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by brackin 14y ago
It's true that the Surface is coming in at a 10" form-factor when the iPad holds 70% of the market and the real battle is happening on the 7", slightly lower end market.
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by brackin 14y ago
I hope so, I really enjoyed Founders at Work. I read it when I was 16, loved making things on the web but had no idea about startups in the Valley, being from London. Jessica's talk at Startup School felt like an update, which was great.
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by brackin 14y ago
This is incredibly annoying. I didn't realise how much I replied on Tumblr. I was trying to get the contact email for a few people for my YC application and they all have tumblr site's, I do too. Luckily Google has a cache.
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by brackin 14y ago
Liking a post is a signal, especially when you're the first 'liker'. If it was posted by someone you don't see every day it's unlikely you'd immediately like something. People are like a heard of sheep, when others that starting something i
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by brackin 14y ago
Useful piece. I started breaking down our YC application and rewriting answers and I realised that I could write much of what I've put in a much shorter manor that is to the point.
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by brackin 14y ago
This is quite cool, the coding alternative to NaNoWriMo.
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by brackin 14y ago
I've found that people tend to feel the need to fill applications with useless jargon, especially when they aren't sure if their answer or they aren't good enough. They feel that they need to make what they're doing sound more impressive ov
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by brackin 14y ago
Adding value to the reader. Why the reader should read their post vs the Venture Beat quote. As writers that should be their aim.
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by brackin 14y ago
They shouldn't completely change what they do but focus on quality valuable content. When I read something on AVC, Paul Graham's Blog or Ben Horowitz' blog I find direct value. I learn something new or how to fix a problem I'm facing. Many
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by brackin 14y ago
It depends, I usually listen to a couple of talks and go outside to chat to some people. There's also half an hour at the start to just talk to people and eat pizza. I went to the pub after and it turns into a slightly more one-on-one setti
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by brackin 14y ago
I totally agree, everyone believe that Samsung replicated much of the iPad. I wouldn't have necessarily disagreed if the court decided that no infringement occurred and that was it but the idea of forcing a company to release an apology in
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by brackin 14y ago
Exactly, although they have a tarnished brand. They could find the most talented developer and become somewhat of a Mobile incubator. They've got a lot of deals and scale having dealt with Verizon, physical space and employees. They could u
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by brackin 14y ago
This is quite a personal story and It's not near this level but I grew up with a parent with Schizophrenia and still am. I'm 18 and currently live alone with this parent and am moving out soon as I work on my company. The situation is fine
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by brackin 14y ago
To start I think 3D printing is just making it easier for hobbyists and small professionals to manufacture products, lowering cost for the consumer and increasing competition. In time they'll start to come into the home if we can find furth
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by brackin 14y ago
Some YouTube partners I know get paid per 500 views so if you got another 500 you'd make a few dollars.
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by brackin 14y ago
Interestingly they don't seem to want to own the whole phenomenon. Which could be a good thing for what they want to achieve. They want to focus on creative projects over being a platform to fund anything or a store with little accountabili
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by brackin 14y ago
I believe that content should be written for a platform. Which is why putting magazines on newsstand by putting images in an application hasn't sold well. This content targets the iOS using audience and is written for the format. The tools
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by brackin 14y ago
That's an interesting one, I'd guess Spotify would be whitelisted if not as they started using the open graph before the public launch. Most apps hook you in to click from seeing a post on someone else's timeline and auto posts what you're
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by brackin 14y ago
Hacker News is a great meetup and the original London tech meetup for real hackers and startup folks. Highly recommended for newcomers. Other good meetups to checkout are Silicon Drinkabout and Digital Sizzle.
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Facebook changes Open Graph guidelines to stop applications auto-posting(developers.facebook.com)
47 points by brackin 14y ago|22 comments
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by brackin 14y ago
Agreed but the fact that they acquired Svpply means they were working on this and wanted to use Svvply's team to build upon this.
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eBay announces site redesign and Pinterest-like discovery feed.(thenextweb.com)
22 points by brackin 14y ago|18 comments
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by brackin 14y ago
Interesting, it definitely makes sense. I've not used the product but I've seen the exported video, Vine has done a good job of removing some of the stigma associated with other services like Twitvid and SocialCam. There's no flash on the v
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by brackin 14y ago
It's definitely for a certain type of seller. Although you could technically use it for micro-payments, it's not very effective at all. There's Braintree among other competitors too.
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by brackin 14y ago
Love the new button, GoCardless is a good alternative for UK (and soon Europe) focused businesses until Stripe launches, know they are different as GC uses Direct Debit.
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by brackin 14y ago
This is extremely common in Europe and the UK. It's definitely related to if you afford it. My friends that went to private Schools are mostly taking gap years and most of my friends that went to state schools are going to University or goi
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by brackin 14y ago
I'd love to talk about monetizing it. Link or email me andrew@brack.in? I know a few people that have been able to do this in the page.
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by brackin 14y ago
I'd be interested to know if it would be somewhat of an engineering feat to setup a message from Mark to every Facebook user through the messages tab. I wouldn't call this 'sending a message' though.
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by brackin 14y ago
I admittedly don't use Feedburner daily but I completely understand why keeping Feedburner is a good move. It's holding up the open RSS standard and a lot of people rely on it as a service. If Google doesn't want it, they should either sell
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by brackin 14y ago
I'm not a YC founder so I'm sure those that are will be able to offer some specific advice but I know plenty of YC founders that have gone through this and I'm from the UK and applying for Winter 2013. 1. Usually companies that haven't inco

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