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by benwerd 16y ago
Lanyrd is my favorite startup of the last twelve months (aside from the one I'm working on, natch). It's well built, intelligently designed, incredibly responsive to its users, and has helped me discover a bunch of events I would otherwise
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by benwerd 16y ago
Downside: if you include it as an HTML link you can use a PNG file, whereas the version in the root has to be an icon file. Chances are, that's the only time you'll ever use the icon format, and many image apps don't support it. It's a weir
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by benwerd 16y ago
That'd be an incredible resource. If it doesn't exist yet, please, someone create it.
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by benwerd 16y ago
This really whet my appetite. I'm moving to the Valley this Spring, about ten years later than I should have. I've been there just about every year, of course, but it's not the same as being immersed in it 24/7. Anyone else about to make th
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by benwerd 16y ago
Perhaps a combination, like a sort of TechMeme for books?
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by benwerd 16y ago
Useful, and also a neat way to make some side-cash via your affiliate link. I suspect I'll be checking this regularly. One thing that would be really handy - or at least interesting - is a "most recently mentioned" list. For example, when p
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by benwerd 16y ago
My favorite feature of this: the option to donate to the font designer when you download. +1 (although I'd love to see the conversion stats).
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by benwerd 16y ago
Don't get me wrong, I actually think it's a great idea. But I suspect it's not above Microsoft to deliberately change things so radically that this becomes untenable in the long run.
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by benwerd 16y ago
Part of the problem is the open source movement's increasing antipathy towards Microsoft. This is an understandable attitude to have, of course, but it doesn't win you fans when you try and acquire users outside the movement itself. For mos
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by benwerd 16y ago
You mean open to their customers and leverage their not-insignificant technical base to nurture creative development and create a genuine ecosystem around their products? That'll never work! Meanwhile, I'm a little bit smug about the shout
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by benwerd 16y ago
Because I'm apparently spending much of my day responding to HN stories, and because I wanted to see what happens when a page actually returns a 418 code: http://nokiaplanx.com/?teapot=1
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by benwerd 16y ago
Well, that's surely true of the entire web.
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by benwerd 16y ago
So, um, Nokia Plan F is pretty nsfw. Just a quick warning.
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by benwerd 16y ago
Yay, thanks for posting this! Seemed like a good idea at the time ...
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by benwerd 16y ago
http://nokiaplanx.com/
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by benwerd 16y ago
I miss Lemmings. Is there a version that'll run on today's PCs? Without using Dosbox, that is.
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by benwerd 16y ago
Very appropriate day to post this. In my house, I do most of the cooking, the dishes and the laundry. (The latter is because, being one of these work-at-home laptop-bound types, I'm at home a lot.) My girlfriend tends to vacuum and tidy mor
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by benwerd 16y ago
I really like the idea. A couple of initial comments based on a test photo I uploaded straight from my camera ( http://loud.ly/yqyqns ): I really didn't like having to install a piece of code in my site theme. Although I've done it for this
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GroupOn, LivingSocial engaging in questionable practices(techcrunch.com)
157 points by benwerd 16y ago|58 comments
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Nokia granted exclusive rights to customize WP7(neowin.net)
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by benwerd 16y ago
It's interesting that, with 43 days to go, they've already raised over $8,000 dollars. This suggests to me that RoboCop galvanizes altruistic giving. I suggest we add RoboCop to more funding appeals to give them some extra oomph: - Medical
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by benwerd 16y ago
Although it works for me, I'd imagine that's a Google Translate issue. Here's the original article URL: http://www.hs.fi/talous/artikkeli/Nokian+ty%C3%B6ntekij%C3%A...
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LawPivot: Crowdsourced, Confidential Legal Advice for Startups(readwriteweb.com)
1 points by benwerd 16y ago|1 comments
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1000+ Nokia workers have walked out in protest (in English via Google Translate)(translate.googleusercontent.com)
252 points by benwerd 16y ago|165 comments
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by benwerd 16y ago
I think this is incredibly exciting. Apple has been able to create a seamless experience because it owns its entire PC chain, from designing the computer hardware through building the operating system through, in the iOS devices at least, a
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by benwerd 16y ago
Hooray! Mubarak to concede power to his vice president, who has said that Egypt isn't ready for democracy, effectively deflating the protesters' demands while changing pretty much nothing, and leaving the door open to come down harshly on d
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Why HP’s take on WebOS could be a very big deal(benwerd.com)
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by benwerd 16y ago
Club Penguin is the go-to place for the tween set, no?
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by benwerd 16y ago
Interesting idea - but awful marketing. "Hey, gran, call me if you get stuck. xxx" Incredibly condescending. That said, while my grandfather uses the web every day, he does sometimes get stuck. But a little extra personalization / friendlin
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by benwerd 16y ago
The final paragraph is somewhat ominous: "APNIC reiterates that IPv6 is the only means available for the sustained ongoing growth of the Internet, and urges all Members of the Internet industry to move quickly towards its deployment." In ot

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