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34,176 | pg | 2007-07-14T05:34:22 | The greatest economic boom ever? | null | http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/07/23/100134937/index.htm?postversion=2007071209 | 17 | 14 | [
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A lot could go wrong. And it may not feel like a day at the beach to most Americans. But for your average globetrotting Fortune 500 CEO, right now is about as good as it gets, says Fortune's Rik Kirkland.
July 12 2007: 9:46 AM EDT(Fortune Magazine) -- Just how red-hot is the current worldwide expansion? "This is far and away the strongest global economy I've seen in my business lifetime," U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson declared on a recent visit to Fortune's offices. That may come as news to many Americans, whose boom-time memories are stuck in the 1990s, when Silicon Valley was the epicenter of our growth fantasies. But the fellow now occupying Paulson's old office at 85 Broad Street in downtown Manhattan shares that upbeat view. Just returned from a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the Middle East, Goldman Sachs (Charts, Fortune 500) CEO Lloyd Blankfein waves out toward the East River as he explains how the rise of the "BRICs" has altered his strategy and his travel schedule. (BRIC is an acronym Goldman coined in 2001 reflecting the rising economic power of Brazil, Russia, India, and China.) "I helped make my career by being very disciplined about opening offices," he says. Yet in nine months Blankfein has announced or opened offices in S�o Paulo, Moscow, Tel Aviv, Mumbai, Qatar, and now Dubai. "We've never done anything close to that before," he marvels. "The week before Dubai, I was in Turkey, and before that, Russia and China. I'm really living the BRICs-plus-Middle East kind of life." These days more and more CEOs are livin' la vida BRIC. GE's (Charts, Fortune 500) Jeff Immelt devotes 12 weeks a year to foreign travel and is looking for his company to grow "twice as fast outside the U.S. as inside - 12% a year, vs. 6%." Immelt expects to see even more robust growth - 20% a year - in emerging markets, which last year accounted for $30 billion of GE's nearly $170 billion in sales. John Chambers, who last fall opened Cisco's (Charts, Fortune 500) new Globalization Center in Bangalore, seconds the notion that "this is the strongest global trend" of his career. "There is a unique balance today," he says. "More than half of GDP growth is coming from emerging countries. And yet the developed countries are also doing pretty well. It is something we have never seen before." At Boeing (Charts, Fortune 500), Jim McNerney and his team, just back from the Paris Air Show, have booked 634 firm orders for their new 787 jet, which they will unveil in Seattle on 7/8/07 (ah, marketing!). That's more than for any launch in industry history, and thanks go "predominantly to Asian and other emerging-market buyers," says Laurette Koellner, president of Boeing International. While the current pace isn't quite a record - according to the IMF the world grew at a 5.4% average annual rate from 1970 to 1973, vs. a projected 4.9% from 2003 through 2007- there's really no contest. When our ties were fatter and we were thinner, total world GDP was $13 trillion in constant dollars. Today it's more than $36 trillion. Not to mention, as investor Jim Rogers notes, "there are three billion people in places like Eastern Europe, Russia, India, China, and all of Asia who weren't participating last time around but who now are." Back then, Germany and Japan led the charge. Now the emerging markets are running fastest, along with Europe, which has - for the first time in years - pulled ahead of the U.S. in GDP growth. The last global good time in the 1970s, of course, ended in a nasty bout of double-digit inflation, spawning the worst stock market crash since the Great Depression, plus other horrors, such as the rise of disco. Is that sorry past our future? Not necessarily. But with nervousness rising over everything from Bear Stearns' battered hedge funds to tightening lending standards that could clog the crowded private-equity deal pipeline, let us first explain how one can be, as we are, short-term bearish but long-run bullish on the global growth story. When it comes to markets, we hold these truths to be self-evident: (1) It's never different this time, and (2) Every boom leads to financial excesses that spark its undoing. (That's why they're called business cycles.) "The necessary conditions for a bubble to form are quite simple and number only two," investor Jeremy Grantham noted in a recent newsletter headlined "The First Truly Global Bubble." "First, the fundamental economic conditions must look at least excellent - and near perfect is better. Second, liquidity must be generous in quantity and price: It must be easy and cheap to leverage." That pretty much sums up the world we've been living in, a world where prices skyrocketed for Miami condos, Indian stocks, and office towers in Dubai. Now, though, with interest rates going up, heavily leveraged hedge funds and private-equity firms - not to mention cash-short adjustable-mortgage holders and the bankers who've lent to all three groups - have trillions of reasons to worry. Wilbur Ross, who earned a fortune correctly timing the distressed debt market, is among those who see a "real risk" of a credit shock. The subprime meltdown in the U.S., Ross believes, "isn't remotely over." "More important," he adds, "the same lack of discipline in extending credit has very much become prevalent in the corporate market as well." Since liquidity is more about crowd psychology than the actual money, a financial implosion could spook lenders, cutting off the easy financing that has fueled the record M&A and LBO booms and helped lift stocks to new heights. (That's why they're called credit crunches.) Then there's the really scary stuff: the prospect of a conflict in the Middle East that spills into full-blown war, an act of nuclear terrorism, and the like. Such "exogenous shocks," in the clinical argot of economists, would likely cause far more lasting damage than any mere market correction. In that sense "globalization remains a delicate phenomenon," says historian Niall Ferguson, whose writings offer vivid reminders of how the chaos of world war ended the first great round of this process early in the last century - and could do so again. Still, as long as some big geopolitical turmoil doesn't break out - and we're talking Ferguson-level large and bloody, as in August 1914, not October 1973 - the world economy should continue to benefit from globalization. Cross-border trade has soared since the early 1970s to record levels of world GDP. Cross-border financial flows have grown even faster, at a nearly 11% compound annual growth rate since 1990, according to McKinsey & Co. (Disclosure: I do occasional projects for McKinsey.) Much of that investment has generated strong returns, judging by one key measure: Since 1998, GDP per capita in the developing world has risen 4.5% a year, twice the rate of the advanced economies. The bottom line: If you look past the market's cyclical gyrations, deep secular shifts in technology, productivity, and patterns of consumption do, indeed, "change everything" - or at least change a lot of things. Consider Cisco. Anyone who bought its stock, now at $28, near the $80 peak seven years ago is still hurting. (And if you bought it on margin, God bless you.) But though the bursting of the tech bubble vaporized trillions of dollars of wealth, the revolution marched on. Today over 500 million households are connected to the Internet, more than double the number in 2000 - and half live in the emerging world. Cisco itself now enjoys sales of nearly $30 billion (up from some $19 billion in fiscal 2000), and profits have more than doubled. The long view matters. Which is why, having made billions by betting that rising emerging-world demand would spur consolidation in the long-moribund steel industry, Wilbur Ross is now trying to ride a similar trend in auto parts. Since August 2004 he has built up a $5-billion-a-year parts supplier from scratch, mostly by acquiring companies overseas on the cheap - "without adding debt," he hastens to add. It's why real estate billionaire Sam Zell, no dewy-eyed optimist but a tough, successful bargain hunter with a bad-ass nickname ("Gravedancer"), even ventures to suggest how things really are different this time. During the 1970s oil producers squandered their newfound gains by making government bank loans to "countries incapable of using it," he says. "Now it's mostly going into rainy-day funds or into productive private investments in places like China and India. That's a whole different kettle of fish from what we dealt with in the past." And it's why the transformations we've witnessed during this go-go beginning to the 21st century are mere prologue.