A clean, focussed solution for facebook checking into facebook.
Facebook's native iOS app, though really great, does not focus on the check-in experience as a core feature. This app addresses this by creating a clean end to end check-in experience not too unlike foursquare.
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[22:27] kephra: nice one.
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[22:28] using Logic, Ableton, and lots of pneumatics
[22:28] micrypt: 5.3 came out in 2010
[22:28] jaequery: It's entirely possible I've just run into the 5.2-using bunch. Just wondered. Thanks.
[22:28] micrypt: you would think they'd have updated by now
[22:28] aristid: Yeah, they move really slowly.
[22:29] micrypt: it's ridiculous IMHO
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[22:30] aristid: If they had any sense we wouldn't have needed Joyent, AWS, Heroku etc.
[22:30] aristid: It's safe to assume that they don't give a damn about supporting "new" things.
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[22:30] Stickboy (drums) was created to exacting specifications. 4 arms, 2 legs, 1 head, no brain. he plays a Pearl 14 piece kit with double kick. stickboy junior, the bastard child of an unknown mother takes control of the hihat shuffle. inception date 2007
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[22:30] micrypt: they being redhat?
[22:30] Drat… it's back. :
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[22:31] a drummer without a brain - but he has 4 arms
[22:31] aristid: Oh, thought you meant shared hosting companies. Redhat's slow enough too though. :P
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[22:31] Hey guys! Not sure if I'm at the right place. I've just shipped a new iOS app for Facebook Checkins and would love any feedback you can give me. Here're the HN / App Store URLs: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5172716 / https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/checkedin/id596726594?mt=8
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[22:32] micrypt: i don't expect much from the scum of the ea... from shared hosting companies.
[22:32] http://compressorheadband.com/media/ <- more videos of the band
[22:32] aristid: Yeah.
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[22:33] aristid: How's the Hydrogen Sonata so far? No spoilers…
[22:34] anyone?
[22:34] Teja: Taking a look.
[22:34] micrypt: nice
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[22:34] Thank you :)
[22:34] micrypt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is6gtilerPk
[22:34] karstensrage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is6gtilerPk
[22:35] mheld: OMIGOD!!! :D
[22:35] micrypt: i can tell you things that are on the cover tho :P it's about a civilization that has decided to go Sublime, and last-minute military problems.
[22:35] omg,omg lol
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[22:35] micrypt: the people there have clocks that tell the time until Sublimination
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[22:36] micrypt: actually, that track is particularly interesting
[22:36] micrypt: it's got a lot in common with house music
[22:36] Teja: Looks nice. I'm not on a Facebook so I'll probably skip installing it. If you don't mind, I'll have to give any opinion at all based on the preview shots…
[22:36] micrypt: especially inpetto
[22:36] Death to Chanserv!!! O_O
[22:36] haha, sure thing
[22:37] Thanks Google for telling me my site is converting well for (not provided)
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[22:38] Teja: Alright then. I figure you built this partly because you wanted/need it. You might want to spend a bit more time polishing the UI if you want others to try it out. Part of why Facebook's apps are popular is that they do look nice.
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[22:38] Teja: Things like cutting off the location names nicely rather than placing buttons over them… adding borders between distinct UI components.
[22:39] Hmm… seems like Chanserv's having a rough day.
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[22:40] ChanServ: Been hitting the bottle a bit early today, buddy?
[22:40] @micrypt Any specific things I can change ? I agree it doesn't feel as polished as Facebook Photos / Messenger .. which was what I was going for when I started building the app..
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[22:40] Teja: Those are at least two specific changes. ^
[22:41] Teja: You don't want it to feel polished?
[22:41] oops, yes
[22:41] missed that message
[22:41] I do, ofc
[22:41] Teja: No worries.
[22:41] Teja: Ah, alright. Didn't quite understand your statement.
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[22:41] seems ok, not really a big n'sync fan though
[22:43] micrypt: Yeah, agree with both. I could probably make them pretty quickly. I'll think it through, prolly clean it up a little more ..
[22:43] mheld: OK. You started this. http://youtu.be/Eo-KmOd3i7s
[22:43] Teja: Yup. Best of luck.
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[22:43] micrypt: Any suggestions on how to get users? I'm getting ~30-40 dls a day from the App Store, but that isn't very good ..
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[22:44] Teja: Marketing, usually. Ads? Reddit?
[22:44] teja: apply for SXSW
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[22:44] and have a nice looking homepage
[22:45] you need the help of media to get any more exposure to your app
[22:45] yep. r/entrepreneur kinda went meh
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[22:46] usually one media writes your story, other media (100+'s) follow suit
[22:46] its got a trickle down effect
[22:47] for starters, http://www.makeuseof.com/ is a good one
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[22:47] nice. should I just be cold e-mailing bloggers?
[22:48] For me it went post on HN > post picked up by some blogs > more blogs pick up story from those blogs.
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[22:48] Never had any luck with cold emails, although I've only sent a dozen.
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[22:49] Teja: Hmm… perhaps not. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7wyT2CgmFQ
[22:49] there is this one site, i forget the name
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[22:49] Teja: He has an article on the same subject, but I can't find it right now.
[22:49] basically you can list your site up there, and then other companies like, makeuseof.com and hundred others will pick it up
[22:49] I'll try find it.
[22:49] if you pay like $200 it expedites your listing
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[22:51] ah found it
[22:51] http://www.go2web20.net/
[22:51] i think you'll be surprised how well that works
[22:52] oh, cool!
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[22:53] Thanks a bunch for the help guys! I'm on a holiday in Istanbul right now, time to head out and stop worrying about the app for a bit :)
[22:53] if your site gets listed, it'll guarantee (at least from my experience) your listing and reviews on sites like makeuseof.com and bunch of others .. should give you up to 50k/month traffic for next 3-4 months