Show HN: AskIzzy – a mobile website for homeless people

Post by daturkel » Thu, Feb 04, 2016, 12:46 AM UTC

mrmondo wrote: post #4

jacalata wrote: post #3

I let it find my location and now I can't change it, so I keep getting "Sorry, I couldn't do this search. Could not find a location matching "Seattle, Washington""

Hi Jacalata, The service is not currently live in the US, we're an Australian based organisation as is our target audience at present.

Post by mrmondo » Thu, Feb 04, 2016, 1:08 AM UTC

chris_wot wrote: post #60

mrmondo wrote: post #56

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Chris, completely fine to ask here, What are you Python skills like? If Python isn't your main skillset is there another language you're proficient at? Check out one of jobs we're hiring for here: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/112633872?trk=jobs_home_... Even if you don't quite fit into that description certainly email recruitment@infoxchange.org , say that your saw the post here and give some information about…

My Python skills are limited, but that's never stopped me before :-) I've got decent skills in Perl (yeah, ancient but Perl is under appreciated!), Ruby has always been an interest of mine... I guess my main skill is I'm a rapid learner. I'll have a look at the link - thanks! Will shoot over an email once I'm home. Regardless of the outcome though, it's impressive what you guys are doing. I love that you are doing so…

Post by cubano » Thu, Feb 04, 2016, 1:18 AM UTC

bobbles wrote: post #64

danielheath wrote: post #16

Main dev on the project here (I work for rea-group.com who run www.realestate.com.au, but they've given me a years secondment to the project). Back in 2013 a team at our hackday implemented the precursor to this app, and the leadership team were super impressed. It's been amazing working so closely with the sector (we meet/do user testing with representatives from lots of organisations). This is my first project with…

Offtopic, but I don't suppose you could provide any insight into why real estate websites ask for search filters and then completely ignore them? (eg. if i search for a max limit of $750K, top page of results will all be offer 800k+ sites? - Why let me set a max then ignore it?)

Post by gaelian » Thu, Feb 04, 2016, 3:27 AM UTC

danielheath wrote: post #16

Main dev on the project here (I work for rea-group.com who run www.realestate.com.au, but they've given me a years secondment to the project). Back in 2013 a team at our hackday implemented the precursor to this app, and the leadership team were super impressed. It's been amazing working so closely with the sector (we meet/do user testing with representatives from lots of organisations). This is my first project with…

Post by tamana » Thu, Feb 04, 2016, 4:00 AM UTC

cubano wrote: post #65

bobbles wrote: post #64

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Offtopic, but I don't suppose you could provide any insight into why real estate websites ask for search filters and then completely ignore them? (eg. if i search for a max limit of $750K, top page of results will all be offer 800k+ sites? - Why let me set a max then ignore it?)

As someone who has built many real estate sites, this is done on purpose as a "fuzzy-logic" search as agents feel anyone willing to spend $750k for a home can be easily induced to spend 5-10% more if the right property catches their fancy.