ssebro

I dont understand something. Why should I sign up to changemakrs? What do I get/do once I've signed up that I couldn't do before?

There's something interesting in #2: if you look at the examples, AOL was the expensive choice, which won. Today, I see the same thing playing out with github(expensive) over bitbucket(cheap).

Selling expensive stuff makes you able to throw crazy money into marketing (so you can send cds to everybody and their cat). That marketing money will buy you the mindshare you need to win. Most of my friends use github. But nobody knows what/who bitbucket is.

In other words, even when network effects abound, cheap/free products may not beat expensive products with the right marketing.

I think it's really about the cost of visual search, which simply doesn't scale to 76 icons.

I think the real "customer pain" is that having a ton of apps leads to more difficult visual search. You want hipstamatic, but you have no idea which screen it's on.

I already use iOS's app search as my default method of finding most apps, but going to the left to find the search is irritating. Maybe it would be better if apple just allowed you one page of apps, and an integrated search box on that page.

Android may already have solved this problem.

I think you don't understand individuals. We just want to eat - Individual developers really only care about making money.

If a fart app is going to make an individual developer good money, nothing you can say will stop them from being made.

If developers can seemingly make more money by charging less, nothing you can say will make them stop charging less.

Microsoft set a price floor to attract developers who aren't thinking about 1 year in the future, when Microsoft will either remove that floor because their platform is successful enough (they don't have to court developers), or they will kill the platform itself (and your app).

I didn't mean that the founder would start posting employee groups up for sale, I meant that A-level developers would find other A-level developers and band together to get a few million as a signing bonus.

Developers know who other superstar developers are. If you allowed superstars at different companies to band together and market themselves as a team, that might be interesting.

This is a really interesting idea. If developers can be sold as a group, why aren't we seeing group recruiting websites, where you can buy a team?

I love it. Grooveshark now has the best digital music browsing experience, IMHO.

I think a lot of engineers are trying really hard to produce value for their employers, and that this level of discourse seems to do so but really doesn't.

Your "stakeholders" really only care about their business making money. The truth is, they only care about technical debt/slop if it stops them from doing so.

I'd advise you to stop worrying about things that don't really matter (technical debt vs slop), and find ways to provide real value.

You're having db issues here : http://www.repeaterstore.com/applications/small-building.htm...

Can you imagine doing that every single day of your life(putting the monitor face down on the desk surface, then bringing it back up)? This is engineering - I think we can come up with something better (like your monitor mount idea).

I actually agree with you, both your content and your feed design is actually much better. How's the site performing wrt conversion?

It looks cool, but the marketing doesn't address the fact that most people have laptops and desktop monitors on their desks. Nobody will want to take their desktop+laptop off the desk everytime they go into their bed - 7 inches of height (collapsed) isn't going to cut it.

mFoundry's business is essentially "get advanced mobile apps for your bank on every platform", with ~30-day turn around.

I used to code mFoundry's platform and mobile apps, and I can tell you that this deal is a potential game changer for dwolla. mFoundry has amassed prolific channels to banks, and they've been able to drag banks big and small into the future of mobile banking. More importantly, their solution is now laughably combatible with the different software that powers most banks, so integration is relatively simple. If they're able to offer payment over dwolla as turnkey as their other integrations, and dwolla's fees are cheaper than ACH, this single deal will make dwolla huge.

I can speak to itunes, which doesn't. But I'm working on a solution that will do this and more - send me an email at ssebro at stanford dot edu for more info!

It seems a little weird that someone who loves movies doesn't hear about them through any other sources. While I wanted to sign up for some of the movies, I knew I'd see ads for them on TV, or at bus stops when they launched. I've literally never missed the launch of something that I cared a lot about, because by definition I'd be the kind of person they'd be trying to reach. But the proof is in the data - if you're getting active users, then that's all that matters. Congrats :)

I know you didn't ask for product feedback, but I think your product has a problem: You need early adopters to start using it, but early adopters naturally hear about the news and developments that you claim to deliver. In otherwords, I shared your product with a few coworkers, we signed up, then we all independently decided that we'd hear about those things naturally, through other channels. Sounds like a vitamin.

Two questions:

Can it be used as a normal skateboard when the battery is dead?

How loud is it?

@using the name "overlay" -> Yes, it cheapens you, and it is the largest piece of text on the landing page.

I think your highlighted benefits don't really align with what someone who needs your product REALLY wants: a ridiculously easy, simple, zero engineering way to give (and update) product/feature tours.

Your benefits also miss the mark on why people want tour systems. It's not because they're professional or empowering. It boils down to time, money and ease. You do talk about saving money and time, but it's the second bullet, and i stopped reading before then.

I just realized that I need this. I'll be signing up.

NO! Your free version is fine. Don't change the product, change the marketing.

I have to agree. When I saw pricing, I laughed and said to myself: "Here's someone taking patio11's advice.".

I think it would be an easier sell if you 1) stop talking about "overlay" as a feature (only talk about BENEFITS. Also overlay makes me think I can make this myself in 5mins) 2) instead talked about walk throughs/product tours, and explain how NOT doing a product tour is leaving tons of money on the ground.

I commend your effort and that you actually got this out the door.

Now go forth and charge.

I think people want to give physical things and experiences, which you can't really do by just giving money, especially money that can't be spent for decades. That's why you can give someone a Starbucks gift card, but it's not good to give them a visa gift card.

I think pairing "donations" with physical gifts is ideal. Parents should ask for gifts to be half as big, with the other half put into the trust.

It's 240 for 3 years with the MBA. If you save almost that amount on getting the cheaper craigslist version, why not spend what you've saved to get a MBA that you know will be covered for 2+ years? (assuming you got one that's under 1 year old)

I'm kinda surprised that this article doesn't consider extra costs, like taxes and (if in CA), recycling fee. When you're buying things that cost around $1200 (macbook air), you'll "save" around $200 by buying on craigslist.

Google has (figured out how to monetize free-to-use mail). Gmail is free & monetized through ads.

It seems like it would help the team to monetize a soon-to-be defunct product, and help their user base by providing continuity and updates beyond maintenance. I'd assume that any team geting acqui-hired probably has some traction in their product. Thoughts?

Why don't you just go on craigslist and buy a used last generation air?

How is it bragging to say that they didn't raise the round? If you care about what's going on inside the mind of a founder who choses NOT to raise a round, this post would be interesting to you.

Clickable link to actual freshplum site : http://www.freshplum.com/