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#131
Working on http://flowmingle.com

FlowMingle is a group oriented online dating site that leads a small, local group of singles through a guided introduction process. I'm working with two other full-time partners in Lexington, Ky. Specifically, at this moment we are integrating the ability to sign-up and login with multiple social networking APIs.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Working the day job (in-house dev. at Nationwide Insurance).

In process of incorporating an LLC with a businesss partner; our first project will deal with web widgets...should be live (selling from day 1) by the end of the summer.

Fun recent project was a thing I threw together "in a weekend" to make finding things from nearby cities on craigslist easier. Prototype at: http://didyoucry.com/clshop/

And re-roofing a section of my house. (Oh the pain of having to use muscles for "real work" after years of cubicle dwelling.)

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Think B2B, for example. The iPhone (and the others - Android, Palm, Blackberry), combined with the app store model provide two things: 1) users effectively get a handheld computer which always has internet access, and 2) developers get much more access to these mobile devices than carriers have traditionally allowed. Pick an industry - what does this allow them to do that they couldn't before? (ideally, something tha…

Sorry for the newb question, but are you saying that ANY app developed for the iPhone (including a custom app for a client) must go through the App Store before being installed on their phones? I'm asking because we have a web-based intranet app that we could create an iPhone-based version of, but it's only useful to the client. So, there's no reason to put in on the App Store. But it sounds like you're saying all ap…

For small deployments, you can use "Ad-hoc" distribution - users have to jump through some minor hoops (give you their device UUID, then drag the app file into their iTunes and sync to the iPhone), but it works. It's mainly aimed at distributing copies for testing or reviewing before an app hits the app store, and I think there's a limit to how many copies you can distribute this way (100 different devices? Don't remember 100%, I'd have to look it up).

You can also physically install the app yourself from your development machine if you get their device (again, there might be a limit on the number of devices, since you have to register each one).

As rdouble mentioned, there's also the enterprise program.

And, of course, there are jailbroken devices with third party app "stores". I don't have much experience with these, but jailbroken iPhones are supposed to make up a significant percentage of users - might not be as useful for business use, though.

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If you like any of the shirts, I made a coupon for HN readers: http://www.shirtstastegood.com/coupons/lXgcYWo4XEQ9fVAq

Love the shirts. Wish you the best of luck. How about taking it one step further, and giving viral video content creators an affiliate cut in the shirt profits. With Store front widgets, that could be placed anywhere. Transitioning into a platform. We do sketch comedy, and I could see us using a service like that.

We are working on a viral video incentive program right now!! The store front widget is a great idea, we did not think of that. Do you mean place the video embed and accompanying t-shirt into a widget to be included on blogs etc? That way the content creator has an easy way to spread the t-shirts as well because they get a cut of each sale! Thank you so much for the input!! I love it!

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Wow, awesome to hear there are other people into lighting on here. I'm spending my weekend working on a Max/MSP patch that spits out patterns onto an LED grid controlled by a 4/4 time signature. I plan to tie these patterns to music clips within Ableton once Max for Live comes out later this year. The idea is to have layered patterns corresponding to my layered music clips (minimal techno) during my dj performances.

I think you may have just signed up to beta test... something. We'll see what it turns in to. When I'm not coding for money, I'm a lighting designer - mostly live concerts, but I do some club stuff as well. I've found the options in that market very unsatisfactory. There are some good options starting in the $4000 range and up, but they all require a trained LD. The average DJ is unlikely to be willing to deal with t…

Awesome. I'm interested to see what you come up with. Shoot me an email at the address in my profile.

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I quit my job a month ago for my second crack at bootstrapping a business: http://www.shirtstastegood.com I'm in nyc and I would love to hear any feedback! Thanks.

Great idea, good artwork! Minor amateur opinion: the artwork seems too large on the shirts / too overstated.

Thanks! We appreciate every bit of constructive criticism. We did make the artwork for a few shirts deliberately big. For example, we wanted We'll Do it Live to really be in your face just like good old Bill. Or do you think we are too bold with all of the shirts? Thanks again for the input Adam!

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Love the shirts. Wish you the best of luck. How about taking it one step further, and giving viral video content creators an affiliate cut in the shirt profits. With Store front widgets, that could be placed anywhere. Transitioning into a platform. We do sketch comedy, and I could see us using a service like that.

We are working on a viral video incentive program right now!! The store front widget is a great idea, we did not think of that. Do you mean place the video embed and accompanying t-shirt into a widget to be included on blogs etc? That way the content creator has an easy way to spread the t-shirts as well because they get a cut of each sale! Thank you so much for the input!! I love it!

exactly, an embed code that could be placed on blogs, or other sites. It seems like a great angle for everyone.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Just resigned from my 9-5 to focus full time on my baby GMTV, a sketch comedy series on YouTube, and other fun projects. Currently, Building a sound stage in my loft for filming. project 2 - a music aggregator that delivers new hip-hop tracks being discussed on twitter, the goal is to rank based on conversational patterns. m.grownmantv.com for fun, I help students make sense of financial aid through video, twitter, a…

Hey, i tried the music aggregator - nice I want something like that. Feedback: It would be great if the the the next song would start playing automatically after the current song. Much like www.hypem.com. also, maybe there is a way to make the song info not pop up in its own box, but somthing more inline, in the page?

good luck

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

#140

A free ear training and music theory software http://www.trainear.com/ that few people use because no one cares about ear training and music theory

Your site is very, very visually busy. Can you reduce the clutter? This includes the app itself. Maybe you could widen the content area, encroaching upon the whitespace.
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