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nate
7,926karma·1,070submissions·October 10, 2006
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YC alum. Founded Inkling and Draft. Ran Highrise. Founding engineer at Census (acquired by Fivetran)
https://ninjasandrobots.com
I'm working on https://allihat.com, https://pageforth.com, and more. If I can be helpful at all with anything, please hit me up on X (@natekontny) or email me anytime (nate.kontny+hn@gmail.com).
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Alex Osborn was a partner at BBDO and had many secrets to his brainstorming sessions. The most important rule: don't criticize each other. In 2003, Charlan Nemeth, a professor of psychology at th…
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That's really interesting. It's like we've all been conditioned to just have unconscious clicking patterns to deal with this headache. Opening up new tabs for things was definitely an e…
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I pondered doing something like that, however there's a performance impact with that version right? So if I want to let a user scroll for 5 pages (30 records each), click on something, and then g…
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Ha yep! Before our snapback cache, what you're saying was the solution we kept recommending to folks. We use javascript to make the whole note a clickable target area, not just the hyperlink. And…
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Really depends on what you click on. Twitter and Facebook both have most clicks keep you in the context of the feed with modals or in place expansions. But every now and then some action they haven&#x…
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Thanks! It's outsourced. I actually use another YC company, Mobileworks, to source the editors. As for time limit I just charge for 15 minutes or 45 minutes. You get what you get in that bucket. …
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No problem at all! I understand too. This stuff has a way of making us cranky. Probably because the success part of getting people to use something isn't as formulaic as building something. I qui…
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Hmm, sorry if my article seems to come across that way? I feel like many of the points I'm making are very much: you aren't going to get rich quick. You need to practice to get good at somet…
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Love that. Thanks.
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I think too much time is spent thinking only "obvious" features are well designed. If it's not obvious it's poorly designed. It doesn't have to be this rigid dichotomy. I thin…