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What are the criterion developers' use in general to chose programming languages ?

Interesting and innovative concept. The concept could be used in workplace environment also.

Last sentence in the post says it all. Hacking is more than just coding and the steps he followed are illustrative in general.

Any thoughts on performance impact, on the app responsiveness, of each approach ?

The 4 points listed are suitable in general for hiring anyone in your team.

Read Elad Gil's post on the subject is right on spot http://blog.eladgil.com/2012/02/how-to-choose-co-founder.htm...

If you loath to do something then it induces stress. However, if you love your project then you're more likely to ensure that ship moves forward, even if it means doing tasks that you did not want to do originally.

He is focusing on brand and logo.

Confucius said, "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."

If you don't work, you don't have to worry about work-life balance.

In App centric world, how important is browser anymore ? Now, I use apps for the websites that I used to access regularly everyday.

Growing a company is one aspect while sustaining a company is another. Social Networks naturally take advantage of network effect while growing. It is not easy to sustain the company if perceived value provided by the company erodes quickly from its core customers' point of view. Whenever a company collapses usually it is because customers do not want its products for whatever reason.

Regarding your 4 bullet points :

1) Why do you assume that he is asking you to code for free or equity and not for pay ? Did he say it explicitly in email or you just assumed ?

2) There is not enough info here to say anything.

3) On the flip side, do you have considerable leadership skills as a technical person to complement this non-technical person's considerable technical skill you expect him to have?

4) Do you have considerable communication skills to complement this person's considerable design skill you expect him to have?

[Note, I have been programming since last 20 years.]

- I liked the thought process behind "Parse.ly" name selection. - "Unfuddle" is not obvious to me.

"1. Learn the difference between a UX Designer and a Visual Designer. They are not the same. And while there is (and should be) a lot of overlap in skills—it’s good to know what the designer you’re hiring thinks is priority."

This is very important. On the flip side, I have seen too many designer profiles online where they don't clearly identify whether they are UX designer or visual designer.

You want to attract developers. XYZ number of free API calls for your app is simplest and effective way to attract developers, if I understood your proposal.

Google, what's wrong with you? Do what Path did.

Finally!

If you need an app example then think about building an app to get stock quotes in real time.

The software guy writes the code to interpret user input, get the data from its source, do calculations and present it to user.

The UI guy decides the layout of how to present the info.

The product guy decides whether you're going to build "Stocks" app or "Bloomberg Terminal".

Don't forget to clearly mention what you're willing to give in return.