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by jedc 17y ago
Thanks for reminding me that you can only use Foursquare in big cities... I just updated the post. There's certainly some cruft in Foursquare, too, but I agree that Gowalla tends to be a bit worse with this.
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Location-based apps: Flook, Gowalla, Foursquare - a review(blog.jedchristiansen.com)
14 points by jedc 17y ago|10 comments
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Google and Open Systems(platformsandnetworks.blogspot.com)
1 points by jedc 17y ago|0 comments
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by jedc 17y ago
It was written by Jonathan Rosenberg, who's a Senior Vice President for Product Management, and on the top management committee at Google. That doesn't quite meet my personal description of an "open source zealot", though he's clearly quit
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by jedc 17y ago
If they were first deployed in the 1990's, the technology was developed in the 1980's. Easily deployable software to grab the signals out of the air was probably outside the realm of what seemed possible then. Why it hasn't been fixed sinc
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by jedc 17y ago
Radical designs are in manufacturing (ie, massive use of composites) rather than aerodynamics. And that "basic design" has had a lot of efficiencies made to it in the last 50 years. I'd be highly surprised if there were any potential desig
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by jedc 17y ago
The problem with the industry is that the world is shifting to new (lower) revenue models but most newspapers/publishers are still living with old (HUGE) cost models. I'm still waiting for the first big media company to make a truly radical
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by jedc 17y ago
Really?? Maybe this is a European thing, but here in London every restaurant has a number of portable card readers. (Everyone here also uses chip & pin, though, too.) As a consumer, it's awesome... much faster than the old days, and a
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by jedc 17y ago
If you are, be sure to sign up with the CamTechMeetup! http://www.meetup.com/Cambridge-Tech-Meetup/ http://www.camtechmeetup.com Disclaimer: I started it. :)
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by jedc 17y ago
I felt that way a bit until I met the people at Red Gate and saw what they're with the local startup community. While Cambridge has a great history of startups (ARM and a lot of other high-tech companies) it's not particularly friendly for
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by jedc 17y ago
Red Gate hosts the Springboard program (similar to YC, but Red Gate doesn't take an equity stake). Even before that, they hosted the "accidentals", a group of startups from in & around Cambridge (UK). Martin was part of the accidental
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by jedc 17y ago
I just pre-ordered, too. This is just the right price point for me; enough to signify it's a serious product but low enough to make it an easy sell. Now I just can't wait to get it!
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by jedc 17y ago
Full disclosure: I didn't think of it. I was pestering pg and jessica for details of YC companies, and they pointed me to it. :)
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by jedc 17y ago
Sure. - http://blog.jedchristiansen.com/2009/09/21/copying-y-combina...
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by jedc 17y ago
I will also happily take edits, suggestions, etc. While I scan enough news to pick up quite a bit of YC-company related news, I'm sure I don't get it all. My e-mail is in my profile.
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by jedc 17y ago
Unfortunately, no. (If you view source, you get a few more, but that's still not the full list.)
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by jedc 17y ago
I keep a list of every YC startup I've found here: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkkhSN3vaY4jdF90b1l... I compiled the info as part of my master's thesis this summer. Likely not 100% correct, but very close.
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The 5 kinds of iPhone app beta testers, sorted(ambientindustries.wordpress.com)
1 points by jedc 17y ago|0 comments
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by jedc 17y ago
I HATED having unread items in GReader, but didn't have the time to read them. I finally forced myself to tier everything. One folder with a maximum of 10 feeds that were un-missable for me. A second folder with a maximum of 20 feeds that
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by jedc 17y ago
I'm a huge fan of those guys. Even though I may never move my data out of Google, at least I know I always have the option.
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by jedc 17y ago
A friend of mine has what might be a friendly/easy solution. http://go-test.it does hosted, automated testing and even handles complex javascript.
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by jedc 17y ago
Thanks... I'm the someone who put the archive together. :) He wrote so much good stuff, and I wanted to make sure it was saved and available to entrepreneurs. The full story is on my blog at http://blog.jedchristiansen.com
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by jedc 17y ago
I can only guess he purged his blog in order to create a "clean slate" for posting about Andreessen Horowitz. It was a shame that so many awesome posts were removed, which is why I decided to collate everything. I really hope he doesn't as
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A Marc Andreessen blog archive(blog.jedchristiansen.com)
40 points by jedc 17y ago|7 comments
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by jedc 17y ago
As someone who has recently completed an MBA, all of these answers could be correct. It really comes down to who you are and what you try to get out of it. I have classmates that did the MBA to get a job at an investment bank or consulti
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by jedc 17y ago
I'm a former submarine officer. Submarines are much more concerned about receiving key messages from their commanders than they are about sending messages back. Eliminating trips to periscope depth (the most dangerous activity a submarine
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by jedc 17y ago
Yep, you got screwed. Next time pay the £3 for an Oyster card, and save a TON of money. Whether you pay trip-by-trip or a travelcard for a day/week/etc, Oyster is WAY less expensive.
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A tale of two (entrepreneurial) cities(blog.jedchristiansen.com)
1 points by jedc 17y ago|0 comments
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by jedc 17y ago
Also keen. If I get an invite, I'll come back here to spread the love. If I don't, would appreciate one at jedchristiansen {at gmail}
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by jedc 17y ago
You might be interested in my recent post on "How to Copy Y Combinator". I talk about a bunch of the different issues with setting up a new seed accelerator. Link is here: http://blog.jedchristiansen.com/2009/09/21/copying-y-combina...

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