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by benwerd 15y ago
Not that I'm a conspiracy theorist, but is it a coincidence that Skype's been in acquisition talks lately? Also, can someone please create a viable Skype alternative that actually works?
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by benwerd 15y ago
This is such a great idea. We already know, from companies like Spotify and Netflix, that people will pay for convenience. (See the article about how Netflix is killing BitTorrent from the other day.) We also know that the paywall model is
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Geographers Had Calculated 81% Chance That Osama Was in Abbottabad(news.sciencemag.org)
2 points by benwerd 15y ago|1 comments
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Gore, Ex-Apple Engineers Team Up to Blow Up the Book(wired.com)
68 points by benwerd 15y ago|44 comments
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by benwerd 16y ago
Well, there goes my development methodology.
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by benwerd 16y ago
This isn't just true for entrepreneurs. A victim mentality will doom anyone. Keen an open mind (and open eyes), have confidence in your abilities but be ready to learn, and keep bouncing back.
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by benwerd 16y ago
I bought Sparrow the first day I had a Mac, thinking, "this will be awesome." Day four: I installed the offline Gmail app in Chrome, and Sparrow never, ever gets opened. I would dearly like a native app, because the web app does have its ow
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HttpID: adding identity to standard HTTP requests(benwerd.com)
3 points by benwerd 16y ago|0 comments
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Bookstores and serendipity(benwerd.com)
5 points by benwerd 16y ago|2 comments
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Confessions of an Entrepreneur's Wife(inc.com)
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by benwerd 16y ago
This is brilliant. Any chance you could make it an offline web app / native tool?
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by benwerd 16y ago
You actually make a fair point: I forgot the difference between the UK education system (which I went through) and the US. In the UK, you pick your entire major over a year before you ever go to university. In fact, it depends on your A-lev
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by benwerd 16y ago
Rinse and repeat everywhere, and we're likely to see an overabundance of computer scientists in three or four years. Developers: may I suggest getting a second degree?
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by benwerd 16y ago
An eclectic selection: * "Real" job => Starting a company * 24/7 working life => Switching off and becoming a published fiction writer * Self-doubt and low self esteem => Finding formal help * Teflon pans => Cast iron pans (
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Some things to consider when deciding whether to be a tech entrepreneur(benwerd.com)
2 points by benwerd 16y ago|0 comments
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Federated social web privacy using webfinger(blog.romeda.org)
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by benwerd 16y ago
Clickable: http://onflood.com/ And some hotlinks to different floodboards: San Francisco: http://onflood.com/location/manual/?37.7789601,-122.419199 Austin: http://onflood.com/location/manual/?30.2674473,-97.7425618 Edinburgh, UK: ht
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Show HN: Onflood, a location-specific social network
3 points by benwerd 16y ago|2 comments
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Kids are making friends in the Arab world - via Call of Duty(scottbraddock.com)
54 points by benwerd 16y ago|26 comments
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by benwerd 16y ago
This is a great thing. Status.net is an awesome project, and Evan is brilliant - but having a bunch of inter-operable services and projects just makes OStatus that much more useful. I can't wait for more. I hope everyone's creating machine
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by benwerd 16y ago
I'm pretty sure this takes outsourcing a step or two too far. Personally, I'm hoping it's some kind of social experiment, and they're going to come out with some OKCupid-style expository blog posts in a few months. (If anyone's seriously co
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Edinburgh Festivals Innovation Lab's notes from SXSW 2011(festivalslab.com)
1 points by benwerd 16y ago|0 comments
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by benwerd 16y ago
Donated $38.10, the amount declared as the inflation-adjusted registration fee. My message: Thank you for my career. I've run open source projects, built e-learning systems, helped charities in Colombia work together, worked with people rev
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Evolving Hashtags: Making Tags User-Friendly(blog.socialcast.com)
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by benwerd 16y ago
Bought. Thanks for the pointer!
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There ought to be a web hacker Oscars(benwerd.com)
2 points by benwerd 16y ago|0 comments
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by benwerd 16y ago
For consultancy work only, I use http://letsfreckle.com/ . Makes it pretty painless, although I wish they had a mobile app.
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What are some stupid things smart people do?(quora.com)
2 points by benwerd 16y ago|0 comments
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by benwerd 16y ago
What on earth is wrong with making your own oatmeal? It takes like five minutes and is far cheaper than this will ever be. Also, why is this on Hacker News?
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Social Workshop - A lifetime of products(stubbleblog.com)
2 points by benwerd 16y ago|0 comments

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