Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: We're about to launch digitalpigeon.com, what should we do before hand?

2012-02-08 Thread Geoff McQueen | AffinityLive
Damian, Part of me likes that idea, part of me worries that is an engineer seeing something cool and solving a problem the customer doesn't have. Both of me is probably wrong; I'd suggest using some fake doors[1] to test whether people are interested in it (like a checkbox on the upload which says

[SiliconBeach] Re: We're about to launch digitalpigeon.com, what should we do before hand?

2012-02-08 Thread damianharvey
Have you thought about allowing the recipients to start downloading while the file is uploading? Sites like http://ge.tt do this. I would think that they have to customise the HTTP server to allow it to send out the bytes from the stream as it is uploaded. Either that or chunk it. On Feb 9, 12:

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Seeking Tech Co-founder(ish type people)

2012-02-08 Thread Shane Greenup
LOL Yep, I was tempted to comment that it is a bit harder than 5 min worth of "Meet at pub X at time Y" Even a simple event is harder to organise than that, but an event where you are trying to bring two different groups of people together to exchange ideas and get along etc. Doesn't strike me as e

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Seeking Tech Co-founder(ish type people)

2012-02-08 Thread Ryan Wardell
We're actually looking at expanding the event to Melbourne very soon, just need to get the model right in Sydney first. And we even have some people flying up FROM Melbourne, just to attend the event. I can also say too - while it looks easy pulling an event together, it really is a bit harder th

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Seeking Tech Co-founder(ish type people)

2012-02-08 Thread Nigel Sheridan-Smith
Theoretically, someone motivated in Melbourne could also nominate a time and place for co-founder speed dating. Meet at Pub X at date and time Y... Takes <5 mins of organization work, until the actual event... :) It just depends on whether you can attract enough business co-founders to match up

[SiliconBeach] Re: Seeking Tech Co-founder(ish type people)

2012-02-08 Thread Jake
Thank Rai, I'm in Melbourne (which seems to be the wrong place for tech startups at the moment) but appreciate the link. On Feb 7, 2:34 pm, Rai wrote: > Just the event for you coming up on the 20th of Feb. > Cofounder speed datinghttp://cofounderspeeddate-estw.eventbrite.com/ > > Rai > > > > > >

[SiliconBeach] SBA in action

2012-02-08 Thread Graham Lea
About two weeks ago I asked here on SBA whether anyone was able to help me out by giving me an intro to a band manager who'd be willing to have a chat about the music industry. Yesterday I was able to line up 3 meetings with people in the industry, each of whom had unique and valuable experiences

[SiliconBeach] Re: StartUp House

2012-02-08 Thread Ernest Semerda
I agree with Elias. If your a tech company you need some sort of a presence in Silicon Valley. But I think the biggest value you will gain is access to quality software engineering talent. There is plenty here, both good and bad, but the good you do come across are long time keepers. People you see

[SiliconBeach] Re: StartUp House

2012-02-08 Thread Ernest Semerda
I'm a Hacker Dojo member (and an Aussie from Sydney) and can tell you that Hacker Dojo at $100/month is a bloody unbeatable value. There are plenty of monitors laying around at the Dojo for use including plenty of wide screen ones. There are heaps of desks & new chairs (inc new private areas), 3 x

Re: [SiliconBeach] Digest for silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com - 8 Messages in 5 Topics

2012-02-08 Thread Nathan Parrott
Any sports fans out there because I just whipped up my second free android app, this time its a widget. Lets you put your favourite sports team on your home screen, also shows you how many other people support that team as well. Its called "FanWear" and is available from here: https://market.andr

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: We're about to launch digitalpigeon.com, what should we do before hand?

2012-02-08 Thread Dan Washusen
Hi Alwin, Thanks for the feedback. The app essentially replaces a work flow process of: Create files that are too big to email Open an an email client, attach the files and send the email A little while latter, a bounce will come back saying mailbox full Upload files to a FTP server While waiti

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: We're about to launch digitalpigeon.com, what should we do before hand?

2012-02-08 Thread Alwin Chin
Hi Dan, This looks like a really promising app. Does this system replace an already existing email interface such as gmail or Outlook (tsk tsk tsk)? Or is it built for integration via plugins etc? On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:28 PM, Dan Washusen wrote: > Sorry, that test credit card number (obv

[SiliconBeach] Re: We're about to launch digitalpigeon.com, what should we do before hand?

2012-02-08 Thread Dan Washusen
Sorry, that test credit card number (obviously) doesn't work when pointing at the *real* payment gateway... -- Dan Washusen Make big files fly visit digitalpigeon.com (http://digitalpigeon.com) On Wednesday, 8 February 2012 at 8:04 PM, Dan Washusen wrote: > Hey all, > After a stupendous am

[SiliconBeach] We're about to launch digitalpigeon.com, what should we do before hand?

2012-02-08 Thread Dan Washusen
Hey all, After a stupendous amount of work we're getting ready to officially launch our app and switch to a paid system. Up until this point we've been working off word of mouth to get people using and testing our app, which has worked out pretty well (we started with roughly 200 friends and colle