malbiniak

Ref: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/evolving-google-desig...

Regardless, I agree. This seems like a step back. I'm a huge fan of Mailchimp, their brand (well, to date), and the way they engage their users (aka "support"). Mailchimp is known for their ease of use, but this design doesn't reinforce that, especially the overuse of imagery (ref: http://mailchimp.com/features/).

Mailchimp has been known for their transparency (ref: http://blog.mailchimp.com/going-freemium-one-year-later/). I hope they share their decision process on this, or metrics on the new design, or both.

Hi HN. We're not a product/platform company, and aren't in SV, but we do have one hell of a culture, myriad projects, and an unending pipeline of new work. To support that growth, we're planning on adding an additional 100 people during 2011. If you're interested, have questions, or send in a resume, please let me know. I want to make sure anyone coming from HN stands out in our application pool. matt.albiniak at nerdery d0t com

Most common thing heard around The Nerdery - "I learned more here in 3 months than I've learned anywhere else." Dog friendly, caffeine provided, developer owned and operated.

We have immediate openings for:

* Front End Dev - JS knowledge required, jQuery experience preferred.

* C# ASP.NET Developer - ASP.NET MVC preferred

* PHP Developer - Zend

* Actionscript Developer - AS3

* IA/UX Designer - previous FED experience

* Software Project Manager - you make juggling look easy

* IT Systems Technician - we're tech-centric. Not so much "can you install this" as much as "need ____ provisioned."

* iOS Developer - please hurry.

* ExpressionEngine Developer - see above.

Oh, and if you're not a great developer but understand tech (like me), we're hiring in sales, too.

From a revenue driving. Local Search > Search, Local Couponing > AdWords. Therefore, Groupon > Google.

Edit: Up again.

ps, wasn't there a new incubator recently announced in Austin?

[1]http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/mailchimp-launches-1-million-i...

[2]http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/going-freemium-one-year-later/

You mentioned receiving more applications from this pool. In terms of the application, do you weight in favor of these qualities?

As a community, is that true, or is it "submit/vote up stories which are not particularly related to technology, startup culture, and programming?" That's my preference, but I also came in a few generations after HN started.

It all looks quality from here.

You're absolutely right, and I agree with this statement. I'm left with the feeling that you don't think this could have been learnt without first writing code, testing the application, and learning the expensive way.

It's tough, awkward, and often frustrating, but you can connect with potential users ("prospects" or "strangers") and flesh your idea out without writing a line of code. People are willing to talk, but you have to approach them -- and go outside of your comfort zone to find them.

I don't want to be snarky, but I'm having a hard time resisting. Two technical co-founders have shuttered a business and moving on to work "hard on a new product which we're super excited about." It's great that you're super excited about it, but wouldn't it even be more exciting if you had a business minded co-founder who could demonstrate the market opportunity, or lack thereof, and make sure the time, energy, and sweat equity you're dumping into this will have some payback?

I do appreciate the use of "'technical cofounder' and not 'developer.'" I think a lot of technical co-founders that also write code have been annoyed to hell by the non-technical business people who don't understand the effort required to realize their big awesome idea.

My email address has my name on it, but I still close it with -matt. I was going to post a comment to our work order system, which stamps my name on it, but I'm still inclined to close it with -matt. Same with Basecamp. Why? It feels more personal.

Does this really grind people's gears that hard? If so, where's it appropriate? Inappropriate? I respect the opinion of the HN community, so looking for honest feedback.

Anyone interested in the freemium model may also find the post by Ben Chestnut of Mailchimp incredibly useful, too: http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/going-freemium-one-year-later/

Good luck handling the grand opening onslaught.

to the HN community in general, please use this as an opportunity to keep things in perspective. we're all out trying to do amazing things, and those things can pull at our resources -- time with family, friends, and other things that keep us centered. luke was incredible about supporting our life work balance, and i hope you guys and gals on the front lines remember to do the same. take care of yourselves.

last, to your point about the thanks site, this one really stuck out: http://thanks.lukeandginger.com/index/detail/id/324

I'd encourage users to ask for help. We're already doing it in the form of "review my ..." Good posts with time invested in describing the problem and asking for very specific help will bubble up from newest, and those that are looking to get out of doing work won't hit the front page.

On the contrary "Offer HN" posts are hard not to upvote...for now.

  Need help with an iOS project? Let's talk, I'm great with both UX and code.
  If I can help you out with a project you’re working on, let’s talk.

Danilo, I hope you get the chance to work with these guys, but stop speaking bullshit.

i, for one, am looking forward to incorporating this into my workflow.

i've got a venture-backed business opportunity. we're looking for a strong application developer, and have heard good things about you, but not sure you can take on this task. we'll send along the technical and functional requirements, and it looks pretty easy. it shouldn't take more than a week of your time. after you sign our nda, we'll take a look at the application you built. if it's good, we'll pay you around a thousand dollars, maybe up to $10k.

unfortunately, we're not looking for any more founders, and don't need any support beyond the first production release. this will be a one time engagement, and we'll part ways after.

sound fair?

(read: how spec work would translate to the developer world. to me, it doesn't seem fair or reasonable -- especially if you're looking for a professional deliverable.)

to the point of still being findable, use http://about.me or http://extendr.com/ to avoid disappearing.

and strangely enough, the SERP for "matt albiniak" on DDG has twitter first, linkedin second, and facebook third.

you're wise beyond your years.