*** "We want to go global by going East, not West," says Mohamed Ali Alabbar, the dynamic chairman of Emaar Properties, onstage at the Madinat Jumeirah resort in Dubai. The crowd in the cavernous room divides sartorially between business-suits-and-ties and white-robes-with-burnooses. Outside, motorized dhows ply canals lined with gleaming luxury hotels and shops. Up and down the main road hundreds of cranes twist under the desert sun, as builders race to erect more skyscrapers more quickly than anyplace on earth - among them Emaar's own Burj Dubai, which, when completed next year, will claim the title of world's tallest building. But this morning Ali Alabbar is talking mainly about the scores of malls and housing developments he plans to build in India and North Africa. "The West has got aging populations and aging economies," he says. "The East is where the true glamour lies." Ouch. Still, the man has a point. As the action moves to emerging economies, think of what's playing out as a global version of America's postwar boom. To catch up, these large populations first require commodities and basic building materials - witness the threefold-plus increase in prices of steel, oil, and copper since 2000. Then, as incomes rise, they spur vast new markets for everything from detergents to cellphones, from airports to hospitals. The McKinsey Global Institute forecasts that over the next decade nearly 450 million newcomers will join the middle class in China and India alone. Sam Zell is a believer: "I think this consumption story is kicking in on a worldwide basis." To get his share he bought big stakes in two public homebuilding companies in Brazil and Mexico and in the last year has begun investing in new low-cost housing in China and Egypt. At the same time, growing economies give rise to a new crowd of competitors and entrepreneurs. Think Brazilian jetmaker Embraer or Chinese PC maker Lenovo or Indian expatriate Lakshmi Mittal, who has built a steel colossus with some 10% of global market share. Surely it's early days for this trend, you say? "I hope it's early days," counters Goldman's Blankfein, "because we're investing now from the point of view that this has crossed a tipping point. You ignore the emergence of these new entrepreneurs at the peril not just of losing share in a local market, but of threatening your global franchise." Jeff Immelt isn't making that mistake. Last fall he took a list created by Boston Consulting Group of the 100 most important companies in developing economies and arrayed it into four camps: customers, suppliers, competitors, and nonaligned. "I tell my leadership team, 'Our goal for this group is to have lots of customers, lots of suppliers - and no competitors,'" he says. To stay ahead, Immelt is pushing GE hard into an advanced phase of globalization he calls "in country, for the world." That may sound like some celebrity ditty composed for Live Earth, but Immelt is quite serious. He believes that by figuring out how to meet demand in these still relatively poor growth markets, he's going to achieve hard-to-imagine price breakthroughs. And here's what's truly radical: As GE and others do this, these products won't just be sold in emerging markets. Instead they'll filter back into the rich economies - a new deflationary force that should delight buyers but devastate competitors who lack a global footprint. Examples? "Water," says Immelt. "There's a shortage everywhere, even in places like California and Florida. Some systems we're working on in the Middle East, India, and China are trying to do water desalination at $0.001 per milliliter, which is an off-the-charts low cost. We'll never hit that in the U.S. But we'll hit it someplace outside. And the second we do, a huge market is going to open up inside as well." Immelt sees the same thing happening with coal-sequestration technology or MRI scanners, where GE is working on a product in China that could cut prices in half. "At the right cost point, you not only sell it in China, you open up a market among the 35% of U.S. hospitals that today cannot afford to have an MR scanner," he says. "We've got 15 or 20 projects like this that are going to open up big markets around the world over the next five years." GE's not alone. Another market to watch: small cars, where the big American, Japanese, and Korean makers are now tussling with locals to grab share in China and India. The new models that emerge will first be sold locally and then to other emerging countries. "But believe me, the goal isn't just emerging markets," says Hari Nair, president of international for auto parts maker Tenneco, which today gets 58% of its sales overseas. This intense competition is spurring innovation, such as the work Nair's team is doing in India to help Tata Motors introduce a "one lakh" car by 2009. (A lakh is 100,000, as in rupees, or roughly $2,500.) "These environments challenge you to do things you never imagined," says Nair. "You can't just rely on the traditional markets of the West. You've got to be part of new ways of doing business." (For more on the way the emerging world can affect prices, see "How Microsoft Conquered China.") ***"Sustaining the miracle." That was the theme of a conference I hosted as Fortune's deputy editor in May 1997 in Bangkok, a few weeks before a run on the Thai baht metastasized into a vicious deflationary spiral that soon threatened all Asia - and for a time, it seemed, the global economy. Did anyone gassing on in Bangkok see it coming? Ha! It's cold comfort to note we weren't alone. The World Bank had just published a special report on the East Asia economic miracle. The airwaves and op-ed pages back then were larded with paeans extolling "Asian values." But the truth is, we blew it. Here's the other funny thing, though: Ten years later it's clear that, despite the very real pain, it was all little more than a bad bump on an upward road. So where does the world stand today? A little less complacent, at least measured by column inches and airtime. Not a day passes that someone doesn't fret about any number of potential buzz killers: protectionist sentiment in Congress; the humongous U.S. current-account deficit; unprecedented levels of debt buoyed up by know-nothing-and-don't-want-to lenders; the housing slump; and more. On the other hand, measured by what really matters - the money - Mr. Market so far doesn't seem too rattled. Risk spreads, or the gap between historically sketchy paper, such as emerging-market debt or junk bonds, and risk-free Treasuries remain near all-time lows. Somebody's wrong. Our guess - and that's all it is - is that the next big move won't be up. Alan Greenspan pondered this scenario in his farewell address at the Fed's annual shindig in Jackson Hole, Wyo., two years ago. Quoth the maestro: "Any onset of increased investor caution elevates risk premiums and, as a consequence, lowers asset values and promotes the liquidation of the debt that supported higher asset prices. This is the reason that history has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums." Translation: If a correction occurs, what went up fastest - historically more volatile things like Shanghai shares, Turkish bonds, or the last LBO through the gate, say - will go down even faster. (On Wall Street the pros call that kind of volatility an asset's "beta" - it's a Greek term, but think of it this way: as in "beta beware.") Assuming history at some point proves yet again unkind, we don't pretend to know how far things will fall, or when they will bounce back. Nor are we ready to buy the notion whispered in some circles that, hey, since global growth is already so robust, if the U.S. goes into recession, can't the rest of the world keep chugging? That day may come, but it's not here yet. As the world's champion buyer of last resort, the U.S. consumer right now remains the global economy's broad-shouldered, albeit increasingly weary, Atlas. If Atlas shrugs ... look out below. So while it's a wonderful world, as Hank Paulson notes, "it pays to be vigilant." When it comes to financial shocks, Paulson says, we haven't repealed the laws of "economic gravity," so "it's when, not if." (See more of Paulson's comments on the world's economy.) Here's how Lloyd Blankfein is reconciling that potential for short-term fear with long-term optimism. Even as his firm expands abroad, he has lately been lengthening debt maturities (thus lessening Goldman's interest rate risk). And he's been making sure he has plenty of cash on hand, just in case: $50 billion or more by the latest count. Sounds right. There's going to be a lot of growth ahead - for those who stick around to enjoy it. Reporter associate Doris Burke contributed to this article. Next: See 2007 FORTUNE Global 500
Europe's top 50
Asia's top 50From the July 23, 2007 issue
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34,180 | ivan | 2007-07-14T06:03:07 | Connector and Slingshot Open-sourced and Free | I know it's OT, but ... | http://joyeur.com/2007/07/13/connector-and-slingshot-open-sourced-and-free | 5 | 1 | [
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34,182 | tomh | 2007-07-14T06:25:22 | Noob and other words worth thinking about (or, how WoW is like a startup environment) | http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/13/noob-and-other-words-worth-thinking-about/ | 5 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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34,189 | 7media | 2007-07-14T10:08:58 | I coded a blog and a digg / reddit style application | I coded a digg and reddit style application and also my blog (www.irintech.com/x1/) . this is not exactly my question, I did quite a bit of this with zero VC money, and it was not popular, well my blog is getting hits. <p>I would like to know what application be in a look a like or something out of the blue, will kick in users and not specific about vc funding, but yes will help with a point.<p>Thanks
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34,190 | 7media | 2007-07-14T10:16:15 | What would my blog application be worth? | What would my blog application be worth, with and without VC funding. Of course with VC funding it could be developed more. | http://www.irintech.com/x1/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | missing_parsing | irintech.com | null | null |
This domain has expired, if you're the owner, click here to renew it.
