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by faramarz 16y ago
It's not backwards, but it is quite broad. It pretty much covers every YC company there is. Edit: I guess it is backwards. I just contradicted myself. time for bed.
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by faramarz 16y ago
I read the whole thing and walked away even more impressed than before. I think if this 'social network' was created by anyone else, they would have settled for the billion dollar and essentially moved on to other things. I admire his convi
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by faramarz 16y ago
I use prepaid long distance cards to make calls to that part of the world. Iran for example comes out to be $0.7 to $0.9cent/min (depending on landline or cell number) compared to the Skype's $0.12/min. The card provider is Goldline, see ra
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by faramarz 16y ago
http://www.mockflow.com and http://gomockingbird.com http://www.fluidia.org is a fantastic open-source project
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by faramarz 16y ago
Go as a visitor for 6 months and maybe you'll find a wife? :P j/k Have you already found a job? If you manage to get an offer and the company really sees you as an asset, they may be willing to hire as a consultant on paper and not as the
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by faramarz 16y ago
Great narrative! The picture wouldn't have been the same without it. This is probably explained by the Change blindness phenomenon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Change_blindness
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by faramarz 16y ago
>Should we really just be saving "no" and keeping silent on good ideas even though we are developing them? I think a good way of combating that is to get a page up for feedback submission. Anytime you have users like that, ready to ma
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Why sharing your product roadmap is a bad idea(freshbooks.com)
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Three Rules to Actionable Metrics(ashmaurya.com)
9 points by faramarz 16y ago|1 comments
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by faramarz 16y ago
I was lucky to be hired as department web designer in my freshman year and eventually moved my way up to bigger and richer departments throughout my years at UofT. Essentially paid my tuition with their own money, and got dept. deans on my
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Seth Priebatsch's (SCVNGR Founder) TEDtalk: The game layer on top of the world(ted.com)
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by faramarz 16y ago
Done! Works in every single browser. div { background: red; width: 250px; height: 250px; top: 50%; left: 50%; position: absolute; margin: -125px 0 0 -125px; /* Width of Element / 2 = Negative Left Margin Height of Elem
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Creator of market indicator says crash is coming(thestar.com)
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by faramarz 16y ago
Gabriel's archive is a great starting point I think. Lot's of labour has gone into that already, use it as your base. http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/startupswiki/Ask_YC_Archive Take the initiative and people will support you.
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by faramarz 16y ago
Can you elaborate on the service you did end up using? Congrats on the launch. I'm preparing to start a newsletter service myself with local content at first, see if people bite. I'm studying a dozen of services and any reason to solidify o
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by faramarz 16y ago
Thanks for the break down. I've been intrigued by this opportunity for the past two years. Even purchased Localfindr.com in hopes of doing something about it but never developed the concept further in my head. Definitely a sector to watch!
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Formulating knowledge in learning(supermemo.com)
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by faramarz 16y ago
Nice. If he doesn't build it, you should. Looks like a good passive income earner ;) Cheers
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by faramarz 16y ago
I'll be damned! Amazing, nobody in my zip yet exists.. I hope they gain traction. Thanks for sharing
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by faramarz 16y ago
Why don't you build an airbnb for Tools and Equipments. In winter, I'd pay to borrow someones snow blower once a week instead of buying it out-right. People with specialized machinery will flock to your system if you manage the bookings and
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by faramarz 16y ago
Cute! But I disagree and here's why. There is no list of criteria to be a co-founder. I'm sorry to pick on you Jason, but I'm speaking generally and your post happens to fall victim. Co-founder, founder, chairman, executive instigator, this
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by faramarz 16y ago
That's being an Ambivert. You and I both. Ambiversion is a term used to describe people who fall more or less directly in the middle and exhibit tendencies of both groups. An ambivert is normally comfortable with groups and enjoys
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by faramarz 16y ago
I would think so. But you'd have to import the font remotely and not depend on the local hierarchy for everyone to take advantage of that. Otherwise we're back to square one with the windows users left out. Typekit is the solution to that
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by faramarz 16y ago
Helvetica is a better font, only when it comes to print/signage or Heading H1/H2/H3 on the screen. Otherwise it becomes unbearable to read at standard body font size 11-13pt. See here http://trevordavis.net/play/helvetica/ Unfortunately f
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by faramarz 16y ago
http://www.typetester.org is a great resource for making comparisons. But I will try to put together a simple list of standard fonts and how to optimize them for the best results. Will shoot you an email when it's done.
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by faramarz 16y ago
While we're on subject, I wanted to note that Helvetica makes a terrible body font. Please use Arial instead for your body, as it renders more clearly and reserve Helvetica for text above 13pt. KISSmetric uses Helvetica and a matching bg sh
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Research shows that consumers bond easily with scrappy underdog upstarts(theglobeandmail.com)
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by faramarz 16y ago
Looking forward to this.
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by faramarz 16y ago
Go for it! I think you're better off using more like my examples than making political statements, like the Iraq withdrawal etc. I'm sure you can find more humorous items to add to the list. Just Google Obama meets with.. and find your n
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by faramarz 16y ago
Install Basketball court at White House Burger with Russian President (done) Sign stuff :P

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