Looks good and all... but I'm interested in the story on how it leaked on Twitter. The link just goes to the Github repo now.
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I am not someone who generally suffers from claustrophobia, but as a tall person (6ft 5in) who is by no means fat, I can honestly say it was one of the worst things I've had to do. My shoulders are broad enough that it felt as if I was uncomfortably wedged within the machine, and that I was far enough inside the machine that should something go wrong it would be impossible for me to get out unassisted.
Perhaps it wasn't so much claustrophobia in my case, more my total dependence on someone else to get out. I am definitely not looking to go through that experience again any time soon.
I think there are definitely things that can be done to improve the experience.
Also worth noting: I do realise that these machines come in different sizes, but they are also expensive to purchase (replace), so I am not holding my breath for regular updates at every hospital when they can add another inch to the diameter of the chamber.
Best shortcut that every IntelliJ user should know is "Find Action" (ctrl + shift + a on Win), press and start typing what you want to do. Will even present shortcuts in the list for next time.
Anyone have any experience profiling these sorts of things that can share some info?
I'd never really thought about this. What do people suggest doing to handle this sort of use case?
I'd also be interested to see a write up on these aspects, what are the gains here... 10%? 10x? 100x?
You're then left in this limbo of some with/some without 2FA, and unless you actively pursue those without it setup, you can never change that system wide setting in the control panel.
That said I can see a usecase in the Growl notification feature for testing etc.
Using the doughnuts analogy, I wonder how things would have worked out if they continued to give away the plain doughnuts for nothing, but added a new line of premium iced doughnuts which attracted a charge? Personally I wouldn't mind, and I think that a lot of people would be ok with this.
Stemming from this, you really need to have a good reason to charge people for something they were previously using for free.
Personally, I don't think you can start charging for something that was previously free (without significant value add). By all means offer a paid upgrade with particular value add, but never do the wrong thing by your (thus far) loyal users.
We plan on adding a reporting system into the site so people can flag inaccuracies, but that is still a little while off.
With regard to price, its a tough one. We purposefully left it out initially because it's subjective. If we use RRP - should a 2000MY Suzuki 650F be filtered because a brand new (2013) one is outside your price bracket? Obviously there are going to be differences, but we're thinking hard for a way to include this. I agree it would be a big helper!
This targets the Australian market, and more specifically the state of New South Wales.
Some of the bikes may be expensive (or not worth learning on), but this list is provided by the Roads authority (RMS) as to what you can ride, not necessarily what you should ride.
Thanks for the feedback!
We plan on growing the site into a place where all riders can discuss the pros and cons of each Learner Approved motorbike.
Lots of places we're looking improve on this, (ie the initial page load). We'd love to hear any other thoughts you have!
I think the big question is - what happens for paid apps? Will Facebook be asking for a cut of any referrals? Take Draw Something for instance, which is $1.99 (or free). I know Facebook gets benefit from people playing and using Facebook Connect, but they have essentially handed that store the sale. I would think they would want to monetize this, and will be interested to see how this plays out. I wouldn’t be surprised if agreements are in place - as it would really be of mutual benefit.
This would lead me to believe it is going to run like some existing iOS apps, such as Bejeweled 2. If you click that menu item from the Facebook iOS app, it will launch the Bejeweled application instead of running inside any FB container.
How do you think your pitch would have been received had this been in a more traditional forum? Do you think you would have achieved the same results, or would you have pitched a completely different angle?