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rhmason
2007-03-17T04:41:04
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Perhaps it is overused but I like passionate. I decided a long time ago that I only wanted to associate with people who were passionate about things.. <p>What I am tiring of is "social community", how much room is left for more of them?
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semigeek
2007-03-17T04:42:09
Ask The VC: How do you plan for M&A?
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volida
2007-03-17T04:43:03
Doing heavy CSS, JS? Install multiple IE versions on the same machine
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volida
2007-03-17T04:57:59
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Watch their presentation during LeWeb3 playback at minute 7:09 <a href="http://portal.vpod.tv/leweb3/70070">http://portal.vpod.tv/leweb3/70070</a>
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mattculbreth
2007-03-17T05:29:14
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Yeah this was on my mind as well. Obviously thinking pretty far down the road but I guess that's the fun of it.<p>So in that case what do you think of "President" or "Supreme Allied Commander"? Pros and cons I guess.
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pg
2007-03-17T06:19:07
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Google wasn't just underground then; it didn't exist. Google wasn't founded till a year later.
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farmer
2007-03-17T06:20:52
Kaneva: a 3D Myspace?
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farmer
2007-03-17T06:27:04
Neo-nomads transform a laptop, cell phone and coffeehouse into their office
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python_kiss
2007-03-17T07:02:52
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I remember back when you had to manually submit your website to 30 different search engines. It's amazing how fast times change.
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brett
2007-03-17T07:07:00
The top 25 UK web 2.0 start ups | The Register
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2007-03-17T07:10:17
Quintura for Kids - intuitive and safe search engine for kids
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python_kiss
2007-03-17T07:11:47
Startup School 2006 (1 hour video)
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kf
2007-03-17T07:20:47
How to Make Wealth
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jcwentz
2007-03-17T07:26:50
What's wrong with Ruby?
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rms
2007-03-17T07:28:14
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Not bad at all, how do you guys compile the white list?
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JoeEntrepreneur
2007-03-17T07:33:56
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Now <a href="http://www.socializr.com/">http://www.socializr.com/</a> says that they are "gamma". Does that mean, its more crap than "beta" but it is still ok.<p>
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danielha
2007-03-17T07:35:32
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This along with some other goodies can also be found on this page: <a href="http://startupschool.infogami.com/">http://startupschool.infogami.com/</a> which was submitted here a little while ago. Good video though and worth a watch if you haven't already.
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abstractbill
2007-03-17T07:47:40
How to spend $1M on a domain name and lower your traffic
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Sam_Odio
2007-03-17T07:48:01
The Startup News: links to the latest on cool startups and web tech
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Sam_Odio
2007-03-17T07:51:42
Many Internet Start-Ups Are Telling Venture Capitalists: 'We Don't Need You'
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http://paste.lisp.org/display/13090
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Sam_Odio
2007-03-17T07:52:19
The God of Startups
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Sam_Odio
2007-03-17T07:52:45
How to Hire Like a Start-Up
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python_kiss
2007-03-17T07:58:50
Steve Ballmer Says Google's Growth Is 'Insane'
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paul
2007-03-17T08:13:42
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This would be a big improvement. I hope it happens soon.
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jwecker
2007-03-17T08:18:10
Gasoline powered shoes and why Silicon Valley works by way of contrast
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papersmith
2007-03-17T08:21:34
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Setting up a sole proprietorship is as easy as going to a business kiosk and filling out some forms.<p>I think in BC you don't even need to register if you use your own name, so it's completely free (money/bureaucracy).
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jwecker
2007-03-17T08:37:33
Popularity Might Not Be Enough
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/17/business/17online.html?ex=1331784000&en=8c67e3ff3a190b78&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
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jwecker
2007-03-17T08:50:24
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hmm. ambassador to France. Anyway, the last line of the first paragraph is dead on.
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jwecker
2007-03-17T08:59:17
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I hope these do well, but when I apply my internal "would I pay for it" measurement (I never click on ads [and try to ignore branding] so ad-based revenue sites don't make the cut) there was only one on that list that I myself would pay for- the first one, Garlik. That's just me, though.
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jwecker
2007-03-17T09:02:06
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Very good clouding.
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pg
2007-03-17T09:15:27
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What he's really thinking is how few good people they leave for Microsoft. Nearly everyone who gets an offer from both must choose Google. So the more people Google hires each year, the lower down the list Microsoft's top recruits start.
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jamongkad
2007-03-17T09:27:29
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Same thing my dad told me haha!
