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   by ddt 14y ago

   I think BufferBox in the most recent YC batch is a perfect example of this. They're making an Amazon Locker that works with everything, Amazon or no. They launched in Toronto, and already pretty much own the market with Canada Post addresse
2. 32.▲
   by ddt 14y ago

   I can't seem to find a link. It wasn't very large. Maybe 8 feet by 20. But it was just enough to make it feel like the way things used to be.
3. 33.▲
   by ddt 14y ago

   They also have these in the US. My grandfather was in a home that had a whole 1940s small town-type setting in the backyard area complete with bus stop, sidewalk, and a little bit of fake street.
4. 34.▲
   by ddt 14y ago

   Hit us up at support@tapin.tv and we'll debug this. It looks like it's working intermittently
5. 35.▲
   by ddt 14y ago

   And it's fixed. Looks like some kind of temporary/local issue.
6. 36.▲
   Conversations with YC Partners: Harj Taggar(tapin.tv)

   24 points by ddt 14y ago|4 comments
7. 37.▲
   by ddt 14y ago

   It's a grocery delivery company. It was more developed than the YC partners realized. That wasn't clear until actual groceries were delivered.
8. 38.▲
   by ddt 14y ago

   This post deals more with setting up the best possible environment at the beginning of a project, rather than joining a team. You obviously have less say in that. This section's not about being sycophantic about a particular option, it's ab
9. 39.▲
   by ddt 14y ago

   Thanks! I didn't write the article, but I'm on the team. We tried to make sure that people who care what we do can find it, but it doesn't dominate the page.
10. 40.▲
    by ddt 14y ago

    Absolutely. And then force yourself to adopt it. For instance, if you want to remap your control key to caps lock, physically remove your control key from the keyboard.
11. 41.▲
    Take Time to Develop Fast(blog.tapin.tv)

    60 points by ddt 14y ago|24 comments
12. 42.▲
    by ddt 14y ago

    I would argue that it's fundamentally non-Skinnerian. There's no intermittent reward mechanism and it's fundamentally communal. It's fun and it's a little weird, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
13. 43.▲
    by ddt 14y ago

    We built video links with the assumption that they'd be shared to people who knew that they'd be getting linked to a video. We'll include a tag next time we link to a video on TapIn.tv
14. 44.▲
    by ddt 14y ago

    We're incorporating a mobile viewing experience on the iOS app. Right now you have to do live video through Flash. We're looking at a transition to WebRTC, but it's not viable as of now.
15. 45.▲
    by ddt 14y ago

    I don't know if he has a public portfolio, but he designed the Palantir logo[1]. The design functions as both a Palantir, the seeing eye from Lord of the Rings, and as a head looking at a book. All with a circle and a wave. [1] http://i.img
16. 46.▲
    by ddt 14y ago

    I've had the pleasure of talking to the guys from ViaCycle. Koji himself is a UW grad. Apparently it's difficult to do bike sharing in Seattle because of King County's helmet law.
17. 47.▲
    by ddt 14y ago

    That's a really good idea. I made a thing for it on our community feature request page[1]. Feel free to vote and comment on it. [1] http://support.tapin.tv/forums/167374-general/suggestions/30...
18. 48.▲
    by ddt 14y ago

    We're doing our best to put the sad robot out of a job.
19. 49.▲
    by ddt 14y ago

    It'll be interesting to see Amazon square off against a startup. They've been doing battle with B&M stores, Google and Apple. It'll be interesting to see how they deal with a company several orders of magnitude smaller than them. With t
20. 50.▲
    by ddt 14y ago

    Bambuser has done some great things. I think there's still a lot of room for improvement in the live video sharing space.
21. 51.▲
    by ddt 14y ago

    Thanks!
22. 52.▲
    by ddt 14y ago

    A few differences. We have sound, unlimited video length and have a much heavier focus on content creation. The current app is entirely for content creation while the web end is consumption.
23. 53.▲
    by ddt 14y ago

    Thanks! We figured sound would be something people would want along with their video so we included it.
24. 54.▲
    by ddt 14y ago

    You've hit the nail on the head. We're looking to make that sort of video as streamlined as possible.
25. 55.▲
    by ddt 14y ago

    Yep. I'd argue it's not the same idea, but with such a volume of portfolio companies, some will look similar.
26. 56.▲
    by ddt 14y ago

    Absolutely. I should've made it more clear, but I'm working on the project.
27. 57.▲
    by ddt 14y ago

    And, anything streamed can't be confiscated. You aren't obligated to show a police officer anything not physically on your phone if they're arresting you.
28. 58.▲
    by ddt 14y ago

    Here's a link to the YC FAQ where they talk about competition: http://ycombinator.com/faq.html . That said, I don't think we're a competitor to Justin.tv's live streaming app. We're angling toward fastest video possible, rather than live v
29. 59.▲
    by ddt 14y ago

    Users are fickle, but this play was tried by EA with Origin. You can get them onboard with the big titles like Battlefield 3, but they've been less successful at getting users to buy titles from smaller publishers. Steam offers a better dea
30. 60.▲
    by ddt 14y ago

    It has to do with the way Valve has approached it. From day one it wasn't, "How do we stop people from pirating?" It was, "How do we make a more convenient service than the pirates?" And that's where they won. In the early days, people push