erichcervantez

When I need to learn something I first brain-storm a small project to work on. Doesn't have to be great or solve any world problems. Maybe it's just something for you. But in that project, be determined to use whatever framework you've set out to learn.

For me, I also have a coding blog (eonjava.com) where I will write an article on whatever I am working on. I have several articles right now that I am working on at once. I try to write them as if I am speaking to someone who has no previous knowledge of the topic so this forces me to learn it from the ground up. It might be worthwhile to start a blog and take this same tactic.

I think it's strange the App Store download button leads to a popup for my email address. I would have gone the LaunchRock route for something really quick and to the point.

Also if this is your official landing page for the app, I would do something much larger. Add more screenshots and detail on what the app does...you have to lure people in and convince them they should waste 5 minutes of their time installing your app.

Otherwise, cool idea if it hasn't already been done ;)

There's a free version too if you'd like to try that. You can only add one word but it's a good way to give it a whirl without dropping $2. I just posted an update to the app (it was crashing on very high resolution images). Give it about 30min to update on the Android Market, then give it a shot ;)

Clickable: http://www.xuland.com

lol

I think most tech companies understand the volatility of a startup. I was with a startup for a while until our primary investor cut ties and left us with 35 salaries, a lease and plenty of network and utility bills to pay with barely a few thousand a month income from clients. It was a disaster and the subsequent company I ended up working for cared little about the details. All I had to tell them was "it was a startup". They nodded and continued with the interview. Three years later, I'm still happy to be with them. There's plenty of startups around if that's your thing...but in the end you should be happy when you hit the sack at night.

I'd say if you have an idea you have to act super fast...the whole Sheen topic could be dead in a month

I think the page design overall is quite excellent. On the questions page I would enlarge the font size of the bolded questions just a nudge. The absolute worst part of the site however is the logo, in my opinion. The thin, noodly font seems completely out of place against the strong blocky composition in the background. It's look more like an afterthought or a temporary logo put in place until the final one is completed. Otherwise, great job on everything else!

The name reminds me of those singing Ricola commercials ;) I do have to agree with one of the other posters that a direct copy of Facebook's overall look and color scheme may not be in your best interest. I doubt they would care so much, but I would think you'd want to establish your own brand that could still be complimentary to Facebook.

I like it...thanks! I was definitely looking for a resource like that

Yeah we noticed the same thing...just awfully slow as far as I can tell

I like the layout...clean. I've used LaterBro before which ultra-simple and free I believe. You may want to add more screenshots of what you're offering to show a little more value ;)

I raise a family ;)

Looks amazing...any chance on an Android version coming soon??

My first thought was that the name didn't make sense. When I think of "stack" I think of a software stack (LAMP, etc). I'm not even sure what a non-hacker would think of. Stack of pancakes maybe.

Also without diving into the application, the front page seems a bit long. On my 20" widescreen monitors I didn't even see the countdown timer until I scrolled. I think you could widen it, move stuff up.

I like the orange username idea. Makes me wanted to sign up (didn't have time to right now - at work). Also showing how many slots are left may backfire in this case. It looks as if you started off with 10,000 slots and only have registered a few users. You could try padding that number to give us the feeling that slots are flying off the shelves.

Good luck!

Just a quick note: there's an awful lot of text on the front page but I like the idea. And I'm certainly interested in meeting up to drink tequila ;)

The logo looks cute even though I'm not sure what it has to do with music.

I agree the user-interface needs a lot of work. Maybe a nice splash page which clearly shows what the site is for could help. Splash pages don't need a lot of design...even a large picture would do. I was just looking at Path's site (https://www.path.com) which did just that.

If you can offload the website quickly and easily go for it, then proceed with option (2). Who knows, the time you spend trying to sell it may end up increasing traffic ;) I do have to agree with bmelton - how would shutting the site down prevent you from owing taxes come 4/15?

I like it...great concept if you can pull it off.

I came up with a similar/not-so-similar concept that I'm still working on (http://www.xuland.com) only I'm not leveraging Foursquare, Facebook or other location-based apps. I'm depending on folks actually logging into the application and posting/replying.

Of course, my app is also done in Flash (jury is still out on whether that proves to be a good idea or not) but I discovered well over a year ago that it would be great if I could find out what was happening at this very moment in a given location so kudos to you and your team for recognizing a need. Good luck!

update: the comment below gave me an idea to add Amber Alerts to Xuland as well ;)

Thanks for the comment. Figuring out a way to build the site's traffic is interesting. To be honest, I've done nothing to acquire traffic other than a blog post (on my own blog) and submitting it here on HN...so very very few people are even aware of its existence. Still, the site averages roughly a 100 views a day from cities around the world. Getting people to POST something so far has been challenging.

lol awesome...nicely done