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samson
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Putting the Del.icio.us Lesson into Practice, Part II: Feature Creep
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danw
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I agree wholeheartedly with the comments about simplicity.I was recently watching a car video on the tube with a friend (http://youtube.com/watch?v=wJEx-xUHe94) and it reminded me of my personal goal to keep my web project simple. In the video Jeremy Clarkson the host of top gear was reviewing the car, and what showed throughtout the video was how much he genuinely loved the car for its simiplicity. And car enthusiast can be one of the most hypercritical end consumers of a product especially when its missing features.Rolls Royce certainly had the power to put any feature they wanted in the car, but what impressed the consumer was the discipline to keep it simple. And we've all had this effect on us on the web from using del.icio.us to google.I've set the goal for my project to create such end consumer passion through simiplicty. And with any luck maybe I'll one day be able to afford the Phantom.
| null | 1 | 11 |
2007-08-11 01:59:17 UTC
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41,413 | 41,290 |
tipjoy
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Fitts' Law: A Usability Quiz
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joshwa
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Putting the menus either at the top or the left (or right or bottom) of a browser window won't do a thing to address the issue here, unless the user always maximizes their browser to fill their screen. In that case, flush left or right would be good from a Fitts' point of view. But most users don't use their browser this way. You could consider enlarging your links and/or buttons so the hit space is larger. You could add a buffer zone around the hit space so if the user gets 'close enough' then that is equivalent to hitting the target. Space your hit spaces far enough apart so that users don't hit incorrectly. Run usability tests and time your users on common tasks, then iterate your design.An important aspect of Fitts' law is minimizing the amount of movement the user has to do to get to the place they need to go to complete the next action in their task flow. Therefore you can cluster similar actions together so that the user doesn't have to move around the screen a lot to accomplish a given task. An interesting part of Bruce's post was his mention of circular menus. Fitts' law tells us they'd be easier to use than linear menus. But usability, like so much else in life, is not so cut and dry. I would predict that the increased cognitive load that the user experienced when they saw a circular list of options rather than a linear one would slow them down so much as to outweigh the benefits of not having to move as much to get to their desired action. All things equal, circular menus may be more efficient than linear ones. However unless the whole world changes to circular menus - or at least, one whole computer environment, applications and OS included - introducing this in your application would slow your users down.
| null | 0 | 15 |
2007-08-11 02:38:24 UTC
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41,418 | 41,414 |
veritas
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Would it make sense to have intentional lengthy downtimes to increase press coverage (assuming your service is popular enough for the press to care)?
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amichail
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No because you piss off your users.
| null | 3 | 1 |
2007-08-11 03:02:32 UTC
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41,432 | 41,302 |
daniel-cussen
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230+ Tools for Running a Business Online
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nreece
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It's scary, though...just think of the market shrinkage.
| null | 1 | 17 |
2007-08-11 04:19:13 UTC
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41,435 | 41,431 |
mika
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4 Things I Hate about the Internet
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goodmike
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I was expecting one of the four things to be myspace
| null | 0 | 5 |
2007-08-11 04:33:09 UTC
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41,438 | 41,269 |
nanijoe
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First look at YC Demo Day
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rokhayakebe
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I personally liked anywhere.FM on first use. There may be other sites that provide the same features, but I don't know them.
My first instinct is to use the website to share my music with my brother who lives on another continent
| null | 0 | 25 |
2007-08-11 05:07:30 UTC
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41,442 | 41,414 |
vlad
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Would it make sense to have intentional lengthy downtimes to increase press coverage (assuming your service is popular enough for the press to care)?
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amichail
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If you honestly don't think you'll have enough unplanned downtime and backlogs of e-mails anyway, you're mistaken.Even more so when all you can say is "I took the server down just for attention" to your customers, users, investors, and the bloggers the next day.
| null | 0 | 1 |
2007-08-11 05:37:05 UTC
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41,443 | 41,414 |
zaidf
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Would it make sense to have intentional lengthy downtimes to increase press coverage (assuming your service is popular enough for the press to care)?
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amichail
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No because it is not a sustainable means of growth. Not to mention that press coverage you are looking for will likely not come. Or when it does come, it will do more harm than good.
| null | 1 | 1 |
2007-08-11 05:37:40 UTC
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41,445 | 41,430 |
vlad
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Study users by letting them design your UI
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pg
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I guess you could hold a contest where users have to both submit their design ideas and vote on what they like, and giving a prize to those whose ideas you use; acceptance of which indicates they agree that you're allowed to use their ideas.
| null | 1 | 5 |
2007-08-11 05:45:04 UTC
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41,461 | 41,460 |
vlad
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Was Dell.com hacked just a bit so most wouldn't notice? How would you detect that?
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vlad
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If you visit http://www.dell.com/smb , you will see that Dell proudly states that they're the #1 PC of Choice in the US? (with a question mark.)Google's cache shows a + at the end, instead of a question mark. Since this is an image file, and not text, how do you propose this happened? Surely, it's supposed to say ".. in the US+". The + reference still exists at the bottom of the live page...
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If you visit www.dell.com/smb , you will see that Dell proudly states that they're the #1 PC of Choice in the US? (with a question mark.)Google's cache shows a + at the end, instead of a question mark. Since this is an image file, and not text, how do you propose this happened? Surely, it's supposed to say ".. in the US*".
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2007-08-11 06:38:00 UTC
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41,463 | 41,460 |
rms
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Was Dell.com hacked just a bit so most wouldn't notice? How would you detect that?
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vlad
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There are a lot of hackers that are never caught. My credit card was stolen from what I think must be an online store that no one noticed had customer information stolen.. He bought three anonymous web proxy accounts with my CC on David Rusenko's non-Weebly company, in a weird coincidence.
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If you visit www.dell.com/smb , you will see that Dell proudly states that they're the #1 PC of Choice in the US? (with a question mark.)Google's cache shows a + at the end, instead of a question mark. Since this is an image file, and not text, how do you propose this happened? Surely, it's supposed to say ".. in the US*".
| 2 | 5 |
2007-08-11 06:48:12 UTC
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41,465 | 41,460 |
cperciva
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Was Dell.com hacked just a bit so most wouldn't notice? How would you detect that?
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vlad
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No. Almost certainly what happened is that the image was being regenerated after being edited, and the dagger character (the + with a long tail) used was missing from the font on the system in question. Replacing a missing glyph with a question mark is a standard thing to do, on the basis that it's something people usually notice when proofreading... but unfortunately it isn't quite so obvious when the missing character occurs at the end of a sentence.Never ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by incompetence, particularly where proofreading is concerned.