Diese Domain is abgelaufen. Als Besitzer können Sie hier klicken, um diese zu verlängern.
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34,193 | staunch | 2007-07-14T11:34:55 | "At Harvard they have this policy where if you pass too many classes they ask you to leave." | http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ch06.html | 10 | 3 | [
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34,200 | gibsonf1 | 2007-07-14T12:18:35 | Facebook outshines Google as Silicon Valley elite gather to ponder the next big thing | http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/14/BUGE3R0AP71.DTL | 4 | 3 | [
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34,201 | gibsonf1 | 2007-07-14T12:24:07 | I Love My iPhone | null | http://www.ipdemocracy.com/archives/002577i_love_my_iphone.php | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
34,205 | farmer | 2007-07-14T13:55:01 | SEO Example: How I Got Aerobed To Number 1 In Google | null | http://dfinitive.com/blog/seo/how-i-got-aerobed-to-number-1-in-google/ | 9 | 5 | [
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34,206 | pg | 2007-07-14T13:58:44 | Live P2P Television: Streaming Now | null | http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/13/live-p2p-television-streaming-now/ | 4 | 0 | null | null | null | no_error | Live P2P Television: Streaming Now | TechCrunch | 2007-07-14T04:57:51+00:00 | Contributor | The demonstration of Microsoft’s LiveStation last week shone the spotlight back on the live P2P television market. Whilst P2P on-demand video participants such as Joost and Bablegum gain the most attention in the broader market, the live television streaming market (ie: not on demand like Joost, not user generated cam sites such as Ustream) has continued to thrive in relative obscurity. Here’s a quick look at some of the bigger players.
The newest competitor and still in private beta testing. Built on Silverlight, LiveStation has the ability of becoming a serious player due to its backing by Microsoft. See our previous coverage for a demonstration.
TVU Networks would be the most well known provider in this space. Copyright issues aside, there lineup of live channels is fairly solid with a range of US based content, although like most in this space, you’ll get better value from it if you speak Mandarin. I’ve used TVU previously, and again with my testing for this post; both times picture quality was flaky; audio is fine but it’s difficult to watch. It’s a service that would probably work better with a high speed internet connect, one quicker than my 2mb cable.
Sopcast is a very similar offering to TVU Networks but with a less polished interface. Looks aren’t everything as in my tests the picture quality from Sopcast was of a higher quality than TVU, although still not perfect. A somewhat different range of channels, for example Channel Ten Australia is available and quite watchable, although there would appear to be not quite so many US channels.
Zattoo could quite easily become the leader in this space if it wasn’t currently restricted to Switzerland and the UK, and then only by invite in those countries. The channel lineup on Zattoo is excellent, and unlike many others it’s all broadcast legally as well. Reviews for Zatto elsewhere would indicate that the viewing quality is first rate. If anyone knows how to view Zattoo outside of these countries, let us know.
PPLive comes in an English version, but that’s about the extent of English on the service. A fairly extensive range of Chinese programs. Streaming quality was pretty good for me in testing, even if I had no idea what anyone was saying.
PPMate, like PPLive and a number of other platforms (we won’t cover them all) is Chinese based and doesn’t include English content. Lots of Chinese content though and stream quality was good.
There are others. StreamStar has a reasonable list.
Web TV
An alternative to Live P2P television programs is Web TV. Many providers stream live content online now, however quality, both in terms of content and quality of the picture itself can be hit or miss as programs are not streamed by a P2P network but directly. All of these stations can be viewed for free and without special program aside from the video codec support (Real, QT, WM). WWiTV is the oldest and best portal online for those looking for web TV. For unique content, ManiaTV would be one of the largest web only live TV stations.
The Mac problem
Not one live P2P television program I tested offered a Mac version, although they did work well under Parallels. There’s not a lot of legitimate money in the space due to the copyright issues involved so don’t expect to find a lot of Mac clients any time soon.
Overall
Live P2P television services do provide an alternative to on demand services such as Joost. Live P2P television lets you watch channels you may otherwise never have access to; the value provided is similar to the value many, many people get by downloading American television shows from Bit Torrent instead of waiting 6-12 months to watch them locally. It’s another nail in the coffin for geospecific broadcasting; when more and more people bypass traditional broadcast models, the old location based television model will eventually fail and we’ll all get to watch programs at close to the same time worldwide.
