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by avk 16y ago
This page was a very pleasant surprise find when they introduced dev.twitter.com at Chirp in April. I don't like that most Twitter clients reinvent the wheel in terms of UI. A little consistency and familiarity doesn't hurt.
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by avk 16y ago
Thanks for the encouragement. I just updated mine. Feedback appreciated :)
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by avk 16y ago
I've done 2 hackathons with a large group over at UC Berkeley (sponsored by the CS Undergraduate Association and Startup @ Berkeley) but both times worked alone. I also did the overnight hackathon at Chirp, the Twitter Developer conference,
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Understanding Expectation Mismatches from Customer Emails(cindyalvarez.com)
1 points by avk 16y ago|0 comments
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by avk 16y ago
Feedback for Startups is intriguing because the pain is definitely there but this approaches it from the wrong perspective. How can we help startups get feedback from potential users in their target market, not just those seeking incentives
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by avk 16y ago
What's your favorite & least favorite thing about HN? subreddits? other startupy sites you follow?
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by avk 16y ago
It's most likely a set of users who expected something and did not have a good first user experience with your product. Maybe their expectation wasn't matched, they were confused, or they were just browsing. But that's all conjecture, you n
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by avk 16y ago
I don't know about the rest of the HN community but who else is still actually using Buzz? Why?
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by avk 16y ago
I'm currently solving this very problem with a much simpler algorithm and slowly letting folks into my beta over at http://slipstre.am/
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by avk 16y ago
I respect your sympathy for and willingness to read what those you follow deem interesting. But I think the author of the blog post is speaking of a problem that emerges at a larger scale when you follow more & more people. Your stream
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by avk 16y ago
I don't think that's a solution because it assumes everyone would agree that X is for personal posts, Y for professonal, etc. I don't think that kind of agreement will ever come about. I believe in filters but all the ones currently out the
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by avk 16y ago
"I honestly don't see this as a problem. I don't read every Tweet that comes through my stream its kind of random access information, I look at twitter every now and then and if something interesting strikes me I look into it." Don't you fe
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by avk 16y ago
What gave you that impression?
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by avk 16y ago
Excellent post! I came to the same conclusions in February and am working on fixing the Twitter garbage problem (what I see more broadly as information overload) with Slipstream: http://slipstre.am/ Would love your thoughts here or over e
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by avk 16y ago
If I make it out of private beta, I will charge at launch. In the mean time, I don't have to actually collect money to answer my biggest question: do people find my service valuable enough to pay?
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by avk 16y ago
I'm trying things solo this time and don't plan on incorporating at all until I have traction. Just seems like too much hassle and unnecessary expense that gets me no closer to product/market fit.
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by avk 16y ago
I agree with the message but this post is really lacking. Only 2 sentences are spent on why founders need hobbies and much more on a list that, as one of the other commenters already pointed out, is irresponsibly expensive for most founders
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by avk 16y ago
I balance slavish dedication with passion. The more I care, the less I mind putting in more time because it really doesn't feel like work. That works for me, at least while I'm young and hungry for startups. My approach changes dramatically
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The new face of venture capital: A road map for entrepreneurs | VentureBeat(entrepreneur.venturebeat.com)
2 points by avk 16y ago|0 comments
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by avk 16y ago
"Now Spolsky says the plan is for the company to launch a handful of very targeted sites running the same software but focused on offering objective answers to technical questions in other verticals." So is this just a pickier StackExchange
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by avk 16y ago
Made me raise an eyebrow too but I think Joel's previous business experience with Fog Creek will help them steer things in the right direction. I don't think a bubble-like spending spree is in their future.
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by avk 16y ago
I'd like to see a list of recommendations like this for entrepreneurs or would-be entrepreneurs in college (something like http://www.paulgraham.com/mit.html ). I wonder what Caterina Fake would say about Joel's list ( http://www.caterina.
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by avk 16y ago
If Arrington did sell TechCrunch, how would that affect events like TechCrunch50? Would be interesting to see what he would go on to do next...
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by avk 16y ago
Was anyone else hoping for a discussion of how or why browsers almost completely ignore MRU for alt-tab? Only Opera supports cycling through tabs in both MRU and tab order (configurable).
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by avk 16y ago
Another great technique that I read about recently: be the opposite of secretive http://cdixon.org/2010/03/14/developing-new-startup-ideas/
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by avk 16y ago
This was my favorite bit: "Every time I drive by Sand Hill Road, I see clumps of “fresh fish”, shuffling from pitch to pitch, who equate raising VC with having a successful company. Look, this is hard; if you’re really building something of
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by avk 16y ago
Neat. Not sure what the following means (I saw it for "Outbox" and a few others): { "error": { "type": "Exception", "message": "You can only access the \"outbox\" connection for the current user: " } } Does that mean I hav
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Can Entrepreneurs Go It Alone Without Co-Founders?(readwriteweb.com)
1 points by avk 16y ago|0 comments
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by avk 16y ago
Anyone know where we can get the full talk? I'd like to see Jack Dorsey and Ashton Kutcher's reactions.
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by avk 16y ago
I agree that Facebook could easily screw up on privacy but I don't think they could lose like MySpace lost. If Facebook were to screw up, where would people go? Assuming MySpace, Friendster, etc. are already a lost cause.

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