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If you visit www.dell.com/smb , you will see that Dell proudly states that they're the #1 PC of Choice in the US? (with a question mark.)Google's cache shows a + at the end, instead of a question mark. Since this is an image file, and not text, how do you propose this happened? Surely, it's supposed to say ".. in the US*".
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2007-08-11 06:56:40 UTC
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41,470 | 41,433 |
palish
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Facebook Source Code
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bkrausz
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And already nuked. I'm impressed with how quickly Facebook reacted. That was only three hours ago!
| null | 2 | 11 |
2007-08-11 07:42:21 UTC
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41,472 | 41,420 |
zero
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John Resig - The Browser Scripting Revolution
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nickb
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should these projects succeed the resulting effect upon
the web development industry will be incalculable
Some coders will use Python instead of Javascript. Users wont even notice. "Revolution" might be a bit overstated.
| null | 2 | 13 |
2007-08-11 07:59:49 UTC
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41,474 | 41,269 |
zach
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First look at YC Demo Day
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rokhayakebe
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"A stock-picking community?" Worthio two-point-oh?
| null | 5 | 25 |
2007-08-11 08:04:28 UTC
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41,476 | 41,420 |
mxh
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John Resig - The Browser Scripting Revolution
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nickb
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Two thoughts: First of all, I'm a Python fan, and would like to use it client-side. But the truth is that ECMAScript ain't that bad, it's just a little strange. I'm not at all convinced that it's a huge win to use Python over ECMAScript, although I'd choose to, given the opportunity.Secondly, this is cool, but if it depends on users installing a plug-in to IE for anything to happen, it's unlikely to amount to much. I don't see devs using anything (except Flash) that forces their users to choose between installing something (scary!) or going to another site.
| null | 1 | 13 |
2007-08-11 08:11:03 UTC
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41,479 | 41,433 |
bkrausz
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Facebook Source Code
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bkrausz
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Yea, that only took like 3 hours. Someone had to log on at 11:30 on a Friday to send out that email...now that's job dedication.
| null | 1 | 11 |
2007-08-11 08:42:11 UTC
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mdolon
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Finish the sentence...
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ctingom
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imaginary, since I don't have an office job.
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When I arrive at the office in the morning, everyone else is usually _____.(inspired by http://www.brainfuel.tv/finish-the-sentence)
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2007-08-11 08:52:05 UTC
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41,494 | 41,477 |
Goladus
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Supermarket 2.0 - Web2.0 Parody (vid)
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nickb
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Heh, that store was fairly suffocating for a Web2.0 supermarket. I was expecting something more like an Apple store.
| null | 0 | 2 |
2007-08-11 13:25:13 UTC
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41,495 | 41,420 |
ivankirigin
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John Resig - The Browser Scripting Revolution
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nickb
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I'm learning Javascript just to make a web app. There is nothing hard about it, with lots of resources available. Already knowing Python & Ruby makes things easier for me.But if people only need to know Python, then web apps will become that much easier to make. I think this is related to the trend for smaller/lighter companies.More people will think small and make startups if you don't need to know as much to make good applications. Lowering the number of languages needed to make an application would be a significant step in that direction. And making that language Python, which many would agree is one of the easiest languages to learn, will make it that much easier.
| null | 0 | 13 |
2007-08-11 13:32:24 UTC
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41,499 | 40,472 |
nandan
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Age and the entrepreneur, part 1: Some data
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terpua
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"The odds of a hit versus a miss do not increase over time. The periods of one's career with the most hits will also have the most misses. So maximizing quantity -- taking more swings at the bat -- is much higher payoff than trying to improve one's batting average."Of all the conclusions, this one threw me off quite a bit. I realize Marc is going to be following this article up with a part 2, but I d be interested to see just how a "swing at the bat" is defined in the start-up context. If a swing is defined as one iteration, then seeing no "systematic developmental trends" in the "quality ratio" goes very much against the grain. I would argue that every iteration teaches us something that is quite applicable in the "general" sense to future iterations (for different products/services and across markets).In any case, even if this conclusion is considered in a non-startup context, its still very bothersome. For example, if a "swing at the bat" is defined as one complete work, such as a Book or a Musical Piece, why arent there developmental trends in the quality ratio?
| null | 5 | 40 |
2007-08-11 14:03:57 UTC
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41,501 | 41,420 |
aandreev
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John Resig - The Browser Scripting Revolution
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nickb
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if major browsers can't standardize on a single language, what is the chance of standardizing on a dozen of them? seriously, if that guy's family name did not sound like "Lessig", nobody would bother to read it.
| null | 3 | 13 |
2007-08-11 14:14:28 UTC
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41,508 | 41,290 |
joshwa
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Fitts' Law: A Usability Quiz
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joshwa
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Another something to consider-- after your user has clicked a link, where will his/her mouse be on the page that loads next?This comes into play particularly on sites that have a lot of repetitive actions-- e.g. hotornot. If I'm voting again and again, I want the vote buttons to stay in the same position for every page load, so I don't have to hunt for it each time. That way I can click "no, no, no, yes, no" without any thought or mouse movement.
| null | 1 | 15 |
2007-08-11 14:51:36 UTC
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41,509 | 41,496 |
mattculbreth
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Q&A: Jonathan Schwartz on Sun's open-source business strategy
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davidw
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Good article. I agree that Sun is coming back strong. I've got a Sun Fire x4100M2 on the way as part of their Try and Buy program. When you join the Startup Essentials program the prices can be lower than Dell's for better equipped hardware.
| null | 1 | 6 |
2007-08-11 14:53:58 UTC
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41,512 | 41,496 |
davidw
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Q&A: Jonathan Schwartz on Sun's open-source business strategy
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davidw
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I would be very, very interested to learn more about the numbers concerning what they're doing. I'm pretty convinced at this point that service is just a bad way of making money for a company, long term. Support might be a little better, but you have to be pretty sure that they're paying more than they're demanding of your time, which seems like a more difficult calculation than simply selling a product.Actually, as someone who really loves open source, I'm thinking the model that's most interesting right now is the google/37signals strategy of using lots of OS, and contributing back to it, and making money with the 'tip of the iceberg' that you keep proprietary. Who knows, though... it's still something that's too new to know how it will all work out.
| null | 0 | 6 |
2007-08-11 15:07:02 UTC
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tipjoy
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Study users by letting them design your UI
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pg
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I think this works extremely well when your users are familiar with the tasks associated with the type of thing your making. But if you're creating something entirely new, they'll need more guidance from the designer to get users started.One thing to watch out for though is that you can't always rely on what people tell you they like or want to use. There is a huge difference between what people say and what they do. Again, this difference is further magnified if the thing you're creating is something new. It is very hard for people to imagine their life with it. Other strategies for involving your user in the design process which work very well are: contextual inquiries (to understand what things your audience needs) http://www.usabilitynet.org/tools/contextualinquiry.htm, think aloud studies (to understand how well your product is meeting those needs) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_aloud_protocol, and card sorting (to understand how the user expects the product to be organized) http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/card_sorting_a_definitive....
