HackerThings
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SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
34 positive, 34 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 75 comments about the project. Thread score +0.42.
Idea: 12 for, 1 againstDesign: 4 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple, well-designed site
From 2 comments
Excellent job! Clean, simple, effective... perfect. Will you update this daily? And will the number of items you showcase be the same?
sfkaos on HNThis is one of the most well-designed and interesting projects I've seen posted here. Considering you built it in a weekend, that's truly amazing. What's your plan going forward?
revorad on HN
Fun and interesting collection of products
From 2 comments
This is the greatest site I have ever seen
macca321 on HNnice collection
geekytenny on HN
Hacker-news orange styling fits the audience
From 1 comment
I love how the use of "hacker-news orange" (#f60) instantly makes things look hacker-ish now! (Might just be for me)
mark_h on HN
Objections
Facebook association and privacy concerns
From 2 comments
Really very nice, and I appreciate the time and effort you put into this. Have to say, though, that the Facebook association leaves a bad taste.
jamesbritt on HNReally? Really. This complaining about facebook is getting ridiculous. No, it's not. What's ridiculous is the way Facebook treats privacy. If you're OK with that, and are happy…
jamesbritt on HN
Some listed products are expensive or poor quality, such as rechargeable USB batteries
From 1 comment
Word of warning: DO NOT buy the rechargeable USB batteries. They are very cheap and leaked acid (I owned two). Also, they do not hold a charge for more than a day in my…
ltamake on HN
Requests
Categories and filtering
From 2 comments
This is pretty neat, but it'd be more useful if it had some basic category filtering. That way I could filter out all the electrical engineery stuff from the other stuff, for…
aashay on HNCool! One suggestion - make it more like Uncrate: http://uncrate.com/ So, add: - Tags - Categories - Filtering (most popular, saved, etc) - Saving - Blog style (so people can…
mbesto on HN
Tags and user suggestions
From 2 comments
Bullshit - curation is a valuable act and you should get something for doing a good job of it. Also, you should build a machine learning thing to up/down rank stuff based on…
joshu on HNWhat would be the best way for others to suggest products to add? Tweet them @hackerthings?
paul-woolcock on HN
Add more products such as mechanical keyboards and kits
From 2 comments
Pretty cool. It reminds me of what ThinkGeek used to be before it turned into Spencer's for faux-nerds. One suggestion, mechanical keyboards. Das Model S…
angrycoder on HNDude, awesome! - I would suggest feeding in some of the dev kits from Digikey. The Parallax devices are pretty spiffy, as is the XMOS XCore. - What about a magstripe reader? -…
pnathan on HN
Pricing kept up to date automatically
From 1 comment
I've seen a couple of sites like this that have done well generating traffic from niche forum banner ads (http://toppppp.com is the one that sprints to mind immediately). My…
toot on HN
Questions
How the site makes money or plans to
From 2 comments
Nicely done. I'm looking forward to seeing more web-stores that just link to other websites for the checkout process. Does this have a name? Product curating? Question: do you…
msutherl on HNThe site looks great, full of stuff I'm now trying not to buy... How to plan to make money from the site? I guessed that the links would be tracked to affiliate schemes but they…
webmonkeyuk on HN
How often it is updated
From 1 comment
How often will this be updated?
bprater on HN
Alternatives named
ThinkGeek
From 1 comment
Pretty cool. It reminds me of what ThinkGeek used to be before it turned into Spencer's for faux-nerds. One suggestion, mechanical keyboards. Das Model S…
angrycoder on HN
SparkFun
From 1 comment
ie. if SparkFun, ThinkGeek and Maker SHED had a baby...
mkramlich on HN
Uncrate
From 1 comment
Cool! One suggestion - make it more like Uncrate: http://uncrate.com/ So, add: - Tags - Categories - Filtering (most popular, saved, etc) - Saving - Blog style (so people can…
mbesto on HN
Inventables
From 1 comment
Huh, the temperature-sensitive glass [1] featured on the home page seems backwards. The coolest parts are red, and the hottest parts, blue. (This violates color theory and…
alanh on HN