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by evansolomon 16y ago
I would be surprised if Wikipedia was, on average, more accurate than the NY Times. You'd have to account for what's knowable in some way, and the timing of what was published.
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by evansolomon 16y ago
"I like my news to at least try to be non-biased" In theory this makes logical sense, less bias being preferable to more. In practice, for me, this is like asking for your food to be mostly non-poisonous or for your security system to work
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by evansolomon 16y ago
Have you considered doing more marketing? Seems like you are in a spot where it would make sense.
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by evansolomon 16y ago
This is a popular idea lately, that web apps can (and should!) do everything that native apps do. Are there any examples of that people actually use regularly? I know I have tried a few of these 'apps-in-a-browser' and even the ones that
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by evansolomon 16y ago
Our basic operating idea at the company is that if people think something makes it harder to get their job done then it's a problem worth fixing. Professionalism in the office is just one example.
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by evansolomon 16y ago
I submitted page 2 by accident, here is page 1 http://www.inc.com/magazine/20100701/the-way-i-work-justin-k...
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The Way I Work: Justin Kan of Justin.tv(inc.com)
114 points by evansolomon 16y ago|62 comments
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by evansolomon 16y ago
Thanks for mentioning us (Justin.tv)!
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by evansolomon 16y ago
Microsoft makes $250 billion/year with 25% net margins. If they were not making some hundred million dollar mistakes, wouldn't THAT be cause for concern?
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by evansolomon 16y ago
Wow, this thread seems so bizarre to me. Basically a collective sentiment of "I can't believe how stupid they are for having tried this thing that didn't work out." "Failing" has become such a well-liked buzz word in the last couple years,
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by evansolomon 16y ago
A 4-digit campaign is really not that big, and billboards absolutely work for some companies. Just like TV ads, Adwords, and pieces of paper on cars. It is far too common to think that less measurable = always bad. It's just not true. I'v
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by evansolomon 16y ago
A/B testing email subjects is not the point, it's a tactic. Email subjects aren't the point either.
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by evansolomon 16y ago
One more data point, ComScore shows Facebook growing from about 117m to 122m in the US since February.
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by evansolomon 16y ago
Do you think that's really the right solution for content creators that aren't TV studios? You could say that the static video distribution model was solved a long time ago too--release the video as a real time experience (a movie), choose
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Michael Seibel: The Problem With Live Web Video And How To Set It Free(techcrunch.com)
21 points by evansolomon 16y ago|11 comments
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by evansolomon 16y ago
Your "..." actually left out a useful part of the sentence, "— now we’re in the Valley too." This is simply a humorous way to point out that it was harder to recruit people to Chicago than it would have been to Silicon Valley. Indicting h
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by evansolomon 16y ago
It's always a choice. Going out of business is a choice, selling the company is a choice, and the acquiring company shutting down the acquired company's product is a choice. Any way you slice it, no matter what the circumstances, someone
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by evansolomon 16y ago
How could they feasibly do anything else? What do you think happens to your Facebook gifts if the company goes out of business? I bet their terms of service don't include shipping you physical strips of bacon to replace the virtual ones y
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by evansolomon 16y ago
This was posted a while back, very entertaining story: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=385068
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by evansolomon 17y ago
Yes, all the video is archived and clips will be made for each talk. We'll post the clips here later.
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Twitter Chirp live broadcast on Justin.tv(justin.tv)
41 points by evansolomon 17y ago|11 comments
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by evansolomon 17y ago
I like drinking coffee, I do that at work. A nice big stretch from time to time is great, I do at least one each day at my desk. Several times each week I'll take off my glasses and rub my eyes a bit, I don't care who's around! Sure, ther
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by evansolomon 17y ago
Yes, Android app is coming. It's already in development.
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by evansolomon 17y ago
70% 18-49
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by evansolomon 17y ago
The difference between $0 and $5 is pretty huge. We would have sold some (maybe even lots) at $5, but about as many? I can't imagine that. The decision to make it free was a result of the market (how much other apps cost) and our goals (r
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Justin.tv for iPhone Racks Up 355,000 Downloads in First Week(mashable.com)
28 points by evansolomon 17y ago|15 comments
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by evansolomon 17y ago
"you don't flatter technical people by complementing them; that just makes us feel weird" Honestly it sounds like we are very nearly on the same page, though this quote is a bit odd to me. I don't think it's fair to define "technical peopl
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by evansolomon 17y ago
I am admittedly not primarily technical, but I don't see that as relevant here. If someone actually has a legitimate way to add value to the person they're asking for help from, then that's great. Often that's not going to be the case tho
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by evansolomon 17y ago
Honestly, I think the 'pick your brain' approach would work better in a lot of cases. Particularly if you are inexperienced, young, etc. Personally, I would almost never turn down a request to meet from someone who wanted to ask me for he
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by evansolomon 17y ago
It's back on!

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