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2007-08-11 15:08:17 UTC
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41,519 | 41,477 |
Jd
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Supermarket 2.0 - Web2.0 Parody (vid)
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nickb
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I stopped watching at 'professional double power'Is there anything good towards the end of the video?
| null | 1 | 2 |
2007-08-11 15:34:16 UTC
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41,524 | 41,433 |
rob
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Facebook Source Code
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bkrausz
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I'm surprised at how clean Facebook's PHP is. Very nice.
| null | 3 | 11 |
2007-08-11 15:49:20 UTC
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41,529 | 35,015 |
spineofgod
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The Equity Equation
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rams
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ok, so we're a new c-corporation out of north carolina, three new unc mba graduates with a fourth ruby coder out in pasadena. we have a hotmail-sized concept with a working prototype already built. it's addictive, the kids are going to love it (parents too). all we want to do is hire ourselves and knock the project into beta. we also know that if we launch and gain x users right out of the gate, we will be able to get a better deal from investors.questions = what is x? how many users does a hot new web 2.0 service need before jaded vc's start paying attention? what are the other eye openers in your opinion? until i read this article, i had been of the point of view that you should turn down all investment until you launch if at all possible. is that correct or am i wrong?- Srini
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2007-08-11 15:59:28 UTC
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aswanson
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Knowledge is power, 30 books every young entrepreneur should read
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sharpshoot
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Seems like a pretty good list, but do we really need to hear the google story (again) or give a damn about who backed Webvan?
| null | 6 | 29 |
2007-08-11 17:14:32 UTC
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41,534 | 40,655 |
cellis
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Seeking partner for game development
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dcbrandao
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contact me! AIM: cellis5078 or cameronellis dot ellis at gmail dot you know what. I'm currently in the process of getting a team (its tough). Or, check out kongregate like someone else said.
| null | 3 | 4 |
2007-08-11 17:17:23 UTC
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41,535 | 41,414 |
aswanson
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Would it make sense to have intentional lengthy downtimes to increase press coverage (assuming your service is popular enough for the press to care)?
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amichail
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No. If you are that important that your downtime is receiving press coverage, it means that you probably don't need it. You need happy users.
| null | 2 | 1 |
2007-08-11 17:18:55 UTC
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41,536 | 41,532 |
davidw
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Knowledge is power, 30 books every young entrepreneur should read
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sharpshoot
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You can find summaries of some of these on my site: http://www.squeezedbooks.comSome of them lend themselves very well to being compressed, like 'crossing the chasm'. Others, like 'founders at work' are really impossible to summarize.I find it sort of interesting that he lists both 'The Black Swan', as well as the stories/autobiographies. One of the points of the former is that a lot of the big successes are just luck - being in the right place at the right time and having enough skills to capitalize on the opportunity. But beyond that, there is often nothing in particular that can be copied to 'achieve success'. It's an interesting book, and I'm still wrestling with it.
| null | 0 | 29 |
2007-08-11 17:21:13 UTC
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41,538 | 41,433 |
bkrausz
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Facebook Source Code
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bkrausz
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Anyone have any opinions on whether or not a Cease & Desist claiming I broke US Copyright is actually valid for this? I believe I am legally entitled to post their code, and though their ToS says otherwise, I don't know if their ToS applies to source code.
| null | 0 | 11 |
2007-08-11 17:23:41 UTC
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41,540 | 41,532 |
kcl
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Knowledge is power, 30 books every young entrepreneur should read
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sharpshoot
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If you have to read 30 more books before starting your business, you aren't an entrepreneur, you're an academic.
| null | 1 | 29 |
2007-08-11 17:39:40 UTC
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41,543 | 41,532 |
Harj
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Knowledge is power, 30 books every young entrepreneur should read
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sharpshoot
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so many books. such little time.
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2007-08-11 18:04:53 UTC
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41,547 | 41,532 |
rokhayakebe
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Knowledge is power, 30 books every young entrepreneur should read
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sharpshoot
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Reading is good. Correction. Reading is GR8. The only issue is that you have a few hours in a day to focus on your startup and you tend to translate any minutes and hours into features and debugging, thus sparing 20 hours for a book can be an issue. Also one issue is that 95% of books in any given category are mostly copy and paste books. What I suggest is to ask 3 people you consider as role models WHAT BOOK WOULD YOU RECOMMEND? You will end up with 5 or 6 titles, but they will be way more helpful. If you admired me I would suggest "THE MYTHICAL MAN MONTH" "WORLD IS FLAT" , and I have not read the following one but every one here talks about it "FOUNDERS AT WORK"
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2007-08-11 18:17:54 UTC
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41,550 | 35,015 |
davemc500hats
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The Equity Equation
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rams
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at a high-level i agree with the post, however practically speaking, you're overlooking several significant issues:
1) diff between preferred vs common shares
2) liquidation preferences in terms sheets
3) supply/demand for investor capital in the market
4) competitive position of VC/company in the market
5) exit targets / preferences / restrictions by investors / entrepreneursthese 5 factors (& many others) have DRAMATIC impact on the 1/(1-n) calculation you mention. while i don't disagree with you in theory, practically applied the outcomes matter a fuckload.see leo dirac's presentation on term sheet liquidation preferences for just one perspective on this:
http://www.embracingchaos.com/2007/08/vc-term-sheets-.html
- dave mcclure
http://500hats.typepad.com/
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2007-08-11 19:30:57 UTC
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trekker7
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Knowledge is power, 30 books every young entrepreneur should read
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sharpshoot
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I'm tired of all these books and articles. A lot of them are fun to read, but it seems like nowadays you spend more time reading than doing. Is it really a prerequisite for any entrepreneur to read so much?
