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by fbuilesv 14y ago
It's been shaky today for one of my apps ( http://eventualtweet.com ). Their status site doesn't show anything though ( http://status.twitter.com/?b48b05d0 ).
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
Because it increases engagement, page views, "stalking" (which is a natural part of all social sites) and it fosters a community. All of these things are important to sites that act a social network. The specific problem with Grooveshark is
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
I like to view "You either have it or you don't" as "You're either motivated enough to pour enough time into it or not". Everyone can be a hugely successful rock star, programmer or writer but most of the times they're not willing to put th
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
Judging by the last cycles, all the emails seem to go out after 7PM Pacific so don't worry too much about hitting that refresh button throughout the day.
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
Don't worry too much, the emails usually start going out around 7PM Pacific so there's not much to do until that hour.
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We Really Don't Know How to Compute (2011)(infoq.com)
2 points by fbuilesv 14y ago|0 comments
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
US Embassies change from country to country so don't read this as gospel, but if you don't have your visa 15 days before the interviews you're probably too late now :(
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
It doesn't matter. If the announcement is made later you buy the tickets later which makes them more expensive.
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
I'm not the OP but here's my take on it: as we evolve so do our tools, and as more and more people start creating their businesses online, the tools to support that will become easier and more efficient it'll get to do that. Today you don't
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
I'm interested in this particular thing: Twitter handle was registered, but had never tweeted and looked abandoned. I contacted a friend who works at Twitter and after a bit of investigation was able to get @learndot as well Is this somet
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
You will get a response wether you're accepted or not. It'll be sent to the email of the person who filled out the form.
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
Some advice from a prospective customer: if you can't/don't want to offer free plan, at least give me a trial that's long enough to actually try out your product. Two great examples that come to mind: 1. Mixpanel vs. Kissmetrics: Mixpanel g
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
Neil Stephenson's Cryptonomicon ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon ) is not only great science fiction, it'll also teach you a bit about math, integration properties, cryptography and even Perl!
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
Thanks for the advice orangethirsty. Stuff like changing the text to something actually explanatory is what i meant by "an improved landing page". The current text was posted there on purpose but it's something we know we have to change if
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Ask HN: In the beginning, should I improve growth or improve the experience?
7 points by fbuilesv 14y ago|6 comments
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The Meta Talk(vimeo.com)
1 points by fbuilesv 14y ago|0 comments
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
This is one of the first articles I've seen where someone with a lot of knowledge posts a lot of realities about Mongo, thank you for that! I'd love to read something describing the "perfect use cases for Mongo" from you :)
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
See this code: <%= render partial: 'user, collection: @user.followed_users %> I see (and write) errors like this all the time. Turning :syntax on saves me a browser refresh/compile cycle/spec run every time. Not sure if I'd
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
Just some advice for the international readers who might be thinking about dropping out: If you want to work in the US you will have have immigration problems if you don't have a degree. Getting a work visa without your degree is semi-impos
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
SEEKING WORK - Medellin, Colombia - Remote (or local if you pay for the travel expenses). Hey, I'm Federico B. and I've been working in web applications (mostly Ruby and Python) for the past 6 years. Some of the startups I've worked for ar
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Distributed Management at GitHub(redmonk.com)
3 points by fbuilesv 14y ago|0 comments
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
Yes, a week or two after being invited.
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
I think I read this advice on Getting Real ( http://gettingreal.37signals.com ) and it's been useful so far: listen to your customers and their requests but don't do anything about it. Important stuff will keep coming back frequently so by
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
This is just one data point: I was planning to use a .io domain for an online fashion store. I talked to several customers and asked how they felt about a domain ending in .io. ~30% of them thought it looked weird or plain "fishy". If you'r
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
I'm not sure if everyone receives the same email but last year we got one from Harj Taggar to setup a video call. They wanted to: 1. "Give you a heads up on the kinds of things likely to come up for you specifically at interview". 2. "Let
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Ron Conway: Why The Technology Industry Must Get Involved In Government (techcrunch.com)
3 points by fbuilesv 14y ago|0 comments
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
Thanks for taking the time for this Keifer. I don't plan to include the "big words" in the final description but I wanted to put them into the discussion so people could understand what I was talking about :) That Google description is amaz
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
I also like the idea of exploiting the multiple levels of people's tastes as the selling point of this so I will be basing my explanation on it. Thanks for the feedback.
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
You're right, I think I chose the wrong words when I used "pitch" and "abstract" when I really wanted to see was how to make a series of ideas more concise. I hope you don't mind but I'll be stealing your art critic analogy :)
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
I love the idea of starting with the press release, trying it out right now, thanks!

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