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34,224 | mattculbreth | 2007-07-14T16:25:59 | SmugMug running on iPhone | http://blogs.smugmug.com/don/2007/07/13/smugmug-on-our-iphones/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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34,226 | exogen | 2007-07-14T16:41:05 | Bust a Name - Great way to find available domain names | It's like Instant Domain Search taken to the next level - give it some words and it'll help you find something. Sorting by length and readability are great ideas. | http://www.bustaname.com | 24 | 10 | [
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34,241 | nickb | 2007-07-14T20:04:56 | Nobody Cares About Your Design! | http://mybizexperiment.blogspot.com/2007/05/nobody-cares-about-your-design.html | 2 | 2 | [
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34,242 | dean | 2007-07-14T20:05:17 | Warren Buffett on what makes a good business [Video] | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7m7ifUz7r0 | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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34,248 | nickb | 2007-07-14T20:33:17 | 9-to-5 or a healthy work-life balance? | http://software.olegdulin.com/2007/07/10/9-to-5-or-a-healthy-work-life-balance/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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34,249 | nickb | 2007-07-14T20:34:08 | Forms in Ruby on Rails - Part 2 | http://www.rubynoob.com/articles/2007/7/12/forms-in-ruby-on-rails-part-2 | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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34,252 | cbetta | 2007-07-14T21:20:48 | Building on OpenID to Improve Localization | http://fourstarters.com/2007/07/14/building-on-openid-to-improve-localization/ | 4 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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34,258 | deramisan | 2007-07-14T22:37:43 | Conservapedia Implicates Wikipedia Editors in Murder Plot | From the name, you can expect that Conservapedia will be biased - but implying that the cops were investigating Wikipedia is too much. | http://allsux.com/2007/06/29/conservapedia-your-number-one-source-for-blatant-hypocrisy-and-flagrant-right-wing-bs/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
34,260 | deramisan | 2007-07-14T22:47:53 | Digg Founder Kevin Rose's Pownce Raises Privacy Concerns | http://www.weburbanist.com/2007/06/27/pownce-kevin-roses-newest-venture-sounds-like-glorified-email/ | 1 | 8 | [
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34,267 | danw | 2007-07-14T23:42:26 | YEurope, Chaos and Innovation | null | http://zmarty.blogspot.com/2007/06/yeurope-chaos-and-innovation-computers.html | 4 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
34,269 | vegashacker | 2007-07-15T00:54:28 | List of TechStars companies (6 out of the 10 are listed) | http://microsoftstartupzone.com/blogs/the_next_big_thing/archive/2007/07/13/techstars-in-boulder.aspx | 8 | 9 | [
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34,276 | nurall | 2007-07-15T01:46:16 | Does this ever happen? | http://www.smallbiztrends.com/2007/07/get-a-written-contract-from-your-web-developer.html | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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34,277 | nurall | 2007-07-15T01:51:36 | How to use auto-generated tags? | 1. For a suggest feature in search?
2. For tags display of content?
3. Improving the auto-generated tag system through validation, in an attempt to not completely rely on user generated tags? | http://mashable.com/2007/07/13/tagging-tools/ | 3 | 2 | [
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34,281 | tx | 2007-07-15T02:21:03 | Ask YC: Reasonably Priced Office Chairs? | Gentleman, during my years as a full time software engineer I always suspected that chairs I used to sit on were not cheap.<p>However, after having shopped around I still refuse to believe that decent ergonomic chairs go for about $500. Used ones seem to be only 20% cheaper (on average).<p>Can anybody suggest a decent place to buy? (online or in central Texas area). | 1 | 5 | [
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34,282 | rms | 2007-07-15T02:25:48 | VC Bundling | http://www.startupboy.com/journal/2005/11/30/vc-bundling.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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34,287 | bootload | 2007-07-15T02:48:58 | UK Rolls Out Police Headcams | null | http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/07/uk_rolls_out_po.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
34,294 | bootload | 2007-07-15T03:41:06 | Google Gears and Version Control | null | http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/07/google_gears_an.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
34,299 | jaed | 2007-07-15T04:17:18 | Provisional patent filing tips? | What experience have you guys had with filing patents, particularly provisionals? At Startup School one of the speakers mentioned that you could do it yourself for around $500 or so. Anyone have any insight into this or tried doing it themselves? Any links to good how-to's would be great. Thanks for the help! | 2 | 6 | [
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34,307 | bootload | 2007-07-15T05:12:33 | Some Times You Have to Roll Your Own | null | http://www.michaelgorsuch.org/wordpress/2007/07/11/some-times-you-have-to-roll-your-own/ | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
34,308 | jmtame | 2007-07-15T05:26:35 | Feeling Low on Motivation? | http://jtame05.wordpress.com/2007/07/15/feeling-low-on-motivation/ | 7 | 2 | [
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34,316 | bootload | 2007-07-15T06:21:35 | Widgets Suck | null | http://www.leahculver.com/2007/06/19/widgets-suck/ | 4 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
34,317 | bootload | 2007-07-15T06:22:42 | A Computer Science Degree DoesnaEURXt Hurt (Much) | null | http://www.leahculver.com/2007/05/30/a-computer-science-degree-doesnt-hurt-much/ | 2 | 2 | [
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34,321 | nivi | 2007-07-15T08:56:50 | A Sundry Collection of Venture Hacks | A few old hacks from our personal blogs. | http://www.venturehacks.com/articles/personal-blogs | 8 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
34,326 | danw | 2007-07-15T10:11:34 | How To Build a distributed social network with OpenID, XFN, and hCard | http://uwmike.com/articles/2007/07/08/open-social-network/ | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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34,327 | danw | 2007-07-15T10:13:34 | The No Shit Guide To Supporting OpenID In Your Applications | null | http://www.danwebb.net/2007/2/27/the-no-shit-guide-to-supporting-openid-in-your-applications | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | missing_parsing | The No Shit Guide To Supporting OpenID In Your Applications | null | null |
27 FEB
OpenID, with the superhuman effort of Mr Willison is taking the world by storm and I am amoungst the masses leaping onto the bandwagon. Simon has done an excellent post and screencast detailing the whys and what-fors of OpenID so I thought I’d have a bash at applying the same no-bullshit approach to the other side of the coin, supporting (or as the official terminology puts it consuming) OpenID in your applications. With this post I’m going to blast through the absolute essentials you need to get started so if you need more general background on OpenID check out Simon’s stuff first. The examples, as you might except will be using Ruby on Rails but all of the concepts are applicable across platforms. So, without further ado, grab yourself a beer and we’ll begin…
Overview of the authentication process
When consuming OpenID what you are trying to do is ask the user for their OpenID (which is a URL) then ascertain from their OpenID server that they actually own this OpenID. Once you know that they own the OpenID you can then wack it in the session (and use it as a really lightweight means of identifying users between visits) or key it in with your own application specific account data if you need more power. This article is going to take you up to and including verifying the user’s OpenID. What you do with it is left to your imagination.
On a more granular level the verification process breaks down into these steps:
Get the user to give you their OpenID URL.
‘Begin’ the verification process whereby your OpenID library of choice will work out the users OpenID server and, if successful, provide you with a redirect URL.
Redirect the user to the given redirect URL. You specify a return URL within this URL.
The user goes to their OpenID server, logs in and authorises your site’s verification request and is then redirected back to your return URL.
Your server ‘completes’ the verification request and, if successful, confirms that this user owns this OpenID. The end.
So that’s essentially it. Some of the details of the transactions between your server, the user’s delegates and the OpenID are pretty complex but fortunately for us there are lots of good libraries for most platforms that mean you don’t need to bugger about with the crypotography and stuff. Woo hoo. For these examples we are going to use the ruby-openid gem but you can choose your own. Also note that East Media have a OpenID Consumer plugin for Rails that wraps even more detail with some generators but it’s good to understand the concepts before you let something write your code for you.
Get your library sorted
That’s easy. For us Rubyists its:
$ sudo gem install ruby-openid -y
Create your OpenID consuming controller
We are going to try to be as RESTy as possible here so we’ll create a singleton resource called openid. In routes.rb:
map.resource :openid, :member => { :complete => :get }
Then we’ll set up a simple controller. Firstly, we’ll need to require the ruby-openid gem here. We are also going to need a method that gives us an OpenID consumer object which is the single most complex part of this whole thing (and it isn’t complex). First, here’s the skeleton:
require_gem 'ruby-openid'
class OpenidController < ApplicationController
def new
# TODO: show a form requesting the user's OpenID
end
def create
# TODO: begin the OpenID verification process
end
def complete
# TODO: omplete the OpenID verification process
end
protected
def openid_consumer
@openid_consumer ||= OpenID::Consumer.new(session,
OpenID::FilesystemStore.new("#{RAILS_ROOT}/tmp/openid"))
end
end
The OpenID::Consumer constructor takes two arguments, the first one should be a hash like object that holds session data. That’s always going to be session for Rails. The second one takes a file store object which is used to store state information for the verification process. There’s lots (including an ActiveRecord store) but for many apps the filesystem store is fine.
