daveambrose

commenting here solely for the fact you have a great username. go Georgetown!

I always thought the best travel planning app was an email that contained links of places to travel to. The email would go into a Word doc or Google Doc and then get printed to share amongst friends. This is a neat evolution of the same behavior (which is something I’ve always struggled w. evaluating companies in this space, esp. as each person travels very differently). Everyone uses the same plain text editor to plan.

Looking forward to trying this out and playing around w. the export feature for Maps.

I'm excited to try.

I started something similar, almost a "Book Club for Podcasts" that stemmed off this Twitter thread (https://twitter.com/daveambrose/status/918124906092597248). We organize discussions in a Google Group but this looks like it's much more automatic than the manual curation piece we use.

Upvoted for fellow Hoya alumni!

This looks really cool (and I'm not a hardcore gamer) but avid Discord user for things like Zwift.

I'm curious: are there other use cases for Guilded outside of online gaming? For instance, on Zwift, you can join certain races and clubs, but it's really messy and happens primarily off their app (often in FB Groups). This seems like a better use case.

One of the biggest announces is lack of operability w. the previous Apple LED display. I've had to cycle through a few cable dongles at this point to then find out none connect to the LED display.

Instead, I ordered the Dell P2715Q 27" monitor and then purchased a DisplayPort to USC-C cable. It works perfectly and decently priced at $530.

upvoted from a fellow Hoya and esp. grabbing this handle on HN. nicely done!

You should write more about this topic, as you seem to have thought about a lot of vectors in this category for some time.

What's your contact details, BTW?

I'd love to try the product, esp. as a means of facilitating weekly 1:1s we have w. our portfolio founders. Is there a way to get access?

just downloaded. i can't seem to hit "register" for a new user after i fill in my information.

where's the link to your app?

so, a few thoughts now that we have a room created for midtown NYC:

1. no push notifications? seems like a no brainer to have this when a new user enters the "room" (i'm calling these chat spaces that) and when a new message appears. suspect you'll get more re-engagement

2. why do I have a ribbon next to my username? see: https://twitter.com/daveambrose/status/395630523961577473

3. photos! would be good to share media in addition to just text. maybe for a v2

waiting for my location to be unlocked, i.e. midtown Manhattan

unrelated but when did Circa start publishing to the web, in addition to their apps?

you should check out / meet with the team at Blueprint Health here in NYC: http://www.blueprinthealth.org/

i could imagine they'd be interested in getting this off the ground with you

upvoted for DC + Georgetown love

Mountain View, CA or Austin, TX - FT Product Leads for Mobile and Social @ Travelzoo

Help 26 million subscribers push boundaries on local commerce, deal publishing and media via mobile and new social tools. We're looking for smart, forward-looking entrepreneurs who have a passion for local, traveling and scratching their own itch.

We're a small team (group of folks who previously built/sold companies) where everyone gets their hands dirty in guiding product, solving big problems at scale and makes an impact each quarter for our shareholders (Travelzoo is public on the NASDAQ).

What we offer: Top salary; Great perks, like the Travelzoo Experience (eat your own dogfood on any of our deals published throughout the world!); Medical, Dental, Vision; Excellent career advancement opportunities

Previous experience in mobile product management or social API development is a big plus.

If you're interested, drop me a line (dambrose at travelzoo dot com) with subject [HN April 2013] or apply on our Careers page: http://www.travelzoo.com/jobs/

Seeing this after 3x now: http://twitpic.com/cb0gvu

Would you have a copy of the tweet exchange?

Good thoughts but generally I'd consider (1) who owns the IP for the winning idea or product and even those that don't win? If a company is sponsoring a hackathon with hopes of attracting disruptive ideas but owns the IP, there must be other upside - maybe significant monetary prizes or marketing exposure - to make it worth your weekend's time. (2) And the grave reality that most larger companies cannot execute the winning app without internal support, necessary team resources and budget...which may require lots of change.

Upvoted and good luck. I'm sure you'll find someone looking for help. :)

Mountain View, CA + New York, NY - FT + Internships, Product for Mobile + Social @ Travelzoo

Help 25 million subscribers push boundaries on local commerce, deal publishing and media via mobile and new social tools. We're looking for smart, forward-looking entrepreneurs who have a passion for local, traveling and scratching their own itch.

We're a small team (group of folks who previously built/sold companies) where everyone gets their hands dirty in guiding product, solving big problems at scale and makes an impact each quarter for our shareholders (Travelzoo is public on the NASDAQ).

What we offer: Top salary; Great perks, like the Travelzoo Experience (eat your own dogfood on any of our deals published throughout the world!); Medical, Dental, Vision; Excellent career advancement opportunities

Previous experience in mobile product management or social API development is a big plus.

If you're interested, drop me a line (dambrose at travelzoo dot com) with subject [HN July 2012] or apply on our Careers page: http://www.travelzoo.com/jobs/

Mountain View, CA - FT + Internships, Product for Mobile + Social @ Travelzoo

Help 25 million subscribers push boundaries on local commerce, deal publishing and media via mobile and new social tools. We're looking for smart, forward-looking entrepreneurs who have a passion for local, traveling and scratching their own itch.

We're a small team (group of folks who previously built/sold companies) where everyone gets their hands dirty in guiding product, solving big problems at scale and makes an impact each quarter for our shareholders (Travelzoo is public on the NASDAQ).

What we offer:

  * Top salary 
  * Great perks, like the Travelzoo Experience (eat your own dogfood on any of our deals published throughout the world!)
  * Medical, Dental, Vision
  * Excellent career advancement opportunities

just registered for beta access! great stuff guys.

Big congrats Sahil!

These marketplaces share a lot of core business similarities to that of the daily deal market as early as four year ago, no? At scale (depending upon which niche you choose for your site) will require money in to make "money out". No one in this thread seems to be highlighting this with the exception of those sites listed, little VC dollars have been invested thus far.

It's a serious question and one that's not secret sauce, I'd argue. The execution of your business and that of any sticky viral hooks you can build in will leave you at the winner's circle years from now.

Thanks.

How are these sites overcoming the chicken and egg issue of attracting interesting activities from locals? Gathering enough visitors to the site to make transactions meaningful?

Besides you guys, who else is doing something like this?

surprised to hear this. i use plancast all the time when hopping to and from new cities for tech events that locals go to. it was a great way to discover things happening for this very (niche) audience.

the search feature was great, too. for instance, searching "mobile" would bring up all mobile related events closest to your area and then around the world.

interesting read nonetheless and best of luck mark on your next project!

To me, there's pros/cons to this approach with the perspective of making it as EASY as possible for developers to ship across all types of hardware (which is great). But the con seems so big to me: the end-user experience is so slow (iPhone and Android) that when you think of "Facebook for Mobile", you think "Maybe I can wait to access FB on my iPad or back on my laptop when I'm home?"

All of the native apps that I've seen, played with and analyzed, speed = to some the best experiences for a user. I mean, doesn't a FB user want exactly that when they check the Newsfeed? For instance, today, I turned off 4G and moved to 3G on my Android, checked the FB app and it crawled. It junked new screen loads, comments, liking, etc. Switching over to 4G made (some of) the pain go away.