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reitzensteinm
2007-03-17T09:28:32
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Obviously biased, but I think he does have a point. Google has found an insanely profitable business in search and is using a shotgun approach to try to find another revenue source, and it had better work. Microsoft could lose Windows (to a Windows-killer - presume their apps would still run) and still be a nicely profitable company. Google without search, today, would be in deep shit. Windows has a much higher lock in than Google search does, too, and will do for the forseeable future.<p>I liked this bit:<p>Asked by a student what keeps him up at night, Ballmer said managing people and relationships and shifting business models were the biggest culprits. Still, those aren't major interruptions.<p>"I actually do sleep very well," he said.<p>I'm sure he does.
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reitzensteinm
2007-03-17T09:39:36
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Yeah, it must be killing him:<p><a href="http://battellemedia.com/archives/001835.php">http://battellemedia.com/archives/001835.php</a><p>Was it really different 5 or 10 years ago though? Microsoft hasn't been a cool company for a long time. Although I guess it was very impressive for the resume, and prior to Google, that was a choice you'd have to make.
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jamongkad
2007-03-17T09:47:36
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Awesome....
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jamongkad
2007-03-17T09:49:48
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Web 2.0 is bad enough! though I don't have any qualms with passionate. As you have to be passionate about your business in the first place. Although being passionate about something in itself is not a guarantee of being successful either.
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jamongkad
2007-03-17T09:50:58
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Oh yeah add blogosphere to my list as well.
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python_kiss
2007-03-17T10:51:09
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That is also true in Ontario, Canada; you are not required to incorporate if you're using your own name for the business.
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python_kiss
2007-03-17T11:08:39
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Three notable generals who successfully implemented this strategy are Tariq ibn-Ziyad, Hurnan Cortez, and Xiang Yu. They managed to take on armies many times their size by deliberately cutting off any channels of exit.<p>Read more about them here:<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariq_ibn-Ziyad">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariq_ibn-Ziyad</a><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernan_Cortez">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernan_Cortez</a><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiang_Yu">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiang_Yu</a>
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python_kiss
2007-03-17T11:36:24
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You are right. Have a look here:<p>Digg.com No Longer Just for Tech News Junkies<p><a href="http://www.podtech.net/home/technology/790/digg-this-diggcom-no-longer-just-for-tech-news-junkies">http://www.podtech.net/home/technology/790/digg-this-diggcom-no-longer-just-for-tech-news-junkies</a>
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ynot
2007-03-17T11:40:33
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"Google without search, today, would be in deep shit"<p>50% of Googles Revenue does not come from search.
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sharpshoot
2007-03-17T12:28:51
Building companies for the long haul (Index Ventures)
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sharpshoot
2007-03-17T12:50:08
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I don't think these are the "top 25" UK web 2.0 startups. I think i'll write an alternative list.
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volida
2007-03-17T12:51:09
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daemon(s) originates from the Greek word deimon <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_%28mythology%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_%28mythology%29</a> which means someone who is wise, knows things, has wide and wise knowledge of something. In the ancient Greek times it was not linked to the concept they are now.
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Alex3917
2007-03-17T13:03:33
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I wonder how much more social news can evolve without any new advances in the underlying technology. Without new tech (digital identity, semantic web, etc.) then the only thing you can do is to change the people present or the way that they interact. And if there is significantly more value that can be extracted by tweaking the design then it'll take someone smarter than me to see it.
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danw
2007-03-17T13:08:22
SXSW 2006 podcasts
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chris_l
2007-03-17T13:26:58
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How on earth can they concentrate on their work in a cafe?
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danw
2007-03-17T13:39:07
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"With no agenda other than they're interesting, here's 25 UK-based startups that I think are worth watching in 2007. It's a very personal list - it's not based on financial metrics, user bases, or likelihood of being bought by Google. So this isn't the top 25 UK startups, in other words. It's just 25 cool ones."<p>I'd be interested to see your list, I'm tempted to draw up my own to see where the overlap is between different "top apps" lists
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amichail
2007-03-17T13:45:29
Google Web Toolkit Q&A Video (BAD URL, PLEASE DELETE)
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DanielH
2007-03-17T13:48:18
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Wouldn't these be a little bit more interesting?<p><a href="http://2007.sxsw.com/coverage/podcasts/">http://2007.sxsw.com/coverage/podcasts/</a>
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amichail
2007-03-17T13:51:11
Google Web Toolkit Q&A Video
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http://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=lobby.jsp&eventid=31594&sessionid=1&key=1AD83D1D6B16BB2242DDF3D940DF8169&eventuserid=9935013
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python_kiss
2007-03-17T15:28:21
The birth of AJAX - an amazing story
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http://techtracer.com/2007/03/12/the-birth-of-ajax-an-amazing-story/
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jl
2007-03-17T16:22:10
Official Startup School '07 wiki
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http://wiki.startupschool.org/doku.php
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e1ven
2007-03-17T16:26:41
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That's a very clever site, but I worry about scalability- If you're adding links manually you're going to run into the same problem that yahoo ran into, but without the Ad-revenue to try to overcome it.<p>I'm also slightly worried that it's a difficult thing for kids to type or say, but I imagine they'll have it bookmarked for the most part.
