citizenkeys

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   by citizenkeys 16y ago

   My pitch was WikiTorrents.org, which is user-created lists of downloadable videos. If you want to help me with some seed money, regardless of amount, maybe I can turn this whole thing into a positive. Email me at citizenkeys AT gmail DOT c
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   Y Combinator W2011 application (my rejection email)

   67 points by citizenkeys 16y ago|57 comments
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   by citizenkeys 16y ago

   oh man, you kick ass! thanks for being a good sport about it. For those just joining us, here's the video: http://livejake.posterous.com/application-video My recommendation would have been to seem more enthusiastic and professional. The
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   by citizenkeys 16y ago

   My comment wasn't about videos of co-founders spliced together. My comment was about people that just basically said, in so many words, "I have a co-founder but he refused to show up even for a one-minute video."
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   by citizenkeys 16y ago

   Less than 8% actually seems like a very generous percent. Having watched enough applicant videos, you can see that a big percent of applicants applied just because they were bored and don't take the whole process seriously: http://wikitorr
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   by citizenkeys 16y ago

   The worst video I was with really choppy webcam video and it also had a several second delay between the audio and the video. I mean, if you can't even operate the webcam, why bother labeling yourself a "hacker" and applying for start-up f
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   by citizenkeys 16y ago

   So who here applied? And if you applied, what's the link to your application video? We got a very good collection of links to ycombinator application videos going on over here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1862327 My application wa
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   by citizenkeys 16y ago

   There is a login button next to the top logo. You need to login separately for the wiki as for the rest of the site. It's an integration issue we're working on.
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   by citizenkeys 16y ago

   Here's the official instructions for making a video: http://ycombinator.com/video.html The instructions say: The video should contain nothing except the founders talking. No screenshots or postproduction wizardry please; we don't want thi
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    by citizenkeys 16y ago

    Hmm... we have a somewhat zealous firewall tool on our servers, but I modified it. Try again and let me know. Thanks!
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    by citizenkeys 16y ago

    You can also view many of the applicant videos over at WikiTorrents.org: http://wikitorrents.org/wiki/ycombinator_applicants
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    by citizenkeys 16y ago

    Umm... the link IS WikiTorrents.org . I've been working on this project for a year. Check it out: http://wikitorrents.org/wiki/ycombinator_applicants
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    by citizenkeys 16y ago

    The wiki has its benefits, the best being that I can revert to previous versions if somebody messes up a page edit or does graffiti on a page. The wiki is not very granular, though. Nor is it easy to edit. The current setup is going an ov
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    by citizenkeys 16y ago

    This began in the node.js chatroom last night. But it just proves my own ycombinator application was a good idea (WikiTorrents): a website where you can list downloadable videos that you can get on other websites.
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    Y Combinator Applicant Video Collection(wikitorrents.org)

    34 points by citizenkeys 16y ago|25 comments
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    Keeping Kids Safe Online - What Are Best Practices for Webmasters

    1 points by citizenkeys 16y ago|0 comments
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    by citizenkeys 16y ago

    Those badger ads on the "Don't click here" at the bottom are hilarious! Reminds me of Fantastic Mr. Fox. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-SK1-iILlY
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    by citizenkeys 16y ago

    I really like the idea of not having author in the main page. I went with light-blue because that seemed sort of a neutral color. Any ideas for differetn colors? I want to re-design the main page entirely. I want a mix between youtube, v
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    by citizenkeys 16y ago

    True about the Gates comment, which I didn't think at the time. I wasn't trolling. I think the value of social lies with "peer production" which is a more evolved form of crowd-sourcing. Try and imagine a more sophisticated and brilliant
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    by citizenkeys 16y ago

    That many, huh?
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    by citizenkeys 16y ago

    YCombinator is mentioned by name in the article, describing it as an incubator. "YCombinator is the most successful of the new breed. Twice a year, Paul Graham along with co-founder and now-wife Jessica Livingston choose 30 or so companies
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    by citizenkeys 16y ago

    If you're serious, email me at citizenkeys@gmail.com .
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    by citizenkeys 16y ago

    Yeah... but does any of that work benefit man-kind at all? More than 500 million people also use a toilet every day. So what? 500 million people and the most interesting thing on it is a "virtual farm". That's just plain ridiculous.
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    Free Money - The Other Reason Many Start-Ups Begin In College

    2 points by citizenkeys 16y ago|1 comments
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    by citizenkeys 16y ago

    Mine is http://wikitorrents.org/ . It's goal is to be the internet's largest collection of user-created pages of downloadable videos. It's a work-in-progress. Tell me everything that's wrong with it. Patrick Keys citizenkeys@gmail.com
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    by citizenkeys 16y ago

    i rsvp'd a yes.
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    by citizenkeys 16y ago

    Do you need a website? If so, we have a trade. Contact me. I can use some new Glamour Shots immediately. Seriously.