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Wow, very nice. Way better than the first app I am built! The UI fits in great with the iOS7 aesthetic.

Well in theory the keyword tool reflects what users search for .

This is a great idea.

I'd love to have this option but for code. I often find myself struggling with something, whether it's not knowing the best way to handle a situation, not understanding a concept or just not being able to get something to work and I'd easily pay $15-$25 to have access to a developer who can answer a simple question.

Like right now, I am having a hard time understanding pointers in C, and it would be great if I could talk to someone on the phone for 10 minutes and they could help me understand the concept. I know there is Stack Exchange, and that is a great resource, but this would be more of a 1 on 1 consult.

I realize that most developers time is worth more than $15-$25 for a short amount of time, so I don't know if this is viable, but it would be nice.

Compared to most websites HN still has an extremely small amount of trolling and negativity. The community does a good job of policing it on their own for the most part.

While this is true, users are still clicking organic results much more often than the paid options even though the organic results real estate keeps shrinking[1].

Even with the shrinking organic screen space, the first three results still capture the vast majority of the clicks, so results 4-10 receive fewer clicks regardless of the amount of space given to organic results.

I'd like to see a study where organic results 1-10 all appear on the page above the fold, giving users the ability to see all the results without having to scroll and measure click through rates at that time.

1. http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2200730/Organic-vs.-Pai...

This looks very similar to the notes I was taking on my own when going through "learning python the hardway". Yours are much better and easier to read though, and make more sense in terms of going from very easy to more complicated in staggered steps.

Great stuff!

As a sidenote, how does everyone take note (if you even do) when learning something new like a language or some kind of skill?

Very similar to https://qualaroo.com/ formerly Kissinsights.

Love the look.

Without having a chance to download it yet, how does the to-do list part work? Is it pulling a to-do list from one of my current to-do list apps, or do I need to create another one for this?

Any future chance for support for a Twitter feed or possibly an RSS feed?

Am I the only one that wished this is what the iOS 7 lock screen looks like?

I think I've settled on NewsBlur. It's not perfect, but I've paid for it for a year and I don't feel like trying an endless stream of new products when in the end none will be perfect but most will be adequate.

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I just signed up for The Old Reader to use at work. I like that it gives you the option to sign in with a service, or manually upload your subscription list.

I've got two that I plan on tinkering with this summer. Not exactly sure what I'm going to do with them, but considering my programming and building experience is pretty novice, if I can get them to do anything remotely useful will be a big win.

I can't manipulate the way you process the terms "Moz" and it's association. The "Moz" = "Mozilla" comparison is easy to make so I hope time and continuing branding efforts by Moz will hopefully change that.

This transition from solely focusing on SEO to a more holistic marketing tool is not new. They've been moving in this direction for at least the past year. I think this is a good time for them to make the break from being pigeonholed as an SEO company to something bigger, something more inclusive. SEO is no longer a narrow niche type of marketing, at least not to the people who perform SEO daily or on a professional level.

It's a combination of content creation, site optimization, outreach and relationship building, branding and more. Not all these components are always associated with "SEO", which often times has a negative connotation attached to it. Moz is hoping to capture a larger part of the inbound marketing market than SEOmoz ever could.

It's taken me 20+ minutes quite a few times to fill up my car at a regular gas station. Try filling up at a southern california gas station on a Friday afternoon or on a Monday and depending on it's traffic, it can take quite a while.

Weather wise, it depends. Yosemite, Bishop, Joshua Tree, etc. are all too hot to climb in during the summer, or at least late summer. Is Chattanooga a different kind of heat? Dry versus humid?

I'm guessing their ability to identify a paid advertorial is going to come down to educated guesses. With their failure to identify sites using other blatant spamming and black hat tactics, I don't have much faith that they will be able to get this right.

Unfortunately, the result will be a lot of sites playing within the rules getting unfairly penalized, just like Panda and Penguin.

This. I've also heard a little bit of baking soda in the water helps separate the egg from it's shell but I haven't much luck with it.

I cook at least a dozen eggs a week with this thing

http://www.amazon.com/Nordic-Ware-64802-Microwave-Boiler/dp/...

Getting the timing right with your microwave is key, but there is no clean up and they cook perfect every time.

