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by BenS 16y ago
Can you clarify? I've always thought of engineers as people who solve problems by applying scientific knowledge. These guys seem to fit the bill, but I'm not an engineer (by any definition) so I don't know the terms first-hand.
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by BenS 16y ago
Some of those commenters look pretty well-qualified. For example, Terence Tao was awarded both the Fields medal and the MacArthur Fellowship.
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by BenS 16y ago
Google is buying distribution across many social networks in lots of countries, and a team 100+ smart engineers and product designers.
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by BenS 16y ago
Palo Alto, CA Pinterest is a social catalog. http://www.pinterest.com/home We are hiring a front-end engineer to join our 3 person team. We are founded by one ex-googler and one ex-vc. ben (at) pinterest (dot) com
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by BenS 16y ago
I disagree. Sure, Twitter needs to improve stability and speed. But I think the location and annotations are exciting and it makes sense for them to learn what works and adds value to the core experience.
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by BenS 16y ago
Most of what Trip talks about is FB connect and recasting. I like the flash to html switch, but can someone explain why the flash to html5 conversion would increase time on the site for regular web users? (I find it easier to understand wh
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by BenS 16y ago
I think your objection is less about the type of person and more about the use case. Representative maps are best for showing relationships and directions. That's why public transportation maps (subways esp.) are drawn to show how various
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by BenS 16y ago
I agree with mmelin. Maybe it could be more fun if it was a petition you 'sign' by re-tweeting, or a 'meeting manifesto'. Or at least something more provocative like, I won't tolerate poorly run meetings or the people who perpetrate them
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by BenS 16y ago
Might be over-analysis. Perhaps google just heard that people like pictures on the bing page, so they tried to push it on google for a day, both to see what happens and increase igoogle. i was surprised how fired up people got.
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by BenS 16y ago
Also a way of sticking it to web publishers who collect roughly 70% of the money from google-placed ads and 100% of direct ads
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by BenS 16y ago
Congrats to Daniel and Dave! I'm biased b/c I know these guys, but I'm excited about their startup. And hats off to Dan b/c it's never easy to leave a salaried, full-time gig for the ground floor of a startup.
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by BenS 16y ago
I appreciate it travis. if you ever want an invite to try it out, just ping me ben (at) pinterest (dot) com.
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by BenS 16y ago
thanks Travis. I totally agree about focusing on improving vs. benchmarking against others. I was more just curious. The product is http://pinterest.com
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Ask HN: Redemption rate on beta invites?
4 points by BenS 16y ago|4 comments
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I'm surprised @Apple was available on Twitter.(twitter.com)
1 points by BenS 16y ago|0 comments
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Gesture Based Computing Gloves(web.mit.edu)
37 points by BenS 16y ago|8 comments
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Charlatan, Martyr, Hustler(joeyroth.com)
1 points by BenS 16y ago|0 comments
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IE9 Preview with hardware acceleration(blogs.msdn.com)
25 points by BenS 16y ago|5 comments
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by BenS 16y ago
We are hiring a designer at our startup: http://www.pinterest.com . We are in Palo Alto. 3 people, funded.
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by BenS 17y ago
Congrats! Overall, this list had some great ideas. It's refreshing to see a whole crew that aren't being discussed in the typical Silicon Valley blogs. I thought sparefoot.com was especially cool.
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Bump and PayPal release mobile payments app(9to5mac.com)
1 points by BenS 17y ago|0 comments
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by BenS 17y ago
Tell people you care about that you are starting a project. Keep them up to date on your progress. Your friends and your ego can be powerful motivators to finish.
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Firefox 4 Mac Theme Mockups(wiki.mozilla.org)
3 points by BenS 17y ago|0 comments
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by BenS 17y ago
I wasn't able to find it on the site either, but it was in their lumber department. I read about it on a couple blogs: http://www.johnmurch.com/2007/10/20/diy-whiteboard-on-the-ch...
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by BenS 17y ago
No, that is feet.
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by BenS 17y ago
The best startup office tip I have heard is buying sheets of 'Solid White Tileboard' from home depot. It is a material used in commercial shower installations that works well as a white board. 8x12 sheet is ~14 dollars.
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by BenS 17y ago
I really enjoyed this talk. One of my favorite parts was a list of book recommendations Kevin provided at the end: - call to action - landing page optimization - small giants - the ultimate question (how to design surveys and define meanin
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by BenS 17y ago
This makes delivering rich application experiences with tools like cappuccino more interesting to me.
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by BenS 17y ago
On #2: you have missed the point of why a hand written letter to a loved one is special.
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by BenS 17y ago
I know the big story here is cross platform support, but I also LOVE the idea of being able to see common friends as a way to break the ice.

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