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2007-08-11 20:51:27 UTC
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41,562 | 41,544 |
trekker7
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Free business book summaries
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rms
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This is a great concept for books and articles in general. A while ago I was thinking a collaborative book summarizing site would be a good idea; if you could pull it off, scaling to massive amounts of summaries would be easier.
| null | 0 | 3 |
2007-08-11 21:44:53 UTC
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41,568 | 41,532 |
brianmckenzie
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Knowledge is power, 30 books every young entrepreneur should read
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sharpshoot
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I think PG mentions this in one of his articles, but if you read 'How to Win Friends and Influence People', get the original edition from the 1930s. It only costs 3 bucks or so on Amazon, and it's better than the newer ones. I highly recommend this book - it can be a true revelation for us technical types.
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2007-08-11 22:38:37 UTC
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donna
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How much is "college' important to startup entrepreneurs?
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rokhayakebe
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Extremely important: while they are spending their parents money on college, and meeting new people, it enables them to start their startup. Bottomline, they have the funding and the team, perfect start.
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2007-08-11 22:49:36 UTC
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41,570 | 41,565 |
ashu
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Distributed karma: an idea for fixing recommendation systems
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lkozma
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This is of relevance:Haifeng Yu, Michael Kaminsky, Phillip B. Gibbons, and Abraham Flaxman, "SybilGuard: Defending Against Sybil Attacks via Social Networks." Proceedings of ACM SIGCOMM Conference , September 2006http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~yhf/sybilguard-sigcomm06.pdfIn effect, this paper provides a way of "scaling" a trusted social network and minimizing the influence of sock-puppet accounts.
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2007-08-11 23:21:54 UTC
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palish
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Distributed karma: an idea for fixing recommendation systems
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lkozma
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Excellent. It's unfortunate that it's computationally impractical.
| null | 8 | 13 |
2007-08-11 23:26:06 UTC
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41,575 | 41,565 |
dood
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Distributed karma: an idea for fixing recommendation systems
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lkozma
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There is plenty of research into this, try a search on ACM [http://portal.acm.org/] or google scholar for 'trust reputation recommendation network'.Reddit could/should have been using this kind of approach for ages (I don't know if they have or not).
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2007-08-11 23:41:55 UTC
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sharpshoot
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Anyone having success charging for something on Facebook?
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AF
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just try it - and see what happens. Best way to answer the question.
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Also are there any numbers on how much money Facebook makes off the 'gifts' they sell?I'm trying to decide right now between the prospect of charging a minimal fee for something and necessarily limiting my audience vs offering the service for free and attempting to make money off a large(r) audience with ads. I guess it is a question that most startups end up asking.Does it seem like Facebook users are willing to spend money?
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2007-08-12 00:44:47 UTC
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41,580 | 41,565 |
nickb
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Distributed karma: an idea for fixing recommendation systems
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lkozma
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This has been done a lot of times before... one of the simplest examples is Advogato trust metric. http://www.advogato.org/trust-metric.html
| null | 6 | 13 |
2007-08-12 01:04:25 UTC
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amichail
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Distributed karma: an idea for fixing recommendation systems
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lkozma
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Just out of curiosity, how much of a literature search are YC startups expected to do? In particular, how much of a literature search did reddit do?
| null | 2 | 13 |
2007-08-12 01:05:18 UTC
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goodmike
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4 Things I Hate about the Internet
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goodmike
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MySpace? What's that?;-)
| null | 1 | 5 |
2007-08-12 01:07:35 UTC
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41,587 | 41,553 |
rms
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How much is "college' important to startup entrepreneurs?
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rokhayakebe
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I haven't learned much in college that relates to entrepreneurship, but I've met the people who are starting a start-up with me.
| null | 2 | 1 |
2007-08-12 01:47:17 UTC
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41,588 | 41,586 |
extantproject
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Coding Horror: The Large Display Paradox
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nickb
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I find using Expose and active screen corners in OS X on a 1440 X 960 screen and a single desktop allows me to work easily. I never minimize. I also use Quicksilver, which makes things that much easier to get at. More real estate would be nice for programming, but I wouldn't use anything larger than a 24" display; after that point there's too much eye and head movement.
| null | 0 | 2 |
2007-08-12 01:52:02 UTC
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41,589 | 41,577 |
jey
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Anyone having success charging for something on Facebook?
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AF
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Micropayments may be an option; makes it feel like it costs almost nothing, yet is many times more profitable than ads. Kinda like they get you to impulse buy a candy bar at the supermarket checkout line.
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Also are there any numbers on how much money Facebook makes off the 'gifts' they sell?I'm trying to decide right now between the prospect of charging a minimal fee for something and necessarily limiting my audience vs offering the service for free and attempting to make money off a large(r) audience with ads. I guess it is a question that most startups end up asking.Does it seem like Facebook users are willing to spend money?
| 0 | 5 |
2007-08-12 01:53:17 UTC
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41,590 | 41,268 |
niels
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Blueprint: A CSS Framework
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danw
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I just redid my site using blueprint, and it's great. The layout is more robust (I'm not a css wizard), and overall browser consistency has improved. It was also very easy to use.
| null | 0 | 23 |
2007-08-12 01:58:48 UTC
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41,591 | 41,577 |
amichail
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Anyone having success charging for something on Facebook?
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AF
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What about selling it and letting the buyer worry about how to make money?
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Also are there any numbers on how much money Facebook makes off the 'gifts' they sell?I'm trying to decide right now between the prospect of charging a minimal fee for something and necessarily limiting my audience vs offering the service for free and attempting to make money off a large(r) audience with ads. I guess it is a question that most startups end up asking.Does it seem like Facebook users are willing to spend money?
| 1 | 5 |
2007-08-12 02:16:37 UTC
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41,597 | 41,595 |
thingsilearned
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Rats, My Startup Just Got Googled!!
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drm237
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The worst is http://www.google.com/transit. They released a beta that works for a small list of cities. Years later there is still no released progress and in my opinion its killed a lot of competitors. Its a great, though obvious idea. Local bus systems have the worst and least helpful web sites ever. A simpler global app would be invaluable. Except no one makes it because who would go out and start a mobile "When will my bus come to this stop" application with the probability of google transit launching at any moment? No one, and so a lot of innovation has been held back. I get angry about that every time I sit at a bus stop. :)
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The consumer in me says: "I love Google!". I really can't think of any company which has given me so much cool stuff without me taking out my wallet!The entrepreneur in me (a sometimes small, sometimes loud voice) looks at Google with a mixture of fear and envy. Why? Well, imagine you have poured your heart and soul into a startup project over months or years, to find out Google has launched a similar service for free just as your project is gaining traction! This is the stuff that makes people jump of bridges or tall buildings.
| 0 | 6 |
2007-08-12 02:42:52 UTC
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41,602 | 41,553 |
thingsilearned
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How much is "college' important to startup entrepreneurs?
