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Show HN: NewsMap – local news on a map (like Zillow but for news)(newsmap.me)
2 points by ajones05 9mo ago|1 comments
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Tesla Solar Roof shady business practices
26 points by ajones05 5y ago|7 comments
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by ajones05 7y ago
An abbreviated version of this story is included in this great post on how 22 now-successful companies got their first users/customers https://www.referralcandy.com/blog/how-to-get-first-customer... (Segment, Tind
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by ajones05 9y ago
I'm doing something similar for local news/events, called SeeAround.me, where people can see/submit local news stories and their locations. But I could see sort of a cross between that and Your Audio Tour as particular intere
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by ajones05 9y ago
Project: SeeAround.me - an app to see and share hyperlocal news by location (like Waze for what's happening nearby). All content is user generated, with most of it in San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley for now. Frustration: It's
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by ajones05 10y ago
In the U.S. we force children to sit still through hours of classes, wonder why they get distracted, and then medicate them. In other countries kids get more breaks to expend energy and are then more attentive - e.g., http://www.
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by ajones05 10y ago
Some of his stories leave me that way, too. Others, even very short ones, have stayed with me every since I read them. Here are two of my favorites that are both very short: "The House of Asterion" http://ddm.ace.ed.ac.
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by ajones05 11y ago
I saw the interstitial example. It looks slick. I think Bre.ad was for influencers, too. Do you know what didn't work for them and what you are doing differently? Are people able to make enough for you to take a cut or fee?
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by ajones05 11y ago
Awesome, thanks for taking a look and sharing feedback!
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by ajones05 11y ago
A few people have been using it in the bay area, mainly in Oakland and Barkeley and a few in SF. Note that in other locations you can still use it, but there isn't much content to see!
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by ajones05 11y ago
Interesting. I like the idea, but isn't this pretty similar to "bre.ad"? -- as far as I know, they weren't able to turn it into a viable business and the Yahoo! acquisition was an acquihire.
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by ajones05 11y ago
That's an interesting thought. My initial reaction is that people wouldn't use that until this was more established, which leads to sort of a catch-22 situation, but I like the idea. Another consideration with the hashtag is that
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by ajones05 11y ago
At first I thought I could just try to pull in geo-tagged feeds from Instagram, Twitter, and other sources. The trouble is, most of that content is not actually about the location. Someone might say, "I love lasagna!" and it'
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by ajones05 11y ago
You mean there was an issue with Facebook login..? It should only try to open a file from your computer if you're submitting a story and try to attach an image. Re mobile: It's too complex for a small screen, so there's a mob
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by ajones05 11y ago
The problem: hyperlocal news is fragmented - on news sites, blogs, newsletters, events pages, etc. I built this so the local community can see, submit, curate, and discuss local news, all in one place and with a map.
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Show HN: SeeAround.me – See and share local news(seearound.me)
5 points by ajones05 11y ago|12 comments
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There Is Growing Evidence That Our Universe Is a Giant Hologram(motherboard.vice.com)
4 points by ajones05 11y ago|0 comments
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Turn Facebook page into website(zootzy.com)
3 points by ajones05 13y ago|0 comments
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Startups for non-technical founders(medium.com)
1 points by ajones05 13y ago|0 comments
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by ajones05 13y ago
There's also Twist
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by ajones05 14y ago
"I wish I could offer some link examples of the things I thought EveryBlock did well" I'm working on a related side project and I'd definitely be interested in hearing those thoughts...
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by ajones05 14y ago
For anyone curious about craigslist marketshare and competitors, this is the best resource I've seen on the topic: http://www.quora.com/Craigslist/Why-hasnt-another-product-di... In that discussion is reference to this graphic, which does
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by ajones05 15y ago
This is easily applied to software but not necessarily services, which cannot scale the same way. Unless you mean to say that no services company could ever count as a startup. I think it has more to do with the current state of a company -
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by ajones05 15y ago
Here was Jason Calacanis's take on May 15: "Bitcoin P2P Currency: The Most Dangerous Project We've Ever Seen" -- "We are 100% certain that governments will start banning bitcoins in the next 12 to 18 months. Additionally, we’re certain bitc
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by ajones05 15y ago
wow, good karma +50 to Matt on this one
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by ajones05 15y ago
They rarely are, especially in california. My guess would be the same, that there was some other reason and it was more of an excuse. Maybe he wanted to show loyalty to the other company.
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by ajones05 15y ago
SalesForce is piecing together social CRM: integrating social data into their CRM system. This will add to the monitoring (and in-progress publishing) capabilities from the Radian6 acquisition. The triforce is almost complete...
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by ajones05 15y ago
I've been using rapportive for a few months and love it. It provides additional context about the person you're corresponding with - social profiles, crunchbase info, etc. It occasionally displays completely innacurate info, though. Somebod