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immad
2007-03-17T16:58:49
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Agreed, ignoring the fact revmap is not on there (travesty :-) ), the list doesn't seem that representative of the UK scene.
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mynameishere
2007-03-17T17:15:03
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_Microsoft, because it invented the XMLHTTP object and without Google standing forth on this aspect, you wouldnt have been able to see any of the above mentioned miracles imparted to the web today_<p>That's the most badly constructed sentence I hope to read all day.
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rami
2007-03-17T17:32:16
Startup Funding Options
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pg
2007-03-17T17:47:42
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done; we now have all three of these
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pg
2007-03-17T17:48:52
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there is a prototype of this at news.ycombinator.com/active
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pg
2007-03-17T17:50:00
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done (by you, in fact)
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pg
2007-03-17T17:51:39
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If other people agree with this, please upvote joshwa's suggestion. If you want to keep things the way they are, upvote this reply.
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pg
2007-03-17T17:53:04
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you can now delete a comment if it has no children by editing it blank
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pg
2007-03-17T17:54:10
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done
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pg
2007-03-17T17:55:22
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prototype at news.ycombinator.com/active
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danielha
2007-03-17T18:08:35
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Some of us have been using <a href="http://startup_weekend.bluwiki.com/">http://startup_weekend.bluwiki.com/</a> to organize for the last couple weeks.<p>It's also seemingly down right now, which may actually be a sign to move our information to the official Wiki. Thanks Jessica.<p>(edit: Spoke too quickly. It's up again now.)
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brett
2007-03-17T18:09:19
Ask the Wizard: Options and Restricted Stock, Prologue
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richcollins
2007-03-17T18:16:31
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Co-Founder
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sharpshoot
2007-03-17T18:26:19
Three ways to build an ecommerce business to 500m in revenues
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neilc
2007-03-17T18:35:08
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"Gmail was the first most interactive web based email client which actually used the XMLHttpRequest to make a rich internet interface providing asynchronus behaviour thus making the email client more user friendly than any other in those days of 2004"<p>Aside from the atrocious writing, it seems to me this is mistaken: wasn't Oddpost the first web-based email client to take advantage of AJAX-style techniques?
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Sam_Odio
2007-03-17T18:51:38
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Nice. We were having some problems with our ISP, which has caused ~2 hrs of downtime on bluwiki :(<p>If someone wants to volunteer to condense everything onto one wiki, I'm sure that'd be appreciated. Otherwise, I guess we could link between the two wikis or something...
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danielha
2007-03-17T18:55:37
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That works well. A listing of the most active is better than a listing of recently commented on. What's the threshold for most active?
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paul
2007-03-17T19:38:43
Paul Buchheit: My startup path
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domp
2007-03-17T19:44:08
Steekr - New online storage startup
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joshwa
2007-03-17T19:45:21
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I should note that this is the way the reddit bookmarklet works... they're the ones who have set my expectations/habits. <p>You could also make a like/dislike bookmarklet the way reddit does...
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paul
2007-03-17T20:07:50
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Actually, "Outlook Web Access" (OWA) was probably the first, since XMLHttpRequest was supposedly added for OWA. Gmail was the first good&popular AJAX-style webmail client, so it helped legitimize and popularize those techniques.
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danielha
2007-03-17T20:25:33
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"You don't need to have it all figured out right now. The important thing is to keep moving forward. Seek opportunities to learn or try something new, something with uncertain outcomes."<p>I liked that part. Working in startups is exciting and starting one is even more exhilarating. For years, I've always been interested in pursuing a startup, but it was more recently that I decided/discovered that there is nothing else I could do that would leave me satisfied.<p>On another note, I just recently finished reading your interview in Jessica's book. Good luck on that next adventure of yours; I'll be interested to see what you're going to be up to.
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jkopelman
2007-03-17T20:27:23
VIP Treatment
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danielha
2007-03-17T20:46:20
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Pretty funny anecdote, even if having a relative purchase the item is a bit on the sketchy side. But I definitely understand having to show your business at its best in crucial situations.<p>I wonder how one would analogize this to a social network-based website where an influential blogger might be visiting to review. Would one populate the place with a buzzing community? Script certain features to respond flawless to expected invocations? It's much more manufactured (and wrong) in this case.