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rokhayakebe
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I think it was huge, but it totally depends on the person. If you're thinking you already know how to hack and can figure out business so college would be a waste then just don't do a comp sci major. I've been programming since i was 12. I knew I was blowing 4 years and 100k on an education and I wasn't going to waste it sitting around watching my classmates learn how to program. I did Physics and EE instead of CompSci. It made me work incredibly hard and learn an insane amount of stuff. Combined with excellent internships it changes your work ethics and matures you considerably.I mostly program now, barely use EE and never use physics but it was incredibly worth it.Just don't lose the entrepreneurial spirit and promise yourself that you'll turn down all jobs offers, no matter how awesome or cushy, when you graduate :).
| null | 0 | 1 |
2007-08-12 02:51:22 UTC
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41,603 | 41,595 |
german
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Rats, My Startup Just Got Googled!!
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drm237
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My point is:
Can you do it better than Google?
I think that in many cases the answer is...
Yes!
I got a lot of ideas from Katty Sierra's Creating Passionate Users.
(http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/)
This is a MUST read for me.
Good luck.
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The consumer in me says: "I love Google!". I really can't think of any company which has given me so much cool stuff without me taking out my wallet!The entrepreneur in me (a sometimes small, sometimes loud voice) looks at Google with a mixture of fear and envy. Why? Well, imagine you have poured your heart and soul into a startup project over months or years, to find out Google has launched a similar service for free just as your project is gaining traction! This is the stuff that makes people jump of bridges or tall buildings.
| 3 | 6 |
2007-08-12 03:01:52 UTC
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41,615 | 41,595 |
ivankirigin
|
Rats, My Startup Just Got Googled!!
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drm237
|
Google _does_ have competitors with deep pockets. The post mentions being nimble. You don't necessarily have to be more nimble than google -- just the competitors in the market that would do better to buy you than build their own.But M&A frenzy shouldn't gloss over the need for a way to monetize a product. If you're building a good user base, and have a way to make money, you're in good shape no matter what Google does...... maybe.
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The consumer in me says: "I love Google!". I really can't think of any company which has given me so much cool stuff without me taking out my wallet!The entrepreneur in me (a sometimes small, sometimes loud voice) looks at Google with a mixture of fear and envy. Why? Well, imagine you have poured your heart and soul into a startup project over months or years, to find out Google has launched a similar service for free just as your project is gaining traction! This is the stuff that makes people jump of bridges or tall buildings.
| 1 | 6 |
2007-08-12 04:20:46 UTC
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41,618 | 41,609 |
dfens
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GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it?
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kyro
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$500 for "groopvine.com"? I say sell.
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Several months ago, I registered the domain name groopvine.com in hopes of starting a project, one I submitted to yc. However, with studying for my MCATS (which are a week away), other duties, and a general change of ideas, I haven't really done much with it. I received an email several days ago from someone offering me $500 for it. I've grown a bit of an attachment with the name, and am having some trouble parting ways with it.Do you guys think it's a name worth keeping and a good name in general? Or is it just another string of letters and $500 is slammin' deal?
| 1 | 4 |
2007-08-12 04:50:49 UTC
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41,622 | 41,609 |
hoyhoy
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GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it?
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kyro
|
sell
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Several months ago, I registered the domain name groopvine.com in hopes of starting a project, one I submitted to yc. However, with studying for my MCATS (which are a week away), other duties, and a general change of ideas, I haven't really done much with it. I received an email several days ago from someone offering me $500 for it. I've grown a bit of an attachment with the name, and am having some trouble parting ways with it.Do you guys think it's a name worth keeping and a good name in general? Or is it just another string of letters and $500 is slammin' deal?
| 11 | 4 |
2007-08-12 04:57:20 UTC
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41,627 | 41,609 |
palish
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GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it?
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kyro
|
Yeah, sell it. If a product is good, it doesn't matter what it's called if it's sufficiently simple to remember, and there are still a few of those domains out there.
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Several months ago, I registered the domain name groopvine.com in hopes of starting a project, one I submitted to yc. However, with studying for my MCATS (which are a week away), other duties, and a general change of ideas, I haven't really done much with it. I received an email several days ago from someone offering me $500 for it. I've grown a bit of an attachment with the name, and am having some trouble parting ways with it.Do you guys think it's a name worth keeping and a good name in general? Or is it just another string of letters and $500 is slammin' deal?
| 2 | 4 |
2007-08-12 05:36:34 UTC
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41,643 | 41,565 |
portLAN
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Distributed karma: an idea for fixing recommendation systems
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lkozma
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The problem with giving someone a default high score based on what they've done in the past is it devolves into a type of "appeal to authority" fallacy where deference is because of who someone is, as opposed to what someone is now saying. Trivial, offhand remarks by an authority figure are given greater weight than insightful, useful posts by an unknown. Even worse, out-and-out mistakes by the highly karmic come with an official stamp of karmic approval -- the whole system is prejudicial by design.If your goal is to create a system that reflects people's typical judgement, then this works, because people make all sorts of logical errors. If, however, you are aiming for a meritocracy, judging each post on its own worth without regard to who said it (except when identity is actually applicable), the correct approach is to have a swarm of AIs reading everything and assigning points based on content. [1]
[1] Implementing the correct approach is left as an exercise for the reader.
| null | 1 | 13 |
2007-08-12 08:27:32 UTC
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41,645 | 41,609 |
rms
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GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it?
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kyro
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Might as well ask for $750...
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Several months ago, I registered the domain name groopvine.com in hopes of starting a project, one I submitted to yc. However, with studying for my MCATS (which are a week away), other duties, and a general change of ideas, I haven't really done much with it. I received an email several days ago from someone offering me $500 for it. I've grown a bit of an attachment with the name, and am having some trouble parting ways with it.Do you guys think it's a name worth keeping and a good name in general? Or is it just another string of letters and $500 is slammin' deal?
| 5 | 4 |
2007-08-12 08:44:28 UTC
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41,646 | 41,609 |
zurla
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GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it?
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kyro
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sell!
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Several months ago, I registered the domain name groopvine.com in hopes of starting a project, one I submitted to yc. However, with studying for my MCATS (which are a week away), other duties, and a general change of ideas, I haven't really done much with it. I received an email several days ago from someone offering me $500 for it. I've grown a bit of an attachment with the name, and am having some trouble parting ways with it.Do you guys think it's a name worth keeping and a good name in general? Or is it just another string of letters and $500 is slammin' deal?
| 12 | 4 |
2007-08-12 08:45:44 UTC
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41,647 | 41,609 |
gojomo
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GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it?
