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Maps.stamen.com is live(content.stamen.com)
2 points by martian 15y ago|0 comments
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by martian 15y ago
This is free because to install it, you must put a link on your page back to MixPanel. MixPanel likes links because Google likes links: it increases the domain authority and PageRank for MixPanel. You'll notice that alt text in the link bac
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by martian 15y ago
Mixpanel also has an A/B split testing calculator: https://mixpanel.com/labs/split-test-calculator
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by martian 15y ago
San Francisco Software Engineer, Front-end Developer Thumbtack is hiring awesome software engineers to transform the way services are bought and sold online. We're Amazon for services. A quarter of a million small businesses have listed on
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Are Conservatives More Fearful Than Liberals?(alternet.org)
1 points by martian 15y ago|0 comments
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by martian 15y ago
San Francisco, CA. Full time engineer. Thumbtack is Amazon for services. A quarter of a million businesses have listed with us, and we're connecting them with local consumers in a very real way. We recently raised $4.5MM in Series A funding
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by martian 15y ago
Noting that this article is from 2009, I think it makes some valid points. By owning people's entry to the internet, Google has a monopoly. But I don't think it's so much a monopoly on search that's interesting, as it is a monopoly on entry
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by martian 15y ago
Great point. This is something we're thinking really hard about.
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by martian 15y ago
Great, thanks for clarifying. The problem you're describing is essentially one of volume, if I'm understanding correctly. As you might imagine, increasing volume is one of our top priorities. If you have further specific thoughts or feedbac
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When you're building a marketplace, it's important to solve the chicken and egg problem. Search Google and you'll see how Groupon, Airbnb, etc. have solved this problem. Thumbtack's approach was to build its merchant base first, then to lev
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by martian 15y ago
(I'm an engineer at Thumbtack.) Thanks for the feedback. I'm sorry to hear you say that you had a difficult time, since usually we hear the exact opposite. Of course, any transaction between two real people always is burdened by the complex
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Thumbtack raises $4.5M, already half the size of Yelp(techcrunch.com)
72 points by martian 15y ago|12 comments
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by martian 15y ago
ZeroCater is great! We have used them a few times and been impressed with the quality and variety. My only complaint would be that take-out food can be greasy and unhealthy sometimes. It'd be great if ZeroCater could cater to the "healthnut
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by martian 15y ago
San Francisco, CA (SOMA) Thumbtack - Marketplace for local services Wrapping up a series A round and expanding rapidly. We're looking to build product and scale web/mobile applications. We're looking for front-end and back-end engineers, as
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Ask HN: How can a US citizen get work abroad at a startup?
10 points by martian 15y ago|3 comments
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by martian 15y ago
My startup has an in-house chef. It is the best investment we have made. Employees are happy, morale is high, we eat healthy food, and stay late to have a family-style dinner. When we make it big, I'm going to be stoked to share profits wit
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Page titles matter more than you think(thumbtack.com)
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Edward Tufte on Princeton's Acceptance Letter(edwardtufte.com)
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by martian 15y ago
From the Simple FAQ: Q: Are you like Mint? A: No. ... Also, we hate pie charts. Couldn't agree more.
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What Wall Street Protesters Are So Angry About(businessinsider.com)
1 points by martian 15y ago|0 comments
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by martian 15y ago
This seems relevant (from HN a couple weeks ago): http://www.thumbtack.com/engineering/googlebot-makes-post-re...
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by martian 15y ago
Looks more like imgtotable. Interesting nevertheless.
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by martian 15y ago
I have the latest Chrome on Mac and am seeing the SSL Error. Cert information is here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/122722/backyard_io_certificate.png
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Case study: Are daily deal discounts inflated?(thumbtack.com)
3 points by martian 15y ago|0 comments
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I'm an engineer at Thumbtack. And yes: we have noticed that Googlebot does seem to obey robots.txt even when issuing these AJAX requests.
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by martian 15y ago
Easy to minify with Google Closure in a Makefile, all you need is curl: build/project_min.js: build/project.js rm -f $@ curl -s --data-urlencode 'js_code@build/project.js' --data-urlencode 'output_format=text' --data-urlencode '
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by martian 15y ago
I think what is particularly interesting about the data surfaced in this article is the baseline prices from Groupon et al are so grossly exaggerated in this particular vertical (service industry). For the service industry in particular, ho
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That daily deal you bought? Maybe not so great a deal after all(blog.thumbtack.com)
48 points by martian 15y ago|14 comments
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San Francisco - Software Engineer Thumbtack.com is an marketplace startup that connects people with local service professionals. Great team, well-backed, offices in SOMA, a personal chef who cooks daily meals for us. Learn more at http://w
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A Visual Analysis of How People Shop in IKEA(infosthetics.com)
1 points by martian 15y ago|0 comments

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