Yes, a lot* of feedback, much of it very useful, for example a suggestion to use photos of people who agreed to publish their testimonials. Took some effort to email everyone etc. but I think it's well worth it.
* ...and had to earn 'credits' for the reviews just like a regular user in case you ask ;)))))
Very true... when this thing goes over budget for the digital effects, I don't think you're going to see him hit up Kickstarter again. Personally, I'm willing to put up some cash to see another one of his movies made.
[Android, Fitness App] I wish there was a really decent app to easily create work-outs. I like the approach of gainfitness.com, but unfortunately they only have an iphone version. Overall I think the fitness category on android has room for a couple of more apps who don't suck.
I'm not sure what to say, I mean, it's a free web, you can do whatever you want, but it leaves a bitter aftertaste, especially because i know that you knew about prtfl.io
"You know, you really don't need a forensics team to get to the bottom of this. If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook."
Execution, dear Wolfram, is the single-most important thing in our industry today. I personally have a shit ton of things I'm thinking about or that I might want to do some time. All worthless, until someone executes on them. Timo executed on this idea this weekend and the outcome is extraordinary, given the invested time. It shows that he is a very talented guy.
Well here is the nice thing: Just build something that is better and people will use it. It is that easy.
I wish other people would "execute" my idea. Then I would have less work cut out for me. But as things stand, I'm the only one doing it.
Perhaps the difference is that I'm creating this thing because I want it to exist and benefit the world (including myself as a user), not because I want credit or to get very rich off it. (Or maybe my idea just sucks.)
Yep, you're right. I was curious about your project but as it hasn't launched yet and I wanted to make something on this weekend, that's what happened. I don't see a problem here to be honest. ;)
It didn't just happen - seems like you have intentionally copied someone else's idea, down to naming and design. You're obviously entitled to do so, but it's not something I would run bragging about on hn, especially without giving any credit the original work.
And saying "I don't see a problem here" after the original creator has pointed (quite gently) to the fact, is not very empathetic of you.
Well, I never indented to offend him or anyone else. I'm waiting for his app to launch and when it's great I'm gonna use it, that's it. But for the meantime, I build my own thing and as I mostly do, I set it free to others.
prtfl.io is much more polished—it shows that it wasn't built in a weekend. Please launch soon! After looking at prtflio.eu, I wouldn't worry too much about brand dilution—it's not even in your league.
Hey, I get your point, but you can't compare something that isn't launched to something that is.
How many times does Paul Graham have to say "just launch"? Launch and iterate, iterate and then iterate some more. Talking about brand dilution on an unlaunched product is a moot point to say the least.
I'm not taking sides about what happened here, it seems murky at best, but you can't compare an idea to a product.
To every Paul Graham that says "just launch" there is Steve Jobs that scrapes nearly done products, restarts from scratch and ends up releasing stunning shit. Let me see your "launch and iterate" do that.
For every dollar that a "Steve Jobs" type produces, 10 are produced by people "launch and iterate". Business is about making good decisions as often as possible, which the latter methodology seems to do better.
prtfl.io is obviously building a thoughtful product with the goal that people will get value out of it. prtflio.eu did the equivalent of putting a file upload widget in front of s3 and calling it flickrcom.eu.
Mind him not, Mueller. As the other dude said - it's the execution that matters and this particular execution is nothing to write home about. It'll be forgotten once it's off the HN front page.
gmq is probably talking about opening psd files in your Ubuntu file browser by right clicking them and selecting "open with Photoshop". That's not possible with the method i'm describing in the article. But it's something that's bugging me too and I'm working on a solution. I haven't quite figured it out yet though.
how much it integrates depends on what desktop environment you are using. gnome and kde are using the same desktop files as far as I know. So it should work. Haven't tested it though.
just stumbled upon this through their yearly report (http://mailchimp.com/2012, discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5060552) and thought I'd share this, since it is one of the funniest and inspiring talks I'v seen. Should easily be in every aspiring entrepreneurs must see list of talks.
Thanks for your input, this is the route I will be taking the product in then, as you can see from my post, support is what I was thinking. Having two replies to second my opinion is good confirmation I guess.