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kyro
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'groopvine.com' isn't very valuable unless you have 'groupvine.com', too. Sell!
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Several months ago, I registered the domain name groopvine.com in hopes of starting a project, one I submitted to yc. However, with studying for my MCATS (which are a week away), other duties, and a general change of ideas, I haven't really done much with it. I received an email several days ago from someone offering me $500 for it. I've grown a bit of an attachment with the name, and am having some trouble parting ways with it.Do you guys think it's a name worth keeping and a good name in general? Or is it just another string of letters and $500 is slammin' deal?
| 6 | 4 |
2007-08-12 09:04:47 UTC
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41,653 | 41,532 |
ericwan
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Knowledge is power, 30 books every young entrepreneur should read
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sharpshoot
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I'd read a subset of the list (say 5-8), and try building a startup. After all, you learn the lessons so much better if you learn it from doing.The 5-8 books give you an idea of what lies ahead.
| null | 5 | 29 |
2007-08-12 10:40:05 UTC
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41,654 | 41,595 |
eusman
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Rats, My Startup Just Got Googled!!
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drm237
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look at Zenter then
|
The consumer in me says: "I love Google!". I really can't think of any company which has given me so much cool stuff without me taking out my wallet!The entrepreneur in me (a sometimes small, sometimes loud voice) looks at Google with a mixture of fear and envy. Why? Well, imagine you have poured your heart and soul into a startup project over months or years, to find out Google has launched a similar service for free just as your project is gaining traction! This is the stuff that makes people jump of bridges or tall buildings.
| 5 | 6 |
2007-08-12 11:11:13 UTC
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41,656 | 41,609 |
Tichy
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GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it?
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kyro
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Just curious, what does it mean? It is not in the dictionary, and neither is groupvine. I have no idea what it could stand for.
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Several months ago, I registered the domain name groopvine.com in hopes of starting a project, one I submitted to yc. However, with studying for my MCATS (which are a week away), other duties, and a general change of ideas, I haven't really done much with it. I received an email several days ago from someone offering me $500 for it. I've grown a bit of an attachment with the name, and am having some trouble parting ways with it.Do you guys think it's a name worth keeping and a good name in general? Or is it just another string of letters and $500 is slammin' deal?
| 7 | 4 |
2007-08-12 12:00:39 UTC
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41,657 | 41,648 |
Tichy
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Learning from Facebook: Preventing PHP Leakage
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tomh
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Just don't use PHP...
| null | 0 | 6 |
2007-08-12 12:02:14 UTC
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41,658 | 41,595 |
Tichy
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Rats, My Startup Just Got Googled!!
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drm237
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Not everybody wants to use Google. I am more than willing to look into competing products and chose them over Google if they are better.A lot of people will choose the competition simply because the competition to Google is the underdog, and people often sympathize with the underdog.
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The consumer in me says: "I love Google!". I really can't think of any company which has given me so much cool stuff without me taking out my wallet!The entrepreneur in me (a sometimes small, sometimes loud voice) looks at Google with a mixture of fear and envy. Why? Well, imagine you have poured your heart and soul into a startup project over months or years, to find out Google has launched a similar service for free just as your project is gaining traction! This is the stuff that makes people jump of bridges or tall buildings.
| 4 | 6 |
2007-08-12 12:12:25 UTC
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41,661 | 41,565 |
antirez
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Distributed karma: an idea for fixing recommendation systems
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lkozma
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I and my cofounder used the same idea of users as nodes of a graph for http://oknotizie.alice.it (a system similar to reddit for italian speaking users) in order to indentify groups of spammers and users with very strange behaviour. This information is used in order to decrease the weight of votes in the system for this bad users.Our experience is that while this works very well against spam it does not stop the quality degradation that happens every time the community gets larger because the most active users tend to become friends and stop voting the news just for their quality.
| null | 0 | 13 |
2007-08-12 12:35:11 UTC
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41,665 | 41,606 |
nailer
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Every startup team should read this (in my opinion)
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german
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I think I speak for everyone here apart from two people when I ask: what on Earth is this about?
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I got a lot of ideas from this blog, it's so bad Katty isn't posting anymore, but I keep reading old posts.What do you think?
| 0 | 6 |
2007-08-12 13:14:13 UTC
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41,670 | 41,133 |
aitoehigie
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Which database should my startup use?
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chazwozz
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in my opinion, i will suggest mysql, its free, opensource, the list goes on.......
i will like to ask if there are any african hackers who visit yombinator.com? if not then i guess that i am the only one?
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We are looking at doing a startup website that will hopefully receive lots of traffic.I am interested to know what databases people use for their startups. Obviously MySQL or other open source ones are the cheapest options, but would these hold up a serious site like Digg, Facebook, etc? Or would it be better starting off with something like Oracle?
| 23 | 17 |
2007-08-12 14:41:28 UTC
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41,671 | 41,609 |
mynameishere
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GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it?
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kyro
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You paid 10 dollars, right? You know how to do math, right?
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Several months ago, I registered the domain name groopvine.com in hopes of starting a project, one I submitted to yc. However, with studying for my MCATS (which are a week away), other duties, and a general change of ideas, I haven't really done much with it. I received an email several days ago from someone offering me $500 for it. I've grown a bit of an attachment with the name, and am having some trouble parting ways with it.Do you guys think it's a name worth keeping and a good name in general? Or is it just another string of letters and $500 is slammin' deal?
| 3 | 4 |
2007-08-12 15:04:44 UTC
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41,675 | 41,609 |
AF
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GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it?
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kyro
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I don't mean to be rude about it, but groopvine.com is a terrible domain name, imo. If someone wants to pay you $500 for it, sell it.
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Several months ago, I registered the domain name groopvine.com in hopes of starting a project, one I submitted to yc. However, with studying for my MCATS (which are a week away), other duties, and a general change of ideas, I haven't really done much with it. I received an email several days ago from someone offering me $500 for it. I've grown a bit of an attachment with the name, and am having some trouble parting ways with it.Do you guys think it's a name worth keeping and a good name in general? Or is it just another string of letters and $500 is slammin' deal?
| 0 | 4 |
2007-08-12 15:59:51 UTC
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41,677 | 41,631 |
ivankirigin
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loudr.com: anyone interested in this domain?
