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Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by ricardobeat »

revorad wrote: post #61
ricardobeat wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you drive a car if it had a mini-fridge? I like how you started a user interview on the spot, but that question doesn't seem to have any purpose.

Heh, if I told you my biggest problem with cars was the lack of a mini-fridge, and you offered me one with a mini-fridge, yes I'd like one thanks.

Maybe what you actually want is a mobile home, a larger fridge at home, limit travel to the winter, a shorter trip - or not needing a car at all, take the train instead.

Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by efsavage »

revorad wrote: post #103
efsavage wrote: post #100

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Probably a few factors: 1. How important I say it is. 2. How important the tasks it is blocking are. 3. How close to the due date it is.

Thanks. What do you currently use?

A rotating mishmash of text files, spreadsheets, google docs, scrap paper and a notebook. For professional engagements I've lately used pivotal tracker, github issues, basecamp, and jira.

Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by javan »

javan wrote: post #15
nopeynoper wrote: post #9

Basecamp: the app any web developer should be able to create themselves in a week or two...

Totally agree

LOL at being the lowest rated comment in this thread. I spent the last year (just a tad longer than two weeks) working on Basecamp along with a team of talented people.

Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by bjxrn »

technoslut wrote: post #14
TylerE wrote: post #11

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$25/forever is already lower than $5/month or $45/year

If a project lasts forever than paying or doing anything for that matter, even if it was free, is useless.

You forget "The joys of having a Forever Project"! Currently on the HN front page: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5096009

Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by TylerE »

technoslut wrote: post #14
TylerE wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$25/forever is already lower than $5/month or $45/year

If a project lasts forever than paying or doing anything for that matter, even if it was free, is useless.

Sometimes the journey is more valuable than the destination.

Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by alanmeaney »

praxeologist wrote: post #102
sergiotapia wrote: post #25

I STRONGLY recommend Asana: http://www.asana.com It's like using a smart piece of paper that just gets out of your way and let's you create, assign, toggle, set dates, etc really intuitively. I'm a freelancer - and for my usage I typically have a Workspace called Freelance Projects. In that workspace I have many projects, each for each freelance gig I land. I then invite my client (YOU CAN INVITE UP TO 30 PEOPLE PER…

The 30 person limit "per project" got me excited until I looked at pricing and that just seems like the "team size" of "workspace members". I was thinking to try using Asana to collect feedback from beta testers (of real world items). Across several projects, this would total more than 30, but the 30 limit per type of thing being tested would be fine. Is this going to work for me or any other suggestions? I haven't d…

We don't limit team members. If you sign up before the end of our Beta you'll also be able to create unlimited teams. Our Team chat feature would be useful for collecting and responding to team feedback across multiple projects.

http://taskmessenger.com

Feel free to mail me directly if you've any questions: alan@taskmessenger.com @AlanMeaney on twitter

Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by benatkin »

weaksauce wrote: post #110
benatkin wrote: post #92

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As a freelancer, I currently use both, as a user on accounts owned by different clients, and I prefer BaseCamp. I find BaseCamp's messages very useful and Asana's emails when you assign ToDos (also supported by BaseCamp) don't even come close. I also find Asana's interface visually distracting compared to BaseCamp.

There is a feedback link at the bottom of the page that you might consider telling them about your issues. help them make it better for all of us.

Sorry but if they cared about my workflow these issues would already be fixed.

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Post by meh01 »

rushabh wrote: post #70

After seeing so many apps / websites on HN use Proxima Nova and rounded avatars immediately after the new Basecamp was released, its interesting to see this anti 37signals wave on HN. I think the HN crowd has lost its objectivity in evaluating 37signals and its become something like an Apple. One-time forever pricing is a very innovative concept for a web based SAAS application. I bet we will start seeing more of thi…

There's nothing innovative about a bad business model.

One-time forever pricing for a service which costs you ongoing money to run is suicide unless you're subsidizing it somehow.

You have to have a subscription Basecamp account to buy the $25 one-off thing. So you're essentially paying a fee to hide projects that you don't want in your company Basecamp.

This is essentially a free tier with a one off filter.

Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by meh01 »

alanmeaney wrote: post #63
euros wrote: post #35

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Charging a one-off fee, per project, is a great idea. And if I was you, I would much rather make enough money to pay the bills, than play the freemium lottery. And Taskmessenger is all about adding value to a project - something that you should be proud to charge for.

Thanks for the feedback. We're really focused on facilitating teamwork. It's normally something intangible and we're trying to make it visible which will hopefully in turn make it contagious. I will take a look into how a one-off fee model would work.

Please don't listen to the idiots telling you to charge a one-off fee for SaaS.

You're not 37signals and unless you have a couple of million burning a hole in your pocket, you should be charging reasonable subscription fees.

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