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Straw Dogs by John Gray - Interesting new ways of looking at things. Read at your own peril.

Reminds me of the good old bad old days of web design, mis-using elements to make the browser do what you want. I don't think it's such a bad thing, although these days not needed so much.

Adam Curtis is one of the most important documentary film thinkers of this or any other generation. Seminal.

'The Loving Trap' (2011) is a good place to start exploring this visionaries ground breaking work...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1bX3F7uTrg

Why is this on hacker news?

I don't claim any specialist knowledge re:pricing (so bare that in mind while weighing up my response).

I'm not sure about the 1 month trial thing (I think your demo is strong enough that people will understand what your apps about). I get that you want people using it, then when they can't live without hit them up for some money, but you may be cutting your market in half as i'm sure there are a lot of people who travel for 2 weeks who would use your app for that period of time.

As for day-trippers, won't they just use facebook or flickr? I thought your app was better for proper journeys as you can include elements other than photos (google maps etc).

One last thought: My older relatives always used to make physical scrap books of their travels (with photos / tickets / maps etc) in them. A possible extra/alternative source of income could be to sell the physical version of their online "story" (again not necessarily for them to keep, but to give to other relatives)

I was really impressed by your app.

I have travelled a lot in the past and this would have been great for keeping people up to date (especially facebookless elderly relatives).

With this in mind, I think you should do away with the free option and up your premium price.

Edit: younger backpackers go travelling for long periods of time, their parents would think nothing of shelling out $5 /month to be kept in the loop!

That 'technicality'(1) was the universities lack of effective checks on students right to be in the UK, which they had 6 months to fix.

I don't disagree that foreign students bring a lot to this country, and that the handling of this thing by the government was extremely poor (2), but you're conflating two different issues in order to make a point about the Daily Mail.

It seems like you're guilty of the same simplistic arguments.

(1) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-19419395

(2) http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/aug/30/london-metro...

You are right to question this. There does seem to be a bit of a long standing myth that ALL javascript is bad for accessibility: http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2011/javascript-and-screenreade...

In this case though, from an accessibility point of view there are a few issues with the use of a link tag rather than the standard form 'input submit' or 'button'.

Problems include:

- It goes against user expectations of how the form functions

- User would not be able to submit the form while focus is on one of the inputs (although this could be remedied with more js)

- User would have to realise that this form does not have a standard submit button and realise that the link tag is the submit button (difficult for screen readers because there are no alt tags).

There is also an issue with usability for the few who don't have js enabled, as they will not be able to submit this form.

Unfortunately (at least in the UK) this technique cannot be used on consumer facing sites as it breaks the accessibility of the form for some disabled users.

For personal sites it really comes down to your preferences. Personally I would prefer that everyone was able to comment, however if it stops you having to wade through thousands of spam messages every day I can see the point of using it.

How does extremetech.com keep on getting to the front page of HN?

(this is an honest question, while I am trying to make a point, I would actually like to hear other peoples opinions)

Something always seems off about the quality of their articles compared to the other (above average) content that usually makes its way to the front page.

I'm not sure if Obama has an appeasement and apology approach (1), or were you just talking about this specific incident?

1. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/09/bush-obama-war-on-t...