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Bootstrapping Elgg(benwerd.com)
1 points by benwerd 14y ago|0 comments
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by benwerd 14y ago
Thanks for the upvotes, but I now really regret this comment. Juvenile stuff.
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by benwerd 14y ago
That's a horrible way to talk about Steve Ballmer.
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by benwerd 14y ago
I was wondering about both things. Sorry for the implied criticism - what you built was obviously a very important turning point, and I was an avid user for years.
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by benwerd 14y ago
Worth saying that Evernote does this too, if you want it to.
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by benwerd 14y ago
Neat. I'd like to see more of this kind of thing. Rather than throwing money at a problem, take an idea with promise and fill in the gaps with high quality production. The end result is a much more valuable product / company, advertising fo
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by benwerd 14y ago
"We hate tagging. Here's tagging!" But grabbing page content and using it as search engine fodder is very smart. All the bookmarking sites should have been doing that from day one.
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by benwerd 14y ago
This is such an interesting inside look at Yahoo, which kind of makes it obvious why they've been faltering. But it also means that there are frustrated people there who want to make great products and services, if they can cut through the
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A pretty good day for Marissa Mayer: why Yahoo could still win(benwerd.com)
16 points by benwerd 14y ago|1 comments
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by benwerd 14y ago
Cute sales technique.
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Latakoo enterprise video at NBC(benwerd.com)
1 points by benwerd 14y ago|0 comments
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by benwerd 14y ago
I don't know if that title's catchy enough. Here, I summarized the article in 300 words and rewrapped it for you: Inside Huffington Post’s traffic machine: the algorithm that’s killing traditional media http://benwerd.com/blog/2012/07/09/i
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Seedrs Goes Live To Help Crowdfund The Gap In Idea-Stage Investing(techcrunch.com)
6 points by benwerd 14y ago|2 comments
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The brands I care about are all yelling at me(benwerd.com)
1 points by benwerd 14y ago|0 comments
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by benwerd 14y ago
Double stealth mode is the best thing I've heard all year.
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Increasing screen real estate with augmented reality(benwerd.com)
1 points by benwerd 14y ago|0 comments
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by benwerd 14y ago
This should be communication 101. For kids, it's crucial - don't speak to them like idiots, they're actually constantly figuring things out and are probably more observant than we are. But for everyone, it's a great approach that really wor
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by benwerd 14y ago
That absolutely doesn't contradict the point of the post. Yes, a group of authors could argue against .authors. But the process remains opaque, and the point is that the onus is on an authors group to make that objection, rather than ICANN
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by benwerd 14y ago
Which in turn would open a can of worms, because Google themselves have applied for their own gTLDs. I'm worried about the long-term implications, not my immediate realities, fwiw.
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Why ICANN's gTLD process leaves a lot to be desired(benwerd.com)
59 points by benwerd 14y ago|68 comments
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Off the hooks: user-centered development in a mobile-first world(benwerd.com)
1 points by benwerd 14y ago|0 comments
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by benwerd 14y ago
Or, y'know, some other image set that doesn't reinforce tech's already wobbly gender stereotyping.
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Is TV about to implode?(benwerd.com)
2 points by benwerd 14y ago|0 comments
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by benwerd 14y ago
This looks lovely! Nicely done. Big question that I couldn't see an answer to in the screenshots: how do you tab? Also, is there any chance of custom syntax highlighting for people like me who need to code in languages like (say it quietly)
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Why can't I ...(benwerd.com)
1 points by benwerd 14y ago|0 comments
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by benwerd 14y ago
I agree that the syntax isn't great, and a corresponding set of CSS rules would be welcome, but this does solve a problem. What I'd love to see is something similar for bandwidth sets, so lower bandwidth connections can be sent lower qual
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by benwerd 14y ago
A thousand times this. As an engineer, you're one of the few people in the company whose work can be quantified. It sounds like the non-technical founders don't have any metrics for success that they're being held against - given the batshi
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by benwerd 14y ago
This + ifttt would = awesome. Imagine being able to take my data sources and, in response to a particular piece of information on Twitter, get an alert on my phone. I push a button, and a news report is pushed to my TV, while accompanying t
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by benwerd 14y ago
Right - I think my first bullet is probably triggered by an event. Facebook could be it, but I think you're right: it'll probably be something further down the line. Wouldn't surprise me at all if it turned out to be SOPA-like legislation c
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by benwerd 14y ago
So let's be clear about this: these kinds of startups are arbitrary containers for investment dollars. They could be corn, or property, or jelly futures. But as it happens, technology companies are where a lot of people are putting their mo

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