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by benwikler 13y ago
The biggest moment for me was when I started thinking about productivity (or its absence) as a matter of willpower, and started to think strategically about how to make it easy. It's still a struggle to think that way: it seems like yo
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The Internet Must Go(theinternetmustgo.com)
3 points by benwikler 13y ago|0 comments
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by benwikler 13y ago
Any chance Leopard support could be on the roadmap? Part of what makes Loom so exciting is the chance to get my photos un-confusingly off of older computers, so I was disappointed not to be able to install it on a 2006 MBP. Thanks!
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by benwikler 13y ago
So, what's the main difference between Loom and Everpix?
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Bill introduced to shred peer review in NSF grants(act.watchdog.net)
1 points by benwikler 13y ago|0 comments
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by benwikler 14y ago
Very excited that this is a) awesome and b) still exists. Contrast with Gush, which was announced with fanfare with similar goals in 2011 ( http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/28/jesta-labs-hatches-gush-fet... ). On the website ( http://getgush.c
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by benwikler 14y ago
Did you get all the way to the final feature on the lower right?
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Show HN: Extrovert. Double your social media presence, instantly.(getextrovert.com)
25 points by benwikler 14y ago|8 comments
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by benwikler 14y ago
This is really wrenching, and beautifully done.
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by benwikler 14y ago
"he tried to change everything around him - everything but himself." Read his last big piece of writing: the series Raw Nerve, which he called "a series of pieces about getting better at life." He was trying to change himself. And he was
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by benwikler 14y ago
Great that they're probing the reasons for going after him--including whether his advocacy background was a factor, and why the superseding indictment--when they upped the felony count from 4 to 13 a year after the first indictment--was nec
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by benwikler 14y ago
One thing I love about GiveWell is that they publicize and learn from their mistakes, this one included. http://www.givewell.org/about/shortcomings They're really, really good people. Like everyone, they did something dumb. Unlike most, t
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by benwikler 14y ago
As a close friend of Aaron's who was on the email chain between ThoughtWorks and his family about this statement, I can tell you that marketing played no role in this. There is intense, genuine, sadness and anger there about what happened,