jmintz

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Diesel 2: Using generators for async (and back again)(devblog.bu.mp)
55 points by jmintz 16y ago|13 comments
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by jmintz 16y ago
Mountain View, CA (walking distance from CalTrain) Bump Technologies We make phones a better tool for interacting with other people in the real world. The Bump app is one of the most popular mobile apps with >13M iPhone and >2M Andr
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by jmintz 16y ago
Have you tried Settings -> Notifications -> Treehouse to turn off push notifications? You probably can stay signed in but not receive push notifications.
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by jmintz 16y ago
I partially agree with your caveat. In our case we went to almost zero events, all of our meetings were face-to-face with a single firm. After that we stayed in touch and gave updates on our progress. This also let them get comfortable wit
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by jmintz 16y ago
You also want the strongest introduction to a partner that you can get, and I think other entrepreneurs and investors can make stronger introductions than most associates.
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by jmintz 16y ago
It's not just what you suggest, that it makes it harder to get money. The other impact is that you don't have time optimize for best person, you have to optimize for getting cash fast. Also, it is much easier to get to know a person when yo
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by jmintz 16y ago
Any idea which book called "Influence" Justin was talking about? Looks like there is more than one: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dap... .
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by jmintz 16y ago
Bump does not allow users to share paid apps for free. All we do is share a link to the App Market so your friend can find the app (and hopefully purchase it) easier. The key part of this post is: "(I haven't tried actually sending the pai
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by jmintz 16y ago
You could very well be correct, I am trying to remember something I heard second hand a couple of years ago. But I emailed my relative who went through all this to find out exactly what happened. And I am pretty sure they have both Hashimo
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by jmintz 16y ago
I am wracking my brain to try to remember these conversations from a couple years ago, but I am pretty sure you can't test for Lupus if you have Hashimoto's (and it's pretty hard to test for Lupus anyways). They just eliminated so many oth
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by jmintz 16y ago
Even on House people have gotten Lupus. "It's never Lupus" is what made it so hard for Dr. House to diagnose. ;)
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by jmintz 16y ago
Have you ruled out Lupus and other autoimmune disorders? A relative of mine has some of the same symptoms and has determined it is an autoimmune disease. One of the few things I know is that they can be very hard to diagnose. I will get
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by jmintz 16y ago
Some of us have dropped out of top MBA programs (Dave and I were at UChicago) to participate in YC. And I haven't regretted my decision for a second. Most of my entrepreneurship focused MBA friends would trade in a heartbeat (and some have
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by jmintz 16y ago
Location services has three sources: cell, scanned wifi, and GPS. Not having GPS does not mean not having location. In many cases we do not get a GPS lock because it can take a loooong time.
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by jmintz 16y ago
Yes that statement was about iPhone OS devices which are used by the majority of our users.
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by jmintz 16y ago
We do not log any information that people exchange. The data job is to better understand usage/users and to improve our matching algorithms. http://bu.mp/privacy
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by jmintz 16y ago
Bluetooth doesn't work very well or reliably between two of the same phone (such as iPhone to iPhone). And lots of people have Bluetooth turned off to save battery (you can't turn it on programmatically, users have to leave your app and go
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by jmintz 17y ago
Best article about Ron I have seen. He is awesome. (He is one of our investors.)
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by jmintz 17y ago
The bump is really just there to make the connection, you could interact in lots of different ways after the connection. And it may be that iPhone to iPad is more common than iPad to iPad. We are seeing lots of people use Bump to move pho
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by jmintz 17y ago
Our matching algorithms evaluate more than just location to determine if two phones are a possibly match (and highly accurate location is fairly rare). So often we are able to match the correct phones even if there are others in close prox
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by jmintz 17y ago
The theory is that there are lots of transactions where you do not have cash or check (or would prefer not to use them). Some examples: your friend owes you money but does not have cash (yes, it does happen). You order food with coworkers
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by jmintz 17y ago
Shameless plug: if you think this sounds interesting, we are hiring: http://bu.mp/jobs . Feel free to email me (jake at bu.mp) if you have questions or just want to learn more. :)
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by jmintz 17y ago
The point is that it is an easier way to connect with someone. And it may not be for everyone, but lots of people are bumping money already. We don't know whether they are doing that because it is easier, more fun, or the only option at th
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by jmintz 17y ago
PayPal is licensing the technology from us. Anyone can by do the same at http://bu.mp/api . For most people it is free to license.
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by jmintz 17y ago
Correct, the Bump servers are doing the matching.
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by jmintz 17y ago
We are looking for someone with a strong math/science background to work on our matching algorithm and pull insights out of our logged data. Email me if you want to learn more: jake(at)bu.mp.
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by jmintz 17y ago
Bump is hiring iPhone developers, Android developers (exp in Android or consumer Java apps), and Data/Algorithm Eng (either exp mining data to improve QoS or background in Stats/Phys/Exp Sci/EE). More: http://bu.mp/jobs . We are also hir
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by jmintz 17y ago
Yes, I mentally gave you kudos at the time if that helps. ;)
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by jmintz 17y ago
Re 1) I have used the previous PayPal app a lot and I found myself typing in emails more than I pulled them out of my address book. My address book has mostly phone numbers, emails are rare. I think this is because of Gmail's autocomplete
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by jmintz 17y ago
Are you concerned that PayPal+Bump creates additional risk? Try it out and let me know. I am not an expert in payments, but it shouldn't be any riskier than PayPal alone. In fact, I would argue in several ways it is safer (can't send mone

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