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Re: Show HN: Slack Meets GitHub Issues

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I guess I'm kind of late to the party, but I wanted to share a view of what 40 people looked at during the first few seconds on your landing page: http://imgur.com/feTONXk,fFUUXCD,WCs9oJG

Personally, I think the design and UX are quite beautiful, and I find the basic mechanic of OpenLoopz to be very appealing. That said, I think your challenge will be how to pitch such an open-ended product in a pithy and engaging manner. Like some other people on the thread, I wish I could have seen the product in action before signing up and verifying my account (whether a video demo or an actual demo).

Disclosure: I work with the company that made the eye tracking images. Happy to talk to you if you find them useful, or if they bring up questions.

Re: Show HN: Slack Meets GitHub Issues

#162

Hello everyone! Wow, yesterday was surreal! :-) I’d just like to say a massive THANK YOU to everyone who has commented on this so far and to all those who sent encouraging messages of support via email as well. It really makes a difference. I honestly didn’t expect anyone to notice my post and with all the unexpected traffic that came from it, the servers caved in unfortunately! As soon as I noticed, I increased the…

> I am a programmer who sucks at marketing

That's the mission critical bug that will kill your business ;)

Read these three books ~many~ times:

-> The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank

-> Traction by Gabriel Weinberg

-> No B.S. Direct Marketing by Dan Kennedy

Then split your overall time 50% dev, 50% marketing.

Plan B: keep an eye on the contracting market in your area of expertise ...

Good luck!

Re: Show HN: Slack Meets GitHub Issues

#163
The site was pretty confusing. In fact after I left the top I couldn't find where to sign up again.

I also couldn't get back to the homepage without logging out.

Everything about the marketing has been said before. Work on the branding and work on the content etc.

About the app itself: I REALLY like it. It has potential.

There are some UX aspects that need looked into. Making the UI stand out more. Making it easier to get back to the loop list from an inner loop. Cut down on what loopy says all at once. People don't like walls of text.

Make the first login interactive look at how duolingo does it http://www.useronboard.com/how-duolingo-onboards-new-users/ (I'm in no way affiliated with that site but it gives an overview of duolingo)

Keep it up. I really like it! Hopefully it will work out for you I would/will use it but without a better tutorial I can't send it to my boss and say "we should use this." Hopefully someday!

Re: Show HN: Slack Meets GitHub Issues

#164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. I don't comment often, and when I do, it's not to earn magical internet points. 2. I am certainly not advocating diffuse positivity. If you knew me, you would know positivity is not my strong suit. :) There's nothing wrong with saying that the product seems unfocused or overly complex, or suggesting that the creator focuses either the execution or its messaging. That's useful, constructive feedback that the creato…

stole the words out of my mouth. probably with less grammar issues.

"fewer grammar issues" !
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