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plusbryan
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Ending in an abbreviated err is getting tired. So is domain squatting, but maybe you actually want to use it.
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I think it'd be a great domain name for a music app. If you have a good idea that this would be perfect for, email me at plusbryan (att) gmail.com. YC companies preferred.
| 0 | 2 |
2007-08-12 16:10:14 UTC
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41,678 | 40,885 |
menloparkbum
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Naval on the Age Question: You Create for Sex
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nivi
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"Modern entrepreneurship, especially web entrepreneurship, is extremely competitive / time sensitive, requires enormous amounts of iteration even within a single product life-cycle, and often requires solving many challenging technical and business problems one after the other in a public view (with the opposite sex watching)."This doesn't make sense. Every web entrepreneur knows the opposite sex isn't watching.
| null | 1 | 11 |
2007-08-12 16:21:10 UTC
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41,680 | 41,511 |
cperciva
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Fred Wilson: Time Is On Your Side, Yes It Is
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jcwentz
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Correction: Time is on your side, IF what you're building is inherently better than what the competition is building. In the long run, valuations approach inherent value; in the short term, valuations reflect market sentiment and irrational factors.If, on the other hand, you're building yet another web 2.0 site, and the only thing distinguishing you from the competition is that you're YC-funded and have a cool name, eventually the market is going to realize that you have no clothes -- so you should either sell out as soon as possible or work hard on building something which is superior to the competition for reasons other than coolness. Google became popular because it was cool; but it stayed popular because it was technically superior to the competition.
| null | 0 | 21 |
2007-08-12 16:32:39 UTC
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41,683 | 41,532 |
edw519
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Knowledge is power, 30 books every young entrepreneur should read
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sharpshoot
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Nice list. I've read about 1/2 of them. But IMO, the best one to start with would be "How to Get Rich" by Felix Dennis.
| null | 9 | 29 |
2007-08-12 18:13:44 UTC
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41,684 | 41,609 |
daniel-cussen
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GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it?
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kyro
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It's a decent domain name, but the $500 will do a lot more for your new startup than having a snazzy name. Just come up with another one.
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Several months ago, I registered the domain name groopvine.com in hopes of starting a project, one I submitted to yc. However, with studying for my MCATS (which are a week away), other duties, and a general change of ideas, I haven't really done much with it. I received an email several days ago from someone offering me $500 for it. I've grown a bit of an attachment with the name, and am having some trouble parting ways with it.Do you guys think it's a name worth keeping and a good name in general? Or is it just another string of letters and $500 is slammin' deal?
| 4 | 4 |
2007-08-12 18:22:33 UTC
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41,693 | 41,685 |
epi0Bauqu
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Where is your startup? (for me Atlanta)
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rokhayakebe
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Valley Forge, PA; anyone near me? rokhayakebe, where in Atl? I grew up in East Cobb (Marietta).
| null | 1 | 21 |
2007-08-12 19:00:36 UTC
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41,704 | 41,565 |
run4yourlives
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Distributed karma: an idea for fixing recommendation systems
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lkozma
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Two points: It seems a question of scope is in order here; what exactly is the purpose of a recommendation system?Is it a system to forward to users that which they want to see, or is it a system that suggests various opinion of high quality to users? Often, I think we're trying to construct the latter by designing the former.Secondly, Reddit's system works perfectly to forward to the user what they would like based on what's been submitted - the issue being that the average quality of submission has lowered over time. Even if the system gives you the best POS, you're still stuck with a POS.The solution: Scaling is the problem, so stop/limit scaling. We're not seeing a degradation of quality, we're seeing a better reflection of the average opinion - the larger the crowd, the lower the average. We're trying to enforce an expectation of quality that is held by a few on the many; this is impossible! The many don't hold the same regard or opinions as the few. You can tweak things a little, perhaps come up with systems that use more cpu power than the space navigation does, but the end result will be the same: average opinion wins - exactly what you should expect.Average opinion isn't what we want though, is it?
| null | 3 | 13 |
2007-08-12 20:11:11 UTC
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41,705 | 41,609 |
run4yourlives
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GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it?
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kyro
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sorry, I read gropevine.com and thought bad things.
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Several months ago, I registered the domain name groopvine.com in hopes of starting a project, one I submitted to yc. However, with studying for my MCATS (which are a week away), other duties, and a general change of ideas, I haven't really done much with it. I received an email several days ago from someone offering me $500 for it. I've grown a bit of an attachment with the name, and am having some trouble parting ways with it.Do you guys think it's a name worth keeping and a good name in general? Or is it just another string of letters and $500 is slammin' deal?
| 10 | 4 |
2007-08-12 20:15:13 UTC
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41,706 | 41,632 |
run4yourlives
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I made the Fido lady cry: fanatical support in a bureaucracy
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oxyona
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You should have asked what it would take to have her apply to your company... I could certainly use dedication like that in mine.
| null | 0 | 1 |
2007-08-12 20:18:44 UTC
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41,708 | 41,685 |
Laurentvw
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Where is your startup? (for me Atlanta)
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rokhayakebe
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I'm based in Belgium. My co-founder lives in New York.
| null | 3 | 21 |
2007-08-12 21:16:57 UTC
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41,714 | 41,685 |
raindoll
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Where is your startup? (for me Atlanta)
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rokhayakebe
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Mannheim, Germany, not exactly the Silicon Valley :-)
| null | 13 | 21 |
2007-08-12 21:45:05 UTC
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41,717 | 41,685 |
nostrademons
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Where is your startup? (for me Atlanta)
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rokhayakebe
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Boston.
| null | 36 | 21 |
2007-08-12 22:02:10 UTC
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41,718 | 41,609 |
morselsrule
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GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it?
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kyro
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Good domain names should be spelled the way they sound. I would sell.
