c4454b9d8456

I would use Reporter app if you're on iOS. Here is a recent Ask HN thread: What apps or tools do you use to track things about your daily life? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8146114

It allows you to quickly fill out customized surveys (Your questions would be like: "Are you having a migraine right now?") and export the data in JSON or CSV formats.

Re:Ask HN: Uber for ______ on Friday August 08, 2014 @06:14PM (#8155347)
Uber for mailboxes.

Product Hunt has a list of current Uber for X products past the idea stage: http://www.producthunt.com/e/uber-for-x

I do have a suggestion! Not sure if it's any good though.

It's called TagTime (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bsoule.tagtime...) and pings you with random surveys similar to reporter.

Let me know if you use it and how it works out! @thomasmeagher on the twitter.

I use an iOS app called, Reporter (http://www.reporter-app.com/). It prompts you to answer a set of user defined questions throughout the day- Are you looking at a screen? Who are you with? Where are you? How many cups of coffee have you had?- through powerful surveys.

It also captures "background" data using the phones sensors: number of steps, temperature, volume, elevation, phone battery, etc.

Its great for lightweight tracking and all the data can be exported in CSV or JSON formats.

I wrote an article about the 500 reports I've captured over the last 107 days: https://medium.com/p/c4454b9d8456

Definitely go with Python if you know some R. Check out Learn Python the Hard Way (http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/). Either save the pages or just buy the book. It will be challenging, but you'll learn a lot and shouldn't need Internet, since everything is in the book.
I love PH, but I'm not so sure that's a good indicator of the hottest startups. A good amount of the hunts are just standalone products with no business around them.
Going to check it out. You might want to optimize the site for mobile, I can help: thom (dot) meagher (at) gmail
Re:A startup postmortem with a happy ending on Saturday May 31, 2014 @09:32AM (#7825960)
Definitely not a post mortem as smoyer mentioned. Huge opportunity with the World Cup, I hope you take advantage of it. Looking forward to seeing some fast, unique insight from Champion that I could not get from my favorite sports outlets.
Re:Ask HN: Can we fix the interview process for engineers? on Thursday May 29, 2014 @03:37PM (#7818159)
So are you suggesting that the interviewee goes through something similar to a portfolio? These are some of the projects I have done in the past, I wrote this code here to solve this problem, etc. I agree with something along the lines of "the best predictor of future performance is past behavior," but it could be hard to keep a consistent--dare I say level--playing field that way.
Re:Kill The Hamburger Button on Saturday May 24, 2014 @09:13PM (#7795071)
The original article provides some more insight. TC basically took the good parts. http://lmjabreu.com/post/why-and-how-to-avoid-hamburger-menu...
Re:Kill The Hamburger Button on Saturday May 24, 2014 @08:06PM (#7794898)
I agree with the bottom; definitely easier for the user to reach the nav then. Maybe someone can comment from a UX perspective?

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