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wusatiuk

78 karma · joined June 9, 2012

located in Austria (Austria != kangaroos)

e-mail: wusatiuk (.at.) gmail (.) com Skype: thomas.wusatiuk

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/wusatiuk; my proof: https://keybase.io/wusatiuk/sigs/ZkwajQ5dhexFgy39sGcSSHrXw7JDNhlQyOAfHUvjCwk ]

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wusatiuk··on Show HN: A Github for writers?
from my perspective, from the usability perspective it is much better than draftin.com
wusatiuk··on Stop Watching Us – Find a Viewing Party or Satellite Protest Near You
just heard about it 3 days again but to organize something in Austria, you usually need some weeks of preparation. Hopefully we can support you next year here in Austria as well.
wusatiuk··on Ask HN: What would you do if you've got to make $10k within a month?
thanks for that story... simply awesome!
wusatiuk··on Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
it would be awesome if you could share some details about your screencast setup.
wusatiuk··on Ask HN: What are the differences between a $485 and a $40.000 eye tracker?
Links:

[1] http://gazept.com/products/

[2] http://www.tobii.com/en/eye-tracking-research/global/product...

wusatiuk··on Show HN: We made a low-budget ‘how it works’ video. What do you think?
try to dive a little deeper into usability / conversion rate optimization. I am just writing my thesis about web usability evaluation. there are tons of easy applicapable methods out there, do get a "customers view" on your own project.

Think about which questions a skeptical client could have and try to answer them.

e.g. what if my something is washed-out? satisfaction guarantee?

wusatiuk··on Show HN: We made a low-budget ‘how it works’ video. What do you think?
the video, if it is self-made, is really good. possible the one or another scene i would make a little different, but generally it´s awesome.

some further thoughts: the cookie should be a surprise, and nothing which is getting usual... with such small things you can surprise your customer again and again.

when it comes to your landing page:

- please make the button clickable.

- make the "try now"+ zip code entry above the fold + video smaller

- add a price table which looks more professional

- add a discount / free trial to the first order

- add the notify me directly after zip input, if service not available. if you get featured somewhere in a huge magazine, you will use thousands of potential leads here.

wusatiuk··on Norway's Prime Minister works as a secret taxi driver
at least a politician who wants to know what his folk has to say. If it was a marketing gag, well done!
wusatiuk··on Prototype
what do you exactly need?
wusatiuk··on Deutsche Telekom, Web.de and GMX launch "E-mail made in Germany" initiative
yes, you pay a subscription fee, but this does not automatically mean that you are getting scanned.

I am hove no problem with subscription fees. I have a problem within companies who try to push they clients into subscription through some kind of free trials which then get automatically converted into yearly contract.

wusatiuk··on Show HN: A New Category of Web Forms
is there any way bugs can be reported in a structured way? would be really helpful to further push this plugin, as the idea is awesome!
wusatiuk··on Ask HN: How to securely purchase a project?
there are several escrow services out there which are not meant especially for web projects but you could use them.

it depends on the country of buyer / seller, the amount we are talking about and so on... there are several ways of buying something securely.

wusatiuk··on Panopticlick – How Unique, and Trackable, Is Your Browser?
Here are some further ideas, how to do it: http://www.scatmania.org/2012/04/24/visitor-tracking-without...

or simply enhance the mentioned method my HTML5 / CSS3 support (e.g. through http://modernizr.com/) and you will get even much better results as shown in this study (https://panopticlick.eff.org/browser-uniqueness.pdf).

wusatiuk··on Deutsche Telekom, Web.de and GMX launch "E-mail made in Germany" initiative
what do you mean by the google model?
wusatiuk··on Deutsche Telekom, Web.de and GMX launch "E-mail made in Germany" initiative
reputable location - whatever reputable means...

It´s funny that web.de is also on board. If you have a look at the business model of web.de, they are always trying to get they users automatically locked into an overpriced subscription model after the free trial period ends.

wusatiuk··on KeyMe: Keep Your Keys In The Cloud
the idea is generally a great one, but do we really need to save our key data in the cloud? Especially you think about what happened the last few days & weeks.
wusatiuk··on Ask HN: What prgramming language to learn?
this is a questions asked quite often and i guess there is only one answer: what do you want to achieve? Do you want to make Web Apps, Mobile Apps, Desktop Apps, Games,... there are so many different directions you can go, that you should first answer the questions WHAT and then answer the question HOW and not the other way around.
wusatiuk··on Free time tracking software
Is there anything planned like a small toolbar or a desktop app where i can select a project/task and say "start" and "stop"? That is what i am missing at most time tracking apps. until now we have not found the perfect solution for tracking time in a marketing agency.
wusatiuk··on Yahoo's new killer app
but not only Yahoo, also other could jump on the train now... it is not a matter of $ in the beginning, it is a matter of conception.

@junto it took me some minutes to understand the article, thanks for this awesome piece of content.

wusatiuk··on TestCafé: Web Testing Framework
definitly, if you want to push the product with a video, it should not be longer than 2, max. 3 minutes and you should only show the key aspects.

additionally, you could have a look at some conversion rate bascis (I cannot find a call to action button above the fold,...) or SaaS marketing tips on how to push your product out.

wusatiuk··on Do you need a degree to be a coder?
yep, that is true. what you learn for sure at a university is using the right (intelectual) terms at the right time.
wusatiuk··on Do you need a degree to be a coder?
Same situation in Austria. Not only for development positions, but for nearly every rudimentary interesting job, you need any kind of university degree. I have got another philosophy in finding the right people.

In my opinion, people only need the right attitude and they need to be willing to learn something. all the rest can be teached / learned.

wusatiuk··on Do you need a degree to be a coder?
but you can also be an expert in your fields, even without a a degree.

Think about online marketing practices like SEO. There is no university which is really teaching you how search engines work and you can influence them. You can only read as much as you can and learn on your own experiences.

And even if you have a degree and call yourself a software engineer, it does not imply that you are a one, does it?

wusatiuk··on CEF 3 for Python - Chromium Embedded Framework: Chrome for your python app
Tomczak Czarek - author of CEF - got a new project sponsor and in recent days there have been several nice releases.

Don´t know how you feel, but I got thousands of ideas in mind, which don´t have to be solved via Qt4 WebKit anymore.

wusatiuk··on Have you been hit by Google´s Webspam Team with a Manual Penalty?
It is a quite interesting move from Google. Seems that the data shown is correct. Just the question, if they really show us everything. :)

One great function is that you can then eliminate the errors / spam pages on your website and re-submit for a review by Google´s Webspam Team.

wusatiuk··on Whistle.im (Secure instant messaging)
awesome idea - with "run it in browser" function. This is exactly what i am missing with whatsapp :)
wusatiuk··on SideProjectors – Marketplace to buy and sell side projects
up again, but the projects listed there are not that awesome... does anybody know another marketplace, beside flippa and all those forums?
wusatiuk··on SideProjectors – Marketplace to buy and sell side projects
wow never thought about that, but the is an awesome concept, to help startups to come out of the early stages with some $$, some office space and some marketing consultancy / dev power.
wusatiuk··on [dead]
thanks for the link, will save me 10 minutes of my time reading this article.
wusatiuk··on Who's writing the book on web business? (1996)
you simply have to investigate their balance sheets, and you will know after a couple of hours that they already know form the very beginning how to avoid taxes, no matter in which country they are.
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