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Comments on “HERO Keyboard v2.0”
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Corey Stone@coreywstone · UX guy, Founder of HERO Keyboard
Hello Product Hunters! I’m honored to be hunted by @mijustin, who continually inspires me! I’m a full-time UX designer with 4 kids, so I’ve done my share of one-handed baby-holding typing. There must be a better way, I thought (to type, not parent). So I designed HERO, which reduces finger travel by 35% (or “3 feet per Tweet”), and only takes a few days t… See more
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DJ Johnson@johnson3650 · Software Developer
@coreywstone @mijustin @herokeyboard @herokeyboards " I’m self-funded and I use contract developers, so my funds slow my progress" Why not go open source?
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Evan Petrack@petrev01 · People Researcher; Loves GIS & Data
@johnson3650 @coreywstone @mijustin @herokeyboard @herokeyboards 2nding open source!
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Corey Stone@coreywstone · UX guy, Founder of HERO Keyboard
@petrev01 @johnson3650 @mijustin I've considered partnering with a developer, though few have keyboard experience, I've found. So let me make sure I understand you correctly: if I open source it, there's basically no way I could make revenue on it, correct?
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Evan Petrack@petrev01 · People Researcher; Loves GIS & Data
@coreywstone @johnson3650 @mijustin You can make certain pieces of the software/code open-source, but wouldn't have to go open-source with 100% of everything. Here's some links! https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/0... http://www.thewindowsclub.com/op... [that second one looks a little bit outdated, but still has some good stuff] The Mozilla Foundation is a gr… See more
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DJ Johnson@johnson3650 · Software Developer
@petrev01 @coreywstone @mijustin This^ Open sourcing is not a sure fire thing that you're going to have developers offering to help, but if people enjoy the project they'll certainly try. You'll be able to moderate what changes go in and out and github has its own issue tracker so that will be convenient as well.
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