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I signed up for this last weekend, and had great followups with Harry Zhang, one of the co-founders. Super impressed with the customer service / support.

Yes, with heavily customized UIs. Rather distinct from the standard Android experience. Personally, I find it annoying, and it doesn't add that much value for me. I liken it to the bloatware installed on Windows machines in the past.

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What does deployment look like on the device? If you like in the libraries, wouldn't your packaged app be significantly large?

I really like this. Makes explaining things very easy. One critique, the first step allows me to click on the main screen to advance, but from there I have to move to the navigation bar below. Is this configurable? I only went through the linked example.

EDIT: I didn't catch that you could actually execute the actions laid out to move forward. This wasn't clear, but makes sense now that I've seen it.

One of the biggest problems with QR codes, is the resulting page is typically a standard / flashy desktop site, which isn't optimal for a mobile device. I imagine if the landing page were mobile-optimized (quick information, easy buttons, no zooming), engagement would go up.

It's not really a problem with QR codes, but rather, an execution problem on people mis-firing on how they're used.

Impressive growth, albeit through less than amazing means. Instagram grew, but didn't require viewers to have any account or attachment to the platform / application. Socialcam / Viddy both grow _truly_ virally through Facebook in that it posts to your wall when a video is viewed. What _is_ interesting is the sociological side of things, which highlights what most people are actually interested in vs what they claim in reality.

Can you expand on that? I've been interested in that market but don't know where to get involved. I'd love to hear your thoughts - even if in an email.

Another link: http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2012/04/10/...

I don't think that is the authors point. I think the point is that the _majority_ of startups you see on the coasts wouldn't _likely_ succeed or originate in places like Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City, Minneapolis because people are less open to risks of that nature. There are new businesses / startups in the Midwest but the majority worry about the business plan from the outset, rather than later. I didn't read the article as negative on the Midwest, rather, showing the differences in the areas.

There isn't a really strong comparison though. I think it would be quite rare for you to find a farmer that raised capital and just struck out on their own without knowing _exactly_ what they needed to do to reach profitability - nor would they pivot away from the act of farming. To try and apply the 'startup' concept talked about in the article, to farming would be something more along the lines of buying land and beginning to plow - then 'pivoting' and using the land to house private jets. Yes that is a strong example of pivoting, but I think that is the focus of the article (Wasn't the Reddit team originally working on mobile food ordering?).

Traditionally (this has certainly changed with corporate farms) farming has been strong family history and bootstrapping (likely via loans for land/equipment purchase) rather than investors.

As a Nebraskan, I resonated with this - big time. My first question is _always_: "How does it make money?", and I've shied away from ideas that had no clear money-making potential. It is likely the predominant 'agricultural' culture.

I think the benefit of something like Bootstrap is getting an idea off the floor with _some_ nod towards aesthtics. If I can't afford a designer, I'm happy to use someones idea of a 'default' to get it to the point that it is functional, relatively easy on the eyes, etc. Then, when the funds / time is available focus on tweaking things to not appear like the bootstrap default.

Not according to their Twitter feed. https://twitter.com/#!/wakemate

Not a customer though, so I don't know for sure.

Make the source available to the purchaser, not necessarily public I think, right?

"Hacking" is now referred to, someone posting on anothers facebook, since they were still logged in. /facepalm

I think they mean in the context of your search. This is what has annoyed me most about the "filter bubble" idea. If google doesn't return _relevant_ results, you'll go somewhere else. If I search for a steak restaurant and get results for KFC because, hey, Chicken deserves a chance, that result isn't relevant. If google shows different results for the _same_ query, but both are just a relevant to the searcher, than google is doing its job.

Nebraskan here, in Omaha. People are advised to stay out of the river due to the raw sewage being pumped into the river, with the processing stations at capacity. There is little to no concern (in the area) of anything radiation related.

It seems like another indicator would be requiring anyone you want to share the idea with to sign an NDA. Unless you're sharing an already developed algorithm, or something as special sauce, the NDA just comes across as "My idea the important part here".

http://www.goot.us/ - Tracking time is as easy as creating a calendar entry. Then, it aggregates the time based on tasks, etc.

Great idea! I like the concept of involving the other family members. Clean design!

One minor suggestion - I'd make the logo clickable in the blog post. I had to scroll to the bottom to get a clickable link to view the site