Getting the user’s OpenID
The new action just needs to show a simple form posting the OpenID to the create action:
<% form_tag openid_path do %>
<%= text_field_tag 'openid_url' %> <%= submit_tag 'Login' %>
<% end %>
Note that it’s convention to call the field openid_url so browsers will autocomplete nicely. They also recommend that you embed the OpenID logo in the form field. Get the logo then try some CSS like this:
#openid_url {
background: url(/images/login-bg.gif) no-repeat #FFF 5px;
padding-left: 25px;
}
Beginning the verification
The create action is going to be responsible for kicking off the process:
def create
openid_url = params[:openid_url]
response = openid_consumer.begin openid_url
if response.status == OpenID::SUCCESS
redirect_url = response.redirect_url(home_url, complete_openid_url)
redirect_to redirect_url
return
end
flash[:error] = "Couldn't find an OpenID for that URL"
render :action => :new
end
We simply get the OpenID and pass it to the begin method of our consumer object to get a response. We then handle the status of the response which can have a number of states. For this super simple example we are just going to look for success but in a production app you’ll need to handle error states more usefully.
If the response was successful we call redirect_url passing the trust root and the return URL. The return URL is simply our complete action. The trust root is normally the homepage URL of your site. We then redirect the user to the resulting URL where the user logs in to their OpenID server, authorises your verification request and is (normally) redirected to return URL you provided.
Completing the verification
When the user is redirected back to your application the server will append information about the response in the query string which the OpenID library will unpack:
def complete
response = openid_consumer.complete params
if response.status == OpenID::SUCCESS
session[:openid] = response.identity_url
# the user is now logged in with OpenID!
redirect_to home_url
return
end
flash[:error] = 'Could not log on with your OpenID'
redirect_to new_openid_url
end
After passing the params hash containing all the info that the OpenID server sent us to the complete method we are given a response status to handle. Again for production apps more states should be handled but here, if the complete was successful we have completed the process. Here we just store the identity_url given in the session but at this point we could also do something like:
session[:user] = User.find_by_openid_url(response.identity_url)
Which would grab the users local account data based on the OpenID. Easy as pasty. However, there’s a few more bits and bobs you might want to know about.
Simple Registration Extension (SReg)
SReg is a basic means by which you can request additional information about the user from their OpenID server which you might normally use to prefill account details or other form fields. The information you can request access to is in the spec but there’s not much there at the moment. It’s still kind of useful. To request this information you need to add parameters to the redirect URL which is of course handled for you by your library. Revisiting the create action, we just add a call to add_extension_arg:
def create
openid_url = params[:openid_url]
response = openid_consumer.begin openid_url
if response.status == OpenID::SUCCESS
response.add_extension_arg('sreg','required','email') # <== here...
response.add_extension_arg('sreg','optional','nickname,gender') # <== ...and here
redirect_url = response.redirect_url(home_url, complete_openid_url)
redirect_to redirect_url
return
end
flash[:error] = "Couldn't find an OpenID for that URL"
render :action => :new
end
Then in the complete action, extract the returned information:
def complete
response = openid_consumer.complete params
if response.status == OpenID::SUCCESS
session[:openid] = response.identity_url
# the user is now logged in with OpenID!
@registration_info = response.extension_response('sreg') # <= { 'name' => 'Dan Webb', etc... }
redirect_to home_url
return
end
flash[:error] = 'Could not log on with your OpenID'
redirect_to new_openid_url
end
Immediate mode
Immediate mode allows you to attempt to verify the user without them leaving your site at all. This is normally possible if, during the first time you attempt to verify a user, they choose to always allow you to verify them and offers a slightly more streamlined login experience.
To implement this we first pass an extra argument to redirect_url:
def create
openid_url = params[:openid_url]
response = openid_consumer.begin openid_url
if response.status == OpenID::SUCCESS
redirect_url = response.redirect_url(home_url, complete_openid_url, true) # <== here
redirect_to redirect_url
return
end
flash[:error] = "Couldn't find an OpenID for that URL"
render :action => :new
end
Then ensure that our complete action handles the OpenID::SETUP_NEEDED status by redirecting them to the OpenID server’s setup page:
def complete
response = openid_consumer.complete params
case response.status
when OpenID::SUCCESS
session[:openid] = response.identity_url
redirect_to home_url
return
when OpenID::SETUP_NEEDED
redirect_to response.setup_url # <== here!
return
end
flash[:error] = 'Could not log on with your OpenID'
redirect_to new_openid_url
end
Fin
So that’s it. All you need to know to start getting OpenID going in your web applications. You’ve got no excuse now. In fact, neither have I…
Any corrections, questions or further wisdom are very welcome. I’m no expert on OpenID, I’ve literally just picked all this up from reading API docs, specs and source code and thought it would be good to share. let me know what you think.
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34,329 | rchambers | 2007-07-15T10:34:51 | Angels with Angles | Angel investors are changing. Here's what they're looking for, how they operate, and (because the devil is in the exit strategy) what they expect for their money... | http://www.inc.com/slideshow_INC/slideviewer.cgi?list=angel-investors-2005&dir=&config=&refresh=&scale=0&design=default&total=10 | 3 | 1 | [
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34,339 | mattculbreth | 2007-07-15T17:50:05 | Google's Brin on Facebook: "If they come to us, we'd certainly be open to talking" | http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/07/12/googles-brin-on-yahoo-facebook/ | 1 | 4 | [
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34,346 | mdolon | 2007-07-15T18:19:32 | How to Raise Money from VCs | Check out the video in the article, pretty funny, useful and confusing all at once. | http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/14/how-to-raise-money-from-vcs/ | 5 | 2 | [
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] | null | null | no_error | How To Raise Money From VCs | TechCrunch | 2007-07-15T06:13:04+00:00 | Contributor | The following video “How To Raise Money From VC’s” comes from 5min.com, an instructional video site we covered in May, and is currently getting a lot of attention in Israel. The video (in Hebrew with English subtitles) provides some fun advice for anyone looking at raising money from VC’s. Content aside I was just impressed at not only the quality of the video playback, but the built in support for switching subtitles on and off as well. If quality is the defining point of differentiation amongst instructional video sites, 5min has positioned itself very well. Enjoy.