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danielha
2007-03-17T20:50:03
MySpace defeats YouTube in war game
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danielha
2007-03-17T20:52:04
Snipitron | Publish your online research
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http://www.snipitron.com/
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jasonyan
2007-03-17T20:52:28
Search News YC (unofficial)
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http://nycs.bigheadlabs.com/
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danielha
2007-03-17T20:52:32
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"Snipitron, a new social bookmarking site for academics, professionals and students, launched in pre-beta mode on Friday. On many levels, it's your conventional bookmarking site: you add URLs via the web interface, a bookmarklet or the browser plugin (IE and FF), add tags, add friends and explore websites bookmarked by others.<p>Slightly different is the idea of collections: all your bookmarks are part of ongoing projects, usually concerned with researching an assignment or a purchase."<p><a href="http://mashable.com/2007/03/17/snipitron/">http://mashable.com/2007/03/17/snipitron/</a>
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jasonyan
2007-03-17T20:52:41
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I wrote this because I wanted to look for some old articles which were no longer listed. I started crawling News YC over night at a slow rate, and it is still going, so many of the latest links and comments are not indexed yet.<p>I threw the code together, so feel free to report any bugs you encounter. However, I won't have time to touch this for the next few days.<p>I imagine at some time News YC will have a search feature implemented (it may even be today with all the recent changes), so Paul, let me know if you want this removed.
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pg
2007-03-17T21:14:41
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Wow; my slight annoyance at having someone write software I wish I was writing (instead of working on my damned talk for startup school) is outweighed by how impressed I am at your initiative. Plus it's actually useful...
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amichail
2007-03-17T21:19:10
Google Web Toolkit Performance and Interoperability
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papersmith
2007-03-17T21:25:23
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Slashdot isn't even on the list.
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nostrademons
2007-03-17T21:37:33
Startup Checklist
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nostrademons
2007-03-17T21:40:39
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Anyone want to bet that their predictions will be wrong?
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domp
2007-03-17T21:45:38
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Why not just make your service good to every user instead of focusing on those people you think you need to impress? I think that every user should have the same great experience and not just a handful of hand-picked consumers. If you have a good product I think that'll show through regardless. It seems like if you feel that you need to do this that you probably find huge weaknesses in your product.
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msgbeepa
2007-03-17T22:03:15
Digg For Photos - A Photo Voting Community
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Ninjamonk
2007-03-17T22:29:18
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I think if they launch a database product then it would be even more useful.
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Sam_Odio
2007-03-17T22:36:02
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Interesting. My personal experience definitely support's this. My brother's an entrepreneur, my dad's an entrepreneur, and just about every uncle on my dad's side is an entrepreneur.
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JMiao
2007-03-17T22:37:34
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Thanks, Jason. This is great.
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immad
2007-03-17T23:20:47
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Is there much to learn from that article? I guess what he says about branding is interesting, but it seems way to simplistic.<p>Take amazon for example which he puts into the first category. Its not appropriate, they apply themselves accross multiple category not just books and there marketplace (and some other products) are more like a service than ecommerce. Also he gives netflix as another example, I am thinking DVDs have high markups and there rental structure makes them again a bad example.<p>My real issue with this and his previous article is that its way to over simplified and doesnt give that much useful info except to say don't pick a market thats too small. Am i missing the point?
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bootload
2007-03-17T23:25:20
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great hack jason, works a treat ~ any chance of a quick writeup of how?
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bootload
2007-03-17T23:47:26
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I'm surprised there have not been more 'vertical' del.icio.us variants. Looks useful to a subset. For a business I wonder how much the 'niche' audience will restrict the sites ability to make money?<p>PRO: <p><i> simple</i><p><i> export data via RSS</i><p><i> pre-built input tools via browser</i><p> CON: <p><i> does not copy delicious conventions enough</i><p><i> free & long term viable? ('We're still working through the whole "money thing.")</i><p><i> redundant images of sites</i><p><i></i> does not export citations,
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JMiao
2007-03-17T23:50:53
Scribd has made something that people want
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JMiao
2007-03-17T23:54:29
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I've seen at least 2 Scribd-hosted docs earning popularity on Digg over the past 3 days. Crazy because Scribd went live not too long ago and I distinctly remember a lot of people questioning its use case.
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davidw
2007-03-17T23:59:45
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Reading 'Founders at work', so far his story is the one that most clicks with me. I'm a technical guy, so I really understand having lots of varied projects going on. The more difficult part is focusing on one single product.
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amichail
2007-03-18T00:04:16
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Try comparing its traffic with reddit on alexa.
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