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Related study from 2013 [1]:

"Unfortunately, too many well-intentioned products fail because they feel like “haftas,” things people are obligated to do, as opposed to things they “wanna” do. Schell points to neuroscience research showing “there are different channels in the brain for seeking positive consequences and avoiding negative consequences.”

"When faced with “haftas,” our brains register them as punishments so we take shortcuts, cheat, skip-out, or in the case of many apps or websites, uninstall them or click away in order to escape the discomfort of feeling controlled."

[1] http://www.nirandfar.com/2013/07/why-behavior-change-apps-fa...

Nice. I was unable to type in full screen mode, using Chrome.

Started a side project at http://www.fayl.io/ to capture some stories of failure - but more importantly, the lessons learned.

Chin up, get back on the saddle - you're learning through your failures.

Nice implementation, quick to get up and running through the Chrome app store.

One thing I couldn't work how to do was add a new project. Kept showing "No project" for me and I could see now way of adding new projects?

Bookmarked a few resources here: http://benrmatthews.com/2014/01/free-high-quality-stock-phot...

And a link to the nicely titled study[1]:

"Is the curb 80% full or 20% empty? Assessing the impacts of San Francisco's parking pricing experiment"

[1] http://people.ucsc.edu/~adammb/publications/Millard-Ball_Wei...

OP here. Thought I'd give more detail. Say I earn $100/hr, working a 40hr week, I am limited to earning $4,000 a week (before tax and assuming I work a full week at 8 hours a day). I also get unique insight into my clients' problems, which are often common across clients. How can I turn this into stable, repeatable business that scales beyond by weekly potential earnings?

However this thread plays out, will be interesting to see how the HN community responds. Suspect most see this thread as spam/fraud, but interesting to see people taking the OP seriously and giving advice to try and help.

Would be nice to be able to sort popularity by social network. I'm more likely to be interested in Twitter links than Facebook links (going by what I consume in each platform)

Also timely that this post called "Share Everything" was just posted to the 37 Signals blog: https://37signals.com/svn/posts/3615-share-everything

1. Educated myself about the issues and how it affects me 2. Looked into small practical steps to change my online habits 3. Signed up to EFF and ORG to get more news, updates and insights on the issue 4. Realised more and more how brave people like Edward Snowden are for whistleblowing

SEEKING FREELANCERS - Other

Doing a blog series on what it takes and feels like to go freelance. Survey is here if you want to take part (and you'll get a plug to your portfolio, etc): https://benrmatthews.typeform.com/to/NzU7Q8

Will share the results, so we can help more freelancers. Thanks (and hope this doesn't feel like hijacking the thread...)

Getting an error when trying to sign in through Facebook: "Invalid redirect_uri: Given URL is not allowed by the Application configuration."

Open for the wider Hacker News community to see as well though?

Out of interest, what are other potential applications for Dead Drop, beyond journalism?

Looking past the knee-jerk reaction to "this design looks expensive", would love to see how the Manchester Council site performs from a service design perspective. How do local residents use the site? Can they find what they need quickly and easily, from both a desktop and a mobile?

I'm betting yes, and the cost saved (in terms of time, frustration and maybe money) over a poorly designed yet inexpensive-looking site will be worthwhile.

Side note: Would love to see a blog post about the thought behind the design, either from the design agency or the web manager at Manchester...

Just checked the stats on your latest tweet (https://twitter.com/LenKendall/status/304626304391737344)

Here´s the bit.ly stats for the link included in that tweet: https://bitly.com/ZjYhUz+

Bit.ly analytics show 20 clicks in the last hour.

$75 for 20 clicks is a CPC of $3.75.

Obviously the click rate will change depending on the nature/timing of the tweet, but seems a bit expensive to me.

Amaingly transparent organisation too. You can see every patient they've ever funded and the outcome of their treatment in a Google spreadsheet, here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Ah3wJ9CRQzyHdDZ...

Charity Comms in the UK are trying to stop just this sort of thing happening, focusing more on print articles, but probably not long before linking comes in:

http://charitycomms.org.uk/resources/guidelines/charity_medi...

From the comments of that Cracked article:

"We had a similar problem at work, but we figured out the IP of the person doing the direct linking and dished out the images they expected to that IP, but the rest of the world saw an ad for our site."

One to consider for next time?

Nice work :)

1) Would be good if it remembered my player name: having to input it every time is annoying...

2) Took me a few seconds to work out the aim. Perhaps a short text description / tutorial to show how the game works?

How do you account for the success of Instagram, which has been iPhone only for over a year?

Is it their API that has enabled web-based add ons? Or the simplicity of the app and the ease of use?

Have been using Newsblur too, but it doesn't work so well for Hacker News - it doesn't display the article or the comments straight off, so you have to click through twice on your mobile to read either, which is bad for navigation or a slow connection.

Anyone from Newsblur here?

Mint Digital (based in London) did a great one a few years ago.

I got sent a moleskine which had the words "Amicus Menthae" embossed in it.

If you google the phrase, you get this website: http://amicusmenthae.com/

An image of the moleskine is also there if you're interested.

Good point - Thanks for the tip!

Thanks for the feedback, Mike - appreciated. We're working on a product tour that should make things clearer and will def let users know that they should add multiple tasks.

100 new users in 20 days since http://brightworks.me/ launched.

So the two revenue drivers were a monthly subscription fee and ads. Wouldn't it be more useful to put all potential revenue source into a spreadsheet and add/subtract different combinations of them to see how it affects revenue?

Check out http://brightworks.me too - more geared towards Comms/Marketing - would love to hear your thoughts :)

Thanks - break up into sections, good search to aid results, and an overview video as a starting point. Is there any advatage in using services like Get Satisfaction, or better to have your own FAQ / ask a question page?