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humbyvaldes

153 karma · joined June 22, 2011

Creator of ownzee.com
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humbyvaldes··on Trix: A rich text editor for everyday writing
This is cool, one issue thou is that on iOS the select content menu gets in the way. Not Trix fault but iOS makes these WYSIWYG editors a no go.
humbyvaldes··on De Blasio Makes $70M Commitment Toward Universal Broadband In NYC
The only thing that changes economic reality is competition.
humbyvaldes··on Ask HN: What small webapps do you know that have a large audience?
http://ownzee.com
humbyvaldes··on The Racial Dot Map: One Dot Per Person for the Entire U.S.
Hispanic is not a race, it's an ethnicity. You can be Asian, Black or White and be hispanic.
humbyvaldes··on Show HN: I'm open sourcing Creditly.js, an intuitive credit card form
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13183421/how-to-change-pl...
humbyvaldes··on Show HN: I'm open sourcing Creditly.js, an intuitive credit card form
How about making the placeholder text lighten up a bit on focus. Something like this for webkit should work

:focus::-webkit-input-placeholder { color: #eee;}

humbyvaldes··on Show HN: A free collection of maps for every country in the world, in 11 sizes
I don't see Alaska and Hawaii in the namerica / us
humbyvaldes··on Map of America's Racial Segregation
Hispanic isn't a race
humbyvaldes··on Tesla outsells Porsche, Jaguar, others in California
Tesla should make trucks if thats the case :)
humbyvaldes··on Show HN: I'm 36 years old and this iPhone app took me forever
Dont let the PC crowd imply that offering a position is some how offending. It's not like it's a hitler quote... Good job on the app, I just downloaded it.
humbyvaldes··on Manchester City Council
A great example is www.miamidade.gov It's simple and designed to get things done.
humbyvaldes··on [dead]
Crony capitalism
humbyvaldes··on Ask HN: Is this worth building?
Do a test. Invite a few friends for a "social experiment" to a bar or party and let them wear a couple test shirts. Forward the info to yourself and see if people use it. Do this a few times and you'll have your answer.
humbyvaldes··on Capitalism and Inequality
"Inequality and insecurity are perennial features of capitalism." As I see it, inequality and insecurity are features of life. All the youth, wealth and success in the world doesn't stop you from dying in an instant. Life isn't fair and it never will be.
humbyvaldes··on If you're busy, you're doing something wrong
I dont buy it. Unless your wasting your time on pointless busy work like trying to decide what color a link should be, hard work has always worked for me.
humbyvaldes··on Show HN: bubbles - A SVG/Text based combo messaging system
Look at it this way... Right now you have a zero % chance, if I try it you have a 50% chance... You are working against yourself. Unless I have an absolute need for your app, I'll just leave. If I demo the app at least you have a 50% chance I'll like it (or maybe I know someone who will)... Save what I do in a cookie or local storage or in a form field and submit it if/when I signup. - Hope this helps
humbyvaldes··on Show HN: bubbles - A SVG/Text based combo messaging system
Do I need to be logged in to see/edit this? I only see a drawing of a women, no text, cant edit. Chrome 25
humbyvaldes··on Show HN: bubbles - A SVG/Text based combo messaging system
Here is some feedback: A demo to play around with, before signup would be nice. I would even say having it on the homepage would be even better. The video is cool.
humbyvaldes··on Benjamin Franklin's Essay on Daylight Saving
When I hear the reasons people dislike DST, they basically list reason that unbeknownst to them is the reason we have DST.
humbyvaldes··on Building something cool on your own? I want to interview you
I just submitted my project cuz I love this idea!
humbyvaldes··on Growth and Government
Fantastic point. Everything the Government has is first taken from it's people.
humbyvaldes··on Ask HN: How can I make this page convert better?
The created content is viewable in older browsers but to use/create you need a modern version of IE
humbyvaldes··on Yours vs. Mine
My stuff
humbyvaldes··on Ask HN: How can I make this page convert better?
Easel.io is great, I've followed them a bit.

I see what youre saying about the free trial, the part Im trying to optimize is getting more people from the demo page to the join page. Adding a free trial on the join page may(or may not) improve signups but only if they go to the join page... Maybe I should combine the demo and join page... Thanks

humbyvaldes··on Ask HN: How can I make this page convert better?
Since you edit the actual page, what you see there is the preview/actual page, I should probably do a better job of explaining that. Maybe have a preview button that says that when you click it... The other UI stuff is just laziness in my part. I'll fix it. Thanks!
humbyvaldes··on Ask HN: How can I make this page convert better?
I have some mixpanel tracking on the join page and if a visitor types in a username they will usually click sumbit (even if they dont enter their credit card or have any intention of paying). Since this is the case, my thinking is I need to get more people interested in it before they get to that page. Just thinking of how I buy online, I made my decision to buy well before I pull out my CC
humbyvaldes··on Ask HN: How can I make this page convert better?
Most of the traffic that signs up comes from google. I had some dumb luck with ranking on the first page of some good related keywords... Other unrelated traffic just bounces off this page... The mouse is really the only idea I can think of to show it's editable right there. I tried a video but most people didnt watch it. It's pretty funn too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBo4nxoWTes
humbyvaldes··on Ask HN: How can I make this page convert better?
Wow thanks for all your time and feedback. I really appreciate it. I'm going to add the price to the demo page immediately, great point. Im going to let the other points sink in a bit and figure out how best to implement them.

drop me an email if you want a complementary account at hv at ownzee.com You have been super helpful!

humbyvaldes··on Stripe Checkout
Ah! got it, thanks
humbyvaldes··on Stripe Checkout
This is cool but Im confused about the workflow

On a signup form:

1. Enter email

2. Enter password

3. Click the Stripe checkout button, div popup, fill in and click pay, popup goes away, Token created and added to the form

4. User clicks submit on the original form

Is that right?

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