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by benjaminlotan 16y ago
Wow, i was in the middle of making one of these. Ha. should i stop? i was almost done.
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by benjaminlotan 16y ago
oh and here is the link to the article i references. pretty poorly written and topical, but i like the title and some aspects + discussion of ego. http://on.mash.to/hl2ddT
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by benjaminlotan 16y ago
shoot i should have also made it clear that i am not talking about literally stealing. Obviously we would not do that.
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“Stealing Money from Customers to Reroute into Projects we Believe in.”
2 points by benjaminlotan 16y ago|4 comments
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by benjaminlotan 16y ago
i cannot imagine chrome being untested by facebook.
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by benjaminlotan 16y ago
i think little companies doing their own thing is a pretty strong strategy, Microsoft did a bunch of other things wrong as well.
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by benjaminlotan 16y ago
i guess i was thinking about what they could do if they did not stifle their apps to fit some kind of unified design specification. 'killing' is supposed to reflect where i think they could be without following their own guidelines. Though
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by benjaminlotan 16y ago
300% increase in visits on the day of this. generally nice for spreading some awareness. A few more orders than normal, but nothing insane. very cool for a comment to receive attention though. Makes me want to comment on more articles where
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by benjaminlotan 16y ago
I suppose what I was suggesting was to let each app develop along its own path. Let designers and engineers focus solely on building the best app possible. then throw the google logo in there and integrate with other google services as best
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Google's Design Strategy is Killing Them.
14 points by benjaminlotan 16y ago|11 comments
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by benjaminlotan 16y ago
actually i didnt post this to HN... i just commented on techcrunch and i had no idea that this response would happen. If you read my comment it's pretty relevant. Just saying.
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by benjaminlotan 16y ago
wow, that's my comment thanks for posting to HN.
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by benjaminlotan 16y ago
Social Printshop - California (bay area or elsewhere) - http://socialprintshop.com Marketing/Sales - PHP developer - Front end Web developer We're looking for a Marketing Strategist / Sales Person to fill out our team. We've got big ideas
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Ask HN: Who Can Help Us Get $$$ ASAP?
2 points by benjaminlotan 16y ago|0 comments
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After Inevitable contact from Facebook Legal, PrintingFacebook Rebrands(socialprintshop.com)
1 points by benjaminlotan 16y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: RE-BRANDING... any advice?
7 points by benjaminlotan 16y ago|5 comments
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by benjaminlotan 16y ago
this was my first post-launch blog post about printingfacebook... It's short and i dont know if people will agree, but i thought i would submit it here and see if anyone else has comments about launching... or advice. :-)
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ALWAYS LAUNCH ON FRIDAY recounting my launch last week(screening.tumblr.com)
2 points by benjaminlotan 16y ago|3 comments
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Printing Facebook Gives Hard-Copy Reassurance of Popularity(fastcompany.com)
1 points by benjaminlotan 16y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Have you ever heard of Virtual Sit-in?
1 points by benjaminlotan 16y ago|2 comments
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by benjaminlotan 16y ago
good call. If i plan on using ads on facebook i wont use the term printingfacebook... thanks!
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by benjaminlotan 16y ago
I love this comment in particular. A) my girl friend has been telling me the same thing. B) Relates to me as an artist and brings up all these aesthetic questions, about the audience vs. artist autonomy etc etc. already this project has bee
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by benjaminlotan 16y ago
my shipping policy actually has to do with the printer i am working with, he only ships to the lower 48. That said, this is powerful input. My plan is that if i start getting enough orders and interest from abroad i will be able to convince
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by benjaminlotan 16y ago
good call! do you know about putting out a press release? also let me know if you think of any more anti-facebook blogs. Thanks for the input :)
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Launched Today Printing Facebook | All Your Friends on Your Real-Life Wall(printingfacebook.com)
2 points by benjaminlotan 16y ago|0 comments
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by benjaminlotan 16y ago
great ideas, thanks for the feedback :-) The next product i'm working on is a yearbook style book of friends with names underneath photos and (similar to what you mentioned) the ability to choose a few of your friends, and print a poster of
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by benjaminlotan 16y ago
good idea, i'll figure out a way to make that clear earlier on in the process.
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by benjaminlotan 16y ago
thanks!, in terms of the branding issues w/ facebook, i could see that, but if i ever got big enough to have problems... i think i would be happy. I guess i chose the name for SEO, but when i start offering print services for other networks
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by benjaminlotan 16y ago
yeah, Shipping internationally seems like a whole new set of complications, maybe sometime in the future. Thanks for the encouragement. It feels great to get yours as the first comment. :-)
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by benjaminlotan 16y ago
clickable: http://Printingfacebook.com

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