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Re: Ask HN: Can I help you be more awesome today? (No strings.)

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Hi Mike, thanks for your kind offer! We have an old Windows XP machine that I would like to replace with a newer Windows 7 one. However, my wife is used to the old machine; in particular she has Internet Explorer manage all her auto-complete's and username/passwords for different sites she uses. I looked around for tools to at least copy the passwords to the new machine but 1) Microsoft says it's not supported 2) the…

Which version of IE?

Re: Ask HN: Can I help you be more awesome today? (No strings.)

#72

Hi Mike, I have created a free service for app developers to connect with their user base through discussions, bug fixes and a static FAQs section. I have some features I will be working on soon (closing bugs, assigning bugs, "private" apps, RSS feeds). Is the idea just not good enough, or is there something I'm missing that I should be highlighting? The site is http://www.dcmntr.com/ Thanks!

I think its not user-friendly. Its not really clear how it works. Maybe you can make it easier for people to browse latest discussions, etc. Also may be make it easier to post discussions and comments, since the point of the site is to connect and have community discussions.

Re: Ask HN: Can I help you be more awesome today? (No strings.)

#73
post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Duly noted, thanks!

Nice game overall, looks promising! You probably play (have played) other rogue-likes - have you tried dungeon crawl recently? It's getting pretty awesome, look it up : http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/ You can play by ssh anytime at joshua@crawl.akrasiac.org (pw: joshua).

I have! BTW you can also play a web-based js version these days, easier than ssh :)

Re: Ask HN: Can I help you be more awesome today? (No strings.)

#74

Mike, this is an awesome gesture. I just filled out your survey. If you have a few spare moments, I'd love UI feedback on http://flock.fm (no big deal if you're overwhelmed with requests and don't have time)

I have been using flock.fm for the past week, and I really like it.

You should consider moving the search box from the "custom" stream tab to be prominently be featured on the homepage. Additionally, it should be more clear that tags are actually streams.

As a feature request, it would be great if I could add songs to a queue, instead of having to listen to them immediately.

Re: Ask HN: Can I help you be more awesome today? (No strings.)

#75

Mike, I'd appreciate some feedback on my sales page for Status2K http://status2k.com . Does it look professional ? Would you change anything about it ? Thanks.

I think the sales page isn't bad. But it feels bland. - Your value add is probably not the elegant interface you're showing us. Sure, eye-candy is great, but the features you outline below talk about "Anywhere Monitoring" and "Multi-Server Listening Support", etc. Maybe an image of a guy staring at his phone (anywhere) with lines going from his phone to your logo to his servers. Give people an "at-a-glance" of how yo…

Thanks, I really appreciate your time.

Re: Ask HN: Can I help you be more awesome today? (No strings.)

#77

Hi Mike, I'm new to coding, and I'm building a site (using php) that I'm going to try to launch as a paid product in a couple of weeks: http://www.gmatboost.com I'd really appreciate any feedback you have on what I should add, remove, change, be aware of, etc. Also, I'm not sure how I am going to accept payment yet, so I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on how I (i.e. someone with the bare minimum amount of coding…

If you're new to coding, it doesn't show in the least. At a second's glance, this is a polished site. Very clean layout and presentation. Clear communication of value-add. And I assume the images of the colleges gives semblance of social-proof for your product. Excellent! (I don't understand why but cooler colors tend to do much better producing academic products. I have nothing but subjectivity to back this up, but…

Hi Mike,

Thanks a lot for the prompt reply. The polish is largely thanks to a purchase from ThemeForest, I did very little on that front. The image slider was part of that layout, and frankly I couldn't think of anything to throw in there besides the images of the schools.

I will definitely check out Stripe, thanks. I saw their post on HN, my biggest concern was whether or not I'll be able to figure out how to set it up, since I've never really used an API and I don't know much at all about JavaScript. I guess we'll see.

Thanks again. In the unlikely event that you know someone who could use some pointers on any math or test prep, feel free to let me know.

Re: Ask HN: Can I help you be more awesome today? (No strings.)

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Hi Mike, I have created a free service for app developers to connect with their user base through discussions, bug fixes and a static FAQs section. I have some features I will be working on soon (closing bugs, assigning bugs, "private" apps, RSS feeds). Is the idea just not good enough, or is there something I'm missing that I should be highlighting? The site is http://www.dcmntr.com/ Thanks!

I think its not user-friendly. Its not really clear how it works. Maybe you can make it easier for people to browse latest discussions, etc. Also may be make it easier to post discussions and comments, since the point of the site is to connect and have community discussions.

The "apps" page was the homepage previously. I'll try to cut down on the faqs on the homepage, and try to make it more visual. What do you mean make it easier to post discussions and comments? Should I allow them to post comments, and on the next page have them sign-in/sign-up HN style?

Re: Ask HN: Can I help you be more awesome today? (No strings.)

#79
post #39

Hey thanks! Would love your feedback on http://www.workforpie.com/ . It's a resume of sorts, built specifically for software developers, and based primarily on open source contributions to Github and Bitbucket. I'll leave it wide open, but would especially like to know what feature/features you think might make it useful to you. (survey completed, btw :) )

As a user, it would be nice to know exactly how the score is calculated. I can see what part comes from which site, but for instance, my github profile only contributed 2 points to my WFP profile. Is this because I only have 2 repo's? Or because my repository isn't watched/forked? Or is it based on updates, etc? I really enjoy the site, however. If I could add one feature, it would probably be a short landing page th…

Thanks for the feedback. I think we can do a better job of telling folks what makes up their score. The exact algorithm does change, but general guidelines about what percentage comes from code, what from Stack Overflow, etc., and maybe what weighs most heavily in the code equation would be a good thing. Working on some tweaks to the "about" section of the site this weekend, so we'll try to incorporate a few of these things.

FYI - Code is king. Most of the score comes from code contributions, and forks and watchers are much more important than followers. :)

Re: Ask HN: Can I help you be more awesome today? (No strings.)

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post #51

We just recently launched our first application at http://teamloopapp.com . It's intended audience is to help manage the communication of any type of sports teams. I'm most interested in feedback on the homepage and if it explains enough of what we do and the signup process through creating your first team. Any thoughts would be appreciated greatly!

I'd like a "Quick tour" or "Try a demo" or a video. But it seems interesting; I'm sure lots of coach would use it. Something neat would be to show the direction of the place where the team play and maybe let parents contacts each others for lifts. (I.e. a parent could bring 2 kids).

We do store locations for all events and have easy links that send you to google map of that location.

We also allow all parents to send messages either to entire team or to individuals on the team (a frequent use of this has been for parents requesting rides for their kids!).

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