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by markerdmann 14y ago
And it also favors incumbents over higher quality or more relevant results.
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by markerdmann 14y ago
You can still add up to 100 characters of keywords when you submit a new binary, but because of the 100 character limit many people would also place keywords in the title. Going forward, you'll have to ensure that the keywords for a given s
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by markerdmann 14y ago
I completely agree, and I rant about this issue on a regular basis to anyone who will listen. Basic search relevance is an incredibly important feature (seems obvious, right?) that Apple is failing to provide. And the App Store has been ope
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by markerdmann 14y ago
Great post. Another important change: Apple used to give a lot of weight to titles that exactly matched the search phrase. If you wanted to rank highly for a certain search term, e.g. "flashlight", you could change your title to "flashlight
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by markerdmann 14y ago
Don't discount the speed. Every Craigslist page loads and renders very quickly. The simple, text-only UI helps keep it fast, and that matters.
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by markerdmann 14y ago
Her account was affected this morning by the attack reported in the article.
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by markerdmann 14y ago
Live from the scene: my partner just found that she wasn't able to log in to her Gmail account because her password was suddenly invalid. Luckily she was able to reset it quickly and regain control of the account. When she checked the recen
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Mobile phone boom in developing world could boost e-learning(guardian.co.uk)
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by markerdmann 14y ago
I'd feel weird about advertising them here. :-) I'd be happy to chat over Skype or email, though. You can find my contact info in my profile.
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by markerdmann 14y ago
I made a mobile web app about six months ago, and this is what I heard over and over again from users: "Can you please please please make it a native app?" Just to get our feet wet, my partner and I proceeded to write two simple iPhone apps
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by markerdmann 14y ago
You're right. In his blog post about the talk[1], he makes it clear that his emphasis is on bootstrapping to profitability. "The ironic thing about bootstrapping and venture capital is that once you demonstrate some success, investors will
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by markerdmann 14y ago
I'm surprised by this. Tom Preston-Werner's talk at Startup School 2010, which had a strong influence on me and many of my friends (we still refer to it often), was very anti-VC. Here is a link to the talk, and a relevant quote from the int
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Voyager Mobile, a 22-Year-Old's Cellphone Start-Up, Launches After Delay(allthingsd.com)
1 points by markerdmann 14y ago|0 comments
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The energy transition juggernaut(smartplanet.com)
1 points by markerdmann 14y ago|0 comments
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by markerdmann 14y ago
That's a great point. Are there any startups tackling the local news problem?
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by markerdmann 14y ago
This page has some interesting commentary on the purchase: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-17/why-warren-b... "As recently as six years ago, newspaper companies sold for more than 9 times Ebitda (earnings before interest, tax
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by markerdmann 14y ago
I expected Virgin, the "hip" airline, to be the exception to this rule, but their site is also terrible. Half the time it throws an error at the end of the checkout process and tells me to call a customer service representative in order to
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The Best Cities For Tech Jobs(forbes.com)
1 points by markerdmann 14y ago|1 comments
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Scoop: Google, Microsoft both targeting Amazon with new clouds(gigaom.com)
2 points by markerdmann 14y ago|0 comments
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by markerdmann 14y ago
The service is great and I'm interested in hearing about the new features, which is why I personally vote up the posts. New AWS features often hit the front page as well, so I'm not too worried that there is a Parse conspiracy at play. :-)
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by markerdmann 14y ago
I have to agree with Ford[1] on this one... Facebook ads offer a terrific ROI (in my experience). I'm very surprised by all of this negative press. [1]: http://www.freep.com/article/20120517/NEWS09/205170633/Faceb...
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Netflix launches sexy new web-based video player(gigaom.com)
2 points by markerdmann 14y ago|0 comments
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by markerdmann 14y ago
Like you said, a deal's a deal. If you maintain a reputation as a reliable and honest person, it'll be much more valuable to you than the equity you could gain by going back on your word. The SV tech scene is a pretty small world, and a goo
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Google Changes Tack on Android(online.wsj.com)
65 points by markerdmann 14y ago|51 comments
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Coming soon: Chrome for iPhone & iPad(gigaom.com)
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by markerdmann 14y ago
Isn't the conversion rate what you're interested in? This experiment will definitely tell you whether one link has a higher conversion rate.
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Expect a 6 month freeze on Facebook’s Instagram acquisition(gigaom.com)
44 points by markerdmann 14y ago|28 comments
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by markerdmann 14y ago
"Herz" is the German word for heart. Do you mean that "hart" sounds like the English word "heart"?
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by markerdmann 14y ago
A word of warning for anyone considering funding a software project through KickStarter: they may reject it. I recently spotted this blog post written by a team trying to fund the development of an iPhone app: http://famnerd.com/2012/02/up
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by markerdmann 14y ago
Neat project. I built something similar a few weeks ago with Alfred Chan and Michael Grosser that calculates the "gitscore" for startups on AngelList. If you'd like to check it out, the URL is: http://startup-score.com/

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