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by dbreunig 19y ago
These are inadequate options. The issue isn't whether you like to see them on News.YC, it's do you want to start banning people. Yes, I don't like seeing them on YC. But no, I don't want to ban them. Come on! Isn't this a democratic news si
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by dbreunig 19y ago
It's really spot on. It shows that what they're trying to do is build extra functionality on top of Google services. It is the closest step towards a Google desktop yet. It's like issuing an SDK for your OS.
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by dbreunig 19y ago
I share the same public IP as a search marketing firm and am ALL too familiar with this screen. The best are the inter-office emails that get sent off from IT asking if anyone happens to be using programs that automate search research...
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Google's App Engine: Aiming At Facebook, Not Amazon(alleyinsider.com)
5 points by dbreunig 19y ago|2 comments
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by dbreunig 19y ago
Now that Loopt is network agnostic, I'm sure they're developing an iPhone app, even if this isn't it.
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by dbreunig 19y ago
Real won the rights to produce Scrabble from Mattel, who owns the game outside North America. In yet another case of digital making physical legalities meaningless. Let's see how long this geographic shoe-horning holds, as Hasbro owns the N
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Real Launches Official FB Scrabble...Outside N America only.(news.com)
1 points by dbreunig 19y ago|1 comments
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Comcast monitors Twitter(techcrunch.com)
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by dbreunig 19y ago
I can't name names, but for one of sites we manage (1m+ uniques/month) compete only accounts for 79% of our traffic.
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by dbreunig 19y ago
I agree with you on all counts. But there is a curious business model that is opened up by the US's draconian SMS arrangements, and that's free digital integration. Companies like Swaggle, 3Jam, Twitter, and Dodgeball all get full cooperati
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by dbreunig 19y ago
Philosophy is a fantastic undergrad degree to apply to higher learning or practical work. If it's philosophy for philosophy sake...well...have fun.
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by dbreunig 19y ago
Can you convince them you're going to make money? Cause that's what makes those shares worth more than the paper they're printed on.
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by dbreunig 19y ago
Unlike desktop apps, social network widgets have several user POVs. After one too many extended meetings, I'm proposing that the following jargon be adopted. Users can be referred to as: - Tom: a user with the widget installed. - Dick: Tom'
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An Open Call for Widget Jargon Standards.(dbreunig.tumblr.com)
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by dbreunig 19y ago
Agreed. I've asked several ad people why I would want to work with them and they all say, "well, we're number 1." This answer is ALWAYS offered and never goes deeper.
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by dbreunig 19y ago
I think we're on the same page, but... They're useful labels until you have to explain them to someone else. If you need to explain the words you're using to explain a concept or idea, it's probably a detriment to your argument. Using jargo
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by dbreunig 19y ago
That was a joke. :)
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by dbreunig 19y ago
Why say friends when you can say "positive network externalities?"
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by dbreunig 19y ago
I think there's another angle to this... And that's social. Digital does have a lower overhead (less cost per user gained) than physical. But Web 2.0 products are part product, part community. Their value is largely derived from the bustlin
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by dbreunig 19y ago
Despite the fact that the Onion is a subscription-based tabloid, they still get the majority of their money from ads. Nearly all newspapers and magazines are well into the black before you buy them. Consumer research just says we don't valu
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ITunes beats out WalMart and BestBuy, now top retailer(gizmodo.com)
2 points by dbreunig 19y ago|0 comments
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by dbreunig 19y ago
Does anybody have Xoopit? I find myself hitting the hide button more often than not...email is secure and I'm not ready to open up this in-box.
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by dbreunig 19y ago
Natural selection is a great example for more than one reason: Darwin wasn't the very first to think it, but Origin of the Species is perhaps the most beautiful science ever written.
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by dbreunig 19y ago
Agreed. (Plus Admob is amazing. We see fantastic results with them) My one rebut to your Google-Yahoo metaphor is that there is less specific input with a phone, it's more contextual. With a keyboard and mouse its easy to navigate the web,
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by dbreunig 19y ago
The IM comparison is a good point. Adium, Meebo and other clients have great mass-market value. The niche point is also sharp. The more specific the boxes of data in a network are, the more relevant they are to the end-user. My problem righ
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by dbreunig 19y ago
Ok, this is too much: "It makes me wonder why Microsoft, with all their resources, can't move like this (They used to???) and, instead, still be looking at spending a rediculous amount of money on Yahoo." Um...i think the answer is in that
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by dbreunig 19y ago
Thankfully, Johnny Knoxville will ride to their rescue as Crispin unveils their new consumer facing campaign!
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by dbreunig 19y ago
Exactly. The business metric of email lists will keep them from going extinct.
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by dbreunig 19y ago
It would be really ironic if none of us printed said shirt.
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by dbreunig 19y ago
First off, this affects us. This proposed tax is voluntary for ISPs, not consumers. The ISPs are paying this money as protection to the RIAA, so they won't sue. This fee is then handed down to the ever growing list of fees to subscribers. T

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