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by akitchell 12y ago
Yep - agreed. We're a relatively new team, so there is a lot more to come. Our larger goal is around making a lot of data accessible and actionable for owners everywhere. Stay tuned!
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by akitchell 12y ago
Great call on sharing a more robust write-up. We're going to be watching the market closely over the next 10 days and will share more here. For our team, one of the more interesting aspects of continued observation will be a more fine
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by akitchell 12y ago
If the link leads you to an ‘area search’, that means the user removed their listing from Airbnb, likely after having booked their place for the Super Bowl. Often, these are people who _only_ listed their place for the Super Bowl, a trend
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by akitchell 12y ago
Love this. This makes it easy to send Gifs to friends via text. Essentially, instead of texting emoticons, you can easily send over full Gifs that you find/love. Brilliant, really. Shared ~ a dozen gifs this morning...
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by akitchell 12y ago
Looks pretty darn cool. Seems like Facebook can own the peer-to-peer payments. Integration with retailers would be even better. Retailers certainly would LOVE to allow me to pay & share my experience via Facebook...
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by akitchell 13y ago
Slick tool -- Definitely amplifies the ability of anyone to create novel GIFs to share with friends. Something tells me there is a pretty big audience for this tool. I dig it!
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by akitchell 13y ago
Used this. Love it. Brilliantly conceived.
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Ask HN: Hunting Python/Django programmers to join an ambitious project/business
20 points by akitchell 15y ago|0 comments
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by akitchell 15y ago
Yup... typing msitake. 1-3+ years How the heck did this make the front page of HN?!
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by akitchell 15y ago
Thanks Cherian Would love to talk further about your experiences. Feel free to write me - ak@urbantag.com Thanks! and yep - def a tough problem... ;)
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by akitchell 15y ago
Interesting & strong point. We're looking to solve that problem as well -- its a darn big challenge!
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by akitchell 15y ago
Agreed - and we think your friends would benefit from those short, honest, insightful comments as well. Its all about providing an environment where people you care about can easily find your recommendations... so that when you do find a 5
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by akitchell 15y ago
Interesting point - what if your reviews are shared between your friends? Our findings are that people can be honest in a community where they know their recommendations will mostly help their friends find great places.
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Still trust restaurant reviews?(blog.urbantag.com)
47 points by akitchell 15y ago|45 comments
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Results from the Foursquare/Facebook etc API test(blog.urbantag.com)
1 points by akitchell 15y ago|0 comments
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Comparing the FB/4sq/SimpleGeo/CityGrid POI APIs: And the winner is...(urbantag.com)
5 points by akitchell 15y ago|0 comments
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by akitchell 15y ago
Thanks for the thoughts - We'll share more about our solutions as we approach our launch. Also, Playoff Beards rock; perhaps the word lickable is a bit over the top...
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Local Discovery is Broken(blog.urbantag.com)
12 points by akitchell 15y ago|3 comments
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Wait... People don't love location based apps?(blog.urbantag.com)
7 points by akitchell 15y ago|8 comments
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U.S., in Shift, Sees Marriage Act as Violation of Gay Rights(nytimes.com)
17 points by akitchell 16y ago|11 comments
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Asana's awesome new tool for businesses/groups/people/YOU(vimeo.com)
1 points by akitchell 16y ago|0 comments
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by akitchell 16y ago
Damn, this is frustrating... geo-location is such an exciting technology - just shocked that one company can own the rights to so much. Patents that cover ideas this expansive are so illogical.
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Chinese Supercomputer Now Fastest on Earth(nytimes.com)
15 points by akitchell 16y ago|6 comments
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by akitchell 16y ago
Good point - There was another article recently about Apple that addressed this -- "You Can't Innovate Like Apple" http://bit.ly/3eYW In short -- Apple's focus on perfection/design (they plan on 'throwing out' 90% of their work) is hard t