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by babul 18y ago
They (and similar companies) should read http://www.whatisleft.org/lookie_here/2008/02/big-company-s-... (and similar) and learn?
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by babul 18y ago
What about the examples they used in the article?
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by babul 18y ago
Is this as close as it gets to a personal invitation on HN? :)
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by babul 18y ago
Yes. Look at all the photoshop/dreamweaver/other plugins etc. if you want examples. If you build something useful that people value, then you can build a business on it be it a shop, a website, or software like an extension/plugin.
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by babul 18y ago
Mainly applies to regular HN users? New/infrequent users will not be aware of this (without a sticky or an intro or more vocal policing!?!) so the problem will persist. Other than implementing this upon ourselves how can it be applied to ot
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by babul 18y ago
It sounds like you have been fortunate and found what is right for you. This may not be true for others and sometimes people must learn things for themselves and walk their own paths. For others, if you are able to, at least try for YC et a
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by babul 18y ago
HotOrNot, Slide, Flickr, Digg, Reddit, Last.fm, WordPress etc. These are ones we know because we are in a western society. There many other big hits in other countries that we have not heard of as they are not reported by western media e.g.
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by babul 18y ago
It really depends on what you call "mainstream" and the media you consume, watch, or listen to.
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by babul 18y ago
I have just been reading your blog and macrumors (which I had never heard of). It is actually good to see you have done well especially as your success is based on the model I like best - organic growth based on delivering value to people.
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by babul 18y ago
I actually learnt more outside my CS course, experimenting in my own time, than on it. People should be encouraged to experiment more in education and not spoon-fed.
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by babul 18y ago
I see the current problems with the financial markets have already had much impact on CS/software hire, especially in London. I hope this is not a return to the bad days of UK CS job prospects, circa 2001-2002, after the internet bubble bur
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by babul 18y ago
That article is misleading in many ways and essentially it was only built by 2-3 people. Also, market and user research is important if you want to make a product, but not if you are doing such things primarily for learning & fun.
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by babul 18y ago
The basic tools are free but why get locked into MS with all it all its licensing, proprietary software/platform/toolset, upgrade, and cost issues. MS does make some very good products (I use and like VS2008) but the core reason most hacker
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by babul 18y ago
Actually that is very good progress for both the timeframe and cost.
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by babul 18y ago
Why use it when you can use good, free, robust/reliable, open-source tools to do the same things?
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by babul 18y ago
The people mentioned are all the people in the company. I would guess PR get mentioned as it nice to have the whole company included (for small companies like this) for team spirit and morale etc. and not because it took 3 people to adv
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by babul 18y ago
In the modern age, sad as it is, PR and being able to blow your own trumpet seems to be increasingly important. Sometimes things are made that are instant/viral hits, but most of the time you have to work hard to tell people about it (and h
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by babul 18y ago
Perhaps choose something like dekiwiki and mod it to suit your need?
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by babul 18y ago
personal and private?
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by babul 18y ago
meant to say "This is unfair as there are some good SEO practitioners..."
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by babul 18y ago
These are not the algorithms but an overview of the formulas. For example the HN algorithm is outlined in several places e.g. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704 and on the pg Arc site, and the reddit algorithms is def hot(ups,
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by babul 18y ago
What is the obsession with karma? Should we not up-vote the things we like and down-vote those we don't without having to worry about karma? Is it not supposed to be a measure of the value we find in things rather than with these political
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by babul 18y ago
There are too many SEO cowboys out there trying to make fast money for little/no work, and most people do not understand what good SEO involves. Hence many have bad experiences and the industry as a whole gets a bad name. This is unfair as
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by babul 18y ago
As rms mentions, most of SEO is basic practice and are things you should be doing anyway. If you want your site to rank better simply provide something people want and try to give good, fresh, content on a regular basis. This is perhaps the
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by babul 18y ago
Didn't see FamFamFam icons ( http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/ ) there which are probably the best icon set I have come across.
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by babul 18y ago
Firstly, congratulations. Leaving paid employment is often a big step to take for people used to getting a wage and usually a vital one in being a entrepreneur. The most effective form of marketing is word of mouth. Try to do things to get
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by babul 18y ago
As we see global property recession/dip in the real world, will will see this in virtual worlds like Second Life et al?
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by babul 18y ago
Also, forgot to mention the fact doing a web startup in these areas is cheap, quick, easy, and more likely to have a bigger payoff compared to building the kind of tools you mention.
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by babul 18y ago
Finding the advice also good as I learn to fail more often.
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by babul 18y ago
Its not because nobody cares but more to do with business. Web apps, social sites, news, ecommerce and so on, is what consumers want and where the money is. The computer science and computing issues are the enablers, not the products.

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