SEEKING WORK - Remote or London - Objective-C(iOS)/HTML5/CSS3/Ruby on Rails/git/SQL/Camera Operator/Video Editor & Motion Graphic Designer
I'm currently on the lookout for (ideally) a funded startup who are tracking down a remote developer to help out with development for their iOS/web app. I'd love to work within a team who are also open to using my video skills in addition to development, too! Open to working in-house, but would prefer to work remotely.
* http://wordwiggle.samdoesth.at - Last app I launched, a little 3-4 player word game for three or four players locally. I'm actually on the cusp of launching an update for four players to connect and play across their own devices!
Thanks so much! About the frontend comment - I'd not really heard anything about the actual design, so that's a very welcome piece of feedback - I'll add that to the bugfix list.
I think half the reason I really built this app is because I keep saying on my own Twitter "I want to learn how to do ____ - but I don't know where to start!". When I don't hear anything back, it's a little bit demotivating. I really love the idea of strangers helping strangers with their work and goals too; but I also feel that the questions would be better suited to those who have specified exactly what kind of questions they can answer.
Food for thought, I guess. Thanks so much for your feedback, I really appreciate it :)
No problem! You definitely have a bit of a double edged sword on your hands. Personally, I love the idea that you could help a complete stranger who thinks they are just yelling into the void, at the same time, it would probably be a more useful service if the queries were sent to it directly and tagged by expertise, blah blah blah.
So, do you integrate both behaviors? Cut your baby in half? Whatever you choose to do, I'll be interested in the result. Good luck!
Wouldn't that make it a minimal quora/SO that you don't have to specially post your questions on?
Or, and while we're at it — location filters for location-based questions would be the greatest (although much more hard to implement) feature. I don't want to answer someone's question about his homework, clearly directed for his friends, but I would gladly give advice to a tourist who found himself in a place I know.
I think that the system requires some form of filtering - be it by location, score, hashtag or otherwise. A featured which allows a user to get to the questions they can answer quickly is definitely something that needs to be developed.
It'd also be great if you could add keywords you wanted in the questions surfaced to you, targeting the questions you get more specifically at what you're familiar with ("plumbing", "pipes", "leaking" questions for plumbers etc). Increasing relevance would help make it more useful.
It's so strange that you say that - I actually initially coded it with this exact idea in mind! The only reason I pivoted to regex queries was that in its initial stage, I would have no questions to serve up - but I think #screech is subtle enough to be integrated when the userbase is there!
Thanks again for the feedback, I really appreciate it!
I think the suggestion is that you first look for questions with the hashtag and then if you don't find any look for questions the way you currently are. That way a small user base can make use of the feature but for everyone else it stays the same.
You should also take a look at youasked.it. They're very similar. I think giving the user a chance to filter questions by topic is a very key feature that is missing right now from your implementation.
Hey John, thanks for your comment. I'm working on the questions at the minute - I agree, it's tricky to filter out what are/aren't questions, so that's something that I'll develop to be a little more sophisticated for a future version.
I suppose the purpose of the app was solely to answer questions, really; I didn't even think about the "asking" side - again, something that I think the app could benefit from in the next version.
Thanks again John, really appreciate your feedback :)
I'm currently on the lookout for (ideally) a funded startup who are tracking down a remote developer to help out with development for their iOS/web app. I'd love to work within a team who are also open to using my video skills in addition to development, too! Open to working in-house, but would prefer to work remotely.
* http://wordwiggle.samdoesth.at - Last app I launched, a little 3-4 player word game for three or four players locally. I'm actually on the cusp of launching an update for four players to connect and play across their own devices!
* http://www.samdoesth.at - Full freelance portfolio
* http://vimeo.com/SamDoesThat - Video portfolio
* http://dribbble.com/sarghm - Dribbble (Design WIPs)
* https://www.dropbox.com/s/u134h3gb7mhc8ho/Sam%20Piggott%20-%... - Resume
Contact: piggott.sam[at]gmail.com (looking forward to hearing from you!)