http://www.5min.com/Players/5minEmbedPlayer.swf
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34,349 | dawie | 2007-07-15T19:01:56 | Don't publicize how small you are | null | http://www.centernetworks.com/dont-publicize-how-small-you-are | 8 | 1 | [
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] | null | null | timeout | null | null | null | null | 2024-11-08T12:30:55 | null | train |
34,358 | rchambers | 2007-07-15T20:18:44 | Xinu: More Stats For Any Site | Xinu is a service that provides a comprehensive overview of page statistics and data that leaves cookie-cutter sites such as Popuri for dead. | http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/14/xinu-comprehensive-page | 2 | 1 | [
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34,359 | arasakik | 2007-07-15T20:34:24 | Stupid things big companies do | http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2007/07/05/StupidThingsBigCompaniesDo.aspx | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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34,361 | rchambers | 2007-07-15T20:36:49 | Sharing the Widget Wealth | Widgets jazz up profiles and boost traffic, but eat into social networks' ad revenue. Facebook and others ponder a remedy | http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2007/tc20070522_410783.htm?chan=search | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
34,363 | myoung8 | 2007-07-15T20:53:37 | Does anyone know of a web app for personal relationship management? | I'm reading Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferazzi (not a great book, but highlights the importance of sustaining relationships) and I'm trying to find something online to help me with what will be an incredibly tedious task if I don't.<p>I know about Plaxo and LinkedIn, but neither does quite what I want. I need something that lets me keep track of when I last spoke to someone and lets me tag people as being in different categories (i.e. business contact, old friend, acquaintance, etc.). <p>Anyone know of something out there that can do this? | 4 | 18 | [
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34,367 | msgbeepa | 2007-07-15T21:39:12 | Discover Software Releases! | If you love software get this: Beta Marker gives you power to Download Hottest free ware or Shareware and Discover Cool New Software! Beta Marker is about keeping track of software you like and about discovering new software. It revolutionizes software rating by shifting the power to the community of software lovers. So now, in the sea of new software, the screening is done for you. | http://media-sight.net/2007/07/discover-software-releases.html | 1 | -1 | null | null | true | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
34,371 | rbitar | 2007-07-15T22:39:10 | Find a startup co-founder | A site for finding co-founders:
<a href="http://www.cofoundr.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.cofoundr.com</a><p>You can search members by skills, interests and location or "pitch your idea" to recruit folks. | http://www.cofoundr.com | 17 | 10 | [
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© 2024 Cofoundr. All Rights Reserved. [email protected]
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34,379 | chaostheory | 2007-07-16T00:31:51 | Millionaires Cash Out Of California | http://blogs.forbes.com/digitalrules/2007/07/millionaires-ca.html | 5 | 4 | [
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] | null | null | http_404 | 404 | null | ByLisette Voytko-BestForbes Staff | U.S.AsiaEuropeDAILY COVER STORYMatthew Perry joins a heavenly chorus of pop stars—including Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury and Whitney Houston—as the greatest earners in the great beyond.QUOTE OF THE DAY“Do not let any obstacles stop you. Where there are obstacles there are also great opportunities.”Dorothy Herman, Vice-Chair Emerita of Douglas EllimanPremiumFeaturedCognizant BRANDVOICE | Paid ProgramMoneySee AllLifestyleLeadershipInnovationBusinessSmall BusinessForbes VettedBillionairesAdvisorHome Improvement | 2024-11-08T11:05:53 | null | train |
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34,385 | nickb | 2007-07-16T01:27:47 | A Patent Is Worth Having, Right? Well, Maybe Not | http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/business/yourmoney/15proto.html/partner/rssnyt?_r=1&oref=slogin | 4 | 1 | [
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34,390 | staunch | 2007-07-16T01:40:21 | Getting a lesson in retail inside world's busiest Costco | null | http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003790031_costcohawaii15.html | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | missing_parsing | The Seattle Times | Local news, sports, business, politics, entertainment, travel, restaurants and opinion for Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. | null | null |
LIVE
Washington state general election results 2024
| 2024-11-08T10:10:14 | null | train |
34,396 | far33d | 2007-07-16T02:11:24 | Five lessons in viral marketing | http://lsvp.wordpress.com/2007/07/15/five-lessons-in-viral-marketing-from-a-crowd-experiment/ | 4 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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34,401 | mdolon | 2007-07-16T03:00:16 | Remember InviteShare? Sold for $25,000! | http://www.sitepoint.com/marketplace/auction/10358? | 12 | 18 | [
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34,407 | queensnake | 2007-07-16T03:50:02 | 7 Reasons to Get Away To Unleash Your Best Ideas | null | http://www.dumblittleman.com/2007/07/7-reasons-to-get-away-to-unleash-your.html | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
34,409 | queensnake | 2007-07-16T04:11:43 | A Patent Is Worth Having, Right? Well, Maybe Not | http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/business/yourmoney/15proto.html/partner/rssnyt?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin | 5 | 6 | [
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34,411 | brett | 2007-07-16T04:22:49 | Critical Marketing Activites For A Startup | null | http://www.askthevc.com/2007/07/critical_marketing_activites_f.php | 2 | 1 | [
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34,423 | daniel-cussen | 2007-07-16T07:33:12 | Dear Lumber yard | Dear Sirs,<p>I write to solicit; we sell termites. We provide termite adoption services for lumberyards.<p>While termite adoption may sound terrible at first blush, we believe it to be adviseable. The termites can dispose of wracked beams without requiring burning. The termites can also eliminate small pieces of discarded wood, and partly take care of cleaning the sawing site in your stead. They can also easily consume stockpiles that are no longer useful. This may be especially valuable in sight of the housing downturn in your area and subsequent inventory surpluses you may be dealing with. Any surplus inventory you give to the termites will largely be metabolized by the termites, and therefore decrease in volume. From a practical point of view, a termite nest can perform in your lumber yard the task it performs in nature; that of a recycler. At this point you can exploint the large amount of fertilizer left over and sell it.<p>You are in a position at which you can begin to sell natural fertilizer easily. Consumers relate your core business to fixing homes. You provide beams for home improvement purposes, and while that segment of the housing market is falling, the gardening market is holding up because desperate sellers will try to improve the curb appeal of their house in order to finally sell their house. This means home sellers are improving their gardens, which involves the use of fertilizer. As the housing downturn has affected your core business for the worse, why not hedge these losses by entering the fertilizer market?<p>Not only will termites reduce costs and expand your business, they will also provide excellent public relations. Ecology is in these days; Whole Foods can charge about twice the usual price for its products solely because they are organic. This despite any evidence the food the sell is actually better in any way. Many consumers may want to reduce their carbon footprint. By buying your fertilizer, they effectively stop about half of the carbon in a plank from reaching the atmosphere. This will provide cheap and novel marketing for both your core business and your fertilizer business.<p>We'll be the first to acknowledge that termites pose a serious risk to wood. They can devastate a home if left unattended for a few years. A simple "moat" around the termite's designated space will be able to effectively stop the termites from harming the good wood. In doing so, you will showcase your expertise in handling lumber and the confidence you have in your abilities. You may be able to sell termite control sprays in the process.<p>At Intermite, we believe adopting a nest will be an excellent way to help your core lumber business. For an up-front set-up fee of $449.00, we offer the delivery and installation and setup of a termite nest in your lumberyard.<p>A nest costs $450.00 plus tax. This fee includes includes delivery and installation. We offer related products such as custom fertilizer bags,<p>Regards,
