threebutton

Re:Ask HN: How to price my startup's product? on Friday January 21, 2011 @09:48AM (#2127470)

Be way up front with it. Priced correctly, that could even be a selling point, like overstock.com's shipping... "Any ticket, only $2.95 fee".

Re: on Thursday January 20, 2011 @09:23AM (#2123678)

I come to your site and I have no idea what it's for. Even if a friend in a band said, "hey, check this out," if I don't see something on the homepage that tells me I'm in the right place, I'm going to close the window. So in big letters say it's "Analytics for musicians" or whatever. Then I know this is the site my friend told me about.

I did wait, and got the message to watch a 9 minute video. You lost me. You might have 60 seconds to show me why this is the greatest site ever. Nine minutes is waaaay too long.

I highly recommend MicroISV's that Sell by Bob Walsh. http://47hats.com/ebooks/ $20 ebook that will tell you how to make a successful landing/homepage. Best $20 I ever spent.

Re:Ask HN: How do you design your personal (toy) projects? on Thursday January 13, 2011 @08:50AM (#2099731)

Always always pencil and paper. Even if it's a wireframe, and that's all you "design" (meaning no graphics, etc). Even on a personal project, don't waste time! Do the process right.

Ask HN: obfuscated link vs. username/password?

Posted by threebutton on Wednesday September 29, 2010 @03:43PM
from the ask-hn dept.

In building a couple simple web apps, I'm considering using an obfuscated link: http://domain.com/8498j9f43498j9f43o8jeo8je9jfe that members can bookmark, rather than require a username and password every time.Terrible idea? What are the risks if the url is long and random enough?

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Re:Ask HN: PHP library/script for site analytics on Saturday September 25, 2010 @09:40PM (#1728314)

Great! I found piwik.org but not the other. I'll look into it. God point about performance. I'll keep that in mind and use caching or something. Thanks!

Ask HN: PHP library/script for site analytics

Posted by threebutton on Friday September 24, 2010 @05:23PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I have a web app that allows members to create custom pages/profiles (think Facebook). I would like each member to be able to see their own analytics. Do you know of a php script or library for storing, and then nicely displaying visitor stats/analytics?

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