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811.
by aditya 17y ago
Congrats Mark :-)
812.
by aditya 17y ago
From personally having taken both the GRE and the GMAT a few years ago, I think saying the GRE is much easier is not necessarily true. The math might be easier but the vocab sections test your ability to memorize obscure words, as opposed t
813.
by aditya 17y ago
Agreed, probably the most powerful line in the entire article: The first three years of Fog Creek were like this. We tried in vain to find the magical sales and marketing formula that would make our software successful.
814.
by aditya 17y ago
The trouble with that, of course, is that even though tipjoy pleased users they just didn't have enough of them or enough transaction volume since the market wasn't ready. What does one do in that case? Keep going (bleeding money) or give u
815.
by aditya 17y ago
Wait, you can do that? Exchange uids?! I want nickb's... :-) Oops. My bad. Pre-edit: "so why post this and why now? :)"
816.
by aditya 17y ago
Yep, I think my big trouble is 'can' and 'will'. An engineer, being a full-time employee will come in and kick all sorts of ass, while an advisor may or may not help you make the right decision, make the right connections, etc. Not saying t
817.
by aditya 17y ago
Good. I'm rooting for you! :-)
818.
by aditya 17y ago
You know, backtype is a pretty awesome idea since conversational search is clearly valuable to brands and businesses. I guess this jumping on the "real-time" bandwagon will get them exposure and funding but I hope they don't lose their focu
819.
by aditya 17y ago
It's surprising isn't it? that's the same amount you'd give an early engineer. Makes it sound like advisory board positions add an equal amount of value.
820.
by aditya 17y ago
Interactive isn't worth it unless you're looking to get the word out or schmooze and network, which are all important things but not if it takes time out of getting an alpha product out. My 2c. :)
821.
by aditya 17y ago
gasp he was planning this all along! and he left clues!
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Getting beyond hyperlocal (urbanomnibus.net)
1 points by aditya 17y ago|0 comments
823.
by aditya 17y ago
link?
824.
by aditya 17y ago
How do you feel now? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=771935 :P
825.
by aditya 17y ago
It is quite a coup, especially because text messages are essentially free to the carrier: Looking for a data pipeline that would fit these micro messages, Hillebrand came up with the idea to harness a secondary radio channel that already e
826.
by aditya 17y ago
yes, but coming from the WSJ which is a lot more widely read by policymakers than, say, TechCrunch this gives the issue a lot more coverage which is probably the right way to think about how it can be addressed by those with the power to ad
827.
by aditya 17y ago
Two of whom? Women or co-founders? :)
828.
by aditya 17y ago
Mini-guide to scaling your app: Step 1. Measure, measure, measure: response time, page load time, query time Step 2. Identify bottlenecks: Why isn't your page load snappy? Too much JS? Round-trip to DB is killing you? Your mongrels are ove
829.
by aditya 17y ago
This is awesome. Currently background for a (hopefully regular) cooking session. 1) Don't make it autoplay - "Press play to get started" is much, much, much better 2) Ask me for artists I like and make recommendations 3) Ask me for friends
830.
by aditya 17y ago
When they knew Odeo didn't have enough traction: http://www.stubbleblog.com/index.php/2009/06/the-real-lesson...
831.
by aditya 17y ago
or, work hard and know when to give up. much harder.
832.
by aditya 17y ago
I upvoted because being an NYC native (well, after 5 years here) it is always interesting to see what I think I may be missing out on by not being in SF. Honestly, I think he's spot on with SF being cheaper, cleaner and better tech scene th
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Good vs Great: Hiring and Maintaining Engineering Organizations(vijaygill.wordpress.com)
1 points by aditya 17y ago|0 comments
834.
by aditya 17y ago
Qustion for hackers: do you actually get any code written at starbucks? I've always found it too distracting and usually only go there to read...
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by aditya 17y ago
The real problem is government paying lip service to opening up data and giving people access to it. NYC Big Apps is possibly a step in the right direction: Approximately 80 data sets from across 32 City agencies and commissions may be mad
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by aditya 17y ago
Why is this such a Big DealTM? @replies becoming a part of the API were a big deal because you could follow the conversation thread using them, RTs don't really have any other context and we're already doing pretty well reposting a tweet wi
837.
by aditya 17y ago
Pricing is mostly a dark art / finger in the air analysis, here's what I think you should do: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=677396
838.
by aditya 17y ago
This sounds like a bad idea for exactly the same reasons as starting up in a startup hub sounds like a good idea. 1) Easy to find and hire good people from your own network 2) Easy to raise money from connections in your own network 3) Easy
839.
by aditya 17y ago
Doesn't mean you can't found a company - you just can't be employed by it unless it sponsors your visa...
840.
by aditya 17y ago
Quite interesting that there are more than a few people interesting in purchasing it on the comments for that post (and the previous post). I wonder how much money they're looking for and why they wouldn't sell it now even after they've mad

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