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   Trend Briefing, covering half a dozen consumer trends for 2009(trendwatching.com)

   2 points by jfornear 18y ago|0 comments
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   by jfornear 18y ago

   I just thought it was an interesting idea to think about. My friend has Boxee on his MacBook Pro and uses it instead of his TV already. No need for DVR or TiVo when you can just watch whatever you want on demand.
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   NY Post calls Apple TV and Boxee "the future of television"(nypost.com)

   2 points by jfornear 18y ago|3 comments
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   by jfornear 18y ago

   Inspiring read... The countless meetings with absolute assholes who had no interest in learning about the Internet, the single most significant business innovation of their lifetimes. What do you think will be the next significant busines
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   by jfornear 18y ago

   Everyone has access to RSS, but so what? Most people don't use RSS.
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   by jfornear 18y ago

   images don't have anything to do with html/css
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   by jfornear 18y ago

   What about for images? Rounded corners, gradients, logos, etc. I would imagine going back and messing with all those later would be a real pain, which is why I think choosing and settling on a color scheme from the start is important.
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   by jfornear 18y ago

   I mostly pull colors from images, but http://www.colourlovers.com and http://www.wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html are sometimes helpful. FireBug is real helpful for experimentation. The best advice I know regarding color
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   by jfornear 18y ago

   I did already, and it was helpful. I didn't think my specific sitiuation was that relevant to the question since I'm sure many others have felt the same way.
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    Ask HN: How do you know when to give up?

    30 points by jfornear 18y ago|22 comments
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    by jfornear 18y ago

    Read http://muxtape.com/story to get a little more background.
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    by jfornear 18y ago

    For most web startups, MR is not fixed, and it does increase with the number of users. This is mostly due to the price of advertising not being fixed. The value to advertisers increases for every additional user.
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    by jfornear 18y ago

    Before closing, you would want to first look at short run vs. long run.
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    by jfornear 18y ago

    Exactly... startups aren't aiming to maximize profits (where marginal cost is equal to marginal revenue). When marginal cost is greater than marginal revenue a startup can either a) find more vc funding to raise marginal revenue, or b) cut
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    by jfornear 18y ago

    I agree 100%, but supposedly the sky would have fallen if these companies would have gone bankrupt? (I have yet to be convinced of this)
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    by jfornear 18y ago

    wasn't http://www.iqt.org/ one of Facebook's earliest investors?
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    by jfornear 18y ago

    http://hypem.com/track/733478/Jay-Z-My+President+Is+Black+%2...
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    by jfornear 18y ago

    usaspending.gov
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    by jfornear 18y ago

    HN could make better use of the jobs section by opening it up to non-YC funded companies.
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    by jfornear 18y ago

    I'm a type 2... I feel like I don't have the influence, following, or energy required to promote things after launching so I tend to give up and start something new.
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    by jfornear 18y ago

    They do compensate people for that. I was just on an overbooked flight that was offering volunteers, who would drop out, $400+ in credit and a hotel room if they couldn't be placed on another flight that night. EDIT: I was referring to th
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    by jfornear 18y ago

    I'm not sure what you mean by that. I run a small social network, and advertising has 'generated users' at a much higher rate than any other method.
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    by jfornear 18y ago

    You're right. I just get a bad feeling when the random Twitter user starts giving interviews and becomes the hero, and when every tragedy inevitably turns into a discussion about Twitter and the real-time web.
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    by jfornear 18y ago

    I don't know if there is anything wrong with merely taking a picture, but posting it online right away when you aren't exactly sure what happened yet isn't sensitive to the families of the potential victims involved. When I turned on the ne
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    by jfornear 18y ago

    I agree, and if I ever witness a tragedy first hand, I hope my first thoughts won't be to post a pic on Twitter.
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    by jfornear 18y ago

    This shouldn't be surprising at all. Priority in news is not determined by what we might consider to be of real or objective importance.
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    by jfornear 18y ago

    I'm sure they are using Vimeo for quality reasons, but I could be wrong.
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    by jfornear 18y ago

    This is more about obstacles in their checkout process rather than any button, but still important lessons to keep in mind.
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    by jfornear 18y ago

    It's cool, I think everyone comes off differently than they would like. It is the internet after all. Hope you debug your girl problems :(
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    by jfornear 18y ago

    I'm not sure if the creators of this show will read any HN comments, but this is HN so constructive criticism is expected... I liked the pilot, I thought the length was perfect for an online show. I think the cast is pretty good too, which