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    Hipmunk Blog

    blog.hipmunk.com · Company blog · on HN since 2010

    The company blog of Hipmunk, a flight search startup, covering product launches, its iPhone app, funding, and travel tips.

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    What HN says

    HN links it for the iPhone app post-mortem, which one commenter used to discuss imposter syndrome, and for design ideas and company announcements.

    Stats for nerds
    19HN people shared it
    24linked in comments
    874story points
    Apr 2012last shared
    2010people per year2012

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      Hipmunk for the iPhone - here's how we built it
      2 people · 173 points · first shared 2011 · 35 comments on HN
    2. 2
      Hipmunk now indicates which flights have Wi-Fi
      1 person · 169 points · first shared 2011 · 44 comments on HN
    3. 3
      Hipmunk demos at Travel Innovation Summit (video)
      1 person · 138 points · first shared 2010 · 60 comments on HN
    4. 4
      Announcing Hipmunk's $15M Series B Funding
      1 person · 104 points · first shared 2012 · 67 comments on HN
    5. 5
      Hipmunk for iPhone
      2 people · 98 points · first shared 2011 · 27 comments on HN
    6. 6
      You asked for it, HN: Hipmunk adds Multi-City Searching and more
      1 person · 31 points · first shared 2010 · 22 comments on HN
    7. 7
      A Staggering Look at Baggage Fees
      1 person · 29 points · first shared 2011 · 33 comments on HN
    8. 8
      Tips from Hipmunk's iPhone app launch to help you rock your next demo
      1 person · 28 points · first shared 2011 · 3 comments on HN
    9. 9
      Making Hipmunk Hotel Search on Mobile
      1 person · 19 points · first shared 2012 · 3 comments on HN
    10. 10
      TIL Why There Are No Non-Stop Flights from SFO to National Airport
      1 person · 17 points · first shared 2010 · 20 comments on HN

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • redthrowawayJan 2011

      I thought the story was that PG wanted his own subreddit where nobody could downvote, you said no, so he built HN (this is a paraphrasing of hazy memories)

      edit: If memory serves, Steve mentioned this offhand in a video interview I saw somewhere. I think this one, but I could be wrong.

      http://blog.hipmunk.com/mixergy-interview-with-steve-huffman-on-reddi

    • MaxGabrielApr 2012

      Have you considered varying the annotations on your map to help differentiate apartments? Hipmunk did a blog post explaining their approach to this, I think it helps you to read data from the map and makes it more visually interesting.
      http://blog.hipmunk.com/1/post/2012/01/the-making-of-hotel-search-on-mobile.html

    • kn0thingJun 2011

      And I highly recommend him (and have to plenty of startups). Check out the interview I did with him after we got the video - I was so impressed. http://blog.hipmunk.com/what-is-hipmunk-one-fan-answers-that-question

    • danilocamposApr 2011

      Yeah, it's comforting to have a label for it. I had a bit of a catharsis with imposter syndrome in this blog post I wrote for my esteemed employer:

      http://blog.hipmunk.com/hipmunk-for-iphone-post-mortem

    • benatkinOct 2011

      It would seem that they know each other:

      http://blog.hipmunk.com/post/6493889280/your-guide-to-a-private-island-vacation-hipmunk http://blog.airbnb.com/your-own-private-island-from-airbnb-hipmunk-a

    • iceyAug 2010

      Company site: http://www.hipmunk.com/

      Crunchbase profile: http://www.crunchbase.com/company/hipmunk

      Launch announcement: http://blog.hipmunk.com/hipmunk-launches

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