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by benwerd 14y ago
Yes. I was introduced to Firefox OS in detail at Mobile 2.0 the other day, and I instantly fell in love. This is what the world needs: an open platform designed for the people who don't already have an Internet connection, let alone an iPho
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Why I think Marissa Mayer should buy Automattic(benwerd.com)
3 points by benwerd 14y ago|0 comments
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It's not a battle, it's an adventure(benwerd.com)
1 points by benwerd 14y ago|0 comments
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by benwerd 14y ago
I've quit coworking spaces because of the music before. Not only is it annoying, on the occasions when you do need to take a call at your desk, it sounds immensely unprofessional. (Aside: I wish more coworking spaces had phone booths for
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Making billions of dollars from the federated social web(benwerd.com)
2 points by benwerd 14y ago|0 comments
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by benwerd 14y ago
This is early, but I want it, now. I have a huge number of questions. My mother has idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a disease that irreversibly scars the lungs, restricting breathing over time. My grandmother died of it; my aunt just had bot
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Living sustainably in a digital society: is it even possible?(benwerd.com)
1 points by benwerd 14y ago|0 comments
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Tent has the potential to disrupt the entire social web(benwerd.com)
2 points by benwerd 14y ago|0 comments
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by benwerd 14y ago
Diaspora and some other platforms are federated communities - in other words, they federate between collections of multiple people. Here, the decentralized social activity occurs between individuals. It's decentralized all the way down.
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by benwerd 14y ago
A hosted service, extremely simple APIs and libraries, and some really great end-user clients will go a long way. Make it easy, in other words, and don't make it technical (except for the people who want it to be).
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by benwerd 14y ago
Confirming that I intend to write one for (gasp) PHP. NB: I am the technical cofounder of elgg.org, and I believe software like Tent is (part of) the future of the social web.
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by benwerd 14y ago
Isn't this something Activity Streams could be very useful for? Activity Streams is also JSON-friendly.
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TBL: a democratic hero(benwerd.com)
1 points by benwerd 14y ago|0 comments
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You can't empower users by targeting ads(benwerd.com)
1 points by benwerd 14y ago|0 comments
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The competitive value of time(medium.com)
8 points by benwerd 14y ago|1 comments
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by benwerd 14y ago
Wait, you're not supposed to ask how the other person's doing? Really? :(
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by benwerd 14y ago
What happens if Browser ID takes off?
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by benwerd 14y ago
Worth noting that we can't verify if these are Zynga employees, of course.
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How do Zynga employees feel about the company's summer 2012 stock price drop?(quora.com)
7 points by benwerd 14y ago|1 comments
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by benwerd 14y ago
For me, I don't care if it's a bubble. I'm not going to stop using Twitter any time soon, I don't think - but I'd love to have another network that's full of the people who will self-select to join this. Ultimately I think they'll end up dr
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by benwerd 14y ago
I have no complaints with the open source self-hosted WordPress. You see the benefits of a great platform, together with the benefit of owning and controlling your site.
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by benwerd 14y ago
This seems like a misstep to me. Amazon is a conduit for content to be bought and sold - it shouldn't create content itself. Now, a game platform I could totally understand.
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Introducing Amazon Game Studios(games.amazon.com)
54 points by benwerd 14y ago|37 comments
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by benwerd 14y ago
NASA is a wonder of our modern age. If we're going to have a planned economy (and we are), let's do it through science, technology and knowledge rather than military power.
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The Internet of content(hact.net)
2 points by benwerd 14y ago|0 comments
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by benwerd 14y ago
A thought-provoking note. It's 37Signals' prerogative to not give out free accounts, of course - but this underlines the societal importance of open source and freemium services. Code can be freedom, after all.
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by benwerd 14y ago
Oh hell no. There is, as is noted, a big difference between Internet communications and actually being there. But auto-answering calls doesn't help that; instead, it removes the advantages of these kinds of communications without really int
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by benwerd 14y ago
In-N-Out is in Fisherman's Wharf or Daly City. Either way, delivery to (eg) SOMA or the Mission is going to lead to soggy, nasty food. Also, the first time I went to Shake Shack, it totally put In-N-Out in perspective. And there must be so
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by benwerd 14y ago
Hilarious, sharply satirical movie. Not necessarily HN material, but if you're reading this, go see.
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The web is changing the game for artists(benwerd.com)
1 points by benwerd 14y ago|0 comments

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