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Review my app: For you NYC Hackers/Subway Riders

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Re: Review my app: For you NYC Hackers/Subway Riders

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Post by Frocer »

bdotdub wrote: post #2

Hi HN! My buddy and I just released an app in the App Store for all you NYC Subway hackers. If you like saving a few seconds to a few minutes on your subway rides, take a peek at our app :) We figured some of you here in NYC love little hacks to save time so we thought we'd share and here your thoughts. I always love the discussion here on HN so I'd love to hear some feedback if you have any!

I used to live in NYC, and I have sent this to all of my NYC friends. Awesome app!

For those of you who thinks this is stupid... trust me, New Yorkers value every second of their commute. And exiting from the wrong end of the exit could mean 5+ more min just to get out of the subway... considering the hundreds of people exiting the subway at the same time.

Great job, great idea, great execution!

Re: Review my app: For you NYC Hackers/Subway Riders

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Post by yan »

vincent_vega wrote: post #9

3 questions: 1) wont this lead to everyone standing at the same positions? 2) isnt this useless at peak times ( exactly how often can you choose where to stand) 3)isn't this simple enough to build it yourself rather than pay someone else to do? PS:i see that you and your sister are trying to build a business, rather than making an interesting project. If so, your site looks rather amateuristic

Regarding your first point, people who ride to/from the same stations often already do this; this will give the wanderers a leg up.

Re: Review my app: For you NYC Hackers/Subway Riders

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Post by bdotdub »

Frocer wrote: post #21
bdotdub wrote: post #2

Hi HN! My buddy and I just released an app in the App Store for all you NYC Subway hackers. If you like saving a few seconds to a few minutes on your subway rides, take a peek at our app :) We figured some of you here in NYC love little hacks to save time so we thought we'd share and here your thoughts. I always love the discussion here on HN so I'd love to hear some feedback if you have any!

I used to live in NYC, and I have sent this to all of my NYC friends. Awesome app! For those of you who thinks this is stupid... trust me, New Yorkers value every second of their commute. And exiting from the wrong end of the exit could mean 5+ more min just to get out of the subway... considering the hundreds of people exiting the subway at the same time. Great job, great idea, great execution!

Wow thanks for the great words :)

The second paragraph really nails it. Thanks for summing it up so concisely!

Re: Review my app: For you NYC Hackers/Subway Riders

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Post by vaksel »

vincent_vega wrote: post #9

3 questions: 1) wont this lead to everyone standing at the same positions? 2) isnt this useless at peak times ( exactly how often can you choose where to stand) 3)isn't this simple enough to build it yourself rather than pay someone else to do? PS:i see that you and your sister are trying to build a business, rather than making an interesting project. If so, your site looks rather amateuristic

it doesn't look that amateurish. the only thing that can be called that is the Vimeo video, the rest looks professional enough.

Re: Review my app: For you NYC Hackers/Subway Riders

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Post by vaksel »

bdotdub wrote: post #2

Hi HN! My buddy and I just released an app in the App Store for all you NYC Subway hackers. If you like saving a few seconds to a few minutes on your subway rides, take a peek at our app :) We figured some of you here in NYC love little hacks to save time so we thought we'd share and here your thoughts. I always love the discussion here on HN so I'd love to hear some feedback if you have any!

you should host the video on a separate account, no need for users to see the "trip to vermont" and "bill the lobster" videos

Re: Review my app: For you NYC Hackers/Subway Riders

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Post by bdotdub »

vaksel wrote: post #26
bdotdub wrote: post #2

Hi HN! My buddy and I just released an app in the App Store for all you NYC Subway hackers. If you like saving a few seconds to a few minutes on your subway rides, take a peek at our app :) We figured some of you here in NYC love little hacks to save time so we thought we'd share and here your thoughts. I always love the discussion here on HN so I'd love to hear some feedback if you have any!

you should host the video on a separate account, no need for users to see the "trip to vermont" and "bill the lobster" videos

definitely. we were unexpected forced to launch (because of some press) so we were scrambling all over the place to get the website together :)

Re: Review my app: For you NYC Hackers/Subway Riders

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Post by stanley »

bdotdub wrote: post #2

Hi HN! My buddy and I just released an app in the App Store for all you NYC Subway hackers. If you like saving a few seconds to a few minutes on your subway rides, take a peek at our app :) We figured some of you here in NYC love little hacks to save time so we thought we'd share and here your thoughts. I always love the discussion here on HN so I'd love to hear some feedback if you have any!

How did you map all the stops? Some poor guy rode a train to every single stop, that must have been fun.
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