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by maguay 16y ago
Why do we all use Facebook? Because everyone else in the world uses it. Even if you prefer Twitter or another network, for personal connections, Facebook is where everyone is. It's called a network effect for a reason, and that's hard to
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by maguay 16y ago
I'm seeing around 30% IE (all versions) usage on tech centric blogs I run. Chrome's inching up on 20%.
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by maguay 16y ago
No Hello, World! yet? Here you go... http://cakesy.com/81b0ff157.jpg
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by maguay 16y ago
And it's back. I got signed in with my new account, and I checked the settings to see what account it gave me. It says: "Your premium license expires on: Saturday October 01, 2140 ... and good luck." Guess I'll need the good luck to live
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by maguay 16y ago
Ouch ... I just tried to signup, and got a 503 error when I tried to confirm my account. HN effect? :)
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Looks like they killed it ... all these addresses say "record not found". And, when you run a new search, you get a more standard address, e.g. search for IBM, the address is http://www.crunchbase.com/search?query=IBM
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by maguay 16y ago
Only problem is, when it comes to blogging, I thought Tumblr was the one focused totally on experience and ease of use. Posterous still feels more like it's trying to give you every feature available and then some...
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by maguay 16y ago
Actually most XP users would still fit this description. Windows 7 is great, but so many people that won't upgrade from XP try to argue that it has the same features, performance, etc., and don't get what makes 7 better. But you could argu
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by maguay 16y ago
So who's going to be the next TechCrunch now that they've been bought out? For that matter, seems like this leaves GigaOm as one of the largest independent blogs right now...
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Obvious spam ... admin, please delete
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by maguay 16y ago
Ads from The Deck, Fusion Ads, Yoggrt, and other similar ad networks actually get my attention and clicks because they always have ads from quality services and companies. I even find myself peeking at The Deck ads just to see what new app
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by maguay 16y ago
I actually keep most of my files in Dropbox, which lets me keep everything the same between my desktop and netbook. I add the appropriate Dropbox folder to my Windows 7 libraries, and that makes it feel the same as saving documents in the
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Ask HN: Best Books on Economics
3 points by maguay 16y ago|2 comments
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by maguay 16y ago
Actually, I think Dropbox has a network effect as well. I'm a paying user, but my account is more valuable to me because can share folders and collaborate with free users. Many of them would not use it if it wasn't free (hey, I started w
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by maguay 16y ago
Sounds like a good move :) If you need to learn more about WordPress and want to tweak it as you need, I highly recommend the ebook Digging into WordPress. I recently reviewed it on Techinch.com if you're interested. Feel free to give us
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by maguay 16y ago
"Getting Real", their first book, is great also. Plus, you can read it free online, which makes it a no-brainer if you haven't read it already - http://gettingreal.37signals.com/
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by maguay 16y ago
Linchpin, by Seth Godin. It contains the most food for thought per page of any book I've read recently. Check out some popular quotes from it on http://kindle.amazon.com/work/linchpin-are-you-indispensable... ... it's the 11th most high
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by maguay 16y ago
While I've never used Movable Type, I feel confident recommending WordPress hands-down. It works great, is amazingly flexible, and has a marvelous community. Themes, extensions, tutorials, and more all make WordPress one of the best platf
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by maguay 16y ago
4 different Make: DIY eBooks for $9.99 each today on O'Reilly.com in celebration of Maker Faire in NY this weekend. Looks like good books to add to any hacker's library, especially if you want to pass on the tradition to younger people in
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by maguay 16y ago
1+ for online sync. Keeping your data available everywhere is one of the biggest things most of us like about webapps. Evernote is a great example of desktop + mobile + web syncing synergy. Of course, this depends on what your app is doin
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by maguay 16y ago
You can actually get Visual C++ tools for free from Microsoft, since there's a C++ Visual Studio Express available. Check http://www.microsoft.com/express/Windows/ ... there's quite a bit out there for free nowadays from Microsoft. Thou
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O'Reilly Maker Faire Ebook Deal | Make: eBooks for $9.99(oreilly.com)
2 points by maguay 16y ago|1 comments
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by maguay 16y ago
Thanks for the encouragement. Yes, I like it, and think I'll stick with it. I can defiantly see why your former name could have problems in search, and it turns out that Techniche is a tech conference in India this year ... who knew? So
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My site Techinch.com came up first for "techinch" with no problems on Google until they switched to instant search. Now it says "Showing results for techniche. Search instead for techinch" Grrrr So would you recomend sticking it out, or t
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by maguay 16y ago
URL space for search? That's one feature that Chrome had first, and most people seem that I've seen to like it. Of course, for me, Chrome's best feature is that it picks up sites you search on and automatically adds them to the search eng
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by maguay 16y ago
Tumblr is awesome, and in my opinion the easiest hosted blog platform to use. WordPress.com, though, is the most powerful, and you can actually use a couple of the themes basically as a free hosted CMS for a small website with static pages
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by maguay 16y ago
When you're aiming at consumers, I think <$5/month or <$50/yr is definitely a better price point. I think Flickr Pro's ~$25/yr pricing is much more in line with something most consumers would go for. And that's even at the semi-pr
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by maguay 16y ago
Actually, this is one interesting spot that netbooks fill in the PC ecosystem as well. I use Kindle for PC all the time on mine, but then can still write blog posts, touchup images, etc. I'm not saying it's better or worse than an iPad, b
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by maguay 16y ago
What's interesting is Asus netbooks have almost disappeared from stores I regularly shop at, but there's more netbooks in stock than ever. HP + Dell minis, Acer Aspire One's, and Samsung's nice lineup of netbooks they have this year. The
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by maguay 16y ago
Good point. Plus, Asus opened up a whole new category of computers, and the general netbook move put more emphasis on portability and battery life on all laptops. Let's not forget that!

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