Show HN: HeyFromTheFuture – Advice people wish they had at your age
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Show HN: HeyFromTheFuture – Advice people wish they had at your age
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Re: Show HN: HeyFromTheFuture – Advice people wish they had at your age
#2I like the idea, some thoughts..
Every year seems a little much? Maybe at young age, but 21/22/23 doesn't really make that much of a difference, or even 40/45
The advice should be written for the perspective of the reader not the writer:
"Hey 13 year old, don't stop learning how to play piano"
How would that help a 13 year old? Something like "Hey 13 year old, I stopped playing the piano at your age and now I'm regretting it very much. I often dream how well I could play if I didn't stop and I also could teach my kids"
Obviously you do not control the text. A short description with tips would maybe help.
Re: Show HN: HeyFromTheFuture – Advice people wish they had at your age
#3I like the idea, some thoughts.. Every year seems a little much? Maybe at young age, but 21/22/23 doesn't really make that much of a difference, or even 40/45 The advice should be written for the perspective of the reader not the writer: "Hey 13 year old, don't stop learning how to play piano" How would that help a 13 year old? Something like "Hey 13 year old, I stopped playing the piano at your age and now I'm regre…
Hey thanks for the feedback - really appreciate it.
I struggled with the idea of creating a page for every age. I eventually settled on the idea that people could take the platform anywhere they wanted to, whether it was passing generic advice along, or sending themselves a very specific message at a specific time in their life. That being said, it's kind of cool to see the ages that mean the most to people.
I like your idea with the short description - do you mind if I quote your example?
Re: Show HN: HeyFromTheFuture – Advice people wish they had at your age
#4Oh man, too accurate. Why were these words exactly what I needed to hear?
Good site, thanks for the help.
Re: Show HN: HeyFromTheFuture – Advice people wish they had at your age
#5I like the idea, some thoughts.. Every year seems a little much? Maybe at young age, but 21/22/23 doesn't really make that much of a difference, or even 40/45 The advice should be written for the perspective of the reader not the writer: "Hey 13 year old, don't stop learning how to play piano" How would that help a 13 year old? Something like "Hey 13 year old, I stopped playing the piano at your age and now I'm regre…
Hey thanks for the feedback - really appreciate it. I struggled with the idea of creating a page for every age. I eventually settled on the idea that people could take the platform anywhere they wanted to, whether it was passing generic advice along, or sending themselves a very specific message at a specific time in their life. That being said, it's kind of cool to see the ages that mean the most to people. I like y…
yes sure, go ahead
Re: Show HN: HeyFromTheFuture – Advice people wish they had at your age
#6I think age groups would be better than individual years. Is there any advice that applies at 13 but not 14?
I do love the idea of collecting wisdom. The hard part is getting the 14 year olds to believe it!
Re: Show HN: HeyFromTheFuture – Advice people wish they had at your age
#7I like the idea, some thoughts.. Every year seems a little much? Maybe at young age, but 21/22/23 doesn't really make that much of a difference, or even 40/45 The advice should be written for the perspective of the reader not the writer: "Hey 13 year old, don't stop learning how to play piano" How would that help a 13 year old? Something like "Hey 13 year old, I stopped playing the piano at your age and now I'm regre…
Hey thanks for the feedback - really appreciate it. I struggled with the idea of creating a page for every age. I eventually settled on the idea that people could take the platform anywhere they wanted to, whether it was passing generic advice along, or sending themselves a very specific message at a specific time in their life. That being said, it's kind of cool to see the ages that mean the most to people. I like y…
Maybe instead of having one sub-page for each age group, why not transform the landing page into a chronological list of the five highest-voted entries for every age group, so we can seamlessly scroll from 20 to 21 to 22 etc. This allow for a much nicer reading experience with less clicks :o)
Re: Show HN: HeyFromTheFuture – Advice people wish they had at your age
#8Amazing. I started this 10+ years ago, called WishIKnew. It was a project to learn Rails. I learned Rails, but never launched it.
Glad to see it's real - with curation, I think it could be hugely valuable. I'm 42 and wonder what people who were 50 or 60 would tell me they wished they knew at 42 as I don't have a lot of folks those ages in my life.
Re: Show HN: HeyFromTheFuture – Advice people wish they had at your age
#9Some feedback:
1. Registration form is too long. Lower the barrier to entry. Maybe only ask for email and username? Or just email with a default username?
2. Try lazy registration so the flow is:
- click advice
- enter advice
- hit submit
- get asked to login/register
Re: Show HN: HeyFromTheFuture – Advice people wish they had at your age
#10I like the idea, some thoughts.. Every year seems a little much? Maybe at young age, but 21/22/23 doesn't really make that much of a difference, or even 40/45 The advice should be written for the perspective of the reader not the writer: "Hey 13 year old, don't stop learning how to play piano" How would that help a 13 year old? Something like "Hey 13 year old, I stopped playing the piano at your age and now I'm regre…
I would add to the primer text that you should be sincere, it’s already got a lot of less than helpful stuff in it...
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