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34,425 | tomh | 2007-07-16T07:44:30 | The Facebook lawsuit that hasn't gone away (from HarvardConnect.com) | http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/15/the-facebook-lawsuit-that-hasnt-gone-away/ | 9 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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34,433 | terpua | 2007-07-16T08:21:24 | Could the YC model have existed in the late 90's? | 2 | 5 | [
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34,440 | rustartup | 2007-07-16T09:50:03 | just occured to me - almost everybody do at least one startup per life | The start up that almost one do at least once per life is FAMILY:<p>-- starting with a low budget and wild emotions
-- aiming at growth and public purpose
-- changing its course as life goes on
-- always focused on whats critical
-- totally commited<p>No less than 2 co founders needed :) | 1 | 1 | [
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34,442 | toffer | 2007-07-16T11:06:06 | VC Adventure: Monday morning (interesting postmortem on Startup Weekend) | null | http://sethlevine.typepad.com/vc_adventure/2007/07/monday-morning.html#comments | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | no_article | null | null | null | null | 2024-11-08T17:55:37 | null | train |
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34,448 | rchambers | 2007-07-16T12:39:43 | The Dangers of Building on the Facebook Platform | Everybody with a website knows that Google owns two of their most important marketing channels: organic search (SEO) and paid search (SEM). | http://www.insidefacebook.com/2007/07/15/the-dangers-of-building-on-the-facebook-platform | 3 | 1 | [
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34,449 | tomh | 2007-07-16T12:40:30 | Please, no more LinkedIn invites ("get yourself onto Facebook if you wish to grab my attention") | http://segala.com/blog/please-no-more-linkedin-invites/ | 4 | 4 | [
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34,450 | gibsonf1 | 2007-07-16T12:47:03 | Tech funds thrive, but reasons elusive | null | http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/07/15/BUGC2QVJIS1.DTL&type=tech | 2 | 2 | [
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34,452 | gibsonf1 | 2007-07-16T12:52:36 | Toyota's TPS applied to a whole country: Lean Economic Development Strategy | null | http://www.evolvingexcellence.com/blog/2007/07/lean-economic-d.html | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | no_article | null | null | null | null | 2024-11-08T13:39:05 | null | train |
34,454 | gibsonf1 | 2007-07-16T12:57:05 | Emerging web 2.0 design trends | null | http://www.boagworld.com/archives/2007/07/emerging_design_trends.html | 5 | 4 | [
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34,455 | gibsonf1 | 2007-07-16T12:59:55 | The high-stakes debate over wireless open access | null | http://news.com.com/The+high-stakes+debate+over+open+access/2100-1039_3-6196718.html?tag=nefd.lede | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
34,456 | gibsonf1 | 2007-07-16T13:01:15 | Security Bites Podcast: Ajax insecurity | null | http://news.com.com/Security+Bites+Podcast+Ajax+insecurity/2324-12640_3-6196683.html?tag=nefd.only | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
34,457 | gibsonf1 | 2007-07-16T13:05:16 | The Washington Post to Trade in Hyperlocal News on the Web | http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/16/business/media/16local.html?ex=1342238400&en=1ffda3b8d6f97d29&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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34,458 | gibsonf1 | 2007-07-16T13:08:15 | It's no secret: Facebook's allure is its privacy | null | http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN1529632920070715 | 7 | 8 | [
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34,459 | brlewis | 2007-07-16T13:10:47 | Knitting site attracts 17,000 without "any marketing to speak of" | http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/15/lets-get-down-to-some-hard-core-knitting/ | 2 | 1 | [
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The site is still in private beta and has a long list of knitter-types desperate to get in – 17,000 people have requested invites and they’ve let about 1/3 of them in so far. If you want to get a feel for the features and look/feel of the site, see the screen shots they posted here.
Needless to say, the idea is to build out a profile and then add friends, create a blog, add pictures and participate in the forums.
But users will also be encouraged to put up information about projects they are working on, and other users can participate by commenting, recommending, etc.
If you’re a knitter, join the waiting list immediately. Everyone else, nothing to see here.
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34,464 | brlewis | 2007-07-16T13:28:48 | Startup Marketing: Big Bang vs. Darwinian Evolution | http://onstartups.com/home/tabid/3339/bid/2014/Startup-Marketing-Big-Bang-vs-Darwinian-Evolution.aspx | 8 | 3 | [
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34,486 | jkush | 2007-07-16T16:01:16 | Interview With Paul Buchheit (taken from Founders At Work) | http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-07-16-n55.html | 9 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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34,488 | eastsidegringo | 2007-07-16T16:01:35 | Conscious Parents/Entrepreneurs of the World Unite | We are redefining parenthood and our children are reaping the benefits. The new dad is much more involved than the traditional dad. I mean, how many of our dads stayed home with us for any length of time? Yesterday I was among other dads who have done just that or they have enough flexibility in their career that they can spend more time and focus more energy on their little ones than traditional dad would have thought possible.
| http://tracksuitceo.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/conscious-breeders-of-the-world-unite/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | no_error | Conscious Breeders of the World Unite | 2007-07-16T13:38:57+00:00 | Posted on |
I was at a picnic here on the east side of Austin yesterday and something struck me. I was surrounded by other young parents, all creative and entrepreneurial types who have all rejected the traditional ideas about becoming a parent. I saw not one t-shirt tucked into khaki shorts the whole time I was there. I felt like I was surrounded by the catalysts of a modern day Renaissance. I’ve written about this before: just because we’re parents now doesn’t mean we have to give up our creativity, or grow up for that matter.
We are redefining parenthood and our children are reaping the benefits. The new dad is much more involved than the traditional dad. I mean, how many of our dads stayed home with us for any length of time? Yesterday I was among other dads who have done just that or they have enough flexibility in their career that they can spend more time and focus more energy on their little ones than traditional dad would have thought possible.
So how do we keep this work-at-home-parent train rolling? One of the ways is finding support systems, finding other parents who are willing to take a less traditional approach to family and career. One of the reasons I started this blog was to reach out to other parents and hopefully contribute to this new way of doing things. We all believe this is the best way of doing things, but it’s not always the easiest. If I had gone on to get my MBA, I’m sure my career path would be much more straightforward, but it would also be more limiting. I like the way things are going right now but that doesn’t mean I don’t get discouraged or challenged. And having other parents we can surround ourselves with is so important for the survival of this Renaissance in career and family.
We breeders need to stick together and if we do, it’s just a matter of time before we outnumber all the haters out there.
In the comments: Where do you get the support you need to be a renaissance parent? Share your resources with us: groups, blogs or books.