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Several months ago, I registered the domain name groopvine.com in hopes of starting a project, one I submitted to yc. However, with studying for my MCATS (which are a week away), other duties, and a general change of ideas, I haven't really done much with it. I received an email several days ago from someone offering me $500 for it. I've grown a bit of an attachment with the name, and am having some trouble parting ways with it.Do you guys think it's a name worth keeping and a good name in general? Or is it just another string of letters and $500 is slammin' deal?
| 9 | 4 |
2007-08-12 22:06:22 UTC
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41,719 | 41,699 |
Goladus
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The #1 reason your job sucks and how to fix it
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mcxx
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I would suggest rather than trying to find what you love, try first to learn to love what you do. Almost everyone has room to do their job better. The direction you should take your career will become more obvious after you do that. In my experience, these are the biggest obstacles to loving what you do:- Being pessimistic yourself.- Being surrounded by pessimistic people.- Working for pessimistic management.- Dealing with a poor physical work environment.- Forgetting to aggressively attempt hard problems.Sometimes, you'll hit a wall. It can't ALL come from within (though some Bhuddists may disagree). I unloaded trucks in a warehouse for a few months after college, and while it was rewarding to get stronger and satisfying to work very quickly, it was clear that there would be very little change approaching infinity, and I could not do this the rest of my life. In my last job, I was beginning to notice a similar wall, but more importantly it was fairly clear that management both did not enjoy working with technology, and did not enjoy managing employees within the framework of the company. They did not enjoy dealing with bureaucracy, yet it was forced on them often. This resulted in consistently poor morale. Even when we thought morale was good, it was bad by the standards of the company I work fow now. It happened so gradually that all of a sudden one day I noticed that the thought of going to work made me sick to me stomach. But I knew it wasn't the work, because just a month or so earlier I'd happily immersed myself in a project and learned a lot, and I'd been making consistent progress. If you need inspiration, Paul Graham's essays are good, although the one I would recommend first is Fred Brooks "The Tar Pit" (part of The Mythical Man-Month collection). In particular, in the section called "Joys of the Craft" he lists five reasons: The joy of making things, the pleasure of making them for other people, the fascination of the puzzle-like nature of the problems, the joy of always learning, and the delight of working in such a "tractible medium" that nevertheless produces real measurable results.
| null | 1 | 8 |
2007-08-12 22:09:55 UTC
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41,720 | 41,685 |
jdavid
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Where is your startup? (for me Atlanta)
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rokhayakebe
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Milwaukee, WI 1.5hrs north of Chicago.
| null | 7 | 21 |
2007-08-12 22:12:29 UTC
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41,721 | 41,685 |
thingsilearned
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Where is your startup? (for me Atlanta)
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rokhayakebe
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Daly City CA
| null | 18 | 21 |
2007-08-12 22:12:41 UTC
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41,722 | 41,716 |
AF
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Am I the only one who doesn't care about Facebook?
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henning
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I hold the same disdain for walled networks you do, but ultimately I use Facebook and others do as well simply because it is convenient and easy to use.I also wouldn't base my main application on it, but as a developer I don't mind it for smaller apps.
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All the social networks look like boring walled gardens/roach motels to me. Great if you can get in on the ground floor for the next big one, lousy for all the users.I'm not willing to buy into an application platform that isn't open and vendor-neutral. For networking, I think there are better ways, like plain old face to face talking: the "hallway track" in conferences is often better than any of the talks.I don't get it. And Zuckerberg stole the idea anyway.
| 13 | 36 |
2007-08-12 22:14:08 UTC
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41,723 | 41,716 |
jdavid
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Am I the only one who doesn't care about Facebook?
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henning
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I think facebook is like the corporate office space, its white, contains a cube farm, and is well devoid of personality. I more that do not care about FB, i just do not like it.
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All the social networks look like boring walled gardens/roach motels to me. Great if you can get in on the ground floor for the next big one, lousy for all the users.I'm not willing to buy into an application platform that isn't open and vendor-neutral. For networking, I think there are better ways, like plain old face to face talking: the "hallway track" in conferences is often better than any of the talks.I don't get it. And Zuckerberg stole the idea anyway.
| 8 | 36 |
2007-08-12 22:15:19 UTC
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41,724 | 41,709 |
far33d
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Henry Blodget: Why Newspapers Are Screwed
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pg
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This is damning analysis, and, I think, too conservative - I think the real picture is worse for the NYT. But, what should we, as a society, do about it? While blogs and other citizen journalism have actually helped journalism, there is still significant value in dedicated professional journalism. A significant amount of the raw material that is discussed in the political and news blogs comes from the professional sites. Reporting is expensive and good reporting is hard - we'll be at a serious loss if someone doesn't figure out a good way to pay for it.
| null | 3 | 12 |
2007-08-12 22:16:22 UTC
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41,726 | 41,716 |
nickb
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Am I the only one who doesn't care about Facebook?
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henning
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Nope. I don't give a damn either. Having hundreds of "friends" is pointless (how many of them actually know you well? less than 10?) and it's a lot easier to maintain relationship with those you care about through personal correspondence through email or over the phone or in person.Facebook is just a giant game designed for you to waste a lot of your time on it. I'd rater work on something productive... but hey, do whatever rocks your boat.
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All the social networks look like boring walled gardens/roach motels to me. Great if you can get in on the ground floor for the next big one, lousy for all the users.I'm not willing to buy into an application platform that isn't open and vendor-neutral. For networking, I think there are better ways, like plain old face to face talking: the "hallway track" in conferences is often better than any of the talks.I don't get it. And Zuckerberg stole the idea anyway.
| 1 | 36 |
2007-08-12 22:24:12 UTC
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41,728 | 41,716 |
raindoll
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Am I the only one who doesn't care about Facebook?
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henning
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never used, never will and I am a college student and 99% of my friends have profiles
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All the social networks look like boring walled gardens/roach motels to me. Great if you can get in on the ground floor for the next big one, lousy for all the users.I'm not willing to buy into an application platform that isn't open and vendor-neutral. For networking, I think there are better ways, like plain old face to face talking: the "hallway track" in conferences is often better than any of the talks.I don't get it. And Zuckerberg stole the idea anyway.
| 16 | 36 |
2007-08-12 22:33:53 UTC
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41,730 | 41,685 |
german
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Where is your startup? (for me Atlanta)
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rokhayakebe
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Lima, Peru
| null | 21 | 21 |
2007-08-12 22:35:19 UTC
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41,731 | 41,685 |
NextNetNow
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Where is your startup? (for me Atlanta)
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rokhayakebe
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Providence, RI
| null | 15 | 21 |
2007-08-12 22:35:46 UTC
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41,734 | 41,685 |
codeslinger
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Where is your startup? (for me Atlanta)
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rokhayakebe
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epi0Bauqu and Riley, I'm in Plymouth Meeting, PA. Hit me at codeslinger _AT_ gmail _DOT_ com to rap about stuff.
| null | 6 | 21 |
2007-08-12 22:44:01 UTC
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41,735 | 41,685 |
rzwitserloot
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Where is your startup? (for me Atlanta)
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rokhayakebe
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Delft, The Netherlands. But ready to move the moment it's neccessary.
| null | 10 | 21 |
2007-08-12 22:44:26 UTC
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