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by Sayter 15y ago
The important lesson here for HN entrepreneurs to take away is that connections can matter as much as a startup's product itself. If we are to go with the assumption that your houseSYSTEM was feature-comparative to Mark's The Facebook (and
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by Sayter 15y ago
$200 million for a domain as an investment? Only one domain has ever sold for more than $10 million. You get below the $1 million range before you're even out of the top hundred. Domains are not as valuable as people think they are, and the
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by Sayter 15y ago
The sky is not falling. Companies will not lose their trademark if they fail to register the domain in all possible TLD's and/or register and maintain a TLD. Considering the latter requires becoming a registrar, you are essentially assertin
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by Sayter 15y ago
It's not as obvious as it sounds. If it is, then this will be an easy question to answer: What will technology be like in 2030?
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by Sayter 15y ago
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by Sayter 15y ago
Branding matters. Marketing matters. UX matters. Android/Linux? GNU/Linux? Stop, just stop. This goes to the open source community: If you name it GNU/Linux, don't be surprised when Android hits mainstream instead. Stop naming things Ubuntu
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by Sayter 15y ago
You are requesting nested circles.
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by Sayter 15y ago
"Public Circle" variation = Facebook Groups.
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by Sayter 15y ago
"Public Circle" concept = Facebook Page with Facebook Groups adding ability.
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by Sayter 15y ago
Apple chose a name with that ambiguity when they gave it the generic-sounding 'App Store' instead of a more brandable alternative. (Quick test on the name: What is the App Store? It's a store for apps.) The quote of Steve Jobs himself using
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by Sayter 15y ago
You could almost say it has a 'hardcore' edge to it. Seriously, you would always be in the shadow of Hustler magazine in terms of mindshare. Just do a quite Google search for hustle magazine (no quotes) to see where they would be starting o
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by Sayter 15y ago
The major benchmark for browsers has been Internet Explorer, which has had 9 versions in 16 years. Compare that to Google Chrome, which is already on 14.0.803.0 (dev) / 13.0.782.32 (beta) / 12.0.742.100 (stable) after existing for less than
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by Sayter 15y ago
The quick jump in major version is because Mozilla is moving to a rapid release cycle, a la Google Chrome. Firefox 6 and Firefox 7 are expected by the end of the year. Here is one of the relevant blog posts: http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/20
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by Sayter 15y ago
The meeting in question was for final approval; ICANN approved plans for opening up gTLD's back in 2008. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/26/icann_approves_custo... This didn't suddenly happen overnight; everyone was informed three ye
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by Sayter 15y ago
My thesis is not that people reject OpenID for that reason, it's that OpenID exists as an ethereal add-on to other services. That is to say: it does not exist in and of itself. Facebook Connect is an extension of my Facebook identity. Twitt
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by Sayter 15y ago
Perception is reality.
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by Sayter 15y ago
1) StackExchange - Identity (username/password) that is site-specific to utilize an individual website. This has typically been standard practice for the majority of the web's existence. 2) Google - Identity connected to Gmail and/or Google
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by Sayter 15y ago
The user experience for OpenID is NOT just as seamless as Facebook Connect, and to claim as such is absurd.
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Why Content Isn't King(theatlantic.com)
7 points by Sayter 15y ago|0 comments
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by Sayter 15y ago
LulzSecurity.org was just registered today.
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by Sayter 16y ago
startup.vc