MatthewB

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TED Talks: Kevin Slavin - how algorithms shape our world(ted.com)
2 points by MatthewB 15y ago|0 comments
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by MatthewB 15y ago
There's plenty of room for innovation in the mobile game ad space. I actually do like the strategy of making the ads part of an achievement system for the game. This would work especially well for localized ads. For example, if you reach a
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by MatthewB 15y ago
I have to disagree with this strategy. At my company we have made a few one-off games for advertisers and it is always the same story. The advertiser loves the games but the users don't. The problem with this strategy is that if you're desi
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by MatthewB 15y ago
How about #3? Maybe the lack of response to that means you're already working on it:)
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by MatthewB 15y ago
I have used hipmunk a handful of times and it is dead simple to use. I do have a few problems with it: 1. There have been a few times that I have found a flight only to click through to another online flight aggregator (orbitz etc) to find
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by MatthewB 15y ago
Fair enough. I understand your point and you definitely know the beginnings of Airbnb's business better than I do. I have just seen an inundation of "we are the x of y of z" lately and they all just seem like derivatives of derivatives. Air
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by MatthewB 15y ago
I'd rather not call out specific companies but most of the recent launch announcements have been uninteresting to say the least. They are either slight variations of products that are already out there or their market is extremely niche. Ma
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by MatthewB 15y ago
Is it just me or are a lot of the recent YC companies extremely niche, almost where they could just be a feature of another website? Maybe I'm just in a negative mood today.
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by MatthewB 15y ago
Thank you for the Outkast reference: "cooler than a polar bear's toe nails."
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by MatthewB 15y ago
For me, even the most minimal description is sufficient: "We're in niche X." Example: We're in cloud storage. That gives away nothing about your "secret sauce" while still providing the minimal amount of info needed for a hacker to know if
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Facebook Launches Standalone iPhone/Android Messenger App (And It’s Beluga)(techcrunch.com)
10 points by MatthewB 15y ago|1 comments
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Obvious Corp makes first two key hires(blog.obvious.com)
1 points by MatthewB 15y ago|0 comments
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by MatthewB 15y ago
I have an Amazon Prime account and I can say that I have never streamed a show from Amazon. I also have Netflix and more recently I am receiving Hulu Plus. What Amazon needs to do is develop for different platforms. They need to be on Xbox,
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by MatthewB 15y ago
Awesome. Anything that brings more interest to math and sciences is good in my book.
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by MatthewB 15y ago
I believe this is the deal they worked out when Zynga and Facebook were in talks after Facebook credits came about. Zynga knew how much money they were going to lose by giving up a % of virtual items sold, so this is a way to make extra mon
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by MatthewB 15y ago
I thought lulzsec said they were done after their 50 day mission? Guess they had to come back for this.
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by MatthewB 15y ago
A couple months ago I was at a Borders store that was closing down in a few days. They had ridiculous discounts (80% off and such) on everything. When I buy books, I usually buy how-to books to teach myself something. Even though they were
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by MatthewB 15y ago
A little bit sad but who didn't see this coming? At least Barnes and Noble is venturing into the ereader market and trying to do something.
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Japanese Robot built to talk like a Human(techcrunch.com)
1 points by MatthewB 15y ago|0 comments
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by MatthewB 15y ago
This is exactly what I've been fearing for a while. As soon as we go soft on the net neutrality issue, ISPs are going to take advantage. Favoring some traffic over others because they are part of an ISPs product line is ridiculous and anti-
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How Digital Detectives Deciphered the Stuxnet Worm(wired.com)
1 points by MatthewB 15y ago|0 comments
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by MatthewB 15y ago
Is your new product still part of your YC experience?
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Why Mark Zuckerberg’s First Public Response To Google+ Is The Right One(techcrunch.com)
66 points by MatthewB 15y ago|42 comments
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by MatthewB 15y ago
Excellent advice, I will be quoting him on having to "earn" a technical cofounder. He couldn't have said it better. The truth is, ideas and idea people are generally a dime a dozen. For the most part, it is all about execution. For non-tech
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by MatthewB 15y ago
First, thanks to Harjeet for doing this. The biggest question I had for a while about YC has already been answered. That is, how much does the educational background of an applicant impact the analysis of an application. I know a few former
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by MatthewB 15y ago
Good point. I like to talk trash about Facebook's PR but one thing they consistently do correctly is report total user numbers only when they are confirmed active users.
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by MatthewB 15y ago
Awesome. Congrats.
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by MatthewB 15y ago
Interesting. I'd like to know how you met the team you ended up joining. That is something I am looking to do as well.
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by MatthewB 15y ago
This was inevitable. The only reason I haven't paid to end my AT&T contract early is because I am grandfathered in to the unlimited data plan.
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by MatthewB 15y ago
yes, I typed "cd schedule" before typing just "schedule"

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