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by benwerd 15y ago
This is neat. But it also leads me to a tangential question: Where are the publicly-educated tech moguls? We continually hear about Stanford, Harvard, and places like Wesleyan. There are plenty of entrepreneurs who came from state univers
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by benwerd 15y ago
Forensic police drama writers everywhere: vindicated. This is seriously cool technology.
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by benwerd 15y ago
"Something BIG", and a combination. Netbook / phone combination?
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by benwerd 15y ago
Do we now hold groups responsible for images that 50 of their supporters have shared on Facebook? This. It's natural that sympathizers will have latched onto the image - but that just means they've been duped with everyone else.
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by benwerd 15y ago
Huh. A cynical protester, or a cynical person wanting to undermine the credibility of the protesters? Either way, sad that someone put so much effort into a fabrication. Edit: I guess Hacker News says "no".
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by benwerd 15y ago
Neat, neat, neat. Will there be a directory?
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by benwerd 15y ago
I find it weird that so many easter eggs turn out to be the credits for a piece of software. Shouldn't that stuff be proudly displayed front and center?
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Is the technology industry a force for good in the world?(plus.google.com)
1 points by benwerd 15y ago|0 comments
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Is it time to revive the Bill of Rights for Users of the Social Web?(benwerd.com)
8 points by benwerd 15y ago|2 comments
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by benwerd 15y ago
I co-founded an open source startup six years ago (based on a project that I also co-founded), and probably have a book or two in me on the subject. In short, building around a third-party open source project is probably an easier win than
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by benwerd 15y ago
I bet it violates more than just a networking protocol.
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E.U. Sets 2013 Deadline for Open Source Public Data Mining Portal(readwriteweb.com)
7 points by benwerd 15y ago|0 comments
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The Facebook Timeline is creepy as hell(benwerd.com)
179 points by benwerd 15y ago|78 comments
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by benwerd 15y ago
I didn't know that! Fascinating. Glad they turned it into something awesome.
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by benwerd 15y ago
Isn't this what Valleyschwag did? They went bust, by the way. Be careful.
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Building a community for pulmonary fibrosis: real names won't cut it here(benwerd.com)
7 points by benwerd 15y ago|0 comments
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by benwerd 15y ago
Another clear, incisive article from Tony. Everyone's subscribed to him already, right?
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The Yii Framework uses gamification to reward open source contributors(yiiframework.com)
2 points by benwerd 15y ago|1 comments
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PaceRecorder: understand your voice(pacerecorder.com)
1 points by benwerd 15y ago|0 comments
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Latakoo helps TechCrunch send video fast(news.latakoo.com)
1 points by benwerd 15y ago|0 comments
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Some lessons from the startups at TechCrunch Disrupt(benwerd.com)
2 points by benwerd 15y ago|0 comments
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by benwerd 15y ago
I really like this. They're an English company, of course, and must adhere to the European legal minimum of 28 days a year. I've never understood the American attitude towards vacation - unnecessarily macho, and geared towards burning peopl
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Open source politics?(benwerd.com)
1 points by benwerd 15y ago|0 comments
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by benwerd 15y ago
I'm really interested in this kind of "view source" business model. Is it working for you? There's a strong case for self-hosted apps, particularly in enterprise and school environments, and it feels like open source shouldn't be the only m
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Elgg 1.8.0 released after over a year of development(blog.elgg.org)
3 points by benwerd 15y ago|0 comments
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Spire Magazine: what I did on the Internet(plus.google.com)
1 points by benwerd 15y ago|0 comments
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by benwerd 15y ago
Sharpies and copier paper. Seriously: nothing else has been as efficient for me. (Although it depends on your Sharpie skillz.)
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Is Iceland the future of politics?(benwerd.com)
2 points by benwerd 15y ago|1 comments
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by benwerd 15y ago
I don't see this as something just for the very rich. Citizenship is less of a big deal for Americans because they're so geographically isolated, but elsewhere, people cross national borders very often indeed. (Compare it to how often you c
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Decentralized social networking using web intents(benwerd.com)
2 points by benwerd 15y ago|0 comments

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