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by edawerd 17y ago
I feel that there's definitely been a push with the release of Android 1.6 to change the buying behavior of Android phone users. Most noticeably, the Android market app will open to a list of paid apps, instead of a list of free apps.
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by edawerd 17y ago
The free version is merely a trial version that expires after a certain number of uses, prompting people to buy the full version. I'm not exactly sure if this is a better strategy than simply providing an unlimited license on the free versi
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by edawerd 17y ago
I'm not sure exactly how it works, and I know Google doesn't disclose any information on this either, but this is what I've experienced: Every time you update your app, you'll get put back on the "Just In" front page list, as long as 7 da
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by edawerd 17y ago
I've made about $200-$250/month on my Android app, but it looks to be on track of making $500 this month, possibly due to the launch of the Droid phone. Just did a post on this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=938867
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My Humble Android Sales Figures(eddiekim.posterous.com)
65 points by edawerd 17y ago|21 comments
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by edawerd 17y ago
Dan had such a charm to him. He always had this mischievous twinkle in his eyes, and was so gregarious and affable. He was tall and the kind of guy in the room that everyone just gravitated towards, yet he wasn't the least bit intimidating.
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Google to be 'very disappointed' if Chrome doesn't achieve 10% share in 2 years(reuters.com)
1 points by edawerd 17y ago|0 comments
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by edawerd 17y ago
The post makes no mention of investors being able to offer a green-card. Rather, only temporary status in the US for 1 year. Sure, most of the companies will fail and the founder's status would expire, but if you can get 1 Google founded in
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by edawerd 17y ago
This has got to be, in my opinion, my 2nd favorite PG essay, right after the 'How Not to Die' essay. So here in sum is how determination seems to work: it consists of willfulness balanced with discipline, aimed by ambition. The essay is p
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by edawerd 17y ago
Can someone explain to me how it is that club promoters work? Back when I was living in LA, I'd meet lots of people who would tell me they're a promoter for club X, but I never understood how they fit into the business model.
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by edawerd 17y ago
I can personally say that Joe Beninato is a great guy. He personally took time to meet with me at a Starbucks and gave some honest, valuable advice when we were looking for some funding early on with Picwing. Glad to see he's still doing th
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by edawerd 17y ago
We've changed directions and have been focusing on our print service. We still think our frame is quite awesome, but it turns out that a lot of families still like getting physical prints in the mail and posting it up on their fridge and wh
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by edawerd 17y ago
Vator.tv has a refreshing take on startup reporting, I think. Instead of copy/pasting your "About" page, Chris of Vator actually came over twice to chat with us and learn more about the company and learn more about us, the founders more per
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Picwing (YC S08) and the importance of print photos(vator.tv)
19 points by edawerd 17y ago|8 comments
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by edawerd 17y ago
What I was in Boston last summer, I took the train a lot to visit various cities on the east coast. The train turned out to be a really great place to hack because they had power outlets, a cafe, lots of seating space (with tables), and, mo
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by edawerd 17y ago
I loved the video from Jeff Bezos explaining Amazon's beginning: "It was a great moment when we would examine every order coming into Amazon. And it was always a family member placing the order. And the first order we got from a stranger,
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by edawerd 17y ago
Congrats to Tony on his second acquisition. (He sold LinkExchange to Microsoft for $265M in 1998)
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by edawerd 17y ago
Engine Yard seems to suggest that renting cloud computing resources is the key to win this contest, but I'd suggest using parallel computing resources to anyone doing this. If you have an Nvidia CUDA-enabled GPU laying around, this might be
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by edawerd 17y ago
This thread was actually quite enlightening to hear the debate from both sides on the goto statement. Love HN for that. Nevertheless, it's always healthy to inject a little humor into the debate. http://xkcd.com/292/
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by edawerd 17y ago
I don't really have the numbers to back it up, but I think if you compute the expected value of starting a venture, the numbers will show you that you that taking the risk is not worth it (vs. getting a normal salaried job), since most ve
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by edawerd 17y ago
'All the stuff "normal" folks do to unwind and interact with the world outside of their jobs -- go to the gym, read a book, go out to dinner, watch TV, play a game, etc. -- I either won't allow myself to do or feel guilty over doing.' This
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Hansel and Gretel Marketing - How Barneys Entices Customers to Come Back(picwing.com)
12 points by edawerd 17y ago|2 comments
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by edawerd 17y ago
I think this would be a win-win for YC and the hosting provider. The startups would save a little bit of money, and the hosting provider would get a good amount of recurring revenue after the 3 months, since we are unlikely to migrate our s
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by edawerd 17y ago
This might be a little bit off topic, but I've always thought that it could make some sense to have a YC colocation. With enough companies, it could be more cost-effective than everyone getting their own slicehost. Of course, there would be
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by edawerd 17y ago
True. PickedOnion's tutorials are really helpful, especially if it's your first time setting up a "real" server. I later went with Linode for my personal websites, since they're a bit cheaper, and I felt more comfortable with setting up a b
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by edawerd 17y ago
Awesome job JomAlchemist and Reddit. The company profile attributes is a funny, but strangely useful tool, especially the "good vs. evil alignment"
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Five Lessons From the Netflix Startup Story(74.125.155.132)
1 points by edawerd 17y ago|1 comments
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by edawerd 17y ago
The REAL reason why goto statements are harmful: http://xkcd.com/292/
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Google CEO says looking to buy smaller firms(reuters.com)
22 points by edawerd 17y ago|8 comments
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IPhone 3G S Camera: Closer to replacing your point-and-shoot?(picwing.com)
2 points by edawerd 17y ago|0 comments

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