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by matt1 18y ago
Maybe you're right; I'm thinking there are some fundamental priciples which can increase your chances of success. I'm not just sure what they are yet. Thanks for the response.
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by matt1 18y ago
Thanks for the pointers -- looks like exactly what I'm looking for.
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Ask HN: Taking the Long View
2 points by matt1 18y ago|4 comments
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by matt1 18y ago
I remember reading in one of Bruce Schneier's books that some clever thiefs set up a fake ATM machine outside the Burlington Mall in CT. When people went to withdraw money, the machine recorded their credentials and then displayed an ambigu
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by matt1 18y ago
In my experience, if you ask the people who use IE6 why they don't upgrade most of them will respond with something like "What's IE6? Oh you mean Internet Explorer. What's wrong with the one I have?" and then if you finally convince them
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by matt1 18y ago
Like others have said, I nodded my head through the entire article--pretty much describes me 100%. A few years ago in a psychology class the teacher gave us some drawing tools and asked us all to draw what we'd be doing on an ideal day. I d
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by matt1 18y ago
That just made my day, and it's been a good day. (See http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10216713-2.html ) Thanks for being patient with all the changes!
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by matt1 18y ago
As someone who has looked through of thousands of domain names I can tell you that there are still plenty of decent names left. The trick, as I'm sure you've figured out by now, is finding them. If you took the approach I originally took, y
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by matt1 18y ago
Any chance you have JavaScript disabled?
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by matt1 18y ago
Thanks, I'm glad you like it! Checking Twitter name availability was relatively easy compared to redoing a large chunk of the site to accomodate more than just domain names. What do you mean by "Just wish they were a bit more active in resp
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by matt1 18y ago
Given Twitter's popularity and current growth rate, I think it'd be a mistake NOT to elevate it the front page. And anyway, visitors can always filter by domain names only or Twitter names only, allowing them to explore only what they're in
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by matt1 18y ago
Thanks. You'd be amazed at how quickly the names are going. When I went back right before this launch, I checked a few of the names to see if they were still available and was blown away by how many were registered in such a short period of
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by matt1 18y ago
There was a rate my startup type post a few months back of a site that checked the availability of user names on all those sites with a single click. If you can find it, it's probably as close as you're going to get (since it'd be very hard
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Domain Pigeon adds 20K+ available Twitter names--more on the way(domainpigeon.com)
14 points by matt1 18y ago|15 comments
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by matt1 18y ago
I don't know. On one hand I've invested about seven months into this project and it feels like a waste to move on without having done much marketing or anything like that. On the other hand, I'm somewhat bored with it and really want to lea
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Six Lessons Learned from Domain Pigeon’s First Six Weeks(mattmazur.com)
122 points by matt1 18y ago|15 comments
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by matt1 18y ago
Members: 5 Emails Saved: 1803 You wouldn't think that five people who knew so many people would have time to write hundreds of farewell emails. PS: The number of stats on the homepage change everytime you load it... doh.
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by matt1 18y ago
You really need to explain what this is for.
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by matt1 18y ago
If he is such a marketing genius why am I still so unsure about what Slide actually does? :)
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by matt1 18y ago
That actually is kind of funny: http://images.google.com/images?q=max%20levchin
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by matt1 18y ago
Whoa I remember you from one of the Philly on Rails meetings. Small world. See you at the next pub night?
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by matt1 18y ago
But where are all the dishes? Seriously these are way too clean :)
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by matt1 18y ago
This is a tough one. When I was trying to find a site for my last app, I didn't want to buy the .net or .org domain without the corresponding .com domain. I read somewhere that you miss out on a large amount of traffic if someone else owns
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by matt1 18y ago
Thanks! I'm a bit partial to this site :) New features: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=483333
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Tell HN: Domain Pigeon now 100% free + Updates every 20 mins
10 points by matt1 18y ago|2 comments
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by matt1 18y ago
There's an additional lesson here too: Writing about your experiences is a great way to simultaneously educate others and promote your product. (The author didn't mention the app's name in his original write up, but its all but guaranteed t
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by matt1 18y ago
Not to derail the conversation, but, question: What impact would the undeniable discovery of alien life have on organized religion? Would theists abandon their beliefs en masse or would they find a way of explaining the new discoveries wi
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by matt1 18y ago
I had the unfortunate experience of being forced to use Ada as my primary programming language for three years during college. I hated it with a passion, though I can't tell you exactly why at this point. Ada took all the fun out of program
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by matt1 18y ago
Lots and lots of domains
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by matt1 18y ago
When domains are added they are randomly assigned to be either community domain names, which everyone can see, or private, which only members can see. Currently its about 3 private for everyone 1 community. This is going to change at some p

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