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I think it's an awesome idea, much like http://www.dollarshaveclub.com/. And just like that site, you should A) make a funny video that will make people laugh. I almost signed up to DSC because of that video and know friends who did. And B) make a big ass button next to it with the price that leads you to the subscription page.

It's almost there. The design is compelling and made me consider it and click all over the site to see what else there was to see.

Also like DSC, consider adding a couple pricing tiers. A $1 a month?! I almost can't say no and would just sign up for the hell of it. Maybe $1 a month just gets you fresh pair of white socks. $11 gets you the amazing mustache socks.

MVC for server-side APIs is still useful because you still need separation of concerns, validations, access control, session management, data crunching, etc on the server.

Screencast: http://vimeo.com/31586105

Ryan - Really enjoyed these, looking forward to more. Inspirational.

Still got confirmation email. "Confirm my account" link worked, and I'm into the site. Confirmation email is a little stark though, it should be fleshed out a bit more. Only way to tell it was from grouptalent was the from address.

Got an error when I tried to sign up as part of a team. No OAuth, just standard sign up fields. Seeing standard rails error page. "We're sorry, but something went wrong."

Tower of Babel movement ;)

Lots of young, energetic, educated, creative people, willing to work for cheap. This is an opportunity. Somewhere, a smart entrepreneur has already noticed and is planning to capitalize on this. Why isn't it you?

Gmail? Google Docs? They work, look fine, and lots of people use them all day long.

Portland Oregon has Calagator, a unified calendar for the tech community: http://calagator.org/

It's also a community driven open source project with multiple code-sprints per month!