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by marksbren 16y ago
Yeah, I would like to make the replies much smarter & possibly include who is there ("Welcome Mark, Brian just got here"). Additionally it would be nice to proactively text people ("Mark, where are you? 3 of your friends have already ar
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Adding game elements to our Twilio SMS Door Buzzer(markbrenneman.com)
6 points by marksbren 16y ago|2 comments
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Daily Deal Free-for-all(markbrenneman.com)
2 points by marksbren 16y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Our SMS door buzzer using Twilio and TI Launchpad(markbrenneman.com)
1 points by marksbren 16y ago|0 comments
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by marksbren 16y ago
I tend to agree here, although I don't think it is limited to the HN community. This article could have easily had the headline, "60% of Groupon merchants would do it again". I think that would have been the headline a few months ago.
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by marksbren 16y ago
Awesome. I have been working on a very similar product and have been looking for people to bounce ideas off and possibly work with. I think there is a big opportunity to provide an easy way to discover and organize events nearby. It solves
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by marksbren 17y ago
These are great tools. I am particularly interested in how affective check-ins are at bringing in new customers. Foursquare has the data to show who the real social influencers are. Some users may not help, but some could bring dozens of fr
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by marksbren 17y ago
That is interesting and I think Pickemfirst could be useful for beginners. However, from the video I got the sense that the product was tailored more for the hardcore crowd (those who have multiple teams and read articles across the web). A
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by marksbren 17y ago
This looks useful for hardcore fantasy sports fans. However, I have always felt like Fantasy Sports need a lower barrier to entry for fans, not tools to make hardcore fantasy players better. As a casual sports fan I can definitely see the a
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by marksbren 17y ago
Verizon and Motorola are definitely not helping diversify the customer base with the "bare-knuckled bucket of does" billboard and TV ads with jets and robots. I also find it interesting that Android users seem to be the stingiest (only 21%
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by marksbren 17y ago
What struck me with this article was the requirement to "pull" the data. Take the waterfall example (someone buzzes about a cool waterfall they find). That is great, but for it to be useful to others they have to be hiking in the area, be a
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by marksbren 17y ago
I don't want to be matched up chatting with friends (I can do that anytime) and I don't really want total strangers (it gets creepy and dirty). However, this could be great if it connects you to friends of friends. You could then spend the
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by marksbren 17y ago
As I was watching this I also thought that Google could be using Buzz to devalue Twitter. If Buzz can get a mass audience Google may be able to acquire Twitter more cheaply. Twitter has way too much of a head start for Buzz to actually riva