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Agreed - we've moved all of our DEV queue into PivotalTracker after benefiting from it's ridiculously simple UI and workflow.

Apart from the pyramid owner :)

So i think the conclusion to the story is that if you want to be acquired by Google:

Develop a scalable, location-aware Android friendly business that has advertising and mobile payments built in.

Looks cool, but that menu would get very annoying after the first 5 seconds.

I submitted this link as a follow up to http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1323363 - I thought more HN readers would find it useful so worth separating out as a different thread.

Yup..in emergency mode they are...which is a shame as there's quite an interesting thread on there at the moment (only 1 x interesting thread mind you)

What's the USP....?

Not sure i agree with the name "All your startup are belong to us" ??

Comment bait? If you want to make this coming soon page useful, then insert a clear call-to-action that has purpose. In other words, now that you've got us all going to your lovely page, why not make good use of our time and request that we give you our details if we're interested in your startup...but that would involve you telling us more about your startup.

Have a look at these for some inspiration: http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/05/14/design-a-successfu...

The search UI improvements are particularly good now that i'm used to the collapsible sidebar.

At last, finally!

I love StackOverflow, ServerFault etc, so i hope that the investment helps them to grow rapidly. StackOverflow has saved my life on many occasions.

I hope they spend significant time on evolving the Stack Exchange UI away from the parent sites. I can't help feeling 'oh here's another one' every time i come across a SE powered site.

Thanks for sharing Aidan...the spreadsheet is particularly useful now that you've moved all the adjustable variables into one place!

Does anyone have any experience with Amazon Payments? I Was considering them as a viable alternative to our existing PayPal solution.

IMO, it's largely based around the following highly subjective calculation:

((value you will add to client's bottom line) + (your relevant experience & portfolio) + (speed and accuracy of delivery) + (kudos)) * (budget & urgency of project delivery) * (industry) = rate per hour

You can't really get to a figure from what i've said above, but i just wanted to illustrate a number of factors that can go into a rate that's attractive and workable to both parties.

Age doesn't matter, but (relevant) experience does.

I don't believe that survey.io would have had that type of effect on your website traffic. We've been using it on http://technews.am for quite some time with no impact on visitor numbers.

So if you have an iPhone and a MacBook already - what's the point in getting a tablet/MacSlate/MacWhateverYouCallIt, particularly if it has the same OS as your iPhone? ?

If you were based in the UK, i'd recommend Barclays - IMO, they're by far the most innovative when it comes to supporting online business.

I was thinking it would be called MacXXXX or something starting with Mac. But MacTablet, sounds too much like a McDonald's product.

I've bee tracking their progress recently - This is just the start. Good to see that Posterous are already using their solution.

Thanks @lsc! I love you approach -how are you getting word out about your hosting business? What % are you getting actual sales from word of mouth versus SEO/online marketing versus direct face to face selling?

Thanks for the recommendations, i'll check them out and let everyone know how i get on.

I've finally just ordered my copy of 'The Four Steps to the Epiphany' - can't wait to get stuck in.

Are you on Mac or PC?

My decision to move was largely based on FireBug and ColorZilla supporting 3.5. The fact that they both do made this a no-brainer for me. The increase in speed and stability is well worth it.

If you still can't make up your mind, why don't you install both versions on the same computer?

I'm not sure why one would choose to develop with Silverlight over Flash - straight away you've cut out the majority of your user base.

Fantastic! Will definitely check it out. I', currently using Assembla.com for my version control hosting - good to see that they already support GIT.

Does Eclipse support GIT yet?

Regarding the top navigation bar, we've already started work on a new nav bar that will give greater clarity and be easier to use, and will be topic based...

I will will post an update when the new nav is online.

Thanks for your comments so far!

The 80's / ZX Spectrum / 'Scissors and glue' look was intentional, but we take on board your comments about the 'contents' page. I think we need to work on this page a lot more to make it more usable, and of course understandable, but hopefully still retaining its 'edgy' visual appearance.

The contents page is meant the be hub of 'what is exciting and new' within QueensSpeech (like a magazine contents page) - only the highest rated and most read articles by our community appear on the contents page.

We also have an RSS feed available which lists all new content submitted ( http://feeds.feedburner.com/queensspeech ).

I'm really happy that you spent time going through the site again, and hopefully next time you visit you will be able to experience some of the improvements we have planned!

If that is what you did, from your short experience on the site, did you take anything positive or informative from it?

Thanks! We've deliberately tried to break from the norm with the design - which has raised a few eyebrows. We're still in the experimental phase - so all comments, good and bad are welcome - and indeed integral to our development strategy.