"If you are going play to a bunch of other musicians you better be amazing and blow people away or have something that will make jaded people remember you, i.e. amazing musicianship, great energy, brilliant songs or talent, even something unique like using different instruments like accordion or tuba. Otherwise you are wasting your time."

I look it at more from the angle that if you want to become a better musician you should play with musicians who exceed your ability and learn from them. HN isn't the big stage in my opinion. Maybe it's more of a jam session or an audition, where you can show what you've got and display the potential.

I honestly don't think there is too much promoting of new start ups, but the "Show HN" makes it easy to avoid them if I wanted to.

I've always been unhappiest when I sit down and try to decide if I am happy. I find I am happiest when I am thinking about my situation or life in general the least.

When reading the post about the example giving of the guy who seems happy I thought to myself, "this guy sounds a lot like me, why wouldn't he be happy?" I was disappointed to discover that the only reason he wasn't happy was because he is basically choosing to be unhappy in what seems like a good situation.

Neil Patel recently wrote some helpful advice for public speaking, even if you hate it

http://www.quicksprout.com/2012/12/03/how-to-speak-in-public...

"The other distinction is implementation. A Growth Hacker needs to be able to code, or it’s a dilution of the term — a Growth Hacker who can’t code at least a little is a Growth Strategist, still a highly valuable team member, but a different animal."

Is your issue that you're assuming if you can't code, you can't execute? While a good portion of what an SEO would handle is a bit on the technical side and might require some coding, a lot of the execution can be accomplished with zero coding ability.

Maybe the trouble is in the use of of "hacker" which is usually associated with "code".

Very true. Apparently we've only explored 5%, leaving 95% for a giant something to be living. It would be a sad day to realize there is nothing left to be discovered. Even at an older age I still find it fascinating and exciting to think there is something unknown, mystical and possibly magical in this world.

[1]http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/exploration.html

I think they've figured out that you as a user is worth X amount more to advertisers than you're probably willing to pay a year. Would most people be willing to pay $100 a year if that is what you are worth to Facebook's advertisers?

It's definitely not money (but that would be nice :D)

Definitely not "fame", I don't like a lot of attention.

I guess, some kind of mix of boredom and an urge to learn something new.

I guess I've been lucky to not get roped into that thinking. I'm still happy using my refurbished first gen iPad and a mid 2009 Macbook Pro. But I will admit that I think I might grab an iPad mini when a retina display gets added in.

Very true. Most people don't seem to be able to visualize how a tablet, or possibly any piece of technology, will fit into their lives until they have one and use it. I would guess that showing how these tablets, or any piece of new technology, fits into the prospective users lives should be a goal of advertising campaigns, but that doesn't always seem to be the case especially in the case of the Surface. The commercials I've seen have not demonstrated how a Surface fits into my life at all, unless I dance a lot. But to be fair, a lot of iPad ads don't do it either.

It's interesting how all of a sudden with the option of having a smaller iPad, the "old" iPad has become much to large for a lot of people but when the smaller device was just a rumor a lot of people didn't feel they could fit it in their life. Fascinating how just a few hours with the device are changing people's preferences on the entire tablet market.

That is a scary line of thinking IMO. If you work for 40 years and lived by that philosophy you'd have worked for nearly 20 companies. While if you're a freelancer that might seem normal, but as a normal salaried employee, that seems like quite a bit. I realize that "getting the gold watch" and hanging around a company for 40 years isn't the norm these days, but to be counted as a negative just because you stay at one company for merely 2 or 3 years seems harsh. Have you had experience with this sentiment? I haven't encountered it yet.

Great insight. My "first project" was something way too big for a first attempt and crashed and burned before it even "launched". It was such a bad experience that I didn't really try anything for 3 or 4 years. Then I decided to try a couple of really small projects and it's been a much more manageable experience.

I was the complete opposite. I found the story compelling and interesting from the get go. Had they opened with stats from a study, I probably would have stopped there. The personal story hooked me.

I understand, I've just never thought of tv complicating my life. I was once considering "cutting the cord" and my life got more complicated trying to figure out what services to use to subscribe to my shows I wanted to watch, managing downloads and trying to see if it made financial sense.

I do agree with the general consensus that people should try to simplify their lives if they feel they are bogged down with unnecessary things though. So, I'm glad the OP could find something that worked for him.

How are you preparing your fresh food solely with a microwave? Do you follow a raw diet? Or do you steam vegetables in a microwave? Interested to hear.