Yahoo! is becoming that kid in school who peed their pants in the middle of an exam and now the word is getting around town. How embarrassing for Yahoo! Are they really in such a bad shape that they must now be bought out and set straight by an outside company?
I sometimes feel that there it is a misnomer that they are Google's competitor. Yahoo! has a heavy focus on content and they happen to have a search engine which they used to replace their originally famous directory.
I like to have a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern throughout any name I create. Such names are easy to pronounce and can sometimes have a sing-song sound to it.
I usually think of the idea I am working on and write as many words about it as possible. I then filter/add as needed. After I have a long enough list (and this is where it gets sketchy) I read the words aloud and then set the list aside.
At this point it's worth mentioning that I'm HIGHLY dyslexic and this is where it comes handy: I start mixing the words together in my mind by cutting them up and combining them. This is a process that is very specific to how I might create a name for a project and it might not work for you ;)
Also, I sometimes violate the first rule of the consonant-vowel pattern if I have two words that compliment each other semantically. This can yields the worst results, but it helps filter out what I don't want in a name.
When creating a list of words, I sometimes throw in adjectives that are not related to the concept but evoke a certain feeling/emotion/color. This sometimes helps, sometimes doesn't.
The fact that the rounded rectangle boxes are not evenly spaced shows lack of attention to detail. (yes I'm being a jerk here, but I've found that negative feedback from others has helped me make my project better)
The graphics are grainy. They should be stark and clean. There is too much use of two colors. It feels too monochromatic.
You need a better descriptions to communicate what benefit you have for people to join. Why should I join? There needs to be a more obvious "in your face" explanation highlighting something. The message should be along the lines of "If I join, then _______ is a possibility for me" - what I mean here is that this is the feeling that needs to be evoked within your visitors perception when they read one of the rounded boxes.
The graph could be a 3D graph, it will look unique and at the same time convey a hidden message to explore the site. It's a subtle message that if somebody sees an object of depth then they have an inclination to explore the site
On the about page, you need to have a margin on the sides. Feel free to make the font size bigger.
I click on the "about" section and have no clear way to get back to the main page - BIG MISTAKE! I see that there is an orange "return" button, but this is not intuitive. Clicking on the logo to take us back to the main page would be more intuitive for users and it will let people believe that this is easily navigable.
What is the etiquette regarding asking the YCombinator community to review a site? I just recently joined and I absolutely love the interaction with other community members with submissions like this....
...also I have something I'm working on (surprise surprise) and I would like to submit something of this nature for all to see, once things are up. I wanted to know if asking the community to review my site is something that would get me the feedback I'm looking for (I REALLY want to know why my project sucks or won't work) or if it's something that is not encouraged.