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34,490 | drusenko | 2007-07-16T16:14:03 | Why is raising money unproductive? | http://david.weebly.com/1/post/2007/07/why-is-raising-money-unproductive.html | 23 | 4 | [
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34,494 | toffer | 2007-07-16T16:29:38 | HBase: A Google Bigtable clone (new opensource project) | http://glinden.blogspot.com/2007/07/hbase-google-bigtable-clone.html | 9 | 1 | [
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34,508 | jslogan | 2007-07-16T17:44:44 | Sleazy Direct Mail | http://www.businessleadercentral.com/content/view/484/65/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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34,515 | joshwa | 2007-07-16T18:09:05 | It Seemed Like The Thing To Do At The Time - Easter Island, Startups, and Change | null | http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/it-seemed-like-the | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
34,519 | abstractbill | 2007-07-16T18:24:06 | YC alums visit Cambridge | http://www.foundersatwork.com/1/post/2007/07/yc-alums-visit-cambridge.html | 14 | 0 | null | null | null | no_error | YC alums visit Cambridge | null | null |
Working with the founders is probably my favorite part of Y Combinator. So when “alumni” come to visit, I get especially excited. I’m spoiled when we’re in Silicon Valley, since so many YCers live in the Bay area. Many will crash dinners or else I’ll stop by the Y Scraper when I’m in the city to say hello. Besides the 19 new startups participating in this summer’s funding cycle, I think there’s only one active alumni startup in Boston (more on this in a future post). So I was delighted when a few of our alumni visited Cambridge last week. Zenter: Victory lapWayne and Robby of Zenter flew out to meet the new founders and talk about what they wished they’d known in the first month of YC. This was the first time we’d seen them since the Google acquisition and it was nice to see for myself how happy they seemed. Their main advice for the founders: channel all your hacking ability into making something users want. Especially in the months leading up to Demo Day.Wufoo: Getting it rightKevin Hale of Wufoo also visited and spent hours giving the founders design feedback. (He’s extremely talented in this area.) Kevin founded Wufoo with brothers Chris and Ryan Campbell. They moved from Tampa to Mountain View in January ’06 and, like the Zenters a year later, took advantage of the next 3 months to work nonstop on their product. They rewarded themselves occasionally by watching LOST, but other than that, they were programming animals. They raised some angel funding before returning to Tampa in April ’06. We worried the Wufoos would be hosing themselves with this move (do you know any software startups from Tampa?) but it seems to have worked out OK. In the 15 months since, the founders have accomplished a lot. They launched a year ago and have consistently added new features. They also care a lot about customer service. Apparently their average response time to emails from users is six and a half minutes-- and it’s only three guys!They have all sorts of clever tricks to help them stay productive. I can’t say too much about the most amusing one, since I think Kevin plans to write about it on Particle Tree, but the payoff is a trip to the winner’s destination of choice with the loser assuming the role of “trip bitch.” Kevin’s most exciting news was that Wufoo is now profitable. He showed me a graph with a nice smooth upward curve. Assuming they don’t make some huge mistake, the Wufoos are in a place most “Web 2.0” companies would envy: they’ll never have to ask investors for permission to keep working on their product.
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34,520 | far33d | 2007-07-16T18:26:36 | Help me inspire 7th graders. | I've been asked to speak for a group of 7th graders taking a programming class in a Palo Alto school. I want to title my talk - Why You Should Be a Hacker. The rough outline is: <p>1) Cheapest way to innovate - low barrier to entry, you can build things without having a lab, lots of tools, or anything more than a computer, and building things is FUN!<p>2) You live in the center of the startup world. SV is a special place, and you are lucky to be a part of it already.<p>3) Software will be everywhere (rotary phone evolves into the iPhone) - even if you don't hack professionally, you'll want to know how things actually work. <p>4) You can wear whatever you want (this is more about hackers being rule-breakers)<p>5) It's all about practice - and you have a big headstart.<p>PG's essays are awesome for someone who already knows they are a hacker to get inspired to do something on their own. I'm hoping to inspire the next generation of YC'ers to start now.<p>Any suggestions?
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34,523 | joshwa | 2007-07-16T18:42:39 | Lessons for Consumer-Focused Startups (from Accel Venture Partners) | http://www.scribd.com/doc/196036/178375296TheElusiveGreatConsumerExperience | 11 | 3 | [
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34,525 | dawie | 2007-07-16T18:58:54 | GetLeaflets: Must-Have iPhone App | http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/16/getleaflets-must-have-iphone-app/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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34,532 | jsjenkins168 | 2007-07-16T19:21:40 | UHF spectrum could deliver future open mobile network | http://www.mercurynews.com/businessheadlines/ci_6386609?nclick_check=1 | 2 | 1 | [
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34,540 | nickb | 2007-07-16T19:34:18 | Facebook Knows What You Did Last Summer. (Facebook Privacy Settings & Facebook App Defaults) | http://500hats.typepad.com/500blogs/2007/07/facebook-knows-.html | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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34,542 | gibsonf1 | 2007-07-16T19:35:59 | Need Good Startup Lawyer Recommendation | We need to get a lawyer to help us with trademark issues and our company structure. Can anyone recommend a good lawyer in the SF area?<p>PG: I did as many google searches as possible on YC to try to find the lawyer you use for YC companies which I'm pretty sure you mentioned a couple months ago, but to no avail. Which lawyers do you use? | 8 | 14 | [
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34,548 | dawie | 2007-07-16T19:50:15 | On Motivating Programmers | null | http://particletree.com/notebook/on-motivating-programmers/ | 4 | 1 | [
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34,559 | rchambers | 2007-07-16T20:06:30 | Networks Try 'Twittering' To Spread Their Message | NBC, CBS, ABC Family and MTV are among several networks experimenting with the marketing possibilities of Twitter, a nascent social-networking service that sends messages in super-short bursts. | http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118453646990566995.html | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
34,576 | abstractbill | 2007-07-16T20:31:52 | Aaron Swartz: Announcing the Open Library | null | http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/openlibrary | 19 | 25 | [
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34,592 | mcxx | 2007-07-16T21:18:03 | Where are your site visitors from? GeoIP knows | http://www.linux.com/feature/116601 | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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34,596 | edgeztv | 2007-07-16T21:27:26 | Robot Replay: Watch your users via Ajax | Now you can test PG's "finger on the Back button" hypothesis. | http://ajaxian.com/archives/robot-replay-watch-your-users-via-ajax | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
34,601 | ttonca | 2007-07-16T21:40:24 | Sell your web app or site for free | New marketplace for buying and selling web apps that utilizes the edgeio marketplace platform. | http://webappsale.com | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
34,603 | abstractbill | 2007-07-16T21:55:05 | FlickIM: Bored Startup Makes Awesome IM for the iPhone | http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/16/flickim-bored-startup-makes-awesome-im-for-the-iphone/ | 1 | 1 | [
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34,619 | menloparkbum | 2007-07-16T23:24:00 | Rails users: would you use rails again? | I've been building web apps ontop of rails for the past year and a half. Now I need to decide if I want to stick with rails for my startup.<p>I like that it is quick to try things out. I don't like the various execution models or scaling issues. I've spent as much or more time tweaking configurations and de-railsifying certain pieces for performace as I have developing the app. I've also used Ruby to replace perl and python for utility scripts, and haven't been impressed with its performance. <p>For those of you in a similar position, would you choose to use rails again? | 9 | 19 | [
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34,623 | rnc000 | 2007-07-16T23:30:48 | How big is the demand for automated online image copyright monitoring? | Considering that we already have some well established companies doing this (eg. <a href="http://picscout.com/" rel="nofollow">http://picscout.com/</a>, <a href="http://ideeinc.com" rel="nofollow">http://ideeinc.com</a>) but aiming for huge clients (corbis, getty, jupiter), how big do you believe the demand for a free or low-cost service would be ? Think about the average professional or amateur photographer/image producer. | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | invalid_url | null | null | null | null | 2024-11-08T16:37:59 | null | train |
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34,625 | dawie | 2007-07-16T23:36:48 | Changing the future | null | http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/07/changing-the-fu.html | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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