Hacker News Reader

I'm set to move into a new apartment building that is opening April 1st. I'm still not entirely convinced that I'm actually going to get my keys...

There is precedent around making big announcements on April 1st, with full understanding of the impact of announcing on that day:

https://www.google.com/search?q=founding+date+apple&oq=found...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail

I launched a company once on April 1. Realized the date after we'd announced to everyone. We were worried about it impacting launch (is this a joke?), but all was good.

Apple was founded on April 1st, 1976

April 1 is not celebrated everywhere in the world.

I learned that April 1 jokes on the internet are often taken the wrong way even when there are ample reasons to realize it is a joke.

See http://osdir.com/ml/finance.ledger.smb.devel/2008-04/msg0000...