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

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Post by mikegreenberg »

stuartk wrote: post #8

Thanks Mike! Would you be able to give me some feedback on a product idea I'm working on? Its a platform for video tutorials where the student gives their response for a lesson via video also. The first use case that comes to mind is guitar teachers. Students can post video responses to lessons and be corrected/ advised. The teacher would pay for the platform and perhaps charge th students through the site, or even o…

I think it's a really good idea if you made it easy enough to record and reply. The majority of your value will be based around those specific interactions. (Video hosting is pretty much solved.) I would focus a lot of your effort on the UI/UX end of it. If you're green on UI/UX, read: http://designingfortheweb.co.uk/book/. Alternatively, hire someone who rocks.

Additionally, I'm not certain online music teachers would be willing to pay for such a product. Have you talked to any yet? Make some interactive mockups (Balsamiq or Keynotopia) and visit a few schools. Try to find people who are already sharing tutorials online and ask them.

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

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Post by philjackson »

akmiller wrote: post #26

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 might be able to offer some criticism, if I may:

* The screenshot on the right is possibly pointless as it doesn't actually show me anything (it's too small and texty).

* The blurbs are good; I get a good picture of what the app is about. Though I would scale up in size everything in the blue stripe.

* I would try to cut down the amount of text in the feature boxes.

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

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Post by chetan51 »

Hi Mike,

Thanks for your time and generosity! I just entered the beta phase for my side-project OtherMind, a fast way to take notes and make lists (http://othermind.me). I'd really appreciate it if you could try it out and let me know whether you think it's useful and marketable. Any feedback in general would also be great.

Thank you so much!

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

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Post by cpfohl »

philjackson wrote: post #33
akmiller wrote: post #26

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 might be able to offer some criticism, if I may: * The screenshot on the right is possibly pointless as it doesn't actually show me anything (it's too small and texty). * The blurbs are good; I get a good picture of what the app is about. Though I would scale up in size everything in the blue stripe. * I would try to cut down the amount of text in the feature boxes.

Those are great points. I completely agree.

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

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Post by gsiener »

mikegreenberg wrote: post #13
gsiener wrote: post #2

Sure: Go to https://app.profitably.com/plan_ahead and model out a business. Would love to hear your thoughts on 1) how we can streamline that process 2) where you felt most confused or lost Thanks! Graham

Thoughts as I go through: - Interface is quite busy. There is no clear call to action so I have to wade through the elements to see what I'm suppose to do first. (I highly recommend you play around with Wufoo's onboarding process to get an idea of a clearly defined path.) - I like how you broke up the steps to the left, but it's not clear they are steps until I click NEXT. Conventionally, links to the left of a page…

Mike:

This is great, and helps us confirm and prioritize areas we'd like to improve. Would you mind if I emailed you with a few updates we're working on?

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

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Post by phzbOx »

chetan51 wrote: post #34

Hi Mike, Thanks for your time and generosity! I just entered the beta phase for my side-project OtherMind, a fast way to take notes and make lists ( http://othermind.me ). I'd really appreciate it if you could try it out and let me know whether you think it's useful and marketable. Any feedback in general would also be great. Thank you so much!

You should definitely call it Overmind! (From Starcraft, it's the zerg master; or zerg brain if you will)

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

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Post by levesque »

ido wrote: post #6

Can you think of a way to improve my game's[1] interface, taking into account that it has to work on both mobile devices and PCs? Also, if you find any bugs I'd love to hear about it! [1] http://cardinalquest.com/free_edition/

Here's what annoyed me while playing for a minute or two:

- Ask for a confirmation before letting a spellcaster cast a fireball on himself (mistakes).

- When casting an offensive spell, place the target cursor automatically on enemies, allowing for a faster pace. (For keyboard users like me!)

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

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Post by zheng »

cliftonmckinney wrote: post #17

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 that I could edit to maybe include a short description and maybe a link to a blog/resume.

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

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Post by mattgreenrocks »

stuartk wrote: post #8

Thanks Mike! Would you be able to give me some feedback on a product idea I'm working on? Its a platform for video tutorials where the student gives their response for a lesson via video also. The first use case that comes to mind is guitar teachers. Students can post video responses to lessons and be corrected/ advised. The teacher would pay for the platform and perhaps charge th students through the site, or even o…

I would use this...especially if you can get some talented teachers interested in it. Good UX and interaction features will be key to convince people to move past Youtube.

Also, the idea reminds me a bit of guitarmasterclass, but that is more a repository of videos than a back-and-forth learning place.

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