JayNeely

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by JayNeely 17y ago
I'm a 15-minute walk from Davis Square, where the subway is, and my rent is only $425 / month. Not only is Boston the #2 city by number of startups: http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/06/startup-centers.ht... It's the #1 city by numbe
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by JayNeely 17y ago
Great points. Maybe video "blogging" isn't the right term. There's definitely a lot more video content being produced these days, but little innovation in the platforms supporting it.
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by JayNeely 17y ago
That's not a bad WordPress theme idea. But that's not at all what I'm suggesting, because... That doesn't improve the video player interface at all. That doesn't make metadata for videos any better. That doesn't provide any improvements in
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by JayNeely 17y ago
"Wordpress.com 20 years more advanced, for video blogging" is one of mine. I'd love to hear critiques of it. I realize the "pitch" is bad, but did you read any of the other sections?; I'm trying to convey that it's not just a hosted platfor
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by JayNeely 17y ago
As with any business, you'd want to do due diligence. If I couldn't look at the code, I wouldn't buy it. Most web apps could be reproduced without ever looking at the code behind it, so allowing you to do so shouldn't be an issue. Buying a
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by JayNeely 17y ago
Even better than a bookmarklet, make it so that anyone can type your URL in front of the one they want PDFed, and it will do so automatically. e.g. http://pdfmyurl.com/news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1190151 Aviary.com does this for site scr
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by JayNeely 17y ago
I don't think there are enough connections among individuals in the community to make that work. HN doesn't place a high priority on identity. No avatars, no karma display, no username differentiation. I'd bet the average HN member can only
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by JayNeely 17y ago
There's currently a feature request to make this more clear: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1017933 Voting for it would be greatly appreciated!
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by JayNeely 17y ago
Nicole's points seem to waver between / be both: - Don't give ideas away, they're valuable, and your creative skills should be as valued as much as a lawyer's legal skills. and - Giving ideas to people when they're not going to give you
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by JayNeely 17y ago
Some constructive criticism: 1) You haven't provided any contact info. The e-mail address in your HN profile isn't publicly visible; you need to type it somewhere in the bio field if you want others to see it. 2) It's unclear what you mean
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by JayNeely 17y ago
http://prezi.com/ 's front page has taken a turn for the worse, but they create some visually interesting presentations. If you have to use slides specifically, take a look at Garr Reynold's (PresentationZen.com guy) sample slides... htt
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by JayNeely 17y ago
The best way to get changes made is the HN Feature Requests List: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=363
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by JayNeely 17y ago
Voting on features on the HN Feature Requests page is the best way to get action taken: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=363 For searching HN, http://searchyc.com is a fantastic service, much better than the HN Search linked at the v
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by JayNeely 17y ago
I'd suggest 3 methods that might get you a good result: 1) E-mail pg@ycombinator.com, taking note of his advice from http://paulgraham.com/info.html Since you're in Boston, ask if he'll be here anytime in the next couple of months, and if
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by JayNeely 17y ago
I'd take this a little more seriously if it were from a site that wasn't plastered in advertising.
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by JayNeely 17y ago
The problem is "technical audience" is still too broad to guarantee relevance. Relevance is the most important thing when placing ads. If you're really set on using an ad network (rather than managing advertisement yourself) use something t
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by JayNeely 17y ago
Nice initiative, but the implementation makes it seem like only a marginal improvement over http://twitter.com/NewsYcombinator - There are too many quick-voted two-pointers that pop onto the front page for just a bit.
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by JayNeely 17y ago
That's only for YC-funded companies; no one else can post jobs there.
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What Content Consumers Will Pay for Online [STATS](mashable.com)
2 points by JayNeely 17y ago|0 comments
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by JayNeely 17y ago
Nice work. The smaller font on your site made me realize how much empty space there is on the right side of HN; never noticed that before.
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by JayNeely 17y ago
Yep. 1) Blogging helps build my personal brand, 2) gives me control over the first things people are seeing about me when they search my name, and 3) gives me platform to improve my writing / coding / design / SEO / and marketing skills. I
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List of Cognitive Biases (and explanations)(en.wikipedia.org)
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by JayNeely 17y ago
I find Silkscreen to be the tiny-font of choice. And it's free: http://kottke.org/plus/type/silkscreen/
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by JayNeely 17y ago
Nice work! To increase adoption, I'd suggest adding a page to your site dedicated to it, with some screenshots of it in action.
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by JayNeely 17y ago
Wikipedia has an aggregate table of several market share companies estimates: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers#Sum... Currently, most put Chrome at between 5% - 6%.
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How Voices.com increased their conversion rate by over 400%(conversion-rate-experts.com)
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by JayNeely 17y ago
Third option: put it out into the world for others to do something with it. I've had enough big ideas to know they won't be the last. It's better for me to finish what I've started. But if an idea really is a big one, it's beneficial to me
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by JayNeely 17y ago
What can you say on how Toronto's succeeded in getting more people to give up on commuting by car?
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by JayNeely 17y ago
There's no way it would be more cost-efficient for people to take even a $0.50 / mile cab trip in their daily transportation than it would a $15/week bus & subway pass. The congestion would be unbelievable, both on the highway and parti
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by JayNeely 17y ago
Password formulas. Something like: first 3 letters of the main group location + last three letters of the site's domain name (not extension) + a constant (gHqW2#).

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