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by athst 15y ago
Very cool, how does it work with custom domains? Couldn't find anything on the site about that.
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by athst 15y ago
They were taking donations in the name of a fake person? At first it sounded like they just got caught doing a harmless marketing ploy, but if they were taking donations, that's way worse.
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by athst 15y ago
I disagree with this approach. Without at least a tangible prototype to show someone, asking people whether or not they would pay for a product tells you almost nothing. The natural reaction is to say "no, I don't need that." If you're no
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by athst 15y ago
I'd highly recommending the documentary "Page One" that just came out, which is about the NYT. It really makes you appreciate the work they do. I know we laugh at their attempts to make money online, but that fact is that it would be a hug
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by athst 15y ago
Wow, great win. Katamari Damacy has to be one of the greatest games of all time.
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by athst 15y ago
The fact is that, in a lot of cases, the news that the NYT creates is not commoditized. Often, they are one of the only, if not the only, organization covering a particular story. The problem is that now there are a lot of derivative news
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by athst 15y ago
This reminds me of those Burger King "Whopper Virgins" commercials where they tested BK and McDonald's hamburgers in remote places where no one had ever heard of either restaurant before. It's entertaining and an interesting experiment, but
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by athst 15y ago
I would kill all mailto: links. In the age of gmail, how many people does this actually apply to? I always accidentally click these links, and it opens up some default email program that came with my OS that I've never touched before.
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by athst 15y ago
In my opinion, the entry-level pricing plan is too expensive. $10 for just one site? I guess it depends on how much functionality you provide. Also, once someone has a potential customer list, will you make it easy to integrate with serv
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by athst 15y ago
If you walk around any gathering of hackers/tech people in Silicon Valley, a vast majority of people will have Mac notebooks. It's gotta be like 95%+. Robert Scoble noted this phenomenon recently: http://scobleizer.com/2011/04/12/does-any
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by athst 15y ago
I can't wait to see what the new ones look like. I've been on the fence between going with Macbook Pro w/SSD or going with Macbook Air, and it feels like they're taking forever to get the new ones out.
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by athst 15y ago
The design of the site looks really good, and I think there's definitely a need for this. Right now I don't think there are many good (and affordable) tools to manage different support channels. I have tried other options like Hootsuite o
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by athst 15y ago
You really need to let these new Google services exist for a while before making any determination on how good it is. The people who got into Buzz and Wave early were initially quite enthusiastic, but, over time, no one really stuck with e
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by athst 15y ago
Wow, it's like he was in his own Twilight Zone episode. You think the FBI is watching you and everyone tells you they aren't. In that situation I think I'd believe the people around me and think that I was crazy. Even though it was unfini
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by athst 15y ago
I agree, it was good for them to respond with something. It shows that they are aware of the many criticisms flying around the press right now, and that they are actually paying attention. Saying nothing would make it seem like they are t
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by athst 15y ago
Triumph of the Nerds is amazing. Some of Steve Jobs' best quotes come from there. It's interesting to see in historical context as well - Microsoft was still on top, and Apple was going through hard times.
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by athst 15y ago
I was thinking primarily the widgets. I'd check out a program like Omnigraffle or Visio to get a sense of the kind of objects they have there and see the visual style that they are using. I am assuming this is kinda meant to be a lightwei
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by athst 15y ago
Seems like a useful app and it works pretty well. Others have mentioned the font, but in general I think if you worked with a designer on improving the overally appearance and the design of the different elements, the app would benefit gre
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by athst 15y ago
I think it's a cool idea, kinda like LikeALittle but for organizational stuff. To pre-select the group of people who can participate, you might want to look at a model like Yammer, which validates accounts based on the email domain. This w
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by athst 15y ago
What kind of price range of house are you looking at?
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by athst 15y ago
Is there a reason you call them "sports people" instead of "athletes?" At first I thought it was for sports fans, but after poking around the site, only then did I realize it was more for people who were actually interested in doing sports
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by athst 15y ago
We really need to stop calling everything a Ponzi scheme. A Ponzi scheme is a very specific thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponzi_scheme Adding that label to everything you think is bad cheapens both the meaning and the point you're
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by athst 15y ago
The guy is older than both Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos. From what I can tell he is pretty set in his worldview.
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by athst 15y ago
IMHO if you can work with a startup that is using technology you find interesting, that would be the best thing - you'd get a lot more breadth of experience and you'd have more of a chance to play with newer stuff. If you do join a big com
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by athst 15y ago
He forgot to mention the whole part about objectifying women, bad product, and constantly pestering customers to buy stuff they don't want.
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by athst 15y ago
It definitely reinforces Bezos' long-term view of business that he always talks about. And the subtext here is that he is building Amazon to be a company that is still around 10,000 years from now.
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by athst 15y ago
I think they are giving the OLPC way too much credit for starting the netbook trend. I remember that when it was introduced, one of the main criticisms was that the industry was already making laptops almost that cheap anyway. Onn the othe
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by athst 15y ago
I recently used the Apress book "Beginning Rails 3," and I thought it was very well done and easy to understand for a beginner. It takes you through the building of a basic blog application and touches on pretty much all the important area
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by athst 15y ago
The first infographic I've seen in a while that is actually good - insightful data, good design, and it actually has real analysis behind it. I don't think I've ever seen a circle time chart like that before - really cool.
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by athst 15y ago
It's not about following the herd - it's about being where the herd is (because that indicates there is something big there) but choosing your bets carefully and controlling what you can control. I think it's too easy for these people to t

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