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by evansolomon 17y ago
Very interesting articles from Wired where one of their writers tries to disappear and there's a contest to find him: http://www.wired.com/vanish/2009/08/author-evan-ratliff-is-o... http://www.wired.com/vanish/2009/11/ff_vanish2/ http:
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White House Can't Stream Biden's Speech; So Uses Justin.tv Instead(techdirt.com)
62 points by evansolomon 17y ago|6 comments
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by evansolomon 17y ago
Those specific anecdotes were also really useful because they let the audience go home and do more research on their own. If someone says "a company did this thing and it worked/didn't" that's useful. But if they give you actual companies
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by evansolomon 17y ago
Probably because they think a PR agency helps them do a better job on PR. Lots of companies use PR agencies and sometimes they are a valuable service.
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by evansolomon 17y ago
Justin.tv is hosting its first annual hot dog eating contest. Please come cheer us on, we need it.
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An inside look at Justin.tv (YC W07)(justin.tv)
26 points by evansolomon 17y ago|8 comments
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by evansolomon 17y ago
Claiming an embargo is the same or even similar to cash-for-coverage is silly and immature. Is providing a press kit the same as paying for coverage? It makes the coverage cheaper for the reporter to provide, which has a monetary result.
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by evansolomon 17y ago
It works out better for a two day trip, since that's a much higher gas/day ratio. Also, as someone else mentioned, there is a huge benefit to having a 4wd vehicle in this case, and the premium for that at traditional rental car companies i
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by evansolomon 17y ago
When you factor in gas, Zipcar can easily be cheaper. If you live in SF, for instance, Zipcar is most likely the cheapest way to rent a car to go to Tahoe. On a trip last year my (Zip)car beat the other car by about $20 after all was said
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by evansolomon 17y ago
Cross post from TechCrunch: Justin.tv employee here. I want to clear up two things. First, we get more uploaded video than YouTube by about 30% (yes, I am serious) and monitoring all of it is not feasible. Over 150 copyright holders (ex. M
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by evansolomon 17y ago
I do lots of hiring for technical positions (marketing and other business-y tasks) but I couldn't agree more with these two points, and I think they are relevant no matter what job you are applying for. They really make a HUGE difference i
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by evansolomon 17y ago
The NFL has access to a tool (along with over 150 other companies) to take content off of Justin.tv instantly. We are pulling the content down immediately after they submit the form asking us to.
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by evansolomon 17y ago
I am the VP Marketing at Justin.tv, this was also not reviewed by a lawyer :) "DMCA basically gives you 72 hours to take something down" I don't believe there's any law or precedent that states 72 hours (or any number of hours) as a require
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by evansolomon 17y ago
The point about gold is a bit misleading. Gold is not an "appreciating asset" any more than a baseball card that has a misprint and skyrockets in value is. Gold is priced on a world market and, for those of us in the US, purchased in doll
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by evansolomon 17y ago
This looks pretty similar to Google Squared.
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by evansolomon 17y ago
Try following the link to "Charlie Munger's Letters to Wesco Shareholders."
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by evansolomon 17y ago
These are from a list we made over the summer while getting ready to launch our API. Now that the RFS is official, it seemed like a good time to share them with everyone and solicit some more ideas.
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by evansolomon 17y ago
Do you actually know any of this other than the divorces part? I have no evidence that Tiger goes on wild spending sprees or has lost money on bad investments, but I have no evidence that he hasn't either. FYI I am about as big a Tiger Wood
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by evansolomon 17y ago
I stumbled upon a fellow in a quarry in Northern India who'd been enslaved his entire life. He had assumed that slavery at birth. His grandfather had taken a debt of 62 cents, and three generations and three slave masters later, the princi
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by evansolomon 17y ago
I think a lot of the responses to this are really unfair. First, this isn't something that is possibly detrimental to the company (Facebook) so printing it without hearing their "side of the story" is extremely low risk. Second, they're r
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by evansolomon 17y ago
You should try both and see what you like best. Mazy works for Ustream, I work for Justin.tv.
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by evansolomon 17y ago
Pretty sure that's Rajiv from Dropbox. I can confirm all 10 fingers made it through the onion cutting. Fwiw, he wasn't actually cutting through the onion there, just a centimeter or so into it. Probably not the best technique, but minima
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by evansolomon 18y ago
Great post from a couple weeks ago on Josh Kopelman's blog on stuff like this in the search engine business: http://redeye.firstround.com/2009/03/pivoting-and-yogi-berra... Summary: Don't give up.