I love hackathons. With more content this could be something that I would use. As far as feedback. Geolocating on the homepage for hackathons near the user would be an instant way to demonstrate the usefulness. Just a thought.
Ask HN: Feedback on Hackthonia.com
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Re: Ask HN: Feedback on Hackthonia.com
#12Too bad it doesn't work outside of the US (unless you somehow map the zip 2100 to a part of Copenhagen, Denmark). I'm amazed how many sites completely disregard the international audience.
So the theme is "let users know about conveniently located competitions." definitely a possibility when more hackathons are using the site to organize. Chicago today - the world next.
Re: Ask HN: Feedback on Hackthonia.com
#13Cool design and layout.
What's the radius you've set for your search? I put in an East Bay zip (in the SF Bay Area) and nothing came up.
Re: Ask HN: Feedback on Hackthonia.com
#14I'd change this text: "Hackathonia is about bringing bright, motivated people together to build amazing apps in competitive yet collaborative, team-based competitions known as "Hackathons"."
I'd put something like:
"Hackathonia is a great way to find "Hackathons" near you. Hackathons bring bright, motivated people together to build amazing apps in competitive yet collaborative, team-based competitions."
That way you get to the meat of what you do faster.
Re: Ask HN: Feedback on Hackthonia.com
#15I'd change this text: "Hackathonia is about bringing bright, motivated people together to build amazing apps in competitive yet collaborative, team-based competitions known as "Hackathons"." I'd put something like: "Hackathonia is a great way to find "Hackathons" near you. Hackathons bring bright, motivated people together to build amazing apps in competitive yet collaborative, team-based competitions." That way you…
Great suggestion, Vindexus. Some of the text definitely needs to be less verbose.
Re: Ask HN: Feedback on Hackthonia.com
#16Couple of quick thoughts:
Don't make me create yet another online account. Just about every hacker will have an OpenID, Twitter, FB, or Google account.
Use square avatars. I can't imagine all that many people have 160x190px images hanging around. Also use http://en.gravatar.com/ as a default.
Include a more link in the "tweets tagged" box. Maybe to Google's realtime search: http://www.google.com/search?q=%23SDCChi&tbo=1&tbs=r...