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by cwilson 15y ago
I'd like to add that for different parts of your application, or website, it's ok to use different services. For example, a large majority of tech startups have a WordPress blog that is totally separate from their actual web application. In
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Have you been to the Alamo Draft House in Austin, TX? I can no longer watch movies in any other theatre (and I live in San Francisco now, so this means I don't watch movies outside of my home). They have solved all of the problems you menti
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I've spent much of my professional career thinking about this concept, because I've experienced it so often, but more out of frustration for my peers who DON'T seem to work this way. There is nothing better than the feeling of clicking with
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by cwilson 15y ago
Sections of Austin referenced above (screenshot): http://cl.ly/2j3w0A2C3B0o1M0Q2O1j These areas are primarily known as Westlake, Westlake Hills, and Lake Travis. These are the upper class areas of the city, where MANY well to do tech entr
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by cwilson 15y ago
I am continually baffled, on almost a daily basis, that people continue to argue extremes. The secret to most things in life is balance. A balance between having a great product that solves problems, and good design, is the key. Sure, you c
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I'm sorry, but Joshua Topolsky is turning this into class warfare on his own. I can understand how one might make the jump to class warfare when comparing a Honda and Mercedes in a different context, but in this case the reviewer was talkin
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by cwilson 15y ago
I'm curious if anyone else is seeing a trend of passive aggressive, or light hearted, "trolling" on social networks with family and friends. For example, on Facebook, a troll might play out like this: Sarah posts "Having the worst day ever,
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by cwilson 15y ago
I'm surprised at the lack of comments about Yammer. I used to think it would be a product I'd NEVER use, but for a recent year long project I used it with a team of around 20 others. The result was pretty awesome. Emails were rarely sent/re
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by cwilson 15y ago
Interesting you mention community colleges. We beta tested Classhive (similar product that no longer exists) at a large public university, a medium sized private college, and a medium sized community college. When we spoke with teachers and
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I headed up the team behind a similar project a few years ago called Classhive (www.classhive.com). The UI we built for the project is eerily similar to CourseKit, and we faced a lot of the same difficulties mentioned in this thread to get
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I came to say exactly this. If you're passionate about what your startup is doing, it seems to me it should be pretty easy to put a few days effort into building out a better "coming soon" website. With frameworks like Bootstrap ( http://tw
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While I 100% support that idea (because it's awesome), I somehow doubt the mainstream would use something like this. If you don't believe me, go explain this to your parents or someone who doesn't read tech blogs, and let us know how that c
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That was exactly the point they were trying to make.
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Grove.io launches out of beta and announces plans(grove.io)
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Exactly what I came here to post. There is a huge difference between smart spec work and the 99 designs marketplace spec work. That said, I really don't see where the problem is in the design ecosystem right now. Talented designers are not
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by cwilson 15y ago
I'm really loving how fast they are pushing updates and just using Bootstrap in general. I've already used it for my startups new website ( http://www.sponsorfied.com ), which turned out pretty awesome, and the time I saved by using Bootstr
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I've overheard lots of discussion from iOS developers lately on this becoming a new trend. As certain apps increase in complexity the old Facebook home screen style becomes much less scalable, and this new method seems to be the answer. My
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Am I the only one who read the article hoping for a "If it DID hit the earth, X would happen..."?
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If you don't get in I'd say you should launch anyway. Listen to your customers, hustle, and you'll succeed regardless of YC. I'd also highly suggest moving to the bay area. Meeting the right people and getting your name out there is just SO
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If you read the post carefully there is actually no mention of developer access to these buttons. Obviously it might be the case, but all the text says is that you'll be able to click one of those actions in your feed. This makes more sense
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by cwilson 15y ago
"And getting out of the consumer space, at a time when there are several paradigm shifts going on, means missing huge opportunities." For HP, at this time, I'm not sure I agree. Why? It's as simple as Apple is in that market as well and not
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The lesson told me I was learning Javascript?
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This is why, as a startup or small business, it's crucial to have that guy/gal on your team who is just superb at support and dealing with customers. They should be the type of person who has the ability to not take insults or criticism abo
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The author talks a lot about their developer centric culture and what needs to change within it. What he totally misses on, especially when comparing to Apple, is that there is a serious lack of design centric culture. Yes he says they shou
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by cwilson 15y ago
Like @noisebleed I'll have to disagree. It's extremely easy to find any of the tracks people play on Turntable simply by doing a Google search, not to mention other sites like Grooveshark. The reason turntable is popular is due to the socia
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by cwilson 15y ago
Discussion on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/hqxae/i_dont_alw...
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On one hand I don't feel bad for Uber because they knew exactly what they were getting into but the idealist part of me also wants to cheer them on. I'm absolutely tired of asshole cab drivers, dirty cabs, and no-shows multiple times per we
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by cwilson 15y ago
When I've used this in bars they have asked me to show them or tell them my code. It's already up on their POS system and has my name attached as well, so for future use I can just say my last name like I normally would even if they had my
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I'm not sure if many HN users are familiar with TabbedOut (there are quite a few venues in Austin that support it), but there is definitely some cross-over here with the Square Case. Specifically if this works in bars. Essentially you can o
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by cwilson 15y ago
I wonder if they have iPad 2's next to the iPad 2's?

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