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I disagree on the signup.
I think the placement of the signup is quite nice. Why? because my test result accurate depicted my taste and I was curious to see more.
Needless to say, I signed up.
Didn't buy anything though... everything was way expensive.
for me, it was enticing enough to give it a try.
okay, Here's the first thing I tried, because I was actually looking for it:
try to search for: "mashable wordpress theme" ... FAIL! you took me to search the mashable site for "wordpress theme" tags, which returned nothing.
however, when I searched "wordpress theme" ... SUCCESS, kinda. What I was looking for displayed on the right, in recent news.
It's okay. I think something definitely needs to be improved here.
Hope that helps.
Good luck.
Wow! I can't wait for the future to become the present!
check this one out too: theories about persuasion - http://changingminds.org/explanations/theories/a_persuading....
I would agree, the "time poor" issue is obvious. However, I've been testing this out a little and figure to try it on myself first (me managing me).
My first impression--besides idiotwork--is that they really make things simple. They seems to be going for the twitter, microblogging style for management. They really reduce a lot of the fat out of managing tasks and reporting.
I like how it just asks, "What did you do?" Instead of, "what's the progress?" "what are your road blocks?" "are you sure you're not critical path?" I'm not sure if this tool will answer those questions, but I'm not sure if they're aiming to do that either.
But then again, I'm not as "time poor" as some may be.
I'd be interested see how YC companies are valued by this predictor.
YouNoodle may or may not be an accurate predictor, but I bet they're good at predicting which teams/startups are likely to get funding from investors/VCs.
I agree, but I also find it a little humorous. I don't think it's such a big deal.
... but only wants to pay $200 for it.
Congrats to the Startuply team on launch and TC!
my answer: Enthusiasm/Passion.
suggestion: your question could be better answered through a poll.
This article is essentially a recap of PG's speech at startup school from three months ago.
Theories about persuasion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=249087
I should give credit Andy Beard and Social Browse~
Andy: http://socialbrowse.com/profile/view/915/ SB: http://socialbrowse.com My SB: http://socialbrowse.com/profile/view/276/
hey, i submitted this first: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=248295
Congrats, Brett! remember not to break the chain, ok?
keep up the good work!
holy crap.
Second impression: I'm hooked.
This application is so sticky. I am now following only a few people, but occasionally seeing their links on the bottom of my browser is becoming very interesting/addicting.
I am also browsing through some of my old bookmarks and sharing them.
IMHO, I'm finding this application to be much more compelling than Twitter.
I'm trying it now.
First impression: Totally Awesome!
Great. When somebody puts me in this thread, I'll know I made it!
hi, i'd like one please: my gmail-> hsuyangchang
thanks in advance!
His story totally reminds me of Jerry Seinfeld's "Don't Break the chain" tip.
see: http://www.dontbreakthechain.com http://lifehacker.com/software/motivation/jerry-seinfelds-pr...
> "not that much"
true. but, the issue here could be life&death!
...just another justification for living frugal and paying for cheap airline tickets.
I would like to see an option for opening links in new windows (or tabs)!
not a big surprise, jRoR wins.
IMHO, this was definitely one of the best key note of the entire Web2.0 conference.
> Then I wrote a book about the pressures of school!
I thought you write about how you got screwed by Zuckerberg.
Another highlight: Arrington's desktop.
(Did anybody get a good shot of what was on there?)
I don't have any good books in mind, but I think you need to know what you're really interested in learning about hardware. Define "very, very familiar with electronics."
You might want to think about electronics on several level and topics:
- Board Level: Op Amps, Feedback Control Systems... etc.
- Chip Level IC design: Analog IC design, Bipolar/CMOS design... etc.
- Firmware: C, Assembly language...
...each of these topics are semester/year long courses on its own. I can recommend books in each topic, but have not seen a do-it-all, teach-it-all book.
as attack said, "the topic area is more broad than you'd think."
uh, no. i would not do it.
+1... by Jedi Master Yoda.