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by jordn 14y ago
that post took me 5 hours to write. i really hope at some point I can write better and care less.
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Why I'm starting a blog(jordanburgess.com)
1 points by jordn 14y ago|1 comments
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I completely expect this to be the consumer favourite. Maybe outsell the original size by about 2:1. People love being able to easily hold stuff.
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I think they've just invented the first skateboard brake by having an electric motor on there. If you have your weight on your back foot (which is pretty natural so you don't get caught in pavement cracks etc) then it shouldn't necessarily
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Makes YC sounds fairly easy to get into, as long as you have energetic founders from good schools. I'm currently trying to find out what the Kalvin's had achieved before applying. Good read tho. Thanks.
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"QS selected the following indicators and weights. A much more detailed review of the methodology is available at http://www.iu.qs.com/university-rankings/world-university-ra... . - Academic Peer Review 40% - Global Employer Review 10% - C
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This looks great! Can you tell us some more about how you managed to get into a large national pharmacy chain like boots?
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MIT overtakes Cambridge and Harvard to top spot in QS world university rankings(topuniversities.com)
70 points by jordn 14y ago|51 comments
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This is great to see. Not only because I know how much of a painful, dated system most lettings have to go through but also because you're a small british startup taking on a few, dull big players and seemingly getting somewhere. When I loo
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Apple issues statement saying it didn't give UDIDs to FBI(appleinsider.com)
1 points by jordn 14y ago|1 comments
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This looks really great. The big problem with hypem I've found is that the popular tracks is completely under crowd control and wheres I used to use the service to find music that aligned well with my tastes (I discovered Phoenix and some i
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No.
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The startup scene in Boston is actually pretty amazing. I haven't got to experience living in silicon valley but I got to spend a year at MIT and compared to Cambridge, UK it really is astounding how strong an entrepreneurial network there
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Retailer's will surely recognize that their value add is in the personal, friendly, and helpful atmosphere they can create with their staff. Square seems to have pretty much hit the nail on the head with 'Auto Tab' - eliminating the awkward
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I thought this was great. Learning from the users as much as possible in order for the interface to get out of the users way is a solid idea that can be incorporated into nearly everything... you just have to not implement it in a Clippy "D
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Excuse my ignorance, but if you're serving up app content through a webview pointing to your own server space, could you not just edit the html5 yourself and have the same effect as this service? is the benefit more to do with tight integra
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Ah that explains what I perceived was a very over-engineered way of measuring the current. I've used several of the clip on readers myself in the UK - trivial install - and in fact several British electric providers have sent out their own
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Hate to be a downer but there are a lot of products in this exact same space (several of which started 3/4 years ago and have since died.) Alertme is probably one of the slickest ( https://www.alertme.com/try_the_demo ) and there are many
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And if you want your product/service to be perceived as very cheap, particularly if it's a fairly commoditised product: make your website look as cheap and awful as possible, à la http://ryanair.com
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From those that have taken them, which of the coursera/udacity/EdX courses are really really good? I go to the sites, get excited and register for everything but I know focus would mean I'd stick with them.
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http://cambridgeincolour.com for photography too. Particularly excellent guide on all the related concepts.