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I agree. Not too much new here. I've upvoted it however because I've learnt that: * You can give away in-app purchases for free. (Wasn't sure if it could be done.) * They didn't sp…

How did others feel about the iTunes link? It started my iTunes as I clicked it (a bit frustrating), but then I thought it might be great for increasing the number of people who bu…

A graphic designer friend and I are working on a hobby project (startup?) - we meet weekly. Behance to him is like HN to me. EDIT: He's more into print than web.

My 2 cents... I'd put the "Login with facebook to post pictures to Facebook!" box under or next to the picture. Also keeping it hidden and making it appear after the laser has been…

"[...] if you’re an entrepreneur, generally you don’t like working with a lot of people. That’s what an entrepreneur is." - Robert Greene on Mixergy

I also fear, that I start working on a problem, give it my best and still fail. It's easier to explain why I failed if I've procrastinated. I don't think that the pain of context s…

"something that set Diaspora up for a far more epic failure" Is Diaspora a failure? How did the Kickstarter model set them up for this failure in your opinion?

Would you prefer if someone else had already decided the meaning of you life?

The only reason why another person will do what you want, is because they want to do it. Look at their viewpoint as well as your own, when you ask them to do something. If there is…

Living in Europe, it's exciting to think, that I'm part of a conversation with people from the valley. But maybe you're right; maybe working together with others (on an open source…

This might be a risky comment for me, but I'll bite the bullet. Why I'd like to see more female developers? * I wanted to have more women (girls) around at university. Yes, one rea…

Also wanted to write: a, b, c, d, x

Complicated user interface + no reward: "majority (68 per cent) of students chose the lazy option" == the majority of people will simply hit the back button in their browsers. Comp…

"But how?" We, startup people, are visionaries. We see possibilities in things that don't even exist yet. We envision our company as the next Google, and ourself as the next Steve …

How To Succeed Like [the currently hot company]: Don't copy them. Google didn't copy Yahoo when they created a new search algorithm and a minimalistic search page. Apple didn't cop…

Consider working with a designer even on small projects, because it's a low-cost and low-risk way to get to know designers and filter out the ones, you'd love to work with on bigge…

It might be, that you, simply aren't an "idea person". You could ask for ideas (eg. here on HN). or you could join other people, who have (useful) ideas. Either way, it might be he…

I love rap music, and have been looking for meaningful and deep rap lyrics on the web more than once in the last couple of years (haven't found a webapp for that yet). I'd love to …

%s/small failure/reality checking/g

The cutting edge apps will be developed for the iPhone first, and then ported to Android (if it's even possible). Reasons behind my claim: Device fragmentation: If an app makes hea…

_"Creativity is uncomfortable. It is their dissatisfaction with the present that drives them on to make changes."_ Guess a lot of entrepreneurs feel the same way. Not saying, that …