aderaynal's comments

aderaynal | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2017)

Apply at: https://www.fantasypros.com/about/careers/

aderaynal | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2016)

Experience with US fantasy sports is a strong requirement for the PM position.

aderaynal | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2016)

FantasyPros | Full-time | Remote | Web Developer, Sys Admin/Dev Ops, Product Manager

Join on our 15-person team and help us build one of the coolest Fantasy Sports site/app...

https://www.fantasypros.com/about/careers/

aderaynal | 13 years ago | on: App Engine down

I have 2 M/S apps and 3 HRD. They are all down :(

aderaynal | 13 years ago | on: NFL opens Pandora's Box by offering All-22 tape to public

here's my startup/side project: http://app.pickemfirst.com

aderaynal | 13 years ago | on: NFL opens Pandora's Box by offering All-22 tape to public

I'm also at the intersection of HN and fantasy football, which led me to create http://app.pickemfirst.com a browser extension to manage your fantasy teams

aderaynal | 14 years ago | on: 200 TB of 1000 genomes data on Amazon S3 as a public dataset

that's exactly what I'm during at my day job: http://nextbio.com

aderaynal | 14 years ago | on: Think twice before installing Chrome extensions

it is not moderated at all. Updates to existing extensions are available within seconds on the chrome webstore...

aderaynal | 14 years ago | on: ESPN Developer Center

I'm sure they will add american football this summer. and I haven't heard of fantasy soccer on cbs sports.

aderaynal | 14 years ago | on: ESPN Developer Center

CBS takes a 30% cut on all app sales

aderaynal | 14 years ago | on: Introducing Chrome for Android

what makes you think they will ?

aderaynal | 14 years ago | on: CBS Sports launches online market place for fantasy sports apps

On day 1, they have 11 apps from 5 companies.

It will be interesting to see if many developers jump in. My experience is that the intersection between fantasy sports fans and the tech crowd is very thin.

I have already build 4 (small) apps on CBS' platform. I will be happy to share my experience if anyone on HN is interested...

aderaynal | 14 years ago | on: CBS Sports Opens Site to App Makers

I'm building my first app. It's very easy to get started.

here is better summary of what's in it for developers http://sportology.us/2012/01/cbs-sports-offers-fantasy-platf...

aderaynal | 14 years ago | on: Sarah Lacy launches PandoDaily (with former Techcrunch writers)

I've just copy pasted http://pandodaily.com/ in Google Reader's subscribe field

and here's what I got: You have subscribed to "Most Odd - Facts of Interest." It discovered http://mostodd.wordpress.com/feed/

very odd indeed...

aderaynal | 14 years ago | on: How the new Chrome Web Store increased signups by 1000%

this used to be indicated in the previous version of the Chrome store.

But if I remember correctly there was no option for freemium. So most freemium apps were shown as free (mine included)

aderaynal | 14 years ago | on: How the new Chrome Web Store increased signups by 1000%

The new pages look good but I wonder how they chose the new featured extensions...

I created a fantasy sport extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cnnckoodldcbgegkml... It was featured in the old webstore in the sports category

In the new webstore, it is buried behind random team-based themes (university of Texas, Philadelphia Flyers...) and non sports related extensions (geo chaching, body mass index... https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/ext/13-sports

Did they pick the extensions with the best looking banners ???

aderaynal | 14 years ago | on: My Users Say "No Thanks" to Free Money?

Is there anyway you can make your product more useful for your users if their friends join too ? Easier said than done, I know... but this is maybe the only way to generate more sharing.

aderaynal | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Do you accept advertising from online poker sites?

all right, I will stay away from it... my partner was a bit reluctant anyway.

aderaynal | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Should I force users to validate their email address after signing up?

I don't really need to confirm them.

I was just wondering if it would help future emails find their way to the user's inbox...

aderaynal | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Should I force users to validate their email address after signing up?

Thanks for the pointers.

spammer sign up is not a concern.

I will try some A/B tests. I was ust hoping to get similar data from fellow HNers...