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Been stuck for 3months.. what would you do?

6 pointsredrory5 comments

http://filmbet.com/

FilmBet.com, my "first" idea that I wanted to go somewhere. I checked around eLance and spoke to developers to develop the project for me. I heard figures from $500 - $1000 ( which I didnt quite have). So I decided to try and do everything myself. Things started well, I handle most of the important things.. but I couldnt quite get IT done. It has been on the backburner for over 3months. I want to hear from the HN community; what would you guys do? ( I have considered ditching the project, for some reason I keep coming back..) maybe a change in concept is needed

Currently.. its vote on the weekend box office results..

If you keep coming back to the project, it means that you want to do it and that's the most important thing.

Write down what's left to do as manageable tasks and try to address them when you can or ask for help on the ones you can't.(paid or free) That way, at least, you'd know you're making progress and have a clear idea where you're heading.

P.S. layout is broken on FF3.6. also, you have a few typos.

If you have a plan about where you want to take the site, but aren't sure how to do it, you may want to break up the project into smaller chunks and perhaps hire out one of those small pieces and get it done. After you see that feature up and running, you may feel more motivation to get more done. You can work on bring in some revenue and using that revenue to pay for additional work to be done.

If you're not passionate about it you're not going to get anything done so you need to "man up" one way or the other (ditch or push). Really think about what you want, if you want this project to get done go at it full spin otherwise leave it and take on an easier or more passionate undertaking.

Hi! We had similar idea (i think?) with http://movieorwhat.com - contact me - maybe we can help each other? ...

sounds good. whats your email? redrory (AT) gmail (dot) com

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