Beautiful execution but I find the purpose misguided. I am a parent too so maybe that's a cultural difference (EU vs US?) but if my kid choked on a toy I would pay closer attention to toys going forward rather than look for toy vendors to do my parenting for me.
Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this
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Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this
#42I really like the landing page, but I feel I have to point out one obvious thing: Your sign-up page[0] not only resembles the one of Basecamp[1], but you chose to actually copy (not like copy from it, but _copy_) the graphics from it? And the graphics features a dude wearing a Basecamp sweater? I can see why you want to find design inspiration in Basecamp, but for me that stuff is just too close to the original ;) As…
Thanks, I actually copied the image to see what it'd look like in place and forgot to take it out. I'll address that first thing! Again. Thanks so much for that!
Did you pay for the other illustrations on your home page? They look a bit disparate, and some turn up elsewhere in an image search:
https://dribbble.com/shots/1553377-Changing-Homes?list=users...
http://dabbled.org/this-robot-has-expired/
http://www.creativebloq.com/illustration/illustrations-strip...
If not perhaps consider paying one of the illustrators (Daniel González stuff looks excellent) to make you a set of illustrations which are all in the same style - your pages would look a lot more coherent if they didn't have a grab-bag of styles going on, and also you could have a lot of liability if you don't have permission for every image on your site.
It's not really on to just copy images from the web without attribution or payment - you could be sued for a lot of money for that basecamp image for example which is still up.
Otherwise, it's a nice site and great idea though.
Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this
#43Beautiful execution but I find the purpose misguided. I am a parent too so maybe that's a cultural difference (EU vs US?) but if my kid choked on a toy I would pay closer attention to toys going forward rather than look for toy vendors to do my parenting for me.
How about both?
Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this
#44There are two newsletter sign up options at the end of the page.
Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this
#45Great idea, caught a couple grammar problems: > When a safety issue is raised on one of your kid toys we send you immediate alerts to make sure you are in the known. should be... > When a safety issue is raised on one of your kid's toys we send you immediate alerts to make sure you are in the know. The `kid's` part can also be `kids'`, I think. Maybe. I'm terrible at plural possession.
Just to confirm, `kids'` is correct for plural posession.
If you want to be really pedantic and overanalyse it, there are three possible situations. `kids'` if you assume the parents have multiple kids, and `kid's` if they have one. However, if you assume that "your" refers to all the parents on the internet collectively, then `kids'` is correct again. Since `kids'` is correct in 2 out of 3 scenarios, that's what I would go for.
Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this
#46I don't see the back story anywhere on the site, but I hope your child is okay!
He is, it was a minor scare. But a scare nonetheless, and it was on a toy that had been recalled months ago. Its amazing, but there are a lot of toys and kids' furniture that have been recalled and yet are still available for purchase on amazon!
> have been recalled and yet are still available for purchase on amazon!
Recalls are not mandatory I believe, and majority of products on Amazon are sold by 3rd party sellers (everything from part-time-single-person operations to big distribution companies).
Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this
#47What happens when you (somehow) fail to set the status of a toy you track to "recalled" during some part of the recall period, and then one of your subscriber's kid harms themselves with said toy? Have you anticipated how to protect yourself from your subscriber in such a case?
Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this
#48What happens when you (somehow) fail to set the status of a toy you track to "recalled" during some part of the recall period, and then one of your subscriber's kid harms themselves with said toy? Have you anticipated how to protect yourself from your subscriber in such a case?
It's hilarious that this kind of "protection" is needed in the U.S., in 2015, etc.
But I don't see any Terms of Use on the website at all, so it might be worth your time to cover your legal bases before there are too many subscriptions.
Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this
#49I don't see the back story anywhere on the site, but I hope your child is okay!
He is, it was a minor scare. But a scare nonetheless, and it was on a toy that had been recalled months ago. Its amazing, but there are a lot of toys and kids' furniture that have been recalled and yet are still available for purchase on amazon!
You should add the story of your son's scare to the site - gives it a more human and personal vibe and give potential customers something to relate to.
Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this
#50login: test@test.com password: asdf is usable to check it out
Your HN account could come in handy if you register more example accounts and people don't abuse them.