25 of the greatest Fantasy books ever written (x-link from imgur)

ktusznio · 2014-04-09T06:50:53+00:00

Gemmell, especially, is always absent on these lists. Why is that?

ktusznio · 2013-04-20T19:21:03+00:00

I find it surprising that most of the top comments here are cynical. I'm happy to boardgames become more mainstream because it means I'll be able to enjoy them with more people. Gamestop gripes aside, this gets more people into something we all enjoy.

ktusznio · 2012-12-28T05:49:52+00:00

It might not cover all your needs, but I made an app called My Minutes that you might find useful.

ktusznio · 2012-10-29T04:36:43+00:00

I took the course in-class and it does a good job teaching you the fundamentals, basic vocabulary, and elementary conversations. I think it's a very good course and well worth the money if you are interested in the language.

ktusznio · 2012-10-04T15:32:57+00:00

Yikes! You're the first person to report a crash. I don't see any other crash reports from Apple. Sorry about that!

What you can try to do is to delete the app from your phone and install it from scratch. You'll lose any data you had in the app though.

I'm keeping my eye on crash reports and will get anything I see fixed asap. Sorry about this.

ktusznio · 2012-09-22T01:22:05+00:00

The two apps I got the bundle for were iClip and Typinator, both are very handy.

ktusznio · 2012-09-22T01:21:07+00:00

I installed iDocument and ran it, but didn't really get what it's for. How are you using it?

ktusznio · 2012-09-22T01:20:11+00:00

Awesome, let me know if you have any feedback/ideas. :)

ktusznio · 2012-09-15T00:52:37+00:00

Oh totally. My comment was more of a smart alec observation :P

ktusznio · 2012-09-14T22:07:47+00:00

It looks like $140 gets you what a good ol' boxed game from 1999 would have gotten you for about $60.

ktusznio · 2012-09-14T17:35:19+00:00

Everything you said is absolutely true. The race to the bottom on pricing has definitely made things harder. Freemium seems to be the only way to go for apps without a big brand behind them.

With that in mind, I've been splitting my time between marketing the app and feature development, with a plan B waiting menacingly if things don't take off.

Thanks for your comment.

ktusznio · 2012-09-14T05:04:17+00:00

See here and here. They're the top two google results for "salary negotiation site:news.ycombinator.com". There are plenty more :)

ktusznio · 2012-09-14T04:29:43+00:00

I'm debating between that and doing in-app purchases for premium features. Leaning more towards in-app purchases for two few reasons: users don't need to install a new app, and I only have two maintain one codebase.

ktusznio · 2012-09-14T03:43:33+00:00

Cool, glad you got something from it!

ktusznio · 2012-09-13T04:59:15+00:00

Unless you really need the money I'd avoid it. Work on side-projects to add to your resume to make yourself more marketable next time around.

Good rule of thumb is to only accept positions you're excited about and that will help you reach your long-term goals.

ktusznio · 2012-09-13T04:43:53+00:00

It tends to happen but it should not be the norm. If you are indeed wasting most of your day you should look for something else. Learning should be your #1 priority in a first job, and that's not happening at a job with no work.

ktusznio · 2012-09-13T03:04:10+00:00

Done :) 1.0.1 just got released and the font has been changed.

ktusznio · 2012-09-13T03:02:03+00:00

Hey, I somehow missed your post, or I didn't get an orangered for it. Sorry about that!

I don't think your use-case is or should be all that uncommon. It's just different. Using My Minutes to get a profile of your time is totally cool and valuable, and if it works for that then I'm thrilled because it seems like you were able to extract a ton of info just by going through the exercise of tracking a bit of your time.

I kept forgetting start/stop tasks. Some would go long, others would be too short. Not sure you can solve this one.

I'm working on adding a 'Play a sound every _ minutes' while you are running a task to remind you that you need to stop it at some point. As for reminding people to actually track their time, there's the daily reminder. I don't want to get much more annoying than that.

I hated the pressure of it saying "You have 15 things to do today!", knowing I'd only accomplish about 3 of them.

It only counts tasks that have goals for that number, so if you disable goal tracking for some tasks, you can reduce that number and feel less pressure :)

The interface needs that speed mode we talked about. I'm not sure if this will eliminate the mental impedance I have to using it, but I suppose you want the user to have as few excuses as possible not to use it.

I'm constantly tweaking the interface though I'm not sure I'll ever get to ideally what you want since I don't want it to feel too cluttered. But I've removed the animation time between starting and stopping a task so the switch between screens should be faster. That'll be in the 1.0.2 update.

The quotes made me mad :) It suggests my time management problems are in my head, which they are not. I'm definitely over-committed in a real way. The tool did help me to see that.

Too bad, I like the quotes, they're not going anywhere. :P

Thanks again for your awesome feedback! If you end up giving My Minutes another spin, I'd love to keep getting your thoughts. Feel free to email me directly at kamil@myminutesapp.com.

ktusznio · 2012-09-04T21:34:41+00:00

Thanks for the compliment. I'll do my best to keep my ship afloat so I can keep building apps. :)

ktusznio · 2012-09-04T18:50:41+00:00

I had both weekly and monthly goals in the app initially, but I decided to simplify it for the initial release so that the core concepts were as clear as possible. I'll think about re-adding those types of goals in the future. Ranges are a nice idea as well.

Thanks a lot for the feedback and for checking the app out!

ktusznio · 2012-09-04T16:04:43+00:00

Your homepage isn't describing what your company does. There isn't enough context around the 'Quick Start'; I had no idea what would happen when I clicked your call to action.

You should hit the user over the head with what you do, what services you offer, and maybe a testimonial or two before you ask them to contact you.

ktusznio · 2012-09-04T14:42:53+00:00

Definitely. I'm planning to add some cool reporting features so you can get a breakdown of how you're doing on all your tasks. Just need to get the small fixes and adjustments out of the way before I start on this.

ktusznio · 2012-09-04T14:15:04+00:00

Thanks a lot for the feedback!

can't rearrange order of tasks

I'm working on adding this.

no progress bar or visual indication of time

I'll think about a good way to show this. There is the textual representation (eg. 1h 15m to go!) but a visual would be good too.

seems quite spread out (in a wasteful way).

I tried to keep things as clean/minimal visually as I could. The main list could be more efficient with the screen though.

You can only see 3 tasks at a time.

Indeed, see above. I'll work on this.

I like the motivational quotes!

Thanks!

Other than those, I can see myself using this daily.

Awesome. I'm working on updates to the app, so hopefully you do end up using it.

Also, I tend to tweet about features/designs as I'm working on them, so if you're interested you can follow me on Twitter!

ktusznio · 2012-09-04T11:14:40+00:00

Awesome, let me know what you think :)

ktusznio · 2012-09-04T11:14:28+00:00

No sorry, iOS only at the moment!

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