JayInt

So, I run a company called https://www.localhalo.com/ it builds local communities a bit like discord/slack but all geo-fenced.

We found that social utility is how you solve a LOT of these issues. If someone is going to be negative on your platform then give them the 'action' instead for that pain.

In local this is normally an issue with a neighbour, something for the HOA or something for Local Gov't. Just make them slackbot-esque buttons/commands. Give reacting features for others to support and you've turned decenters into your most active patrons.

The trick with social utility is only giving access to solutions that better everyone. People are lazy and if they can find a single way to do 80/20 of their community wants it normally produces good-actors.

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I think it's a really compelling and quite funny article but to actually make a difference you need the translation. You need the side-by-side comparison and I think people would sit up and go 'ah' and it will change hiring for them.

Can someone write this with the real-world situation so 'brown' isn't a guess at [framework/language/methodology]

If you need a reason to buy this book, watch G. Moore's talk at Stanford http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2725

Interesting idea, however how will this differ from creating a facebook like page which hides the content like people do already?!

I think there is also user experience to factor in here. When I visit a bands page, take blur for a hypothetical example, I've already decided I like the band. When offered something for free to like them I've already make a concious decision to support them.

For your idea to be successful it will need to be embedded into sites where people already have engagement.

As a stand alone page it just won't work, unless you want to allow it to be branded per page, but that carries too much overhead.

Go for contracts with EMI or Time Warner and get your 'like > reward' product on hundreds of sites

I think you have a valid point but from the yes/no discussion that is happening here do you have any recommendations for alternatives? in terms of best practices for Flask App Structure

Interesting question.

As someone who is working full-time and working on 2 start-ups (one with far more commitment) I know what it is to take one too much as an entrepreneur.

The first thought is a warning! Burnout! If you choose to go full-time and a startup you're going to hit a wall. Naturally if you do more than one startup you just hit it faster...

So the issue is commitment. My advise would be to divide your week into blocks of commitment for each project. In my case Mon,Wed,Fri,Sun using 4 hour blocks per dsy for startup A. Tues, Thurs of 4 hour blocks on startup B (Saturday is a much needed recovery day, normally resulting in a much deserved hangover).

Another consideration is how you work...

For example I am an 80/80 person. I work 80% and play 80%, the important part is that i'm never 100% at one time so have that buffer to avoid burnout... you have to find a balance between the minimum required effort to have a successful company and your own personal space (even work-a-holics sleep, generally on the keyboard)

As you have experience with startups i'm surprised you've so easily embraced another two projects. However that intimates that you know how to divide you time between them... It would be interesting to see a blog post from you in 6 months to discover if you were able manage both and how the progression/success of each respectively influenced your commitment in them.

Melon Card.... I just signed up with a random email and it would allow me to remove the details for that email 'joe.doe@yourwebsite.com'... using your software as long as I did the captcha I could remove records for anyone's email as long as you can find them (the recommendation makes that easy)... you NEED to include verifying the email address before you can perform actions!!

From a user experience point of view it depends on your audiences needs.

for example if you have a holding page then a call to action to register your interest and the reason why you would do so are the priority.

for a generic landing page for your new users you need to think of origin

if from a google search then there is something the page that interests them, find out the search term and if in line with your businesses goals/product then make this information clear and leading into your product.

if its from recommendation i.e. 'hey steve visit x' then you want your landing page to explain what you do as clearly as possible, then a call to action for their most requested event e.g. how much does it cost, where do i register

Sounds great but looking at the source code of Flask is rather intemimdating at the moment

Something like this is perfect, https://github.com/husio/async-webapp---gevent--psycopg2--fl...

I have no idea of knowing if the code is following good practices or just mashed together. In java and .net there are lots of established design patterns to guide you. in python... nothing i can see, in fact design patterns seem discouraged (warning bells go off, but how can so many be wrong)

when he says Django he really means Flask :-p

agreed

Joel,

Is there a place we can make feature requests?

Wouldn't it be cool if it integrated with Trello just like it does with FogBuzz!

a) its free b) its free :D

Most of the kanban boards out there worth their salt cost some serious pennies if scaled to a large team!

plus... as far as I know Trello doesn't have the functionality for WIP Limits

This board also integrates nicely with GoogleApps, if it has integration with tfs (not sure if it does) then it would stand a good chance of owning a piece of the PM scene in .net land